as it turns out
- actuallyIn truth, not supposedly
- surprisinglyIn unanticipated manner
- unexpectedlyWithout prior indication
- incidentallyIntroducing a tangent
- apparentlyAs far as shown
evidently · indeed · revelation · twist · plot · surprise · hindsight · realization · discovery · meanwhile · however · ironically · strangely enough · interestingly · ultimately · eventually · unbeknownst · revealed
- story phrasesonce upon a time, happily ever after, the end, long ago, a long time ago
- Revelation phrasesaha, eureka, voila, ta-da, behold
expectation alignment
as it turns outas expected
sure enough · predictably · unsurprisingly · true to form · right on cue