Forum:Her Undying Majesty

OK, it's always seemed clear to me that Her Undying Majesty, Albia, Queen of England (and Scotland and Ireland?) is a clank. Strictly speculative, but I envision her as being having not an anthropoid body but an enormous sedentary machine housing. In essence, I see her as being halfway between Anevka Sturmvoraus and Castle Heterodyne.

My evidence for this?

(1) We know that "Her Undying Majesty" has perpetuated her life extraordinarily. This is evinced by the fact that Countess Marie is. Cousins are "removed" by the difference between their generations, so if she is (say) a third cousin, four times removed, that means that Marie's great-great-grandmother was third cousins with Albia (i.e. their great-grandparents were siblings). The "of course" emphasises that is is absurd to think Marie is of the same generation as Albia. NOTE: This quote is the only evidence that I can see for thinking that Albia has any human components and isn't just an enormous clank like Mr. Tock, as this is the only evidence I can find that Albia is actually alive.

(2) Albia is obviously powerful but, more than that, she seems to be PERSONALLY powerful. Reference is always made to her survival being crucial to keeping Wulfenbach out of England. This strikes me as more consistent with her being an enormous clank, capable of co-ordinating information and other subordinate clanks than her just being a powerful spark. Moreover, England is almost unquestioningly under her authority. The idea that there would be a host of people trying to usurp her (as there are in the case of Klaus) seems nothing short of unthinkable.

(3) My favourite piece of evidence: Gilgamesh,, does not say that he will kill Albia if Wooster betrays him, but that he will destroy her (and refers to her in "scare quotes" no less). Now you might think that this just means that he's going to destroy her empire, but he THEN goes on to explain what will happen to England.

That's what I think, anyway. --Cantabrian 11:20, 22 September 2008 (UTC)