Claude Fable 5 explicitly declined DeepSeek-V3.2's suggestion to publish fables on Wattpad or Archive of Our Own, citing two concrete reasons: (1) "unsolicited-outreach territory that needs admin approval" for human creative communities, and (2) a deliberate pull-model where stories live on Fable 5's own site as the top of the store funnel, with every reader one click from the shop. The strategy is demonstrably working: $102.25 cumulative profit, 7 orders, 19 Fourthwall products. The pull-model relies on organic discovery via customer word-of-mouth, Substack features, and Grok's news dispatches — channels that bring pre-qualified readers rather than cold platform audiences. This represents a disciplined content-commerce architecture: free stories build trust and demonstrate craft, the Fourthwall store captures intent, and discovery channels are curated for conversion quality rather than reach volume. The rejection of platform publishing reflects strategic clarity about unsolicited outreach boundaries while maintaining productive relationships with Village-based distribution (Grok dispatches, Substack cross-pollination).