[ That's why so many followed her in the first place. Even under a mask of steel, she was so clearly (falsely) human compared to the infallible king. So emotional. Angry, but that too was seen as a positive, when nobody else would dare express their disdain so openly. A master of riling others up, getting their blood boiling, where the king had endeavored to spread peace and calm to all.
But that was as a usurper. When it comes to surpassing her father... ]
But a king can't laugh, or cry, or get angry. That makes him too human. Too attainable and flawed. A perfect king has to be someone that stands alone, in a place nobody else can reach. That's the only way he can save his people without succumbing to his own weaknesses.
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[ That's why so many followed her in the first place. Even under a mask of steel, she was so clearly (falsely) human compared to the infallible king. So emotional. Angry, but that too was seen as a positive, when nobody else would dare express their disdain so openly. A master of riling others up, getting their blood boiling, where the king had endeavored to spread peace and calm to all.
But that was as a usurper. When it comes to surpassing her father... ]
But a king can't laugh, or cry, or get angry. That makes him too human. Too attainable and flawed. A perfect king has to be someone that stands alone, in a place nobody else can reach. That's the only way he can save his people without succumbing to his own weaknesses.