Hmm, I wouldn’t say that, I’ve seen people with their own tough coming out experiences or are even still closeted who didn’t like how it went down because to them, they’re in the same circumstances and didn’t do what Harper did. I still feel, though, that even when other people behave as we wouldn’t, we can still grant them compassion. I think what ended up happening, aside from a rejection of Harper as like them, is that a lot of people feel for Abby so much, even if they do feel sympathy for Harper, it’s not enough to make up for how much they see her as another perpetrator.
And oh, I definitely don’t agree that wlw thirsting after Riley is the equivalent of how straight men objectify us. Like, thirsting, from anyone, isn’t bad in itself, it’s when it comes with a lack of respect and honestly, so much else that can be stem from societal power dynamics and misogyny, I simply can’t read that into anything I’ve seen.