Was Queen Mesmira An Intentional Throwback To Queen Taramis From "Conan The Destroyer"?

 

Conan the Destroyer was viewed as a failed sequel to Conan the Barbarian (1982). Yet, it seemed one character was practically given tribute namely Queen Taramis of Shadizar. Conan the Destroyer was released in 1984 - two years after the hit movie. I felt that Hasbro didn't want to leave Conan the Destroyer in the slumps so they created Mesmira. Mesmira is pretty much created for the cartoon but had to get her inspiration somewhere. She was probably based on the deceitful Queen Taramis.

The plot of Conan the Destroyer had Queen Taramis' plan to resurrect Dagoth. The movie had a couple of deleted scenes as confirmed by Sarah Douglas herself. It's also implied that Queen Taramis has a crush on Dagoth. If I'm not wrong - Taramis was supposed to have a sex scene with Conan. If that were true - I find it disgusting that her niece Jehnna should offer her hand in marriage to Conan. The first movie also had a deleted plot where Princess Yasimina offered her hand in marriage to Conan. Conan refused two princesses in a row if that's the case. The plot of the second movie had Taramis promising to resurrect Valeria. Conan figured out it was all a lie and sought to stop Dagoth. Dagoth never got into the cartoon.

Instead, Mesmira is also a worshiper of Set. Mesmira cursed Greywolf's siblings to become wolves. Granted, Stygia is a theocracy so it seems that Wrath-Amon has more power while the queen is symbolic. I find it weird that Mesmira does lust after Conan in the cartoon. Why would the royal queen of Stygia have such a lustful attraction to SUCH A BRUTE? Mesmira was frequently a rival to Wrath-Amon. Later on, Mesmira joined forces with Ram-Amon in the finale arc. Was that even a reference to the original Conan script that was rejected for being too convoluted? The original script had Taramis and Movie!Thulsa in the same story. 

What was interesting was that Conan and the Young Warriors was supposed to be a sequel. What in the world happened to Mesmira and Ram-Amon? Instead, the "sequel" had Sulinara as a really lame villain. It's too bad we never got to see even a short series to resolve the curse she put on Greywolf's siblings. Neither do we see Ram-Amon trying to restore Set back to the Earth either. Tsk tsk!