"Because Fritz" is the strongest counterargument *I've* ever seen. It's kind of a gamble to accuse someone of an STD to their lover, though. As soon as Heinrich can reunite with him, that's checkable.
Still. I give it 50-50. Fritz is Fritz and willing to gamble the fate of the whole state on decisive but possibly catastrophic battles.
but Krockow and Ziebura, you should be able to give us the unprintable version of "Dump Kaphengst" !
Right? Is the letter still extant, though, or are they following Fontane?
What did Fritz tell his page to tell Heinrich EXACTLY?
Fritz: Stop letting your boytoy lead you around by the balls. (When I ran up huge debts at Rheinsberg, it was on my own behalf, no one else's. I also knew I had a throne coming to me.)
Which leads me to...
Also, what do we think motivated Fritz?
My guess? The money wasting freaking him out at an existential level. Heinrich's second in line to the throne at this point, and Fritz has one foot in the grave. All it takes is one accident or illness* to remove future FW2 from the succession...Even without that, Fritz in a year or two will be talking about prepping Heinrich to set himself up as the power behind the throne of Useless Nephew (TM). So in other words, I see them as roleplaying the previous generation again.
The difference is that Crown Prince Fritz was "wasting" money on his own expenses, "forcing" FW to try to break his will to get him to stop, whereas King Fritz has the option of just removing Kaphengst. Furthermore, King Fritz has this whole story in his head about how AW's biggest fault was being influenced by the people around him, and he removes "bad" influences from FW2 on the same grounds.
Ghost of FW: Well done, son. Ghost of Peter Keith: *waves from Wesel*
So, brotherly concern, yes, convincing himself he knows what's best for everyone, yes, freaking out over the future of his country...possibly the definitive factor at work here.
* And, as a reminder for cahn, Henricus Minor, FW2's brother and beloved by Fritz, has recently died young (19) of smallpox.
Re: Heinrich readthrough!
"Because Fritz" is the strongest counterargument *I've* ever seen. It's kind of a gamble to accuse someone of an STD to their lover, though. As soon as Heinrich can reunite with him, that's checkable.
Still. I give it 50-50. Fritz is Fritz and willing to gamble the fate of the whole state on decisive but possibly catastrophic battles.
but Krockow and Ziebura, you should be able to give us the unprintable version of "Dump Kaphengst" !
Right? Is the letter still extant, though, or are they following Fontane?
What did Fritz tell his page to tell Heinrich EXACTLY?
Fritz: Stop letting your boytoy lead you around by the balls. (When I ran up huge debts at Rheinsberg, it was on my own behalf, no one else's. I also knew I had a throne coming to me.)
Which leads me to...
Also, what do we think motivated Fritz?
My guess? The money wasting freaking him out at an existential level. Heinrich's second in line to the throne at this point, and Fritz has one foot in the grave. All it takes is one accident or illness* to remove future FW2 from the succession...Even without that, Fritz in a year or two will be talking about prepping Heinrich to set himself up as the power behind the throne of Useless Nephew (TM). So in other words, I see them as roleplaying the previous generation again.
The difference is that Crown Prince Fritz was "wasting" money on his own expenses, "forcing" FW to try to break his will to get him to stop, whereas King Fritz has the option of just removing Kaphengst. Furthermore, King Fritz has this whole story in his head about how AW's biggest fault was being influenced by the people around him, and he removes "bad" influences from FW2 on the same grounds.
Ghost of FW: Well done, son.
Ghost of Peter Keith: *waves from Wesel*
So, brotherly concern, yes, convincing himself he knows what's best for everyone, yes, freaking out over the future of his country...possibly the definitive factor at work here.
* And, as a reminder for