I'm not addressing the meat of your comment right now (I may do so later--I'm a bit short on time right now), but this part specifically caught my attention:

and don't give me the "hindsight bias" crap, people were complaining about that in advance.

Ahem. From my original comment:

Apart from the wand thing (which I believe was pointed out by a few commenters before Chapter 114 was posted)

Just sayin'.