all of my writing is actually just thinly-veiled fantasy about being seen at your worst and still being loved

[id: four gifs of kattigan and tyranny. kattigan says "did I deserve it?" and tyranny, crying, shakes her head and says "no. no." kattigan says "do you?" with a serious expression. tyranny exhales slowly and says "remains to be seen." end id.]

Malicious unreliable narrator who really wants to lie to the audience for fun getting increasingly frustrated as every bit of bullshit they spin inexplicably later turns out to be technically true.

Official ominous sign(s)

Wicander really walked into the Sundered Houses meeting after being away and turning coat, listened to Primus get absolutely dressed down, saw Primus and his grandmother colluding and decided to get into Primus' good graces as a strategic move to keep an eye on him. And did such a good job of buttering Primus up that it brought his grandmother to tears and got more open approval out of Primus in one interaction than Occtis got in a lifetime

"lock in" is probably one of the most important phrases to enter the public lexicon in the 2020s