History PlayingWith / GodSaveUsFromtheQueen

* '''Lampshaded''': "People are oppressed, and Black Guards look ''too'' [[EvilIsSexy sexy and studly]]. Must be an Evil Queen."

** Alice is TheHighQueen.

** Any woman who manages to make it to be a ruling queen [[HadToBeSharp is better than any living king in the generation because any flaw would be used as an excuse to oust her.]] Queen Alice is GenreSavvy that way and constantly acts to disprove any accusations of malevolence or incompetence because of her vagina.

** Queen Alice seems to be a tyrannical bitch, [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask but is actually doing what she does out of genuine concern for her people.]]

* '''Enforced''': The story is HistoricalFiction, based on a piece of history where there was a cruel, tyrannical queen.

** It's a setting where MightMakesRight. Queen Alice could only become queen if she [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority fought her way to the top]]. Naturally, she continues to act cruelly to keep power.

** Queen Alice is an AbhorrentAdmirer of the hero, Bob, who says the trope word-for-word.

** Alice's AlphaBitch tendencies somehow manages to change the school play's [[TheHighQueen good queen]] into an evil one.

** Alice's AlphaBitch tendencies somehow manages to change the school play's HighQueen into an evil one.

** Prince Consort Bob is TheManBehindTheMan for the [[PuppetKing weak-willed Queen Alice]] (in a setting with gender-equal inheritance laws or even a matriarchal line of secession), and thanks to his influence the country has become a desolate place.

* '''Inverted''': TheHighQueen.

** Prince Consort Bob is TheManBehindTheMan for the [[PuppetKing weak-willed Queen Alice]] (in a setting with gender-equal inheritance laws or a matriarchal line of secession), and thanks to his influence the country has become a desolate place.

** Queen Alice's behavior seems extreme with her wars and conquests [[TheExtremistWasRight but she's eventually vindicated by later history]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Queen Alice explains that she is acting out of concern for her people, but when push comes to shove she's willing to make them suffer for her own gain.

** Any woman who manages to make it to be a ruling queen [[HadToBeSharp is better than any living king in the generation because any flaw would be used as an excuse to oust her.]] Queen Alice is GenreSavvy that way and constantly acts to disprove any accusations of malevolence or incompetence because vagina.

** A system is set up so that women are fairly, but just as strictly, evaluated before deciding who gets to rule the country.

** Or even in a society with gender equality, only a few women would prefer ruling the country, only to get ousted by that wicked woman, together with the rest of the men.

* '''Played for Drama''': Queen Alice has a HeelRealization, but she's committed too many crimes to stop.

** Queen Alice is DaddysLittleVillain in a RoyallyScrewedUp family. Her mother, a mere queen consort, is just as much of a bitch as Alice is, [[InTheBlood just like her sister, her asshole brothers and her cruel and sadistic father King Bob the Terrible]].

** Empress Alice is a cruel tyrant who [[EvilWearsBlack wears all black]], complete with [[MakeUpIsEvil dark make-up with black lips]] and [[FemmeFatalons long nails]] and whose rule is mainly about turning the best-looking males into {{Sex Slave}}s, killing or permanently disfiguring any woman prettier than herself, [[EvilMatriarch abandoning her children to other women and executing the ones who show any sign of disobedience]], torturing anyone who displeases her, conquering new lands to supply her with new studly military and displaying her wealth and power for all to see.

* '''Exaggerated''': Troperia has a long line of queens regnant with [[TheMagnificent nicknames]] like "the Terrible" and "[[GroinAttack the Castrating.]]"

** [[GoodRepublicEvilEmpire All monarchs in the story are are portrayed as evil.]]
** The only way Queen Alice could have become queen was if she [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority fought her way to the top]]. Naturally, she continues to act cruelly to keep power.
** Queen Alice rules in a traditionally male-dominated society which distrusts women with power and sees benevolence as weakness. In order to gain respect (and survive) she must prove herself to be twice as cold-hearted and ruthless as her male counterparts and rivals.

** Queen Alice is from a RoyallyScrewedUp family.
** Queen Alice was evil [[DaddysLittleVillain before becoming queen]], so it isn't surprising that she remained evil after becoming queen.

** Any woman who manages to make it to be a ruling queen [[HadToBeSharp is better than any living king in the generation because any flaw would be used as an excuse to oust her.]] This leads to some eventual GenreSavvy that any queen in a patriarchal succession is recognized as very dangerous.

** Queen Alice's behavior seems extreme with her wars and conquest [[TheExtremistWasRight is entirely justified]].

** Queen Alice is naturally mean-spirited, but forces herself to be nice since she doesn't want to come across as evil or oppressive.

** Queens are all evil, but mainly because the society is so horribly sexist that mind-warping abuse is heaped on young women to the point that anyone who gets into power is driven by a combination of vengeance and possibly insanity.
** Alternately, she [[ALighterShadeOfBlack isn't quite as evil]] as the typical ruler of the period locale, but she gets a bad reputation precisely because society is sexist and she's a woman--things that a male king could get away with are considered "atrocities" when she commits them because women are supposed to be gentle.

** Queen Alice's wickedness is part of the Machiavellian MagnificentBastard traits that got her to the throne in the first place, given that it's a male-dominated medieval setting. A nicer woman would never have made it.

** As a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]], Alice was fine -- but once she becomes the queen, she turns into a terror.

* '''Straight''': Queen Alice is the BigBad, oppresses her people, and is extremely vain.
* '''Exaggerated''': The kingdom has a long line of queens with nicknames like "the terrible" and "[[GroinAttack the castrating.]]"
* '''Downplayed''':
** Queen Alice can be a bit hot-tempered and heavy-handed, and she's certainly made a few bad choices as queen, but the story has GreyAndGrayMorality and she's basically doing the best she can.
** Queen Alice may be evil, but is opposed by [[TheHighQueen Queen Carol]].

** Queen Alice is DrunkOnPower.

** Queen Alice was evil [[TheEvilPrincess before becoming queen]], so it isn't surprising that she continued to be evil after becoming queen.

** Any woman who actually manages to make it to be a ruling queen [[HadToBeSharp is better than any living king in the generation because any flaw would be used as an excuse to oust her.]] This leads to some eventual GenreSavvy that any queen in a patriarchal succession is recognized as very dangerous.
* '''GenderFlipped''':

** Prince Consort Bob is TheManBehindTheMan for the weak-willed Queen Alice (in a setting with gender-equal inheritance laws or a matriarchal line of secession), and thanks to his influence the country has become a desolate place.
* '''Subverted''':

** Queen Alice's behavior seems extreme with her wars and conquest [[TheExtremistWasRight is actually entirely justified]].

* '''Parodied''': As a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]], Alice was fine -- but once she becomes the queen, she turns into a terror.
* '''Zig Zagged''':

* '''Enforced''': The story is HistoricalFiction, based on a piece of history where there really was a cruel, tyrannical queen.

* '''Invoked''': EvilPrince, Bob decides to [[UnholyMatrimony marry an evil woman]], so that when he's king, she'll have absolutely no problem with his abuse of power. King Bob and Queen Alice become an evil RulingCouple.
* '''Exploited''': In an attempt to halve the competition, a group of misogynist {{aristocrats|AreEvil}} (who are among those eligible to take up the throne) use the queen's tyrannical reign to justify why women should not be allowed to rule.
* '''Defied''':

** Those around Princess Alice dread the day of the her coronation and ascent to the throne because of this trope, but when the day comes she [[SheIsTheKing proclaims herself king]].

** A StrawMisogynist states "She's a woman in power, of course she's evil!" about the queen.

** Alternately, she isn't quite as evil in comparison to your typical ruler of the period locale, but she gets a bad reputation precisely because society is sexist and she's a woman--things that a male king could get away with are considered "atrocities" when she commits them because women are supposed to be gentle.
* '''Reconstructed''':

Back to GodSaveUsFromTheQueen. Or else, OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!!!

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* '''Straight''': Queen Alice oppresses her people and is extremely vain.
* '''Exaggerated''': The kingdom has a long line of queens with nicknames like "the terrible" and "the castrating."
* '''Downplayed''': Queen Alice can be a bit hot-tempered and heavy-handed, and she's certainly made a few bad choices as queen, but the story has GreyAndGrayMorality and she's basically doing the best she can.

** ''All'' females in the setting are portrayed as evil.

** Queen Alice was evil before becoming queen, so it isn't surprising that she continued to be evil after becoming queen.
* '''Inverted''': TheHighQueen

* '''GenderFlipped''': EvilOverlord.

* '''Subverted''': Queen Alice seems to be a tyrannical bitch, [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask but is actually doing what she does out of genuine concern for her people.]]