It's surprisingly common in fiction to have a leader or someone in authority/power to also be a badass. Perhaps this arises from some sort of Wish-Fulfillment to have inspirational and awesome individuals in charge as compared to what we usually get in Real Life.
Contrast with Submissive Badass.
The following is a listing of all those leaders who happen to be badass:
- Action Politician
- Asskicking Equals Authority
- Authority Equals Asskicking
- Badass Preacher
- Badass Teacher
- Celestial Paragons and Archangels
- Colonel Badass
- Deadly Doctor
- Demon Lords and Archdevils
- Dimension Lord
- The Don
- Evil Overlord
- Klingon Promotion
- Large and in Charge
- Royals Who Actually Do Something
- Silk Hiding Steel: However, the point of the trope is that she technically doesn't seem to be in charge.
