#whoooo lets say has to put down a rebellion of some kind
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i really hate reading them 99% of the time because they're so hard to do well. and because everyone else usually focuses on the things i find least interesting about it.
but it's sooooo fun to imagine what your favorite characters would do as feudal lords. it's a fascinating question: what would this character do with unlimited executive and probably military power over an area of land and its people? people who depended on them? would they be a good ruler? a bad one? would they take it seriously? do their inherent qualities make them better suited to that role than the modern era? or are they truly a product of the time and place they come from?
because I'm me, this thought exercise is a chance to daydream about "what if I held a gun to this character's head and forced them to get involved in politics?", really.
on one end of the scale you have anakin skywalker, who would....not....have done well as emperor, or frankly as any kind of feudal lord. maybe don't give him more power over life and death, or taxes, or food supplies. maybe don't.
on the other end of the scale, you have jed bartlet, who i truly believe would have been more comfortable with unilateral authority and a divine mandate. somebody make that man a king. let his staff profess their undying devotion to him on their knees, the way they so desperately, secretly wish they could in canon. i feel like it would Fix Them. Leo McGarry wants soooooo badly to swear his sword to Jed. you know it in your heart to be true.
#alternate universe#fic ideas#ish#anakin skywalker#jed bartlet#not all stories are suited to this au#but many of them are#for instance in my continued madam secretary rewatch#i was thinking about 'what if we just crowned elizabeth mccord queen of something'#except you couldn't just have her be a member of a royal family straight up#obviously she starts as the sole surviving heir of some backwater fiefdom#that either already does or is forced to practice absolute primogeniture#and she does a great job#while still being loyal to the king (conrad)#whoooo lets say has to put down a rebellion of some kind#and ends up calling nobles back to court#ones he can trust and ones he can't#to shore up power#and elizabeth turns into some kind of ned stark esque figure#only with actual political instincts and ability to relate to people who are different from her#and it goes really really well
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