18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 37

[cahn]

More diaries of our favorite 18th-century Prussian diary-keeper have been unearthed and have been synopsized!

January 18th: Blessed be thou to me! Under your light, my Prince Heinrich was born!

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Re: Katte

[mildred_of_midgard]

Duhan: He acknowledged me! With the same text as Algarotti, no less!

He called you his true father! He visited your deathbed and wrote nice things about himself in the third person for doing so! (iirc)

I'm not sure why you're never listed among the "The only person Fritz ever REALLY loved was" statements that biographers love making.

Trying to think of it: is there a (pro)fictional version which even includes Fritz originally being distant?

I mean, I'm not the (pro)fictional expert here, but nothing is coming to mind. And this is the guy who the trial records said initially took a dislike to Katte!

HOWEVER, and speaking of [personal profile] prinzsorgenfrei: her stories about Katte and Fritz, especially the last one, are the only ones I can think of where Katte has that cheerful energy which salon has decided he must have had

Gaah, I am so behind on fanfic! But that is good to know. And good for her!

(like Keyslerlingk and Algarotti, evidently something Fritz was attracted to)

Based on things Fritz wrote, I think he was attracted to it because he had depressive tendencies/PTSD, and being around cheerful people had a tonic effect on him. <3 I think Peter lost out because he *didn't* have this going for him.