#tbh i'm not even convinced he sees the clones as subhuman

[voidartisan]

a recurring theme i keep seeing in a lot of fox-centric fics and posts is palpatine having fox do a lot of administrative work and forge his signature etc. but i don't necessarily think that would happen????? palpatine likes to be in control. when his minions begin to become too powerful, or disobey him too often, he gets rid of them. that's what happened to savage, and ventress, and dooku, and vader, and even maul to some extent. i think he would want all the high-level government stuff to go through either his or mas amedda's hands. he definitely wouldn't give someone the power of forging his signature. it's also so very unsubtle. sheev is a manipulator. he's not outright cruel to the people who know him as supreme chancellor, lest he tip them off. he plays the "my hands are tied" card. he works through subterfuge and five layers of assassins. he's deeply unhinged but he's careful. he's a planner, always five steps ahead. it just seems out of character to me.

on the other hand, do i think that he uses dark side tactics and the inhibitor chips to override the coruscant guard's free will whenever he needs to? absolutely.