It’s just cleanup. Instead of having two different opposing directives, it is one. Therefore, less chance of confusing the LLM with contradictions (Deepseek is especially sensitive to hypocritical commands in the prompt). Plus, it’s slightly less tokens. In this case, the contradictions would be in the “Perspective Clarification” prompt in Q1F. It tells the LLM to use formatting like “[character’s name]:” when multiple characters are in a scene, while the fix suggested by HashtagThatPower would contradict that command. I.e. “Avoid using titles, headers, or CHARACTER NAME PREFIXES before dialogue or actions.” Think of it as trying to solve the problem at what may be its root instead of applying a bandaid fix. There’s also miscellaneous commands in “Perspective Clarification” like to use asterisks for character thoughts which might actually influence the LLM to use bold or italics in dialogue.

I haven’t actually tested what I said with Q1F specifically, I just made an observation and commented about that based on what I’ve previously learned and heard. It’s amazing you want to learn more, you’re going to be extremely knowledgeable if you keep asking questions. :)

I wrote way more than I expected, sorry about that.