Talk:Death to the Empress/@comment-1500935-20170213075713/@comment-6716431-20170213110834

I would say make this new one, but I would disagree in so far as the effects being bad. Do Paolo and Byrne disagree? Absolutely. Are they unreasonable? Not really. Sure, they spent ages trying to kill each other, but when they get their enemy's body they are thankful towards the protagonist, and they both have what they believe to be what's best for the country at heart.

And what you say about the lack of opposition from Stilton and Hypatia, that's not a problem. If they opposed Paolo and Byrne, you'd have huge arguments. However, Stilton (if he lives, which he has to do in this ending) has spent a long time compromising between Pastor's mining family committee and Luca Abele's ridiculous mining quotas. If he can do that, he would be able to compromise between Paolo and Byrne. While Hypatia doesn't seem to have any actual experience with this stuff, she is shown to be an intelligent and reasonable person, so she'd be able to help Stilton.

And ignoring the people themselves, opposing viewpoints can really help in a debate, as you can see the two extremes of the situation so you can make an educated guess at all the reactions you're going to face. And going back to people, Stilton and Hypatia would be the people with the less extreme viewpoints, giving a sense of calmness and rationality to the debate.