i've always believed that it's not fair to say that daniil is intrinsically a massive cunt just like it's not fair to say that he's intrinsically a kind person because that is entirely relative to how you personally choose to play him & the variety in each character's dialogue answers isn't merely for roleplaying purposes but rather reflects the range a given character is capable of, so i've always rolled my eyes a bit at people bringing up choice dialogue to prove that daniil is an asshole. that being said his line to the prophet where he asks to make him forget yakov's discoveries about the plague "because he can't bear that it wasn't him who made them" is genuinely incredible. the sheer self-obsession. the gall. my first instinct was to think "he wouldn't fucking say that" but it's much more interesting to permiss that he could. and it's up to you to make him the kind of person who would













