Grats to Terry and all however...
"Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
If I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"