although really that and all of the verbal mishaps on my part with my brain thinking “well don’t say that” and then saying it and kicking myself mentally very antiauthoritarian, very on brand

convo with a comrade, him saying he loves spy shit and then me reminding him why i hate spy shit made me remember story idea from three years ago when i antagonized an antifascist journalist who was consulting for the fbi and made a six figure income in 2020 because of the belligerent romance trope