I've been thinking about the "ruin it for the fans in the very last episode" phenomenon lately - just what is it with writers/creators that makes them want to thumb their noses at us so much? Do they just like dictating how we read/view, and are being contrary on general principle?

(To put this in context, I was re-watching the Pretender finale, "Inner Sense," and the imposed Jarod/Zoe relationship just seemed designed as a ship-sinker directed against all the Jarod/Miss Parker shippers. And then I connected that with the Star Trek: Voyager finale, where something similar was done with Chakotay and Seven of Nine... and I wondered... are the creators using their last opportunity to assert their authority over the text because they hate our readings so much, or just because they aren't *their* readings? ... Well, it made sense in my head.)