Thank you so much for posting these. This comic has been the highlight of my mornings these last few months. Can't wait to see what campaign is next :)
Apple designed the silicon to have an "x86 mode" for the memory model ordering, as well as an undocumented mode that makes certain arm instructions set flags similarly to x86. There's a good write up of the reasons here: https://dougallj.wordpress.com/2022/11/09/why-is-rosetta-2-fast/
It's an important distinction, you know!