Frederick the Great, discussion post 14
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Check out the opera clips at Rheinsberg!
(both the real-life place, which
selenak found out hosts a festival for young opera singers! and the community
rheinsberg)
Also! our fandom has been producing lovely fic at a rapid clip (okay, well,
selenak has):
Sibling dysfunction: Promises to Keep and My Brother Narcissus
Sibling dysfunction PLUS sibling M/M love triangle: The moon flies face to face with me
VOLTAIRE! Between the hour and the age
(both the real-life place, which
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Also! our fandom has been producing lovely fic at a rapid clip (okay, well,
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Sibling dysfunction: Promises to Keep and My Brother Narcissus
Sibling dysfunction PLUS sibling M/M love triangle: The moon flies face to face with me
VOLTAIRE! Between the hour and the age
Re: Me, Myself and I: The Time Travel Edition
Date: 2020-04-22 04:56 am (UTC)We've spilled quite a bit of ink on the unanswerable question of whether Katte's extremely outspoken piety at the end was genuine. We've seen that his last letter to Fritz reads like it was dictated by FW, down to the Absalom reference and the concern with predestination, and that's made me even more suspicious of Katte's sincerity.
But in addition to all the other possible motives we've adduced for Katte putting on a performance and keeping his true opinions to himself, it occurs to me that a repentant and religious Katte just plain puts FW into a better mood.
Even after a pardon for Katte is off the table, even as he's kneeling in the sand and calling on Lord Jesus as the sword swings, there is one person who potentially benefits from an FW who's in a better mood, one person for whom it might still make a difference.
So in addition to possibly hoping for a pardon, wanting to make his family/father feel better, wanting to set a good example for Fritz on doing whatever it takes to appease FW, wanting to make a good end, wanting to keep his own fears at bay and find some inner calm...Katte might just be trying to tip the royal balance in Fritz's favor.
And it might have helped. Imagine FW hearing that Fritz's BFF/boyfriend was defiant and atheist to the end. Imagine how much *more* suspicious FW would have been of Fritz and the company he kept.
So there's that.
Re: Me, Myself and I: The Time Travel Edition
Date: 2020-04-22 05:15 am (UTC)(Simultanously, also according to Dickens:
FW: Protestant Pastors, I as a father can marry my daughter to who I tell her to marry regardless to her wishes, right? Pastors: Not so much. Marriage is a sacrament the two participants spend each other. She must be willing.
FW: Fuck that. Wilhelmine, if you ever want your brother to get better conditions and for Sonsine not to end up in the workhouse like that Ritter girl did, you better marry whom I say you marry!)
Re: Me, Myself and I: The Time Travel Edition
Date: 2020-04-22 05:20 am (UTC)IOW, it may be that this *is* FW in a good(-as-it-gets) mood! :P
Re: Me, Myself and I: The Time Travel Edition
Date: 2020-04-24 12:39 pm (UTC)GAAAAAAH FW! I mean, I guess it's not exactly uncommon to pick and choose from religion to suit one's interests, but, like, FW, EVERYONE AGREES YOU ARE HORRIBLE EXCEPT YOU.
Re: Me, Myself and I: The Time Travel Edition
Date: 2020-04-24 12:37 pm (UTC)