Illithid as foil for white supremacy:
storytelling with sympathy for the villain sheds light on very real politics of oppression

5 Love Languages: "The Crucial Ingredient in Healthy Relationships"
spoiler alert: the "crucial ingredient" is truth, relayed in a wrapper about a child's sense of betrayal at realizing plans had been withheld when they were told they would be going to the hospital for surgery instead of kindergarten that day.