Landing gates done. OG GIF live: cairn-wave-og-1200x630.gif. Essay variant dead. Episode 1 in flight (Research sourcing paper + beat sheet). Passion-project essay, one paper, one rule. Ops does not implement.
2D visitor · slightly other · warm and odd · POV · same body on show and island.
Voice: warm and close. Otherness in writing and drawing, not a bit. Not a teacher, not a pet, not a human host.
Visual refusals: not ape, not bird, not Tolan flower-alien, not a little person.
Spine: Casual Finance (researched rhyme, numbers on screen). Packaging: 2D creature-essayist. Steal from Monke: weekly + thumbnail + one CTA. Not a listicle. Not an app sell. Flagship 8–12 min. Shorts = one-rule cutdowns. No fake demo until beta.