"The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett is a guide to resisting tyranny disguised as a YA book.
The Queen of the Elves is an unquestioned authoritiy figure in her world, but she doesn't accept responsibility. She makes everyone entertain her, and discards them (terminally) if they displease her. Nothing in her world is real, because she has no imagination. She steals from other worlds and doesn't care for anything once she's gotten what she wants. You don't grow old there, not quickly, anyway, because nothing grows, learns, builds, or even imagines anything new. They're there to convince the Queen that she's somehow all-powerful as well as carefree, fun, and infallible.
The Queen of the Elves is a malignant narcissist, like all tyrants. As usual, Terry Pratchett was preparing us for the worst of the real world, and he somehow made it fun. #Discworld #Pratchett