a-fair-exchange

Except ☝️when a combat SecUnit or combat bot shows up

sketching at the museum

weeks 21-28 on my weekly poster challenge this year. Unfortunately I was only able to hit 28 out of 52 this year, so I know at least one goal for 2026.

after their whole gimmick has been that they're never there, don't know where their kids go, and even are the only relevant repeat characters who aren't in the loop about the upside down, it's Such good character work to have them see that giant monster in their home and try to fuck that thing up with essentially 0 hope of winning

s5 already has a pretty blatant through line of throwing your life on the line to protect those that are even more vulnerable than you (like the entire kids plot). but for it to not just extend to the main characters who've been dealing with the UD for years but also to the Wheelers? who don't even know what the fuck That Thing is, just that it's gonna hurt their family? real solid characterization

Nobody is more guilty of upholding the Premise than Gaslight Gatekeep Gaius, which is why he survived the whole show. Narratively, he should have died in s3/4 to allow Merlin to step into more of an advisory role, but they couldn’t kill off Gaius AND keep the magic secret. If Gaius had died, Merlin would have told Arthur about his magic the very next day.