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Qara is like some unholy fusion of Kim Kardashian, Donald Trump, and a clown. I imagine her voice sounds like a coked-up Fran Drescher. Everything about her is infuriatingly stupid lmao

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How do Emli, Kast, and Hethor's kids get along with the other royal kids at galas?

I feel like Emli and Trista would get along really well. They're both spoiled, melodramatic little shits. Emli is a lot smarter though. Marine gets bossed around by Trista and Trista gets bossed around by Emli. Together they are a whirlwind of deliquency.

Kast, OJ, and Cyana form a moody teenager clique and talk about how awful their parents are.

Azura respects Kobi a lot. She isn't sure if she agrees with her cause, but she respects her passion and bravery nonetheless. They would have a lot to talk about. Jaq and Winnue could get on in this group too. They're the rebel clique.

Cerulea's girls are freaking out over all the minotaur tiddies just floppin' around in the open. Cyana pretends to be offended, but is secretly peeping the hell out of Naduna. 👀

Emli bullies all the younger kids relentlessly (Cobalt, Nate, and Azura's triplets). Kast eventually gets tired of her crap, so he spills punch on her pants and accuses her of peeing herself. All the other kids laugh at her and she runs away in tears.

Thetos wouldn't be at the gala, but if he was, I feel like he and Kast would hang out. They do canonically go to the same boarding school in Sodergen, so I intend for them to be friends in a future story. Kast is a moody little punk and Thetos is a happy cinnamon roll, so they have a fun dynamic together.

Hestal and Keatto are comparing muscles, arm-wrestling, and trying to out-macho eachother like idiots. Their wives are all equally embarrassed and bonding over how dumb their husbands are.

Blomi and Naduna get drunk together and exchange beauty tips. Marghan asks to have a threesome with them, gets iced out by Blomi and headbutted by Naduna. He wanders off with severe head trauma, but no one notices because he's already a dumbass.

That's all I can think of at the moment!

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ZAREEN FAMILY REVIEW TIME, since Qara has one now (As dysfunctional as it is): Dunno if that was the vibe you wanted, but Qara gives off MASSIVE Onceler Vibes (From The Lorax). Emli seems like a Veruca Salt kinda kid. Bertzo is just a big dumb idiot, and Chubbins IX is so dumb lookin she's adorable. And I bet at least 1 Chubbins has died from Indiga's bigass crinoline, another from Trista and Marine's shenanigans, and one got intentionally killed by Morgause (She's that kinda ho)

THE REVIEWS ARE IN

I didn't consider the Onceler, but oh god you're right. I've never even seen that movie and I still know you're so right lol.

All those poffle deaths sound plausible to me. Morgause would totally kick one for the crime of being slightly in her way...then it explodes and gets dust all over her, and she absolutely flips her lid.

One probably fell into a punch bowl at a gala and drowned. Like...they just seem to die in the dumbest ways imaginable.

Except Chubbins IX! I imagine she is hilariously indestructible for no reason.

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kid-az How many completed cycles have there been? Is there sizable chance that Qara and the Industrialists will be the ones to break this cycle by killing all of their people from their pollution & exploitation of the poor? Or is there hope that the next elected party (Perhaps the Technologists?) can fix stuff, causing the cycle to continue or even stop?

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Great questions! As for how many cycles have passed, well, that's hard to say. Zareen Empire has been considered a Great Kingdom since 3200, but I don't know how long it's been using this particular political system.

Time for some shitty napkin math: A party usually rules for an average of 40 years. 40 years x 3 parties = 120 years to complete a full political cycle. Assuming the empire's been using this system for roughly 3000 years: 3000 / 120 = 25 full cycles.

I don't think Qara's leadership will kill everyone. Believe it or not, Zareen has survived leaders way worse than her (that mf who enslaved the Boanningwad elves is a hot contender...)

Sure, the Industrialists' pollution has made everyone sick, but past Technologist leaders have ensured that the empire's medical technology can keep sick citizens limping along through a standard lifespan. They're unhealthy, heavily medicated, and probably augmented with cybernetics and shit, but at least they're not dead, and that's all that matters to the Industrialists. (That whole "quality of life" thing is Naturalist business)

The Naturalists were in power before Qara. The Technologists actually won the popular vote as intended, but Qara's mafia goons interfered with the election and she won as a result, disrupting the Forward Cycle. She literally dragged the whole empire backwards so she could get more attention from the media...Narcissism off the charts lol.

This means instead of inheriting Technocratic robot-dystopia, she inherited a stagnant, economically-depressed ghetto that still hasn't recovered from the Industrialist rule before it. Technologist's are the ones who clean up the Naturalist's shit. Industrialists don't know how, they just sweep the mess with the wrong end of the broom and make it worse.

Yes, Qara's reign is going to be a clusterfuck. Yes, it will affect Zareenites negatively for generations to come. Will it destroy the whole empire? Probably not. But yeah, it's going to suck--not just for the Zareenites, but for foreign powers too, because Industrialists are war-mongers who can't keep their hands to themselves. Two Industrialists reigns close together is really bad news for global relations. I predict a big, terrible war--or several--in Qara's time.

Depending on how bad Qara screws everything up, the Zareenites might just boot her in a decade, skip the Naturalist term, and jump straight to Technologist, which will cause even more dysfunction for at least a few generations.

TL;DR: Qara's cheating caused her people tons of unnecessary strife and hardship for the next 120 years. Oof.

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You didn't answer this last time but have you thought about what Qara's adoptive family is like? Also isn't Maris only the queen of North Haze? Sorry to be overbearing

There was a Discord discussion a while back where we kinda collectively decided that Qara's parents were the Looming Gaia equivalent of Oprah and Dr. Phil. They are both insanely wealthy and influential celebrities, unfortunately they are also corrupt, terrible people and often peddle nonsense to get a quick buck.

Since Qara's parents are two different species, they could not have children naturally, so they decided to adopt. Qara was just one of many children this couple adopted, but they treated these kids like circus animals by forcing them into the world of showbiz. Some of their careers faded out and others became successful celebrities, but none can argue that Qara became the most famous of all.

And yes, Maris is the current queen of North Haze. She was the princess until Hestal married her, and that's when her father decided to retire and pass his crown to her. She is officially the queen of Folkvar's worst city...a perfect fit for terrible rulers like her and Hestal.

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Pictured: Empress Qara absconding with a fine Zareenite dessert item, circa 6010

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I mentioned that Empress Qara once starred in a bunch of commercials for a Zareenite burger chain, but I imagine she had a history of advertising random shit well before that.

And I imagine those advertisements had the same energy as these Cathy Mitchell dubs...I just can't stop thinking about it lmao

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Dato: qara es una palabra aimara que significa "pelado"

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Fact: qara is an Aymara word that means "peeled"

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Interesting! Well, I'd say that's appropriate, considering she's shaped like a potato and yellow like a banana lol

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