Post #4022898

ofc the gag is incommensurably funnier with that buildup and escalation to the high tonic of Endearing Young Charms than the staid basic dominant note merely tying off the loose end of the chord the audience needs to *feel* the would-be assassin's pain through the dissonant splurtch, that the death-drive to get it right and make it stop hits sufficiently hard RE: https://brain.worm.pink/objects/a23ee132-2fd3-4f5b-9a8c-bbea4c40d391