you won't make yourself a name if you follow the rules

So I was reconsuming Yuletide canon over lunch break, and I noticed a thing. And I want an explanation of the thing. But what with one thing and another I suspect we're never going to get the explanation. And I can't even flail properly because it's Yuletide canon so I can't name it in public, and I forget whether it's -filter or -security or something else to tell email post gizmo to lock this post to my Yuletide filter so I can't name it in private till I get home.

I just. What the hell, creator. What the hell, character.