just writing down before I forget for AU stuff

Helpless person who does smth because it is they who must do it vs. Helpless person who does smth because they have no other choice

once a De Facto leader who over many years has forgetten how to speak like one but manages to recover eventually and even helps out sometimes

“there can only be so many generations of kings one can lead before a grave mistake crushes their soul”

Comforting one like they has comforted them so many times before

Being stuck in a dream for so long they have to get used to a new one