Reluctant Ruler: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Babylon 5]]'': ex-Narn Ambassador G'kar is both stunned and hesitant when told he has become [[The Messiah|a religious icon to the Narn]], and outright refused leadership of the government after overthrowing the Centauri. He eventually accepted spiritual, if not political, leadership, but only because the public wouldn't take no for an answer.

* Claudius in ''I, Claudius'' becomes this after he's proclaimed Emperor by the Praetorian Guard following his nephew Caligula's assassination. He really wants to make Rome a true republic again, but the Guard literally forces him into the imperial role and Claudius realizes he has to accept or risk having himself and his family slaughtered. Much later, however, {{spoiler|he decides to marry his corrupt niece Agrippina and let her unhinged son Nero succeed as emperor, to force the Romans to get sick of monarchy. He only succeeds in insuring that his only son and only loyal adviser die.}}

 

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