Yes, lot's of it is simply "let's take a succession crisis from IRL, change the names & add magic." Though I'll admit I find some of the ridiculous fantasy fic

Yes, lot's of it is simply "let's take a succession crisis from IRL, change the names & add magic." Though I'll admit I find some of the ridiculous fantasy fiction entertaining. But I also find lots of real history entertaining too. Intricate power struggles & their intersection with daily life are interesting, at least from the distance of fiction or a few hundred years. Watching them play out in real time is usually horrific.