ZOMG, this was an amazing write-up, thank you so much!
We’ve got a very eloquent Crown Prince, haven’t we?
LOL
They use “Du” for each other btw. Not that that will be important for too long.
Lolsob.
I love your brother; that I am his friend is my greatest reason for happiness on this earth, the meaning of my existence even. In a very heterosexual way.
*dies*
I was a law student, which is somehow relevant
LOLOLOL
Wilhelmine has never considered that before.
And will never, I suspect.
Katte: “Alright, but please don’t leave before you reach Wesel, it won’t be safe.” Wilhelmine: “Listen to the nice man, Fritz, wait until Wesel.”
This is exactly what I was going to bring up during the "What would Fritz do with time travel?" discussion: Selena proposed leaving earlier on the south Germany trip, and I've been meaning to ask why? Given the geography, everyone (at least Katte that I know of) was trying to get Fritz to wait until Wesel. Fritz's great besetting sin in life was not putting things off, it was jumping the gun. (I totally understand why he did on this occasion, but.)
That said, it so happens that in thinking about this, I came to the conclusion that Wesel specifically might have been too late: it was when FW got to Gueldern that he discovered Peter Keith had deserted. Given that he'd sent Peter to Wesel earlier that year specifically because he knew Peter was helping Fritz with his escape plans, this discover might have been enough to make FW tighten the guard on Fritz before he had a chance to sneak out of Wesel. (Again, I understand why Fritz feared putting it off until it was too late and would rather give himself multiple opportunities, and of course I understand his inability to wait one more day, even beside his normal "I'd rather be a hammer than an anvil" personality, as one biographer put it.)
Wilhelmine: “That owls scream when they see light.”
Ha! This is so Wilhelmine; her memoirs are full of things like this.
Because literally everyone in this play is super into Katte. Wilhelmine is the least into Katte and she’s supposedly in love with him.
LOL FOREVER
Katte is also not done by simply saying “The Crown Prince allowed me to copy it, I made it, it’s mine”, no-o, this Katte apparently said that he “would rather die than give up Wilhelmine’s image”. Wilhelmine swoons a little at that and I believe I saw a glimpse of my own brain while rolling my eyes.
LOL FOREVER SQUARED
Katte: “Funny is a word that is hard to define, but apparently the rest of the court had a blast listening to me talking about figuring out my horse’s dietary restrictions after it almost died. I don’t get it either, maybe I’m just that charming.”
Okay, so...are the horse's dietary restrictions your own invention or is this in the play? I must know!
Because fuck what happens to Fritz, I guess. Having feelings that are consistent for more than two lines is hard for me."
LOLOLOL I AM DEAD FROM LOLZ
Katte says that he doesn’t need it anymore because he will get arrested.
Re: Katte - A Tragicomedy (the first half)
We’ve got a very eloquent Crown Prince, haven’t we?
LOL
They use “Du” for each other btw. Not that that will be important for too long.
Lolsob.
I love your brother; that I am his friend is my greatest reason for happiness on this earth, the meaning of my existence even. In a very heterosexual way.
*dies*
I was a law student, which is somehow relevant
LOLOLOL
Wilhelmine has never considered that before.
And will never, I suspect.
Katte: “Alright, but please don’t leave before you reach Wesel, it won’t be safe.”
Wilhelmine: “Listen to the nice man, Fritz, wait until Wesel.”
This is exactly what I was going to bring up during the "What would Fritz do with time travel?" discussion: Selena proposed leaving earlier on the south Germany trip, and I've been meaning to ask why? Given the geography, everyone (at least Katte that I know of) was trying to get Fritz to wait until Wesel. Fritz's great besetting sin in life was not putting things off, it was jumping the gun. (I totally understand why he did on this occasion, but.)
That said, it so happens that in thinking about this, I came to the conclusion that Wesel specifically might have been too late: it was when FW got to Gueldern that he discovered Peter Keith had deserted. Given that he'd sent Peter to Wesel earlier that year specifically because he knew Peter was helping Fritz with his escape plans, this discover might have been enough to make FW tighten the guard on Fritz before he had a chance to sneak out of Wesel. (Again, I understand why Fritz feared putting it off until it was too late and would rather give himself multiple opportunities, and of course I understand his inability to wait one more day, even beside his normal "I'd rather be a hammer than an anvil" personality, as one biographer put it.)
See the chronology map I put together.
Keith is an unreliable Scotsman
Hello, 1914 Germany!
Wilhelmine: “That owls scream when they see light.”
Ha! This is so Wilhelmine; her memoirs are full of things like this.
Because literally everyone in this play is super into Katte. Wilhelmine is the least into Katte and she’s supposedly in love with him.
LOL FOREVER
Katte is also not done by simply saying “The Crown Prince allowed me to copy it, I made it, it’s mine”, no-o, this Katte apparently said that he “would rather die than give up Wilhelmine’s image”. Wilhelmine swoons a little at that and I believe I saw a glimpse of my own brain while rolling my eyes.
LOL FOREVER SQUARED
Katte: “Funny is a word that is hard to define, but apparently the rest of the court had a blast listening to me talking about figuring out my horse’s dietary restrictions after it almost died. I don’t get it either, maybe I’m just that charming.”
Okay, so...are the horse's dietary restrictions your own invention or is this in the play? I must know!
Because fuck what happens to Fritz, I guess. Having feelings that are consistent for more than two lines is hard for me."
LOLOLOL I AM DEAD FROM LOLZ
Katte says that he doesn’t need it anymore because he will get arrested.
Wow. That's...something.
Thank you for this, this is so great!