Since I'm *not* planning on watching this, thank you so much for the writeup! And I'm glad you were able to watch it.
it's not just the Katte/Wilhelmine but also Grumbkow/SD
*sigh*
we talked about this; given the spirit of the age, the existence of the most modern and best drilled army of Europe and the shape of the Prussian territories, even a lightside version of FW as a father would have not made Fritz into a pacifist, and he'd still gone for Silesia, though he might not have been such an attack-attack-attack type of general
Yeeeeeep to all this. Though I agree, psychological simplification is to be expected for a musical of this sort.
Oh, and I would "Fritz's ambition and restlessness" to that list of causes that would have contributed to an invasion even in the lightside FW AU.
One thing I'm not sure if I mentioned: I kind of think young Fritz's "death shroud" attitude toward the army might have been as much nurture as nature, i.e. teenage rebellion against his abusive father, rather than who he would have been with a lightside FW.
(I do severely question whether Fritz puts together an army from scratch if raised by Grandpa F1 instead of lightside FW.)
It's also telling that Fritz and Katte have no duet.
Well, then, what even is the point of this, says the Fritz/Katte shipper. :P
(I'm also nerd enough to complain about his wearing a shirt and his head being covered by a paperback/hood
I wish to note that of all the depictions of Katte's execution I've seen, the only one (Thronfolger) where they felt the need to include the historically accurate detail of Katte removing his shirt was the only one where the actor had pecs that needed to be shown off. :P
- I mean, after all the trouble we went to accumulating contemporary execution descriptions, it's just a Pavlovian reaction to mutter about this.)
LOL forever! I inadvertently conditioned you. :D
It's a fierce duet with both performers really bringing it, and it culminates with Fritz demanding submission and getting it, and it's absolutely heartbreaking.
:(
Trust me, I made more money due to said efforts than I ever received from my Prussian Alcina. The salary really wasn't what kept me in this mantrap of a country for three nerve-wrecking years.
LOL, no, we've seen you all gay-for-Fritz, Voltaire, there's no getting away from it. Ghost!Katte missed the mark on that one. Though if he's meant to be Fritz's conscience, maybe it works on that level: Fritz's own fears and loneliness.
(Though I will say that all the praise certainly works with his praise kink. *g*)
*g* I still want to write a praise kink sex scene with Fritz (and Voltaire?) one day.
Re: Friedrich: Triumph und Tragödie
it's not just the Katte/Wilhelmine but also Grumbkow/SD
*sigh*
we talked about this; given the spirit of the age, the existence of the most modern and best drilled army of Europe and the shape of the Prussian territories, even a lightside version of FW as a father would have not made Fritz into a pacifist, and he'd still gone for Silesia, though he might not have been such an attack-attack-attack type of general
Yeeeeeep to all this. Though I agree, psychological simplification is to be expected for a musical of this sort.
Oh, and I would "Fritz's ambition and restlessness" to that list of causes that would have contributed to an invasion even in the lightside FW AU.
One thing I'm not sure if I mentioned: I kind of think young Fritz's "death shroud" attitude toward the army might have been as much nurture as nature, i.e. teenage rebellion against his abusive father, rather than who he would have been with a lightside FW.
(I do severely question whether Fritz puts together an army from scratch if raised by Grandpa F1 instead of lightside FW.)
It's also telling that Fritz and Katte have no duet.
Well, then, what even is the point of this, says the Fritz/Katte shipper. :P
(I'm also nerd enough to complain about his wearing a shirt and his head being covered by a paperback/hood
I wish to note that of all the depictions of Katte's execution I've seen, the only one (Thronfolger) where they felt the need to include the historically accurate detail of Katte removing his shirt was the only one where the actor had pecs that needed to be shown off. :P
- I mean, after all the trouble we went to accumulating contemporary execution descriptions, it's just a Pavlovian reaction to mutter about this.)
LOL forever! I inadvertently conditioned you. :D
It's a fierce duet with both performers really bringing it, and it culminates with Fritz demanding submission and getting it, and it's absolutely heartbreaking.
:(
Trust me, I made more money due to said efforts than I ever received from my Prussian Alcina. The salary really wasn't what kept me in this mantrap of a country for three nerve-wrecking years.
LOL, no, we've seen you all gay-for-Fritz, Voltaire, there's no getting away from it. Ghost!Katte missed the mark on that one. Though if he's meant to be Fritz's conscience, maybe it works on that level: Fritz's own fears and loneliness.
(Though I will say that all the praise certainly works with his praise kink. *g*)
*g* I still want to write a praise kink sex scene with Fritz (and Voltaire?) one day.