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Oz/Salem's relationship was backstory, not a twist. And Cinder's survival was the answer to a question, not a twist. You're expanding the definition of a twist to fit your argument, and I simply won't argue with someone in that mindset. Twists are subversions of previously established notions. It was never established that Cinder was dead, thus her survival cannot be a twist. It's simply a revelation. Salem and Ozma were never established to have not been in a relationship, and thus their backstory acts as revelation, not a twist.

What you have done, as I imagine many others do, is conflate revelation with a twist. They are not the same thing. The difference being, for example, that it was specifically established that Vernal was the Spring Maiden. It was then revealed to be a lie. That's a twist. See the difference?