Not-subject

An entry without subject. Subject to none. Sovereign. A free and independant state.

A king stands tall, casts a big shadow. In the shadow is where the not-sovereign live. They can neither grow food nor sunbath, for the physical limitations of light and the size of their massive king do not allow it. And of course, moving is not an option.

And this is my point, I think.

That the not-sovereign choose to not-move. They choose not to move their king.

This seems a compelling train of thought. Let's hope aboard, as it were. Choo-chooo!

For most of us it seems there is a fundamental choice: sovereignity or not-. Gone are the days when gods (or their earthly avatars) chose kings. Swords hold no power here since the True King lost his way. Blood may be strong, or it may be weak, but it no longer is a carrier for royalty. The royalty gene is dormant. Sleeping.

So. It seems clear: kings (of a male, female, or other variety) are self-made.

But perhaps you sip upon fine wines of a vintige I do not know, becauase I know very little about wines, and you say to the screen and thus to me: "But does a sovereign not require subjects?"

And I am here to say no. Or rather, the only subject a king needs is himself, but he needs that to be as loyal Lassie (or Galahad, to keep with the subject matter). And now I will prove my point. Think of Simba! Of Arthur! Of Peter the Great! Before these great men thought to command others, first they learned to command themselves. Simba had his time with Timon and Pumba in the forest, but most of all he had his fight with Scar (he could have just commanded his lionesses to track Scar down). Arthur traveled for freaking forever and had millions of adventures before ever thinking to give another an order. Peter the Great was forever disobeying orders to learn his own limits! Shipbuilding, martial studies, you name it he wanted it. And he got it, and when he was Czar he was good at giving orders because people wanted to follow him!

And so here's what I say. Become a king, and subjects will come to you. Though that not be the point any longer.