Quote Originally Posted by Kraco View Post
Is that what you tell yourself (since you reckoned you'd be like her in a similar position)? This all was more due to her personality than the needs of the job. Why exactly did she calculate Oreki would create a better plot this way rather than after having sufficiently details not to feel betrayed and used after it all? Besides, this way is no way to use people in an organization, unless it really is an empire and you are a despot. You figure Oreki would ever want to deal with her again (he even seems to lazy for a revenge)? She knew well she's using him as a disposable tool. It was all the worse with the manipulation, even if it was necessary to get the energy saver moving at all.

Still, that seems to be her personality, just like Oreki's is energy saving plus problem solving and Chitanda's is curiosity.
It wouldn't work to tell Oreki everything because the whole thing about Hongou being sick was a lie anyway. He needed to keep the story consistent and make it so the Film Club was in a bind, instead of hiring a writer because that would be viewed as being incompetent.

As for whether I'd act like her, it depends on how important the project is (how much more I value the result vs people having fun and a good relationship), how well I get along with the rest of the group (value of said relationship) and how desparate I am for the results (affects which methods and how much time I have to try various methods in order to achieve the result I need).

A club to me is pretty trivial, but if I was managing a company with "real" consequences, my approach could very well be different, and similar to what she pulled here.