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vulpeculae
(The New Girl)
25th Apr, 2024 02:33:06 PM
Might be too specific for its own trope but could be a variant of Miles Gloriosus.
Diesel
Since: Jun, 2013
2nd May, 2024 11:35:08 AM
I don't think the character fits Miles Gloriosus, but that did lead me to the Ego Tropes index and to Acquired Situational Narcissism, which fits what I want quite nicely, since all this puffery follows him gaining widespread adoration for defeating an anti-government plot.
A (male) politician decides to publish copies of some of the speeches he's made, but they significantly deviate from what he actually said. He's edited some lines to make him sound more confident than he actually was, and he even adds entirely new passages, some of which approach Purple Prose.