Italics provide a wonderful advantage: you see, right away, that the words are in a rush. When something exists at a slant, you can't help but consider irony.
Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.
Clichés so often befall vain people.
I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.
You put a character out there and you're in their power. You're in trouble if they're in yours.
What will happen can't be stopped. Aim for Grace.