Oooh I'm gonna write such a needlessly long essay you don't even know.

LITERALLY THO THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

Oh you should watch Star Trek Deep Space 9, it's so good. sorry I gotta shill for it here lol

Li Nalas got to die for his people in the end of that three part episode, but what will Sartha be if she has to continue living?

Sartha would've happily died for the Rebels, she would've been happy to have died and not had to be the hero anymore--instead becoming a martyr. But for her to keep living? She doesn't want to be that.

I realized who Sartha reminds me of. She's like Li Nalas from DS9. She's an idol that people put so much into, beyond what she is able to accept. In DS9, he says "I'm willing to die for my people" and Kira asks "But are you willing to live for them" is so exactly what is happening here.

I don't think Kione can ever replace Sartha as "The Hero of the Rebellion", but she could become ANOTHER hero. As long as she doesn't break the image people have of Sartha, she could share in that glory. The question is, is she willing to betray herself for that? And she might!

I'm always saying that the best way for people to deal with the pressure put on them by society is to be brainwashed into having a split personality for bdsm and petplay.

I'm so glad my comment was a jumping off point for all this discussion. Kione is going to betray the workers councils, I just know it.