I like flowers entrance. I don’t mind the ratchet vote at all, he made a pretty big deal about not choosing a side between Luka and fang because he had loads of time, then he never did
I think direct cross voting is very bold but plausible. Specifically because the angle had already been identified early, by playing into it you really just are buying yourself more equity.
Alternatively, your read on Luka could be TMI, which would explain your bizarre confidence level, but I still think Luka is fairly scummy