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Post by devilinthedetails on Oct 21, 2020 11:07:35 GMT 10
Title: Enhanced Majesty
Rating: PG
Word Count: 28
Summary: Jasson explains to his heir why they go on Royal Progress.
Notes: Part IV of my Jasson the Conqueror series.
Enhanced Majesty
“It is better to be feared than loved,” Jasson explained to his heir when Roald asked why they beggared nobles on Royal Progress to enhance their own majesty.
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Post by Seek on Oct 22, 2020 3:21:44 GMT 10
Very Machiavellian of him! But not exactly wrong either, I suppose. I really love how sharp and domineering your Jasson is - that strong personality really comes through, but it makes sense in light of how much Jasson expanded Tortall.
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Post by devilinthedetails on Oct 22, 2020 5:11:31 GMT 10
Seek, thank you so much for commenting! And, yes, I couldn't resist giving Jasson a bit of a Machiavellian mindset in this piece. I think this is a sort of interesting case where Jasson isn't one hundred percent wrong (at least in the shorter term) but in the longer term it might be nice to have families that feel more love than fear for the Tortallan Crown, and I can also understand why Roald would sort of recoil and reject this policy in his own governance because it is such a harsh, uncompromising one where I think Roald is a bit more inclined to try to be merciful and diplomatic. I was also really hoping that I could show what I envision as Jasson's sharp and domineering personality in these sentences because I definitely sort of envision those qualities of his as being overwhelming and I was so hoping I could get that to come through even in these little pieces.
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Maybe once we'd have seen it during Smackdown!