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[Donny Brook]

Originally Posted by trooper6

I think he was trying to get at the covert values embedded in the two terms.
"Fluff" implies something valueless, weightless, disposable, and not necessary. It isn't the "real" thing.
"Crunch" has weight, has complexity...it is a "real" thing.

If different terms were used: concepts and implementations, for example--or flesh and bone...or I don't know...there would be different implied values.

Yes, this. I was trying to indicate that what is sometimes called 'fluff' should sometimes be given a higher importance. For example, I recently asked if Independent Body parts could use a character's innate attacks when they are separate. The answer some gave is it depends on where the attack is said to come out from, a matter not specified by rule, but suddenly significant.