"As a matter of fact, I think of myself as an inventor of the Western Civilization that ought to have existed but never did. So is Satrapi -- maybe she is my Persian Princess."
B:--
Okay, Satrapi "is your Persian Princess" -- for what? The Harlequin romance novel you're writing?
And as far as you imagining realities that might have been, but which aren't -- are you saying you're like Trotsky, but gone fanboy? He had quite an idea of how things might have been, too. But there were no aristocrats, princes, angels, princesses, and other Arabesque ornamentation involved.
Recently, JK Rowling admitted one of her Harry Potter fantasy characters ("Dumbledore") had been gay all along, FYI. She anticipated a slew of new fan fiction as a result.
-B.