What if everything is saved by the magic of love, by the end?
Like, you've got Doc's love and care changing Hush. We know shifters feel their cores react to the term and feeling of Mate. Magic and emotions are so tied together. Or like that moment where Vincent was helping Lovely reconnect with their magic, and he didn't know what it was that he did, he just wanted to help. I guess maybe also with d(a)emons, ones that can feed off of good emotions, or the fact that empathy demons like Caelum are prone to getting attached (Did I get that right?). Gavin's love, for Freelancer and his friends, gave him the strength to keep his wards up and keep going during the Inversion. The fact the whole channel is boyfriend asmr.
Meanwhile the ways things are messed with was instead obsession. Blake's obsession with Bestie. Marcus's obsession of Asset and making them obsessed with him. CloseKnit being so obsessively against d(a)emons and wanting control that they're a full on huge well funded cult that can cause mass death. Then there's Kody, who enjoys and seemingly had experience with manipulating and committing the magical equivalent of assault.
And Asset was saved by someone who was mad they were being used and not shown human compassion.
Even if PM was just a dream, I feel like there's still something there. That's a really specific setting for a dream, considering what's going on with...everything.
Obsession is the enemy. Love is the key.
I don't think it's going to be like a "Everyone holds hand in a circle and sings" thing. But the magic and strength of the emotion of love is so focused on, and directly affects magic. I think love is going to be a big factor in saving things.
