So maybe having a boyfriend or several and no Katte trauma helps with the control issues?
Agreed. It doesn't undo all the past trauma, but it helps. What might help even more is if SD gets to be regent for a year or two, and Fritz lets her actually rule. (Thus unlearning his "power is a zero-sum game" lesson.) I mean that this would help with Fritz's future control issues, not with future SD/Amelia conflict.
On the other hand, while Fritz might initially get along better with Emily/Amalie than with EC (because she doesn't symbolize submission, and she's fun to talk to), she's been raised by a Queen who was the true power in the kingdom
Was she, though? G1 only died in 1727. If the duel was in 1728 or 1729 (remind me which one?), and the marriages take place shortly thereafter, she might have experienced a woman in power for a year or two, but for most of her entire life, the Queen was (well, divorced before she became queen) locked up in prison for thirty years.
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Re: What if: FW vs G2 duel goes go through, ends lethally
Date: 2021-02-25 01:17 pm (UTC)Agreed. It doesn't undo all the past trauma, but it helps. What might help even more is if SD gets to be regent for a year or two, and Fritz lets her actually rule. (Thus unlearning his "power is a zero-sum game" lesson.) I mean that this would help with Fritz's future control issues, not with future SD/Amelia conflict.
On the other hand, while Fritz might initially get along better with Emily/Amalie than with EC (because she doesn't symbolize submission, and she's fun to talk to), she's been raised by a Queen who was the true power in the kingdom
Was she, though? G1 only died in 1727. If the duel was in 1728 or 1729 (remind me which one?), and the marriages take place shortly thereafter, she might have experienced a woman in power for a year or two, but for most of her entire life, the Queen was (well, divorced before she became queen) locked up in prison for thirty years.