:-) You state this very well, Raphi. It might come down to kind of a chicken-or-egg thing. Do the characters drive the plot, or does the plot drive the characters? I believe the former, you believe the latter, but neither of us is wrong, really.

I know there've been times – even recently! – when I've kind of just let the plot happen on its own while the characters do their thing, and it's come back to bite me right on the ass, haha.