I do think about how Qifrey's actions in chapter 40 were ofc shocking at the time but seemingly made sense. We knew the stigma of eyesight when it came to witches - had seen it play out with Tartah, even. We knew that he wouldn't want to bring Olruggio down with him, because for all his recklessness, he tried to only let it affect himself. We knew he'd wiped Nolnoa's memory, so he had a track record when it came to that. It was just the lines he was willing to cross were seemingly so much further than we had previously believed
So, the pieces seemed to fit together, right? Sure, a few bits didn't quite follow through. Qifrey may want to keep Olruggio out, but he knew his Watchful Eye was willing to lie to the Knights Moralis for him. He knew that Olruggio was questioning him out of concern rather than to actually turn him in.
But, it made sense for the most part, and we knew we didn't have the whole picture yet, so those little inconsistencies were things that you could let slide. After all, Qifrey was fairly self-destructive, so this was just a continuation of that, right? He was desperate in his quest and that was leading towards him going further and further into the mire
And then you bring in the chapters up to 93 and all of a sudden, there's this whole new layer. The deteriorating eyesight is still a factor as it sets a time limit on how long Qifrey can go after the Brimhats on his own. But it's far from the main thing. Qifrey's desperation was never that of vengeance, not truly. It's a desire to steal back his future. He had outright told us this in chapter 40! And the line everyone was so shocked he was willing to cross was actually one tied around his own throat. Wiping Olruggio's memory wasn't something he'd do willingly. So, a load of those discrepancies in the old explanation just fall away.
All the weight Qifrey had previously put on how much memory makes up a person was from experiencing both sides of the story. He's both the one whose memory was wiped and the one who saw Olruggio kill his own self for him time and again. And that's another thing! We thought it made sense he prioritised memory so much because he himself was amnesiac out of the coffin. Which, yes, that was a huge part of it, but there was even more to it
The best recontextualisation is that for which the foundations are laid so well you don't even realise there's a twist until the rug is pulled out from under your feet. Where you don't realise the pieces you're missing until they slot into place and, at last, you see the full picture
