diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/globals.css b/apps/web/src/app/globals.css
index 24b8456..86c13e0 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/globals.css
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@
 @keyframes splash-zoom { 0% { transform: scale(1); } 50% { transform: scale(1.06); } 100% { transform: scale(1.14); } }
 .splash-zoom { animation: splash-zoom 0.8s ease-in-out forwards; }
 
+/* Click-to-enter Cherenkov wash (was framer-motion; now CSS so the splash ships no
+   JS animation library). */
+@keyframes splash-wash { 0% { opacity: 0; } 50% { opacity: 0.9; } 100% { opacity: 0; } }
+.splash-wash { animation: splash-wash 0.8s ease-in-out forwards; }
+
 /* Tiny terminal inside the nebula monitor: type "such" once, backspace, then a blinking
    caret on the left. width via steps() is the typewriter; border-right is the caret. */
 .nebula-term {
@@ -247,10 +252,12 @@
   border-right: 1.5px solid currentColor;
   /* type "such", hold, backspace (nebula-type, once); blink a finite number of times
      (nebula-caret); then fade the whole thing out so it stops being distracting. */
+  /* blink ~7 times first (so you catch it even when the splash is skipped on refresh),
+     then type "such", hold, backspace, blink a few more, and fade away. */
   animation:
-    nebula-type 3s steps(4, end) forwards,
-    nebula-caret 0.8s steps(1, end) 10,
-    nebula-term-out 0.6s ease-in 7.4s forwards;
+    nebula-type 3s steps(4, end) 5.6s forwards,
+    nebula-caret 0.8s steps(1, end) 17,
+    nebula-term-out 0.6s ease-in 13s forwards;
 }
 @keyframes nebula-type {
   0% { width: 0; }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/landing/hero-splash.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/landing/hero-splash.tsx
index 9ef31f4..ecc1451 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/landing/hero-splash.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/landing/hero-splash.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
 import Link from "next/link";
-import { motion, useReducedMotion } from "framer-motion";
 import { ChevronDown, LayoutGrid, Smartphone, Wrench, Info } from "lucide-react";
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { SPLASH_LOGO_SRC } from "./splash-logo-data";
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ const navButtons = [
 // tagline text is hidden, leaving the logo as the only large element).
 
 export function HeroSplash({ onEnter, sectionRef, leaving }: { onEnter: () => void; sectionRef?: any; leaving?: boolean }) {
-  const prefersReduced = useReducedMotion();
   const [entering, setEntering] = useState(false);
   const [fadeOut, setFadeOut] = useState(false);
   const dispRef = useRef<SVGFEDisplacementMapElement>(null);
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ export function HeroSplash({ onEnter, sectionRef, leaving }: { onEnter: () => vo
 
   const handleEnter = () => {
     if (entering) return;
-    if (prefersReduced) {
+    if (window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches) {
       onEnter();
       return;
     }
@@ -75,13 +73,10 @@ export function HeroSplash({ onEnter, sectionRef, leaving }: { onEnter: () => vo
       {/* Click-to-enter: soft Cherenkov wash. The ripple itself is the SVG water
           filter refracting the logo (driven by handleEnter's rAF loop). */}
       {entering && (
-        <motion.div
+        <div
           aria-hidden="true"
-          className="pointer-events-none fixed inset-0 z-20 backdrop-blur-sm"
+          className="splash-wash pointer-events-none fixed inset-0 z-20 backdrop-blur-sm"
           style={{ background: "radial-gradient(circle at center, rgba(34,211,238,0.28), transparent 65%)" }}
-          initial={{ opacity: 0 }}
-          animate={{ opacity: [0, 0.9, 0] }}
-          transition={{ duration: 0.8, ease: "easeInOut" }}
         />
       )}
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/scroll-reveal.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/scroll-reveal.tsx
index 03e6221..e88a81c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/scroll-reveal.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/scroll-reveal.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { motion, useReducedMotion, type Variants } from 'framer-motion';
-import { createElement, type ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { createElement, useEffect, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from 'react';
 
 type Direction = 'up' | 'down' | 'left' | 'right' | 'none';
 type Tag = 'div' | 'section' | 'article' | 'li';
@@ -17,16 +16,21 @@ interface ScrollRevealProps {
   as?: Tag;
 }
 
-const axisFor = (direction: Direction, distance: number) => {
+const hiddenTransform = (direction: Direction, distance: number) => {
   switch (direction) {
-    case 'up':    return { x: 0, y: distance };
-    case 'down':  return { x: 0, y: -distance };
-    case 'left':  return { x: distance, y: 0 };
-    case 'right': return { x: -distance, y: 0 };
-    case 'none':  return { x: 0, y: 0 };
+    case 'up':    return `translateY(${distance}px)`;
+    case 'down':  return `translateY(${-distance}px)`;
+    case 'left':  return `translateX(${distance}px)`;
+    case 'right': return `translateX(${-distance}px)`;
+    case 'none':  return 'translate(0, 0)';
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Reveal-on-scroll wrapper. Uses an IntersectionObserver + a CSS transition instead of
+ * framer-motion, so it adds no JS animation library to the bundle (transform/opacity
+ * run on the compositor). Respects prefers-reduced-motion.
+ */
 export function ScrollReveal({
   children,
   direction = 'up',
@@ -37,41 +41,38 @@ export function ScrollReveal({
   className,
   as = 'div',
 }: ScrollRevealProps) {
-  const prefersReducedMotion = useReducedMotion();
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null);
+  const [shown, setShown] = useState(false);
+  const [reduced, setReduced] = useState(false);
 
-  if (prefersReducedMotion) {
-    return createElement(as, { className }, children);
-  }
-
-  const offset = axisFor(direction, distance);
-  const variants: Variants = {
-    hidden: { opacity: 0, ...offset },
-    visible: {
-      opacity: 1,
-      x: 0,
-      y: 0,
-      transition: {
-        duration,
-        delay,
-        ease: [0.16, 1, 0.3, 1],
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches) {
+      setReduced(true);
+      return;
+    }
+    const el = ref.current;
+    if (!el) return;
+    const io = new IntersectionObserver(
+      ([entry]) => {
+        if (entry.isIntersecting) {
+          setShown(true);
+          io.disconnect();
+        }
       },
-    },
-  };
+      { threshold: amount },
+    );
+    io.observe(el);
+    return () => io.disconnect();
+  }, [amount]);
 
-  const common = {
-    className,
-    initial: 'hidden',
-    whileInView: 'visible',
-    viewport: { once: true, amount },
-    variants,
-    children,
-  };
+  const style = reduced
+    ? undefined
+    : {
+        opacity: shown ? 1 : 0,
+        transform: shown ? 'translate(0, 0)' : hiddenTransform(direction, distance),
+        transition: `opacity ${duration}s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1) ${delay}s, transform ${duration}s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1) ${delay}s`,
+        willChange: 'opacity, transform',
+      };
 
-  const Component =
-    as === 'section' ? motion.section :
-    as === 'article' ? motion.article :
-    as === 'li'      ? motion.li :
-                       motion.div;
-
-  return createElement(Component as never, common);
+  return createElement(as, { ref, className, style }, children);
 }