Headscratchers / Justice League S 2 E 7 And 8 Maid Of Honor

• Why is Vandal Savage marrying the princess? He already has the Kasnian military at his beck and call, and they are happy to lock her in her room when he gives the say so after the marriage even though he is still her inferior by rank. He's already got an important job with the government helping to organise their contributions to the space station, and whether or not the King was involved in that aspect it is demonstrated that he was disposable. The whole marriage part of the plan seemed unnecessary- he could have gotten what he wanted by just ignoring the princess entirely. A immortal would-be world conqueror shouldn't be interested in something as trivial legitimatising his claim to the throne of a tiny fictional nation.
  • Apparently he was interested in that, because that's what he says he's after.
    • But WHY though? It gained him nothing he didn't already have. It just comes off as a plot device to get Wonder Woman involved in a particular way.
    • For whatever reason, he felt a legitimate claim to the throne was important. Perhaps he was foreseeing when he'd have to deal with other nations and figured being a rightful ruler would at least make it a little more difficult for other countries to try and depose him as opposed to if, for instance, he'd just taken over in a military coup.
  • We don’t know that he has “the Kasnian military” under his control, we only know that he has ‘’some parts’’ of the Kasnian military under his control. He probably hasn’t suborned the ‘’’entire’’’ officer corps, let alone the rank and file, who just know him as “the guy the Princess is marrying” plus maybe the King’s science advisor or something. By going through with the marriage he presumably gets some sort of legal authority, so after he gets his actual conspirators to lock up Audrey and he gives orders as “Prince Consort, speaking for my wife is just taking a nap no really she’s in the next room trust me” the normal Kasnian soldiers just showing up to work won’t cause any problems arguing about authority. This is often how real coups take place: Get themselves appointed to some position — ANY position — so that after their conspiracy takes over they can point to their legitimate connections as an excuse for everybody not in on the conspiracy to accept what happened.