[quote=Multifarious] Using the same formula usually yields the same patterns.At risk of being hated for making a joke, your repititive quality is (or was) cutting your plots off without any climactic ending. [/quote] I was, to be perfectly frank, rather an idiot. My plots were utterly terrible. Evil Ruby/Melawe failed miserably (although I think I did a good job of tying it into this plot remotely so it wouldn't be a fluke that never had any impact). Spirit's love bout was terribly thought out.