Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-34263048-20181223091357/@comment-36855838-20181224150832

JOVA82 wrote:

As I said, She USED to be a ruler centuries ago.

That means she isnt anymore.

Well, yes, but she's still symbolically in power:

Also if the stories are true, she really doens't like it if someone doesn't do as she asks or orders.

Then again she never has asked or ordered anything, at least in a couple of human generations.

You dont know if those stories are true, all you know is that all refer to her as "Queen".

This suggests that she commands similar or equal respect to what she carried in the past, meaning that even if she has gotten weaker, her reputation, and position really have not.

Her actions in this small moment also betray that she cares a great deal about her image, enough to procrastinate in taking a husband, despite supposedly fearing becoming undead immensely.

This great attentiveness in upholding her image explains why people fear and respect her, even if she no longer possesses her old power, and also means that the "top dog" position is contentious.

Why else would she discard her beliefs to keep it?