Studios love revisions, and most of them are drift wearing a respectable coat. This desk permits exactly one revision, ever: the sitting’s line. Outfit, corner, hour, light — the edition of the day. Her five lines are never revised, because a record revised at every issue is not a record; it is a rumour with good typesetting.
The rule is enforced in the judging. A frame is read against the masthead card as issued: identity first, line by line; craft second; purpose third. A frame that fails identity is not a new version of her to be adopted — it is a cull. A frame that passes but wastes its sitting earns one editor pass, at the editor’s 21 credits, and the pass itself is judged against the same un-revised card.
The economics follow. Because the record never moves, finishing money can be spent with confidence: repairs mend toward a fixed standard, swaps carry a fixed face, upscalers finish what a fixed judging approved. Revision-happy studios spend the same money chasing a moving target.
Update the day’s line all you like. The card under the plate is issued once, and it stands.