Outsiders #43

Outsiders #43
So everything the Outsiders did since the beginning of the series was planned by Dr. Sivana? If you say so, Mr. Winick. Nearly four years of this series, which at times has been good, yet at other times, very, very bad, and this is all we get? Sivana monologues to the Outsiders, then cures them, so Katana unleashes Sabbac from her sword to destroy his plans, and all Sivana can say is that he's "proud of them"? Really? That's it? That is so unbelievably ASS. Sorry, there's just no way around it: ASS, ASS, ASS, ASS, ASS.
Remember James Robinson's Starman? How at the end, it was obvious that the entire series sixty plus issues and several crossovers had been scripted from day one towards a single goal? How on rereading it, everything made sense? And it was sastisfying! Well, sorry, but going back to the beginning of this series, I really, really, don't see that Winick planned for this...or at least he definitely didn't have the decency to drop us the occasional hint. And if we couldn't figure it out, and now he tries to say, "ha, I fooled you all!", well, then his sentiment is truly a hollow one, isn't it. Had we been given the clues and still not tumbled to his plan that would have been another matter entirely. But as it is, ASS. Not to mention that the timeline for all of this is off: since Villains United happened following Countdown (or so we've been led to believe), how is it possible that Sivana had joined the society before this series even started? It truly seems like an afterthought on Winick's part. God, why do I keep torturing myself by reading this, even when it sucks?