I like that you are working the political angle
I think that the political angle is what the plots for Merry Gentry should be about, instead of bad sex and Goddess-ex-machina. The monsters are interesting, but they only come in as part of the political angle (or the bad sex, unfortunately) anyway.

I have been working on a pitch for MG, as a children's series... :O
Wow. And I thought I set myself a challenge...