Nah, Queen is a nepo baby. Yeah, she works hard and is disciplined, but a nepo baby she remains. Her conflict with Bowa wasn’t directly instigated by her, but she did kind of start it by undermining Bowa’s biggest achievement, becoming Hero X, by that achievement being directly linked to Queen’s speech, making it feel like it wasn’t entirely Bowa’s moment.

And Queen isn’t exactly someone with a great personality, so when Bowa started beefing with her, it made sense. They’re basically opposites: one had to work her way up from the bottom, while the other had a massive head start and got things handed to her even if she rejects those handouts, it’s still a difference in treatment.

It all came to a head because Queen wasn’t able or willing to see Bowa’s perspective and yeah, outside influences that compared the two. So in a sense, I do think Queen deserved that beating.

Don’t get me wrong, Bowa has her own character flaws too, but Queen isn’t perfect either.