That's true! But FW was just so awful to his family (and anyone who got in his way, really, like Gundling and Doris Ritter) that... ugh. I like Klepper's FW better :P Though again I wish it hadn't come at the expense of SD.

(The submission scene as per Grumbkow's protocol but significantly missing the entire "here's what I'd have done if you'd have succeeded in your escape!" passage.)

*nods* That would really not have fit. I do wonder whether he realized he was taking these liberties. Because if he did realize, then I'm totally happy about that. But as you pointed out, other biographers seem to often leave out a lot too...