As the world knows, Cecil the lion met a sad ending recently, shot and then skinned and beheaded for the pleasure of an American dentist from Minnesota, who wanted a King of the Jungle to hang on his wall. All very sad, and the outrage erupted in the all the right places.

But imagine a different end for a very young Cecil, who is about to emerge from the womb of his mother when a white huntress appears. Call her “Cecile,” and give her Claire Underwood’s haircut, along with Claire Underwood’s well-known lack of concern for the lives and well-being of others, such as journalists who ask unsettling questions, congressmen who drink and chase women and other life forms of lesser importance who happen to get in her way.