That's a good question. Honestly, I'm not sure. The painting was done long after his reign, and hindsight is always 20/20. If I remember correctly, they were conflating it with the assassination of a different Tsar - pointing out that the royal family were cruel and violent.
[ which got them super dead. ]
That's the thing about people in power, though. Sometimes, they don't know when 'too far' is - sometimes there's no too far at all.
[ hm. his expression sharpens a little, there, into a frown, and fei du shakes his head. ] ...Anyway. What it is is very depressing.
You know, I'm kind of glad nobody ever would pay that much attention to what me and my family are doing if it would've been scrutinized like that. [ it's an idle comment and it might not even necessarily be true, but it's like "damn, being royalty sounds shitty but also like that's part of the job." ]
I think you could say the same about people, period, though. [ ...but anyway, he looks away from the painting. ] Everything else about this place is depressing, so it sort of fits right in.
You'd be surprised how little people really do pay attention.
[ an idle comment of his own; fei du looks at the painting for a longer moment, and then looks away. ] It's not all depressing. Let's see if we can find a strange exhibit to look at, hm? I'm sure there's got to be something. Modern art is always odd: once I saw an exhibit that was just a shark suspended in a glass tank.
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[ which got them super dead. ]
That's the thing about people in power, though. Sometimes, they don't know when 'too far' is - sometimes there's no too far at all.
[ hm. his expression sharpens a little, there, into a frown, and fei du shakes his head. ] ...Anyway. What it is is very depressing.
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I think you could say the same about people, period, though. [ ...but anyway, he looks away from the painting. ] Everything else about this place is depressing, so it sort of fits right in.
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You'd be surprised how little people really do pay attention.
[ an idle comment of his own; fei du looks at the painting for a longer moment, and then looks away. ] It's not all depressing. Let's see if we can find a strange exhibit to look at, hm? I'm sure there's got to be something. Modern art is always odd: once I saw an exhibit that was just a shark suspended in a glass tank.
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Wait like...wouldn't that just be an aquarium? I mean I get it, sharks are kind of interesting, but...seems a little weird to call it art.