You are right. I wrote the last piece in such a way that the rest of them shouldn't really be so important, because I do feel that irregardless of the real problem, this is the simplest and easiest solution.

Thanks for bothering to read it all. I know it was messy, because it was stupidly unplanned and I tend not to think very linearly when I am just winging it, but if you aren't completely bewildered by the theory then I will take that as a win.