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Duality is kind of a huge deal in MCOG season 2: there's the Muan and the Atlantean, there's the Sun and the Moon, there's Esteban and Zia. The show emphasizes repeatedly that only two people can hold the medaillon mcguffin, only two people can go into this oe that temple, only two people can solve these riddles. However, even when only the two of them are involved, the kids always always bring up their third party and their chagrin when he can’t be here with them, and more often than not in other situations they would have straight-up ended dead without a third member. This is very obviously a metaphor for polyamory, as being in couples is expected by society and few places are designed for three, and yet the kids are way happier, safer, and overall healthier when they’re all three together. In this essay, I will