#《 sticking with these six bc the post was long enough already and i don't need to make this even more complicated 》

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Political headcanons under the cut

Alroy's stance on politics is the easiest to talk about in the sense that he…doesn't have one. He trusts that the people in power know what they're doing and ignores all of the heavy stuff in favor of writing songs and snuggling Zanna. This stance comes from privilege Alroy either is oblivious to or won't acknowledge.

Ebony is a step up from her father—she still is hesitant to completely tear down the Triumvirate because it's all she's ever known, but she opened the door for commoners to be more active participants by allowing them to speak directly to the Triumvirate about their concerns. Rather than the Triumvirate independently creating laws that affect everyone else, the population can make suggestions to the Triumvirate and they can vote on whether to make them official laws or not.

Franklin is against any hierarchical structure based on bloodlines…or just hierarchical structures in general. His ideal society would be classless and stateless—social classes and the state can't be separated (especially in the Triumvirate, where the state's foundations are built on the idea of the elites being more qualified to run a society than anyone else) and abolishing one requires to abolish the other. He's more of a proponent for direct democracy, where the electorate decides on stuff without relying on representatives as proxies. Franklin is aware that his ideology is incredibly radical in the eyes of the Triumvirate, which is why he lets Delilah do her thing even if he doesn't completely agree with what she's doing. Like, Franklin thinks that the transition to a classless society should be immediate…but the last thing he wants is to be assassinated for being "a communist foreigner who wants to completely destroy society".

Lundyn is bothered by the fact that the political power rests in elites that do nothing but breed with each other and act hoity toity. Knowing the history of how the Triumvirate became a thing (spoilers—none of the Big Three Families are inherently better than anyone else) makes it even more sickening to him. If he weren't born into the Big Three Families, he would call to have all of them executed and go all French Revolution. However, killing family members is something Lundyn isn't willing to do so that's out of the question. (I don't think he'd be fully a pacifist like Franklin—the glorified state-sponsored execution they call "dueling" isn't fair because it's rich people killing poor people, but poor people killing rich people is okie dokie.) He isn't completely comfortable dissolving the state entirely because he believes that elites with worse intentions are going to take over and make a worse government, so he thought that completely seizing control and essentially becoming a benevolent dictator was the best solution. He eventually wants to hand over control to the proletariat, but wants to wait until the proletariat has enough resources to stand a chance against the bourgeoisie. Still, Lundyn places value on participating in society and believes people need to earn their citizenship. Franklin and Vivian would be bothered by this because it's highkey ableist, but Lundyn justifies his beliefs by going "Of course I'm not going to punish people if they're actually disabled!" (which isn't exactly helpful, especially not to Franklin).

Oswald is progressive for his time, but he still doesn't let go of the idea of the Triumvirate. He grew up preparing to be a representative and believes there's always going to be a Triumvirate. I guess he leans towards the authoritarian side of things since he believes he has a duty to help the commoners rather than giving commoners the control. He's also guilty of allowing certain outdated traditions to continue, like placing his children in arranged marriages. Granted, he wouldn't force his children to do something they don't want to do, but it's a questionable idea to arrange who your daughters are going to marry the moment they hatch…

Vivian takes some guidance from Ebony and Oswald, though she thinks there's a lot more that can be done. She doesn't fault Ebony and Oswald for not doing more because they did lay down essential stepping stones towards progress, but she knows society can still be improved. However, the details of how things should be better are still blurry. She knows she's on the bottom left corner of the political compass and has a good idea of what her ideals are, but she has a harder time settling on what is the most ideal way to run things. Like, she's gotten as far as to come to the conclusion the Triumvirate should be dismantled and power should be given to the commoners…but how to actually execute that idea still eludes her.