Listen, we know that Rj intended to write the 5 main plot archs in parallel, and that BS took two of them, created an artificial and poorly thought out break-off point and made a novel out of it. This resulted, as DomA rightly points out, in a novel structure that is a complete departure from what RJ intended. The result is that ToM is a structural mess. RJ's vision was not honoured, and frankly, I think, ruined by this.