you never know what someone is going through. for instance i didnt know i was going through anything until about 2 years later. i thought i was just chilling
this is purely for fun and I've certainly been guilty of a few of these things myself in my years of fic writing. don't be weird in the notes and don't use this as an excuse to insult someone's writing.
-leans over and whispers- what if the first person the pinkertons found was charles? what if charles died rather than tell them where john was? what then?