The four suit Queens are Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, and Clubs. They’re an important distinction from a single identity being passed from one person to another. These are rival po…

The four suit Queens are Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, and Clubs. They’re an important distinction from a single identity being passed from one person to another. These are rival powers existing alongside one another, with armies and competing claims. Calie’s place as the White Queen adds another angle to that struggle. Calie has gone from being tormented by Wonderland to trying to govern it and repair it. The title puts her in the middle of the realm’s struggle for power, but she brings her own purpose to it. She also still has a daughter whose safety and sanity matter to her. That’s the interesting tension for me. A crown gives someone authority, but what they do with it remains a character question. Calie can occupy that kind of powerful role without wanting the same Wonderland that her enemies want. The four Queens give us competing versions of royal power. Calie brings the question back to what a person wants to do with that power, and what it costs her to try.