TGLS wrote:And that would make Hoshi like, what, 100 years old when she was assassinated? Given how aggressive people are with backstabbing in the mirror universe, I can imagine that there's room for one more Empr-person.
I'd like it for Linda Park to be the Emperess, having cloned herself a bajillion times like sci-fi villains always seem to do. Given how the Mirror Universe works, having a hammy, sexy Mirror Sato clone pulling the strings like a hooker version of Palpatine would be interesting, especially because in ENT/In A Mirror, Darkly, she seemed to be a competent villain.
Think about it - in most works, how often do we really get a compelling female villain? I feel like there's unpaved road to tread, there. Maybe her reforms led to women being more able to get prominent roles in Imperial Starfleet and Imperial society in general, outside of having screw-and-stab their way to the top. I think that a case of the Mirror Universe becoming slightly more congruent with the prime universe is a great way to play the whole mirror universe angle...then, at the end of the plotline, have the universes diverge again, with the MU becoming more evil again.
#MakeTheMirrorUniverseEvilAgain