Ironically, that would make the writing worse. An author isn’t supposed to tell readers what the point of an arc is. That’s for the readers to discover on their own.
The "typical pattern" I referred to was about the comments not the plot of the story. Maybe there was some miscommunication there and you thought I was saying something I wasn't?
If not then, no, I don't believe the writer explicitly told us anything. The memory issue is just a clear plot point that has to be resolved, just like Chekhov's gun. How they handle the issue of her past and the fact that Elsa has memories that she does not can still be varied but that discrepancy must be dealt with. That's not a mark against the quality of the writing. Most people here have acted like the outcome is uncertain so it seems everyone isn't getting the same impression. I'm just speaking from my perspective as a writer and discussing what strategies the writer is likely employing to handle multiple plot threads at once. The main point was that none of this time stuff is sudden, it's all been planted as the story has progressed, so those seeds had to grow at some point or their inclusion (like Elsa talking about her memories) would have been somewhat pointless.
I am interested in how this goes though. There's a lot they can do with the story now that we've gone back to the past. I wondered where the story had left to go once Elsa and Evie got together.
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