The Troll ruler seemed better than the viking one, though.
I agree the hereditary monarchy is a bad system because it’s so open to nepotism and abuse, but some kings did at least do a passable job of ruling.
The Catholic church has that “no wives” rule. Didn’t prevent a series of pope’s who were the last pope’s son that was only ended by a husband slaying the Pope when he found him in his wives bed.
Not arguing for Monarchies, but even democracies have to be careful about nepotism.
Nepotism?
Let me tell you, TRUE Democracy would be ONLY nepotism of varying grades, as we often would elect people we know, and we would aim to take best care of our own interests …
Now, instead, we have “representative democracy” but we do not truly select the ones that re supposed to represent us, we are just given lists to choose from.
So, democratic?
Not really.
Troll king was awesome. He had a kingdom wide scheduled naptime even for his guards. Who wouldn’t want to serve under a guy like that? Least I assume it was ‘scheduled’ given the guard and the king were both asleep at about the same time.
Even from a modern perspective a monarchy is still a legitimate government if tolerated or supported by the majority of it’s people.
Which sometimes is the case, the King of Bhutan for example had to democratise his country against the expressed wishes of the majority of his subjects (Does that make the Democracy illegitimate though?).
It’s rather terrifying that a woman of such demonstrated silliness has learned to wield so much power and even managed to pass it down to her offspring. I wonder how long it’ll be before she makes a serious mistake and becomes the equivalent of a magical core meltdown.
It’s Shitropolis. What you call “magical core meltdown”, they call “Tuesday”. (They also have usual core meltdowns in the experimental nuke plants on Thursdays.)
I concur; this is a fine response. ^_^ It made me chuckle.
The difference with all the other disasters, though, is that our dearly beloved League will probably get stuck cleaning up this one — and Buckaress might feel horrible if she couldn’t, or cleanup involved something unfortunate happening to Josie.
Don’t forget giant monster Mondays, Supernatural Saturdays, and the occasional unscheduled alien invasion (alien calenders often result in confusion concerning appointments on Earth).
Oh, c’mon! Why would it be a (quote) legitmate government (endquote) if it wasn’t Josie ruling it? They probably just used the same spell and removed the previous (quote) legitimate government (endquote). Might makes right… or else at least reason why the previous government was anymore (quote) legitimate (endquote).
I find it fun that the thing everyone seems to question the most is how Bucky questions the legitimacy of Josie’s rule. Mind you i agree. There’s no real way to tell if the previous ‘legitimate government’ as Bucky called them really were so legitimate.
But I am honestly more amused by the fact that this spell that put her in charge of this random kingdom in fantasy land is simply one of ‘some old magic texts’ that she got at a flea market. Shitropolis…where even a disatisfied housewife can find the means to claim power over said random kingdom just by visiting the flea market.
Maybe the kingdom planted that spell because it had no ruler. Figuring that anyone who could cast that spell had the skills needed. That was basically the plot of the novel “Magic Kingdom for Sale — SOLD!”
That’s a general problem whenever you want to have an invasion campaign in a fantasy setting. There are three general ways I see to get the players to care: you can have your world invent representative democracy earlier than in a historical setting; you can have the invaders be doing much more than just trying to take over, good heroes will want to stop invaders who rape and pillage even if they have no real love for the current ruler; or you can give them a personal stake in the status quo by waiting to launch the invasion story until after the heroes have become friends with the local rulers, or even become the local rulers themselves. Those three ways can get heroes to care about something that would otherwise be a mere change of government.
When reality makes you a villain, always reject and replace with a convenient fantasy in your head.
If she had created this world than the Trolls would look like Trolls, the Elfs look like Elfs etc
Why would she assume the previous government was any more legitimate? The last two nations she saw were ruled by monarchs.
The Troll ruler seemed better than the viking one, though.
I agree the hereditary monarchy is a bad system because it’s so open to nepotism and abuse, but some kings did at least do a passable job of ruling.
The Catholic church has that “no wives” rule. Didn’t prevent a series of pope’s who were the last pope’s son that was only ended by a husband slaying the Pope when he found him in his wives bed.
Not arguing for Monarchies, but even democracies have to be careful about nepotism.
Nepotism?
Let me tell you, TRUE Democracy would be ONLY nepotism of varying grades, as we often would elect people we know, and we would aim to take best care of our own interests …
Now, instead, we have “representative democracy” but we do not truly select the ones that re supposed to represent us, we are just given lists to choose from.
So, democratic?
Not really.
Troll king was awesome. He had a kingdom wide scheduled naptime even for his guards. Who wouldn’t want to serve under a guy like that? Least I assume it was ‘scheduled’ given the guard and the king were both asleep at about the same time.
Even from a modern perspective a monarchy is still a legitimate government if tolerated or supported by the majority of it’s people.
Which sometimes is the case, the King of Bhutan for example had to democratise his country against the expressed wishes of the majority of his subjects (Does that make the Democracy illegitimate though?).
It’s rather terrifying that a woman of such demonstrated silliness has learned to wield so much power and even managed to pass it down to her offspring. I wonder how long it’ll be before she makes a serious mistake and becomes the equivalent of a magical core meltdown.
It’s Shitropolis. What you call “magical core meltdown”, they call “Tuesday”. (They also have usual core meltdowns in the experimental nuke plants on Thursdays.)
This is an excellent response.
I concur; this is a fine response. ^_^ It made me chuckle.
The difference with all the other disasters, though, is that our dearly beloved League will probably get stuck cleaning up this one — and Buckaress might feel horrible if she couldn’t, or cleanup involved something unfortunate happening to Josie.
Don’t forget giant monster Mondays, Supernatural Saturdays, and the occasional unscheduled alien invasion (alien calenders often result in confusion concerning appointments on Earth).
This doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy tacos on Tuesdays, though, that’s a separate issue.
I’m sure Sonata Dusk would heartily agree. ^_^
Best response ever….WHERE IS MY UPVOTE/LIKE BUTTON?!
“I think I heard ‘Usurper of the Throne’?”
I will take hypocritical despots for $500, Alex.
Oh, c’mon! Why would it be a (quote) legitmate government (endquote) if it wasn’t Josie ruling it? They probably just used the same spell and removed the previous (quote) legitimate government (endquote). Might makes right… or else at least reason why the previous government was anymore (quote) legitimate (endquote).
I find it fun that the thing everyone seems to question the most is how Bucky questions the legitimacy of Josie’s rule. Mind you i agree. There’s no real way to tell if the previous ‘legitimate government’ as Bucky called them really were so legitimate.
But I am honestly more amused by the fact that this spell that put her in charge of this random kingdom in fantasy land is simply one of ‘some old magic texts’ that she got at a flea market. Shitropolis…where even a disatisfied housewife can find the means to claim power over said random kingdom just by visiting the flea market.
Maybe the kingdom planted that spell because it had no ruler. Figuring that anyone who could cast that spell had the skills needed. That was basically the plot of the novel “Magic Kingdom for Sale — SOLD!”
Wait the fact that the Trolls don’t look like the one’s from LOTR never tipped her off that she didn’t actually make this world?
That’s a general problem whenever you want to have an invasion campaign in a fantasy setting. There are three general ways I see to get the players to care: you can have your world invent representative democracy earlier than in a historical setting; you can have the invaders be doing much more than just trying to take over, good heroes will want to stop invaders who rape and pillage even if they have no real love for the current ruler; or you can give them a personal stake in the status quo by waiting to launch the invasion story until after the heroes have become friends with the local rulers, or even become the local rulers themselves. Those three ways can get heroes to care about something that would otherwise be a mere change of government.