Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
They're not antagonists, because an agreement was immediately reached. If there was a whole subplot about the Order steugfling to find a way to procure trnasportation to the North Pole, then a case could be made.
Yes, exactly. The subplot is the key, and subplots like regular plots need goals, stakes, urgency. "I want to buy thing" "I'll sell thing for X" "Done, thanks!" has only one of those.

Quote Originally Posted by Dragonus45 View Post
What an oddly specific use of the word to settle onto for no reason... other then that it supports your argument I guess.
Insisting that a need be something you need is oddly specific? Okay sure