This was where this year’s story started writing itself.

Before this, I had a vague idea for a Cold War parody, with elements of movies like Zulu and Fort Apache. The biggest problem I had was thinking of a solution to this year’s problem without seeming either anticlimactic or like I pulled it out of my ass.

When I came up with this, I had a bad case of narcacism for the rest of the afternoon.

After that, the only challenge was designing the most adorable moppet in creation for Kevin to apologize to.