Also: I seem to recall we had pegged Marwitz as a possible charismatic bastard, given Heinrich's interest, Lehndorff's description (I think?), and Fritz's admittedly unreliable mind-games description, plus his more reliable obvious attraction, where he seemed to go for witty pretties for his more casual interests.
Yes, 'twas Lehndorff who wrote: He possesses wit and is somewhat strongly fantastical; I consider him malicious, right after the Prince tells me that he is quite amiable, that he invites him to his parties again. Given Lehndorff's tendency to see 99% of Heinrich's faves (except Lamberg) in a dark light, one could take it with a pinch of salt, but then again, most of Heinrich's fave's were charismatic jerks as testified by people other than Lehndorff, and if Ziebura is right About Marwitz being his first love, he could of course have been the Ur-Example. Still: in a collection of suicides (isn't Glasow supposed to have killed himself in prison, too), you have this fellow who not only survived years of being in and out of favour with Fritz like a jojo (which we know from Henckel as well as Lehndorff - am still thrilled about this discovery!), but managed to patch up his relationship with Heinrich to "amiable exes" status, and quartermaster is a really important job asking for responsibility; you wouldn't just give it to someone likely to be bad at it, especially not in this particular war. So: a witty pretty, but evidently with nerves of steel (anyone making it out of a triangle with Fritz and Heinrich alive and on (intermittent, in Fritz' case) good terms with both parties would have to be!) and good job skills.
(Mind you: some of Heinrich's other favourites were good at their respective jobs, too - Kalckreuth and Mara come to mind - which didn't stop them from being charismatic jerks.)
There's of course the class factor. Glasow and the 1770s hussar were both non-nobles. Georgii, if he existed, presumably was as well. Meanwhile, Marwitz, whatever his first name, belonged to one of the most important and oldest Prussian noble families. This might have given him a confidence and self assurance in dealing with the brothers which Fritz' other flings who were entirely dependent on him for their elevated status did not have. Whether or not that included having sex with either or both while having an STD.
Frau von Keith with the many first name variations: it's probably because Ariane is really an unusual name for 18th century Prussia. And here we were complaining about the endless reuse of royal family first names…
Hahahahaaaa, oh boy. I can only imagine.
Algarotti to Lord Hervey: Look, if it works out, it's win win for everyone! She stops pining for me. He gets an additional sponsor and some free education, given the sheer range of her knowledge. Sure, there's an age difference, but clearly that's not a problem for her or you. The Queen has one poor guy less to sponsor and could consider advancing my career instead. Mary/Peter OTP!
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Re: Peter Keith eulogy
Date: 2020-06-02 06:38 am (UTC)Yes, 'twas Lehndorff who wrote: He possesses wit and is somewhat strongly fantastical; I consider him malicious, right after the Prince tells me that he is quite amiable, that he invites him to his parties again. Given Lehndorff's tendency to see 99% of Heinrich's faves (except Lamberg) in a dark light, one could take it with a pinch of salt, but then again, most of Heinrich's fave's were charismatic jerks as testified by people other than Lehndorff, and if Ziebura is right About Marwitz being his first love, he could of course have been the Ur-Example. Still: in a collection of suicides (isn't Glasow supposed to have killed himself in prison, too), you have this fellow who not only survived years of being in and out of favour with Fritz like a jojo (which we know from Henckel as well as Lehndorff - am still thrilled about this discovery!), but managed to patch up his relationship with Heinrich to "amiable exes" status, and quartermaster is a really important job asking for responsibility; you wouldn't just give it to someone likely to be bad at it, especially not in this particular war. So: a witty pretty, but evidently with nerves of steel (anyone making it out of a triangle with Fritz and Heinrich alive and on (intermittent, in Fritz' case) good terms with both parties would have to be!) and good job skills.
(Mind you: some of Heinrich's other favourites were good at their respective jobs, too - Kalckreuth and Mara come to mind - which didn't stop them from being charismatic jerks.)
There's of course the class factor. Glasow and the 1770s hussar were both non-nobles. Georgii, if he existed, presumably was as well. Meanwhile, Marwitz, whatever his first name, belonged to one of the most important and oldest Prussian noble families. This might have given him a confidence and self assurance in dealing with the brothers which Fritz' other flings who were entirely dependent on him for their elevated status did not have. Whether or not that included having sex with either or both while having an STD.
Frau von Keith with the many first name variations: it's probably because Ariane is really an unusual name for 18th century Prussia. And here we were complaining about the endless reuse of royal family first names…
Hahahahaaaa, oh boy. I can only imagine.
Algarotti to Lord Hervey: Look, if it works out, it's win win for everyone! She stops pining for me. He gets an additional sponsor and some free education, given the sheer range of her knowledge. Sure, there's an age difference, but clearly that's not a problem for her
or you. The Queen has one poor guy less to sponsor and could consider advancing my career instead. Mary/Peter OTP!