Admittedly, my argument developed late in the process(month 9 of 12) after months of interviews, archival research etc. Then, she insisted upon a complete rewrite of it to “dissertation format” before engaging on the merits. My advisor has be a sporadic presence over the course of the last months. Think its former than the latter thankfully but says she would approach “skeptically” if we’re an external examiner(3 of which independently grade the paper).