Editing Princess: The Hopeful (section)

====Mirrors====
This philosophy is a mix of vanity and predestination, which appeals to younger Princesses and Princesses looking for a life free of hardship. It follows the example of the [[Mary Sue]]: You are perfect. You are the One True Heir of Mirrors, and whatever you do is right, because it's you doing it. Never compromise, because that means breaking your perfection. Always stick to your ideals, no matter how unrealistic (or damaging) those might be. They may be Princess the Hopeful's version of the Pretty Marines (Seriously they even get a Charm to repel dirt), but unlike most Mary Sues they can back up their narcissism. Their Invocation gives a bonus to anything that targets themselves or mirrors, and Specchio has some powerful self-buffing spells, along with unique spells invoking mirror from turning them into walky-talkies or jumping into and out of them. If you're a combat minmaxer, you could do worse than the Queen of Mirrors. The cost, however, is that Specchio tends to make you go nuts, usually in an attention-whoring way. The advantage Mirrors grants are the ability of prophecy and to stay transformed indefinitely. ''Eg:'' [[Humanity Fuck Yeah|Sumireko Usami]] (before getting beat up by Reimu) from [[Touhou]]. The Mirrors Invocation is Specchio whose element is Light.

If you're wondering why the Queen of Mirrors counts as a 'Twilight' Queen since she's not stealing hope or blowing up civilians to get at the darkness, then you're not the only. In-universe Followers of the Queen of Mirrors (often called "brats") are considered Twilight because of their irrational attitude. To put another way: it's called the "World of Darkness" for a reason, and they refuse to make tough choices and think they can make everything right without compromise. When they inevitably can't, it tends to create a lot of collateral damage, that makes them snap since Specchio makes them mentally brittle. An example given is the following scenario: A village of farmers is about to be attacked. A Radiant Noble would take time and effort into training the peasantry in combat so they can defend themselves and then lead them through whatever hardships they must endure to ensure their survival and continued stay in the village. A Mirror would say "leave it all to me" and try to take on the invading force herself, which of course means that she more than likely fails to fight them all off or else keep them from going around her while she's busy. Thus the village burns because the peasantry can't defend themselves.

Also, not to put too fine a point on it, the Queen of Mirrors tells ''every'' single Specchio user that they're the One True Heir of Mirrors, hides the fact that using Specchio makes them go insane, encourages them all to ignore or try to avoid the consequences of their actions before peacing out to find more One True Heirs of Mirrors.  No one's 100% sure what the hell happened to her anyway.  Did she find some bolthole in another dimension like Tears, or merge herself into her magic like Storms, or do something even weirder?  Any way you slice it, though, she's a Twilight Queen for a reason: she definitely isn't improving the situation or really trying to.