It sounds like it belongs to petulant child because it does belong to a petulant child.
Generous of you to assume he didn’t want it to “scream villain”, for no other reason than to brag. Powerful men love to play at pretending they’re more dignified than they truly are. If they can fool themselves into believing they’re great in one area, they can ignore how small they are in others.
You've seen the damage he's done to salvage his pride. I can only imagine what became of those who dared not to lick his boots. They likely earned themselves a destructive tantrum.
un: dirtyhands; misfire : )
But he's been around for what, hundreds of years? Couldn't he have come up with something that didn't scream "villain"?
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Generous of you to assume he didn’t want it to “scream villain”, for no other reason than to brag. Powerful men love to play at pretending they’re more dignified than they truly are. If they can fool themselves into believing they’re great in one area, they can ignore how small they are in others.
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I'm assuming his power kept people in line enough they didn't tell him the harsh truth? Sounds like he could've used it.
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At the very least, Alina undid some of the mess he made.