Thread:Miyazaki11/@comment-1041609-20150604133107/@comment-1041609-20150627132245

Techieberry38 wrote: Hmm. Perhaps the emperor has always wanted things under control. Maybe he has a deep, deep fear of the unknown, and by controlling everything he feels that he can be safe.

What do I mean by fear of the unknown? Well, let's say that someone disagrees with him and that a few other people are with that someone. Immediately the emperor would think of the disagreement multiplying, escalating then to protests, then to riots and finally, utter chaos that could tear down entire cities. He believes that by removing diversity (which often leads to diverse opinions; see a lot of minority advocacy groups) and using propaganda, his nightmares of utter chaos will never come true. An obsession with a fear of chaos being continuously 'fixed' via invasions. Hey, maybe our emperor guy would visit his vassals often out of his fear!

The faculty member should be something like a veteran servant to the emperor, and at first was concerened about his obsession. His concerns have not reached his master, but have instead warped his moral views. Complex.

Oh and thanks for shifting the genders, Miyazaki. Of course, and that mindset for the emperor... IT'S PERFECT! It's more misguided than evil, which is something I really want to see in villains, not just mindless evil for evils sake, but enemies who can actually make the heroes question their own motives and what they are doing, villains who the heroes can actually feel somewhat guilty for defeating!