Quote Originally Posted by MPHJack7 View Post
I kind of agree, though not because the idea of godly super-sparks is absurd on it's own. I think it's hard to accept because of theming. Stuff like reanimation and sentient machines fits a premise like "Victorian Europe if mad scientists were real," but immortal ancient god-queens doesn't fit said premise.
H. Rider Haggard and She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed would like a word. The Queens are almost a direct lift of Ayesha (the aforementioned 'She'), right down to the flame-as-source-of-power, just with a thin veneer of SCIENCE! overtop.