Regarding TdM, Enrique Enriquez has stated that he uses majors only when his pockets are too small for an entire deck. As my own pockets are seldom suitable for an entire deck, I wonder whether the great EE may not often (or even usually) find himself in the same situation.
Actually, after purchasing Wilfried Houdoin's magnificent Millennium TdM (an original TdM II based largely on the Pierre Madenié, which at present is still majors only), I have found reading majors only to be thoroughly satisfying (and a lot less boring than struggling with pips). Perhaps this is a sort of extension of your reductive approach, Barleywine.
I still don't use reversals, however.