In reading through old stories and myths, I am struck by how often the phenomenon that nakymaton brings up here is used. For want of a better word, I will call it the denouement...the message contained in the afterclimax part of the sentence or story. For instance, the story of Theseus, which I've been rereading because he was the first bullrider in recorded history and the ancestor of Jack, IMO, ends with a strange afterstory where he and Ariadne, who helped him vanquish the Minotaur, sail back home to marry, but Theseus instead leaves her on an island because Zeus has taken a liking to her and wants her for himself. And then when Theseus sails into home port, he forgets the agreement he had with his father to change the sail color to signify victory. His father, thinking the mission had failed, jumps to his death in the sea without waiting for Theseus to appear. Thanks to Mel's insight, I'm paying a lot more attention to these afterstories.