Stop confusing player & character agency.

With player consent, characters can lose agency from time to time, which can create dramatic & entertaining stakes.

Not Players. Players always have a choice in what their characters are going through, even when their character does not

Since apparently it isn& #39;t perfectly clear already:

The GM is a player.
The GM is 100% included in this.
Including for GM-controlled/non-protagonist characters.

Keep your bad-faith "BuT yOu& #39;Re NoT iNcLuDiNg ThE Gm!" interpretation nonsense to yourself.