User blog comment:RaijinRising/Pyrrha Foreshadowed the Deity Brothers/@comment-25936766-20170212134046/@comment-25936766-20170213014305

The word you're looking for is "Acknowledge". "Realize" implies I didn't notice their world building all these 4 years.

Volume 1 was written entirely from the seat of their pants. Many things were changed over time, the plans themselves suffered big changes as new ideas were added. Ideas that are now central to the story.

Look at the Maidens. They are important, a main element of the plot. They weren't even thought up until halfway during Vol.2. Yet now, are a main part of the story.

The same can go for the Relics, for the Gods, for anything. Things that weren't even in the plans initially, they were thought up later and became important when they did, even if it involved making changes to the established plans.