Emphasis mine. The above is EXACTLY what her characterization has been from the beginning. She was "forced" to take this class, something she wasn't looking forward to doing...didn't think she would like it, complained about it in the very beginning BEFORE she had really done anything. Lo and behold she started writing, even though it was just a blog. Hey, what do you know, she liked it. Hey, what do you know, she found her passion. How is that NOT consistent characterization? People keep complaining that they don't "get" Iris because they aren't given insight into her. Well, hell, here's some right here. She went from point A to point B in a well thought out manner and folks just skip over it and act like it doesn't exist. This is an example of show, not tell and folks still missed it, apparently.