Reclining Reigner: Difference between revisions

[[File:cleorecline_5852cleorecline 5852.jpg|frame|[[Cleopatra]], helping make this trope [[Older Than Feudalism]]]]

A stock image across many forms of media. The best way to show that the ruler of a country is powerful, decadent, hedonistic, and/or comfortable within their power is to show them reclining on their throne or another lavish piece of furniture.

For kings, sultans, emperors and other rulers, they're often portrayed as being surrounded by servants while [[Grapes of Luxury|being fed grapes]] or cooled by giant fans, all the while with a very troubled/bored expression. For women, this tends to get taken [[Up to Eleven]], usually with the female reclining on something like a sofa, futon, or bed [[Fan Service|while wearing next to nothing]].

* ''[[The Mighty Thor]]'': [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1/15776/1521859-hela1.jpg Hela]{{Dead link}} has spent thousands of years making this trope into an ''art form''. Mee-''rowrrr!'''

* Virtually everyone in ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|Skyrim]]'' reclines when sitting on a throne, excluding certain models of the player character (though most version do) and [[Reasonable Authority Figure|Jarl Elisif the Fair]].

* In ''[[Drowtales]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130802184543/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=1563 Ash'waren].