A relatively minor point, but: "They did not cross our border." What does she think it means to cross the border?

I mean, if it had been Wesley, not even a tough choice.

I thought he was replacing income tax with tariffs altogether?

The portal to Hell in the basement. A lot of people don't realize how much poop those produce.

I thought that said "smile" at first, and I was thinking, "Wait-- isn't Brand British?"

I honestly always thought this was/you were Cary Elwes.

Oh, wait-- I just remembered she *does* see her flying past the window before discovering her feet sticking out from under her house.

I would argue she didn't really "meet" the Wicked Witch of the East.

WOT (and, to a lesser extent, Game of Thrones) is so formative for me that I sort of forget wolves are (were?) traditionally on the side of Evil in fantasy.

Depends on your denomination. Pretty sure Martin Luther coined the term schadenfreude (It was about Leo X and pneumonia, but still).