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I wonder why so many cartoons and anime are about monarchies. Like they love kings, princesses and royals. It is so annoying that they embellish them so much. I wonder if it is on purpose. (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I am not saying there aren't good examples of this. But we both know 99% of stories that involve monarchy tropes do it to get to the power fantasy in the shortest possible amount of time. And those also almost universally have an adventurers guild, a walled city with no fields or other visible way to get food around it and an inspect/analysis skill and slavery...