Right, we have proof that at least Wilhelmine was very aware, I forgot. Oh, but ... would Wilhelmine get more or less suspicious letters from France all of a sudden?
would Fritz have the patience?
Depends on how precarious he judges his position to be, so he might quickly decide to have some after falling on his nose for the first time! (Maybe a bit darker than intended, but I think he had to - and did - learn patience the hard way during the 1730s with FW. Although I might only be saying this because "I'm collecting stores of patience in advance" was one thing he wrote to AW before coming to Berlin during FW's worst days.)
begged the question "warum ärgerte er ihn nicht, indem er zum Nimrod wurde?" Which could be answered by Heinrich just not finding any pleasure in hunting/hurting animals.
This, yes, but also, the brothers already had their Nimrod (he's even called that occasionally between Fritz and AW) and since he clearly had the steadiest friendship with Fritz (:PPP), I don't know why Heinrich would have chosen it as a thing to annoy Fritz with, having proof that it wouldn't work anyway right in front of him.
I don't think the dogs themselves would notice the switch immediately. Like I said, the smell wouldn't change, and neither Pompadour nor Heinrich would treat them badly.
I'm not a dog person, so I really don't know, but cadence and manner of speech might play a role as well? And then there's the thing where in fanfic terms, we'd have to decide how exactly the switch works and if there's some kind of soul to be switched (could get complicated - or philosophically interesting! - for Fritz for entirely different reasons) and if that's something the dogs would be able to sense after all.
You mean, when does the letter "Dear brother, hope you remember it's time for the annual spring parade soon, I do expect you to salute me properly" arrive?
Basically. Although the marriage part would, for the reasons you mention, just convince him that he was totally right that Heinrich had it better.
Re: Freaky Friday in Frederician Times
Oh, but ... would Wilhelmine get more or less suspicious letters from France all of a sudden?
would Fritz have the patience?
Depends on how precarious he judges his position to be, so he might quickly decide to have some after falling on his nose for the first time! (Maybe a bit darker than intended, but I think he had to - and did - learn patience the hard way during the 1730s with FW. Although I might only be saying this because "I'm collecting stores of patience in advance" was one thing he wrote to AW before coming to Berlin during FW's worst days.)
begged the question "warum ärgerte er ihn nicht, indem er zum Nimrod wurde?" Which could be answered by Heinrich just not finding any pleasure in hunting/hurting animals.
This, yes, but also, the brothers already had their Nimrod (he's even called that occasionally between Fritz and AW) and since he clearly had the steadiest friendship with Fritz (:PPP), I don't know why Heinrich would have chosen it as a thing to annoy Fritz with, having proof that it wouldn't work anyway right in front of him.
I don't think the dogs themselves would notice the switch immediately. Like I said, the smell wouldn't change, and neither Pompadour nor Heinrich would treat them badly.
I'm not a dog person, so I really don't know, but cadence and manner of speech might play a role as well? And then there's the thing where in fanfic terms, we'd have to decide how exactly the switch works and if there's some kind of soul to be switched (could get complicated - or philosophically interesting! - for Fritz for entirely different reasons) and if that's something the dogs would be able to sense after all.
You mean, when does the letter "Dear brother, hope you remember it's time for the annual spring parade soon, I do expect you to salute me properly" arrive?
Basically. Although the marriage part would, for the reasons you mention, just convince him that he was totally right that Heinrich had it better.