My first kneejerk response was "OMG that poor kid!!" :/
Also, if he has a daughter, he won‘t feel threatened by her or want her to be exactly like him or would resent her if she is like him. If this daughter has some musical talents and likes literature, he might be tempted to make her into the second Wilhelmine, and if she doesn‘t and is more like EC, he still won‘t be that disappointed because of the general low opinion of women.
Oh man, I never even thought of the possibility a kid of Fritz's could not have a terrible time, but... this sounds plausible. Ironic that it's because of misogyny!
But if the kid is more an introvert, let alone shy: DOOOOOOM. TRAUMA.
:(((((((((((((
I also imagine in my head the boy being more like FW in tastes and wanting, like, less French and more cannons, and Fritz being very awful to him in the FW-reverse way, because how DARE this kid not appreciate all the things that he would have loved to have!
AW: If Fritz has a son, does that mean I can divorce Luise and marry the love of my life? (Whoever she might be, either Sophie or Mina.)
Fritz: NO.
AW, Heinrich had to marry and it sure wasn't for the succession!
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Re: Counterfactuals...
Date: 2025-06-01 04:13 am (UTC)Good lord. Definitely trauma.
My first kneejerk response was "OMG that poor kid!!" :/
Also, if he has a daughter, he won‘t feel threatened by her or want her to be exactly like him or would resent her if she is like him. If this daughter has some musical talents and likes literature, he might be tempted to make her into the second Wilhelmine, and if she doesn‘t and is more like EC, he still won‘t be that disappointed because of the general low opinion of women.
Oh man, I never even thought of the possibility a kid of Fritz's could not have a terrible time, but... this sounds plausible. Ironic that it's because of misogyny!
But if the kid is more an introvert, let alone shy: DOOOOOOM. TRAUMA.
:(((((((((((((
I also imagine in my head the boy being more like FW in tastes and wanting, like, less French and more cannons, and Fritz being very awful to him in the FW-reverse way, because how DARE this kid not appreciate all the things that he would have loved to have!
AW: If Fritz has a son, does that mean I can divorce Luise and marry the love of my life? (Whoever she might be, either Sophie or Mina.)
Fritz: NO.
AW, Heinrich had to marry and it sure wasn't for the succession!