The Empress is so ambitious and unrepentant. I honestly admire her tenacity and drive for power. As a woman in such a society, I do think that plays a bit of a role in her outcome. I don’t like her, mind you -but you gotta give her props for that go getter attitude of hers.
We in life won’t get that second chance, along with a cheat that Tia got. And while the Empress to fall hard in the end, she did well to hold her own as a woman in a society where patriarchy rules. She flew too high into the sun, and her ego was her downfall then and will be it now. It’s an evil world we live in. She would probably dominate in this era.