/me hangs her head and looks thoroughly ashamed of herself....
...but points out that no true, full-blooded author could really have done any differently. Evil and cliffhangers are in our nature.
LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.