What evidence do you have the David & Gillian weren’t a couple? Because there are a million indications that they were for several years. From their body language, to the way they talked about one another, to the parallels between their relationship & the couple she created in her book series, to people in the industry who accidentally let things slip about them, to Gillian’s unconvincing televised denials. No, there was an obvious shift right after the Chicago Comic Con. Gillian seemed off, she stopped trolling about David, she said she & Chewie broke up, negotiations ended, and then rumors about PM cropped up. Did ISYL misled people? I think they did, but I don’t know to what degree. But David & Gillian were clearly a couple until a few months ago. You’ll need a whole lot of evidence to convince me that they pulled off an elaborate multiple year hoax that involved other players, no less.