Carmel Portrait

The seeds

Why this matters

• fairy-tale-overlay — when an arc maps cleanly to a folk/fairy tale, the tale’s ending will literally happen.
• prop-tell — recurring objects that change meaning (the portrait shattering on cue) are blinking neon signs.

Apply the same lens to current arcs:

• Elbaf maps to Norse myth — Loki, Yggdrasil, Ragnarok.
• The Egghead arc’s “Stella + Punks” structure mirrors a Frankenstein/mad-scientist’s-six-creations skeleton.