The political fortune tellers are working overtime again.

Loyalists and Kakampinks have suddenly discovered a new blockbuster script: “What if Imee Marcos betrays the Dutertes?”

The trailers are out. The teasers are everywhere. The background music is already playing.The only problem?They’re presenting it as a shocking twist to an audience that has already read the ending.

To many DDS supporters, this isn’t a prophecy—it’s a contingency plan. It’s like warning passengers that it might rain… while they’re already carrying umbrellas.

“Breaking News: Water is wet.”

“Exclusive: Politicians can change alliances.”

Thank you for the earth-shattering revelation.Political analysts keep acting as if they’re exposing the season finale, when they’re really just replaying the pilot episode.

Philippine politics has never been a Disney movie where everyone lives happily ever after. It’s more like a teleserye where today’s ally is tomorrow’s plot twist, and tomorrow’s plot twist is next week’s guest star.

So yes, Senator Imee Marcos could vote one way or another. She could surprise everyone—or no one at all.

The real irony is that the people trying hardest to condition public expectations may end up being the ones shocked by the outcome.

As for DDS supporters? Many have long accepted that in politics, permanent friends are rarer than balanced budgets.

The burden now rests on Senator Imee Marcos—not on political influencers, not on meme pages, and not on self-appointed prophets on social media.

She doesn’t need to prove the pundits right.She doesn’t need to prove the critics right.She only has to prove one thing: whether her vote will be guided by principle, evidence, and conscience—or by the expectations that everyone else has already written for her.

Until then, all these predictions are just preseason trailers.The actual movie hasn’t started yet.