This adds an interesting nuance. It may be that the sycophancy (which I noticed and was a little odd to me), is a kind of excess of fidelity in honoring cues an

This adds an interesting nuance. It may be that the sycophancy (which I noticed and was a little odd to me), is a kind of excess of fidelity in honoring cues and instructions, which, when applied to custom instructions like yours... actually was reasonably well aligned with what you were hoping for.