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Originally Posted by Frontier
So did the queen see the future where Pride goes evil? Was she not intending to give her the throne until she saw what she was like now? In the original timeline she wasn't able to do it because she died, so Pride got the throne by default, but now it's through her genuine strength of character  . |
The short answer is yes. Its kind of vague in the anime but the queen did purposefully keep Pride at a distance and favored Tiara to be successor. Pride's 'awakening' probably wouldn't have left much room for that in the original timeline either though.