The pitchfork mob made me think of Thorneau, but I can't recall a piece where the Queen or another ruling figure was so much in the forefront. Then I thought about Ariva, with the wall and all, but I'm still missing something...

Such wit and beauty. It's not the words he writes, but rather the ones he doesn't.
And man, that third act twist...

Man, I wasn't trying to be crappy about it, just trying to get a laugh.
I respect what you're trying to do.

It made me think of this: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-01-23

For the record, I get what you're doing here, but I can't really get behind it.

It's all to do with my own hook-ups, though, so I didn't think it worth me commenting on it, and certainly not launching into one of my usual expository tirades.

I think one of things that makes deciphering a smiley story rather hard is not knowing which, in a sequence, are related to the same "side", or like, which parts are some sort of dialectic with every other smiley belonging to the same character or faction. Which allows for multiple interpretation, which can be a good thing, but it's the kind of thing that makes my mind go blank at the Aubedore prompts of the Plot Generator

In your example, I'm pretty sure a ruler gets stroppy at a subject for a perceived misbehavior, and revolution follows. I think the middle part described some idea the rebels come up with to win during a gathering, but buggered if I know what the stratagem could be. Some magical wall, perhaps? I think my mind is led to try and find the True Answer rather than come up with my own interpretation and then compare notes...