I think the thing about a monarchy is, you either get a Really Great leader, or you get a Shitty One. With a council, you're more likely to see influences spreading among everyone, and the entire thing can go corrupt fast. A king is just one guy-- he can be poisoned, assassinated, or even influenced directly by his wife(or vice-versa, her husband), or other people they are close to, like advisors.
It's kinda like a presidency-- we might vote for our president, but he doesn't hold 100% of the power. The king didn't either/doesn't either. The difference is that a king holds a lot more power than a president. This can be good or bad. They do seek council from advisors buuut what does this do for them really?
Honestly it's pretty iffy. I always thought if you have a lot of God & Country men, like knights/etc, they might be better placed into a military. Boyd? Totally a marine. Haar? Air Force until his eye. Marcus? Army. Lowen? NAVVYYY I mean what.
But most people transplant them into other jobs but have them keep their sense of pride in what they do, which also works. For example, Kieran might be stocking shelves at Wal-Mart, but if his boss is Elincia, then Kieran is probably REALLY PROUD to work under her, at that job. He probably shines his nametag. (Can never unsee. That's a bad example, but you see what I mean. The people who serve a king are loyal to their boss (in an AU this is ANY BOSS, corporate, regional, manager, whatever you choose), and take great pride in what they do, and that's definitely not limited to serving a king or being in the military. I'm sure Lowen would take great pride in head chef at a hotel chain that Eliwood runs.) (I can totally see Eliwood running hotel chains. WHYYYYY. No I DON'T WANNA WRITE THIS, IDEA GO AWAY.)
That said, I hate how one-sided things are. The "Good" people defect to your side almost always, or die tragically (Shiharam), and the Bad Guys are always assholes, on the wrong side, being douchenozzles. There's really not a lot of in-between like with Elincia's council of officials. :/
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It's kinda like a presidency-- we might vote for our president, but he doesn't hold 100% of the power. The king didn't either/doesn't either. The difference is that a king holds a lot more power than a president. This can be good or bad. They do seek council from advisors buuut what does this do for them really?
Honestly it's pretty iffy. I always thought if you have a lot of God & Country men, like knights/etc, they might be better placed into a military. Boyd? Totally a marine. Haar? Air Force until his eye. Marcus? Army. Lowen? NAVVYYY I mean what.
But most people transplant them into other jobs but have them keep their sense of pride in what they do, which also works. For example, Kieran might be stocking shelves at Wal-Mart, but if his boss is Elincia, then Kieran is probably REALLY PROUD to work under her, at that job. He probably shines his nametag. (Can never unsee. That's a bad example, but you see what I mean. The people who serve a king are loyal to their boss (in an AU this is ANY BOSS, corporate, regional, manager, whatever you choose), and take great pride in what they do, and that's definitely not limited to serving a king or being in the military. I'm sure Lowen would take great pride in head chef at a hotel chain that Eliwood runs.) (I can totally see Eliwood running hotel chains. WHYYYYY. No I DON'T WANNA WRITE THIS, IDEA GO AWAY.)
That said, I hate how one-sided things are. The "Good" people defect to your side almost always, or die tragically (Shiharam), and the Bad Guys are always assholes, on the wrong side, being douchenozzles. There's really not a lot of in-between like with Elincia's council of officials. :/