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Micah
@rincewind.run

now wondering what happens in a disputed succession, do the particles collide at high speed or enter into some sort of holding pattern? perhaps we need to reopen the bar

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Darryl Mott
@gamerstavernshow.com

I'd say, considering the usual consequences of either situation, this would split a kingon or queeon into two or more particles with the explosive results of splitting any particle, in this case some form of very violent war.

John M Danskin🐸
@johnmdanskin.bsky.social

The proto monarch trying to retain their throne would emit a stream of klingons. Meanwhile, the usurper, trying to remove the proto monarch would emit a stream of prions, or, more properly, pryoffs. The pryoffs and the klingons have a runoff and eventually emit a monarchon or a monarchoff.

Steve Haley
@niborris.bsky.social

Superposition; it's one of the weirder side effects of monarch field theory. "monarch field theory" does sound like it should involve large swaths of milkweed, though.

Southe
@southe-lands.bsky.social

If succession is disputed, one solution is for learned members of interested groups to come together and debate the issue - voting, of course, by a show of hands. This is known as "wave-parliment duality" and is extremely controversial in the field.

Independent Teapot
@butijustmether.bsky.social

The particles obviously know who's the next regent, but *we* don't. Naturally, the only way to settle a dispute is an autopsy of both challengers to find who had the particle...at which point the particle moves on again and renders the challenge moot.