For cahn: a write-up of Suhm's character portrait of Fritz. Wildly paraphrased!
First of all, it's very easy to go wrong when trying to understand Fritz. He's a lying liar who lies. His "situation and misfortunes" [Mildred's note: I can see you're a diplomat, Suhm; the word you are looking for here is "Dad"] have made it necessary for him to hide what he's thinking. People who think they know what he's going to be like as king are just asking to be fooled. So I'm going to play it extra cautious in this write-up and only talk about what I'm sure of.
He loves fame! More than anything.
Also, good luck changing his mind on anything. He's a terrier, and he will live and die a terrier.
In a word, though, he's awesome. So very awesome. Among his good qualities are that he's good, generous, liberal, and compassionate, and he hates injustice. But mostly he's just trying to be perfect in every possible way. I pointed this out to him once, and he said trying to be perfect is like seeking after the philosopher's stone: you'll find many good things along the way even if you don't succeed in your goal.
Oh, yeah, he used to make fun of everyone, but don't worry, he's outgrown it. Now he criticizes people who do that.
He promised me that he will love me forever, that's his absolute best trait. *sparkly hearts*
Ahem. What I mean is, he's very loyal to his friends and never forgets them! [Peter Keith and Doris Ritter: *sob*] The one time he cut someone off, and I got worried, he explained the whole thing to me and said he owed me an account so that I never worried again. And now I will never worry again! I'm totally moving in with him as soon as his dad kicks it.
He's extremely brave. I have it from the Prince of Liechtenstein, who as you know is a reputed general, that the very first time he was under cannonfire, he kept his cool in a very admirable way.
As you already know, he loves learning, reading, and conversation. He does not consider public affairs any of his business (which possibly suggests I tried bringing them up with him once).
People think he's going to be a warm and fuzzy monarch and go to war for princes he personally likes [Mildred's note: I really think this is FS, the future prince he's supposed to go to war for that he personally liked], but actually, he's going to be all realpolitik.
He likes to think things over and not make hasty decisions.
And there you have it: Fritz, my problematic fave. I think "great and good things may be done with him" as long as you know what you're doing, and if you screw that up, that's on you.
P.S. This is a totally unbiased account, even if it sounds like a eulogy. Fritz, ILU!
Btw, Fritz referring to the philosopher's stone again is interesting. I do wonder if that's "alchemy is in the air in the 18th century," or "my life partner is really into it."
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Re: Suhm about Fritz (?)
Date: 2021-02-17 11:40 pm (UTC)First of all, it's very easy to go wrong when trying to understand Fritz.
He's a lying liar who lies.His "situation and misfortunes" [Mildred's note: I can see you're a diplomat, Suhm; the word you are looking for here is "Dad"] have made it necessary for him to hide what he's thinking. People who think they know what he's going to be like as king are just asking to be fooled. So I'm going to play it extra cautious in this write-up and only talk about what I'm sure of.He loves fame! More than anything.
Also, good luck changing his mind on anything. He's a terrier, and he will live and die a terrier.
In a word, though, he's awesome. So very awesome. Among his good qualities are that he's good, generous, liberal, and compassionate, and he hates injustice. But mostly he's just trying to be perfect in every possible way. I pointed this out to him once, and he said trying to be perfect is like seeking after the philosopher's stone: you'll find many good things along the way even if you don't succeed in your goal.
Oh, yeah, he used to make fun of everyone, but don't worry, he's outgrown it. Now he criticizes people who do that.
He promised me that he will love me forever, that's his absolute best trait. *sparkly hearts*
Ahem. What I mean is, he's very loyal to his friends and never forgets them! [Peter Keith and Doris Ritter: *sob*] The one time he cut someone off, and I got worried, he explained the whole thing to me and said he owed me an account so that I never worried again. And now I will never worry again!
I'm totally moving in with him as soon as his dad kicks it.He's extremely brave. I have it from the Prince of Liechtenstein, who as you know is a reputed general, that the very first time he was under cannonfire, he kept his cool in a very admirable way.
As you already know, he loves learning, reading, and conversation. He does not consider public affairs any of his business (which possibly suggests I tried bringing them up with him once).
People think he's going to be a warm and fuzzy monarch and go to war for princes he personally likes [Mildred's note: I really think this is FS, the future prince he's supposed to go to war for that he personally liked], but actually, he's going to be all realpolitik.
He likes to think things over and not make hasty decisions.
And there you have it: Fritz, my problematic fave. I think "great and good things may be done with him" as long as you know what you're doing, and if you screw that up, that's on you.
P.S. This is a totally unbiased account, even if it sounds like a eulogy. Fritz, ILU!
Btw, Fritz referring to the philosopher's stone again is interesting. I do wonder if that's "alchemy is in the air in the 18th century," or "my life partner is really into it."