Aw... Will, I'm sorry to hear that. FWIW, the clamshell looks worst to YOU. Probably nobody else even notices. No "top shaming" here.
I think the issue you experienced and the issue I experienced are 2 different things and based on my new-found education (tuition is HIGH at the School of Hard Knocks) yours does sound like a traditional cable snap, whereas mine was snapped pushrods.