Precisely what I mean though. She, as an author, didn't let the plot go on its own to the conclusion it wanted to come to. She had written the epilogue at the very, very start of the series, and instead of abandoning that, forced the story back on to the rails she wanted it to follow.

And I agree completely about these things taking on a life of their own--trust me, I can't get through a Nano without it happening. And the reason I didn't win my nano last year? Was that I tried forcing the story back to what I thought it should be, instead of what it wanted to be. And it failed.

I also have to wonder if there aren't a few people on the cast and crew who agree more with the side presented here. Which, well, subtext is enough for me, after being called 'delusional' and other things by the author.