The day antis start expecting me to treat a storytelling device as a literal confirmation of the ending is the day nuance officially packs its bags and leaves the chat 💀😂 Anywayssss every time an anti brings up “SJM asked if nature chose wrong. SHE CONFIRMED NATURE CHOSE WRONG” in an argument, I have to actively stop myself from being sarcastic and respond like a functioning adult.💀

SJM’s entire interview was very clearly doing what author interviews are *supposed* to do which is stir the pot, build tension, spark debate and keep the fandom actively engaged, *not* hand out spoilers for the final act of a long running and romance driven saga. No author in their right mind is going to casually stroll into an interview and spell out the endgame like it’s a grocery list especially in a series built on slow reveals, misdirection and long term payoff. It doesn’t work that way. 

There has to be stakes. If everything is treated as a confirmed endpoint the moment it’s mentioned, then what exactly are we even reading for? Might as well shut the book after the first prophecy shows up and call it a day. 😭😂

The entire point is to keep the fandoms theorizing, arguing, spiraling a little (a lot 💀) and staying emotionally invested as the story unfolds. That’s literally part of the experience. Not everything is a final verdict, sometimes it’s just narrative *bait* doing its job very well.

So taking an author’s narrative bait and declaring it a definitive “this is exactly how it ends” is just flattening a story and missing the point entirelyyyy. I know some people (not here, thank god 💕) don’t really care about these books and are only here to “win” arguments online, but outside of this social media bubble people are actually invested in the plot, the themes and these characters beyond just shipping wars. (Shocking to the antis I KNOWWW 💀)  

Reducing it all to “this equals endgame CASE CLOSED” ignores how narrative construction actually works lol. These aren’t just chess pieces being placed to signal the finish line, they’re part of an evolving arc designed to be interpreted, questioned and experienced as it develops.

And honestly, if the only goal is to treat every single hint like a courtroom verdict, you’re not really engaging with the story anymore you’re just trying to out declare people online.  

Just smile and wave, they’ll get it eventually 🤷🏻‍♀️😭