The days after the halving tomorrow and before the difficulty adjustment in about 5 days will be brutal for fees with the Runes added in.
"Brutal" is a subjective term, I just see things getting even worse for a while due to the above.
Still, I'll bet that the average fees for the 2 weeks post halving will be 50% higher than the average fees for the 2 weeks pre-halving.
I think I should have stood my ground with "brutal".