This is a more general situation but not exactly the same i think
“Everyone is a villain” says, a pov exists where you’re the villain.
Here is more “one will fake a story where you are the villain” (a specific case where the pov in which you are the villain is faked to protect someone’s interests)
I’ve seen the second a lot in breakups were one will find every excuse possible to not think they are the asshole, including gaslighting themselves into thinking the other is a monster respinsible for the whole thing.









I love it, i would just rename day runner in night runner, ad obviously the best moment to send scouts in an overheating planet is at night. You can still make it dangerous by adding night predators that roam the surfaces now, like dogs, bugs etc…