There's something about the trope where the genius delves so far into the need for creation that they get lost in their own mind and end up sacrificing their health (mental or physical) and their very Being in order to continue and in order to be something Great that just always gets to me
Like yes, go off and become something you don't recognize, as you don't know who you are outside of your need to be Known ! Fall from greatness in order to Be great in your skewed perceptions ! Scramble towards the divine and become something monstrous because of it !










