#maybe this isn't as common as i think but ive seen a fair amount of reviews that just throw in 'oh and the MC becomes queen bc the author

[six-of-ravens]

okay so, I just read a post where someone described the royals as weird little freaks (paraphrasing) and was talking about how terrible the family dynamics are in the british royal family, and I completely agree.

But it also made me realize why I hate that royalty/courtly drama/whatever fantasy novels these days (especially YA it seems) gets criticized as being pro-monarchy and classist if the author doesn't have someone abolish the royal family and make the country a democracy at the end: I love watching fucked up little freaks be fucked up little freaks. I love it when the main character has flaws, even if they're as petty as becoming queen and not immediately Mother Theresa-ing and giving everything to charity. And frankly, I also enjoy a good fairy tale where maybe things don't end awfully and the servant girl becomes a princess, the prince is good and kind etc.

Like yes, it's horrible IRL, the royal family's children should not be locked into such a restrictive life full of generational trauma, the people who married into the family should be treated better, etc. but in fiction can we not just explore the space without copy-pasting the plot onto the author's political stances??