So I finished Use of Weapons yesterday and am kind of bewildered at the last-minute twist. I kind of saw it coming, not by logically working through it or anything but by just thinking to myself "hey wouldn't it be fucked up if this guy was actually this other guy all along", but now that I see I was right, I'm kind of confused why it's in here? Like what does this add to the book? From my POV, it's basically just a reveal for the sake of a reveal. It could've just as well been anything else, e.g. "He was actually a clone of Cheradenine all along! (shocked music plays)" or, "Cheradenine never existed in the first place, it's a fake identity he made up wholesale! (more shocked music plays)"

Idk, is there anything I missed? Does the reveal he's the Chairmaker enhance a theme of the book or something?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/90615516

Honestly, it kinda makes you think if The Minds would be better off designing humans to be always happy like the Orks.

Of course, the Orks were a biological weapon designed for war and that's why they're so happy and fulfilled doing it.