not only did his father force him to go hunting when he was younger and he hated it, as soon as his father died, Valens took up hunting as a regular pastime and became renowned internationally for being the *best* hunter.
This is actually kind of making me wonder if KJ Parker knew something about Fritz :P Although I suppose it's a reasonable psychological thing to have happened, and if he had really been patterned on Fritz one might expect the series to have taken a somehwat different course...
Oof. The more you describe this novel, the more harrowing it sounds!
Seconded!
[ETA: Obviously you know this part, Selena, this is for Cahn. :)]
This is actually kind of making me wonder if KJ Parker knew something about Fritz :P Although I suppose it's a reasonable psychological thing to have happened, and if he had really been patterned on Fritz one might expect the series to have taken a somehwat different course...
I was going back and forth the entire time I was rereading the trilogy a few months ago! Because there are a lot of things like that that are *suspiciously* Fritz-like. And yet it's just as clearly not Fritz with the serial numbers filed off, and as you say, there are a lot of things you could arrive at just by psychology plus that father-son dynamic, which is unfortunately not *rare*.
I will say I kept thinking, "Parker, you missed your chance to make him gay!" and then finally we get a couple homophobic remarks from characters to the effect that there are rumors about Valens but he was Definitely Not Gay. Which did not at all clear up whether or not he was based on Fritz, lol.
Jury is still out for me!
It is alllll for me! :D Salon is so great!
It's all for you! (How are you enjoying the address book research, lol?) But not all of it is for Selena, is what I'm saying. This is why your presence is critical: if I had to worry about whether I was telling Selena something she already knows, I would be paralyzed with doubt and indecision all the time and never say anything. ;)
Btw, I have finished the Agatha Christie in question. The spouse who's most likely to be incriminated by their close relation to the victim is spared from having to participate by their spouse, so I vote that Fritz, who's the obvious answer to "cui bono?" during any murder investigation, is spared having to kill the father he loves/hates by his spouse Fredersdorf.
Also, it's even better than I remembered. Well worth a reread!
I will say I kept thinking, "Parker, you missed your chance to make him gay!" and then finally we get a couple homophobic remarks from characters to the effect that there are rumors about Valens but he was Definitely Not Gay. Which did not at all clear up whether or not he was based on Fritz, lol.
HAHAHAHAHA ...okay, Parker totally missed his chance for there to be rumors about broken penis. I'm JUST SAYING.
It's all for you! (How are you enjoying the address book research, lol?)
Lol, gotta say that mostly went over my head, EXCEPT that as a result I have managed to make my ONE contribution to fandom research through being LDS, which I'm really very pleased about :D
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Re: FW Whodunit
Date: 2021-03-26 05:00 am (UTC)This is actually kind of making me wonder if KJ Parker knew something about Fritz :P Although I suppose it's a reasonable psychological thing to have happened, and if he had really been patterned on Fritz one might expect the series to have taken a somehwat different course...
Oof. The more you describe this novel, the more harrowing it sounds!
Seconded!
[ETA: Obviously you know this part, Selena, this is for Cahn. :)]
It is alllll for me! :D Salon is so great!
Re: FW Whodunit
Date: 2021-03-26 05:45 pm (UTC)I was going back and forth the entire time I was rereading the trilogy a few months ago! Because there are a lot of things like that that are *suspiciously* Fritz-like. And yet it's just as clearly not Fritz with the serial numbers filed off, and as you say, there are a lot of things you could arrive at just by psychology plus that father-son dynamic, which is unfortunately not *rare*.
I will say I kept thinking, "Parker, you missed your chance to make him gay!" and then finally we get a couple homophobic remarks from characters to the effect that there are rumors about Valens but he was Definitely Not Gay. Which did not at all clear up whether or not he was based on Fritz, lol.
Jury is still out for me!
It is alllll for me! :D Salon is so great!
It's all for you! (How are you enjoying the address book research, lol?) But not all of it is for Selena, is what I'm saying. This is why your presence is critical: if I had to worry about whether I was telling Selena something she already knows, I would be paralyzed with doubt and indecision all the time and never say anything. ;)
Btw, I have finished the Agatha Christie in question. The spouse who's most likely to be incriminated by their close relation to the victim is spared from having to participate by their spouse, so I vote that Fritz, who's the obvious answer to "cui bono?" during any murder investigation, is spared having to kill the father he loves/hates by his spouse Fredersdorf.
Also, it's even better than I remembered. Well worth a reread!
Re: FW Whodunit
Date: 2021-04-07 05:21 am (UTC)HAHAHAHAHA ...okay, Parker totally missed his chance for there to be rumors about broken penis. I'm JUST SAYING.
It's all for you! (How are you enjoying the address book research, lol?)
Lol, gotta say that mostly went over my head, EXCEPT that as a result I have managed to make my ONE contribution to fandom research through being LDS, which I'm really very pleased about :D