That sidesteps the question of why all of these comically evil people are okay with using this arbitrary contest to determine succession, instead of the usual route of organically murdering each other until someone emerges who is good enough at disposing of potential assassins that they keep the throne for a while?
I didn’t watch the movie, so I’m probably missing something. Did Georgiou also have to deal with a bunch of normal assassination plots after officially gaining the throne? Or are we to assume that by virtue of winning this contest, she is widely seen as too dangerous for anyone to attempt to usurp?
They did. Also, in the Guardian of Forever’s alternate timeline in season 3, mirror Burnham successfully kills Georgiou at the cost of her own life, upon which Georgiou is returned to the prime timeline.
That sidesteps the question of why all of these comically evil people are okay with using this arbitrary contest to determine succession, instead of the usual route of organically murdering each other until someone emerges who is good enough at disposing of potential assassins that they keep the throne for a while?
I’m saying they’re not ok with it, but they are trapped in the current system. It’s like, an allegory, maaan.
I didn’t watch the movie, so I’m probably missing something. Did Georgiou also have to deal with a bunch of normal assassination plots after officially gaining the throne? Or are we to assume that by virtue of winning this contest, she is widely seen as too dangerous for anyone to attempt to usurp?
Sort of the latter, which is kind of the central plot device.
The Macguffin of the story, the Godsend, was a built by Georgiou as a deterrent against anyone trying to overthrow her. She says there were always plotters and coups.
I didn’t watch the movie, so I’m probably missing something. Did Georgiou also have to deal with a bunch of normal assassination plots after officially gaining the throne? Or are we to assume that by virtue of winning this contest, she is widely seen as too dangerous for anyone to attempt to usurp?
If the TOS Mirror universe is anything to go by, yes. People are waiting around with knives and daggers around every corner. If you’re in a position of power, you have to be prepared for assassination by anyone and everyone. Lorca didn’t sleep with a phaser under his pillow for fun. That is a problem that almost certainly gets worse the higher up you get in the empire.
Being Emperor just means that she has a lot more tools at her disposal to fend off such things, or make enough of a threat that most would think twice. Mirror Kirk had his dimensional machine that basically evaporated people by sending them to another dimension.
That sidesteps the question of why all of these comically evil people are okay with using this arbitrary contest to determine succession, instead of the usual route of organically murdering each other until someone emerges who is good enough at disposing of potential assassins that they keep the throne for a while?
I didn’t watch the movie, so I’m probably missing something. Did Georgiou also have to deal with a bunch of normal assassination plots after officially gaining the throne? Or are we to assume that by virtue of winning this contest, she is widely seen as too dangerous for anyone to attempt to usurp?
I think mirror Burnham and Lorka tried to depose her way back in Disco S1, but maybe I am misremembering.
I’m hung up on how utterly ridiculous the succession was portrayed.
I like Star Trek and I’m trying to find the silver lining here, but I just come up empty handed.
They did. Also, in the Guardian of Forever’s alternate timeline in season 3, mirror Burnham successfully kills Georgiou at the cost of her own life, upon which Georgiou is returned to the prime timeline.
I’m saying they’re not ok with it, but they are trapped in the current system. It’s like, an allegory, maaan.
Sort of the latter, which is kind of the central plot device.
The Macguffin of the story, the Godsend, was a built by Georgiou as a deterrent against anyone trying to overthrow her. She says there were always plotters and coups.
If the TOS Mirror universe is anything to go by, yes. People are waiting around with knives and daggers around every corner. If you’re in a position of power, you have to be prepared for assassination by anyone and everyone. Lorca didn’t sleep with a phaser under his pillow for fun. That is a problem that almost certainly gets worse the higher up you get in the empire.
Being Emperor just means that she has a lot more tools at her disposal to fend off such things, or make enough of a threat that most would think twice. Mirror Kirk had his dimensional machine that basically evaporated people by sending them to another dimension.