I'm detecting a theme within you're writing. (Yeah, by the way. I reached you're number on my '2 read' list). A pair of them actually. The fruits of benevolent dictatorship and the world living in harmony under a smart and generous tyrant (of course it's a woman). And Kigo.

Thirty seconds ago I dismissed the latter as unsurprising and irrelevant. The majority of the site being Kigo orientated. A stray thought crossed my mind that I almost feel sorry for Shego. Her Kigo tale was a tragic one which she is forced to be reminded of in the worst way. Suddenly I'm very surprised and topic has become very relevant bacause you are taking Kigo and making good stories out of it. Two thus far. How are you doing that? Everyone else just bangs them together like Barbie dolls and somehow they have babies.

It was a revealing thrity seconds.

Alternate reality. Okay. I'll pass over an argument about whether benevolent dictatorship could work in an AU world in consideration of the mystical idol being magic and say I enjoyed watching Princess squirm for thinking with her fists.

A very interesting take on Shego as a benevolent world ruler. I liked this story!

good story, not exactly my type, because it's not kigo, sry big fan of a good kigo stry, but this does not take anything from how good your story trully is, it is a very good writen story, calculated with nothing exagerated and that makes u think on a lot expecialy on shego beeing the "evil" person and on kim beeing the goody-goody, keep up the awsome work

p.s. sry 4 my bad english writing skils

Great story,

I like the idea of a good Supreme One. of course, it begs the reason why she would call herself Supreme One, but that could be due to a dictatorish character.

There were many spelling mistakes though, many times the word 'the' or 'a' missed, making the read less pleasant.

Interesting ideas you put in regarding religious rights and religious law, although it almost felt like a rant was starting up (which, from Shego's point of view, actually did).

keep up the good writing,

reader101w

loved reading this story for the simple fact of the debate between kim and shego. shego's point of view as you wrote it was incredibly well written. and i love how shego came off as being totally a supreme ruler who knew what she was doing rather than as a heartless dictator and didn't care about anyone

In Shego's land, freedom of religious belief and worship exists, but not religiously informed moral argument, which the author likens to "voices in the head". I suppose that Ms. Shade's world view has been shaped by communism, the threat of Islamic radicalism and the inability of post-Christian secular Europe to deal with it except by hiring more policemen and banning headscarves in public. The seculars have been allowed to make the rules because European Christianity, which saved western civilization, has lost the infrastructure needed for cultural combat that has been built up over the decades in the United States. That's why there is hardly anything like the "religious right" in Europe, which in the US follows the seculars into their hidey-holes in the universities and the media.

I have to agree Shego was never stupid, lazy yes, stupid almost never. If she was ever motivated I have no doubt she would rule the world. Once there the fun and adrenaline rush of breaking the law would no longer exist because as you previously state if you write the laws it's hard to be a criminal. I really enjoyed this.

-Kate

And yet-just a glimpse of her private sorrows-regrets-even her mundane concerns for the welfare of her subjects. A very human Supreme One.

Imaginative, as usual. Maybe more imaginative than ever.

A benevolent despot. Like Cyrus of Persia. Religious freedoms exist. The best of all possible worlds. No mention of how many she had to liquidate-but that's not part of the story.

Story style reads like Ray Bradbury.

A surprise with Camille. Yet more of that imagination.

You are perfectly suited to short stories. Long dramatic sentimental epic-not your way. You tell a story short and sweet. And you always manage to provoke thought.

Be well.