Pulse Reel is allowed to keep a post because the media does the heavy lifting. On this site, a clear visual frame can justify a page when it still connects cleanly back to a creator lane and a topic scene.
If the cover image instantly tells you what kind of content lane you are entering, the card has already done useful work before the caption begins.
Captions still matter because they help the page travel into search and into related topic cards. The best Pulse Reel pages use both layers, not just one.