Lego's Instructions -- Can they establish "plot" for the sets?

[BaneShake]

After building the Target exclusive coffee/donut stand set, I was amused enough by a, shall we say, weird setup (compared to what usual instructions do) that I recorded a quick and impromptu video for my youtube channel.

 

However, this did establish a legitimate train of thought in my head I figured was worth discussing. Do the instructions inspire anyone else's preset "story" concepts set up in the sets? For myself, it's absolutely the case. Beyond just imagining why each character is in the set, I've always tended to the specifics shown. If all characters are build right at the outset, that implies a total connection between all and the items in the build proper. If the characters are divided, I can't help but try to figure out why-- Do the Stormtroopers only show up at this phase because they don't want the X-Wing to reach completion? Is Two-Face here because his truck is almost ready for him to use, or is he showing up only because it's ready soon and he's impatient to rob that bank?

 

Point being, as I build, the way the designers choose to lay out the manual definitely shapes how I'd picture the full set getting played with. Does anyone else have any opinions on the matter? Do the instructions change how you'd imagine the setup? More so, are there any sets that gave you specific story ideas based solely around what order it told you to build in? I'm very interested in knowing.

[MAB]

6 hours ago, BaneShake said:

 If the characters are divided, I can't help but try to figure out why-- Do the Stormtroopers only show up at this phase because they don't want the X-Wing to reach completion? Is Two-Face here because his truck is almost ready for him to use, or is he showing up only because it's ready soon and he's impatient to rob that bank?
 

 

Aren't they split between bags so that it is harder to steal all the minifigures by removing one bag and return to the store saying a bag is missing. Spreading them out means all bags have to be opened to remove all the figures, making it more obvious if a return has had the figures stolen from it.

[Thedarkmaster2]

1 hour ago, MAB said:

Aren't they split between bags so that it is harder to steal all the minifigures by removing one bag and return to the store saying a bag is missing. Spreading them out means all bags have to be opened to remove all the figures, making it more obvious if a return has had the figures stolen from it.

Well I think that these two takes are alternative explanations of the same thing. They both are highly likely

[BaneShake]

2 hours ago, MAB said:

Aren't they split between bags so that it is harder to steal all the minifigures by removing one bag and return to the store saying a bag is missing. Spreading them out means all bags have to be opened to remove all the figures, making it more obvious if a return has had the figures stolen from it.

I mean, yes. You are absolutely, 100% correct. I guess my question is a bit more "experimental" than "practical" in this situation.