Interesting analysis but I would disagree on one point. I think that aristocracy itself is being used here as a metaphor for the elitism of powerful groups - like The Slayers (and notice the capitals - I'm referring to the whole collective mass of them rather than individuals) and Twilight.
Perhaps the metaphor is about being part of an powerful elite without having actually done anything to get entitle you to use the power - like the aristocracy, like Slayers where it is in both cases an accident of birth rather than any intelligence or ability in the individual. The quote from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" springs to mind here:
(from imdb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/quotes)) King Arthur: I am your king. Woman: Well I didn't vote for you. King Arthur: You don't vote for kings. Woman: Well how'd you become king then? [Angelic music plays... ] King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king. Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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Perhaps the metaphor is about being part of an powerful elite without having actually done anything to get entitle you to use the power - like the aristocracy, like Slayers where it is in both cases an accident of birth rather than any intelligence or ability in the individual. The quote from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" springs to mind here:
(from imdb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/quotes))
King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.