Now Algarotti, at the time world renowned intellectual and traveller, was a far more independent party than Darget, former secretary of the French envoy, so I'm assuming that Fritz writing the orgasm poem was just part of how they talked to and about each other at the time (i.e. sexually charged banter), that they both enjoyed it and that Algarotti might even have initialized it. But otoh, sexually charged poetry by itself is not necessarily a signal that the recipient/object of same is happy about it and fine with it. (Unless I'm misremembering about Darget.)
Re: Algarotti's STD and Fritz's sexuality
Because I might misremember, but I think Darget's reaction to him getting a starring role in the Palladion was at the very least mixed. With the caveat that I only read the old online translation, not the new one, I've seen reviewers of the new Palladion translation say it has sexually charged descriptions of Darget in it and go on about the homosexual gaze of it all. Even the defanged translation from Team Volz which is online (and does not have gay sex, both of the enforced and the voluntary type) does go on about what a handsome fellow he was. And Darget - who if the anecdote of his and D'Argens' rivalry which included D'Argens interfering in Darget's affair with a (female) ballet dancer (not the one D'Argens himself ended up with) that's up at Trier is anything to go by was at the very least bi, if not more het enclined - went eventually back to France Though maybe I'm misremembering and he just quit Fritz' service because Fritz was exhausting as a human being. But him and Heinrich remained close pen pals after Darget left Berlin, which btw makes Catt really the outlier among Fritz' readers since Heinrich also got alone fine with (pre treason) Abbé de Prades, and with Thiebault. Whereas I don't think Darget and Fritz remained in contact.
Now Algarotti, at the time world renowned intellectual and traveller, was a far more independent party than Darget, former secretary of the French envoy, so I'm assuming that Fritz writing the orgasm poem was just part of how they talked to and about each other at the time (i.e. sexually charged banter), that they both enjoyed it and that Algarotti might even have initialized it. But otoh, sexually charged poetry by itself is not necessarily a signal that the recipient/object of same is happy about it and fine with it. (Unless I'm misremembering about Darget.)