guy stuck in a timeloop who says "speedrun strats" out loud every time they discover a new weird thing they can do that leads to a good outcome while also making them look completely insane to everyone else in the vicinity

what if your doppelganger loved being you more than you ever loved being yourself. they're better at being you and everyone loves them and it feels almost selfish to want your life back. i want clone horror but the horror is that the thing trying to replace you is also the person you always wanted to be.

You can't use simulacrums because you're too egotistical and they'd betray you. I can't use simulacrums because the only thing keeping me in check is that I have to live with the consequences of my actions.

i love the angel shaping cube in the final battle of Mother of Learning because it just gives me the mental image of Zorian doing the world's most intense Rubix Cube challenge while everything around him is exploding

"I did it for you" has gotta be my favorite form of betrayal. You gave me a gift I never asked for, and now I have to look around at the world you destroyed with the knowledge that it was gift wrapped and addressed to me.