Omarchy never sets XCURSOR_THEME, so asking GSettings on every cold boot replaced the "default" alias with whatever GSettings held, which is the schema default Adwaita when nothing was ever set. That overrode a theme chosen through ~/.icons/default and exported the substitute to every application. The saved theme and GSettings are now consulted only when recovering from the blank startup theme or an interrupted reveal.
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