made an itch account to comment here. love all the novels ive read from the creator but this one especially felt very important to me. the showing of the queer experience, in so much depth and in so little time, with both the joy and distress, really made an impression on me. the anxiety both characters have was so close to what i experience, i almost had an anxiety attack with the cat. that fear of being attacked, abused, mutilated, dissected by those bigots, just for existing, living, thriving, felt so palpable in the story. how each of their insecurities about themselves manifested in their actions and words also really hit me close, im often worried abt how i come across to others for the same reasons both of them have (especially relating to the cat, as an enby), but the fact that they both can still come together and love each other makes everything ive experienced seem less bleak. these are the types of stories we as queer people need to have in our lives, stories that let us know we're not alone, that we're not disgusting for being who we are, that we're not unlovable, and, most importantly to me, that our lives can still be full of joy, despite it all.
thank you for making this and all your other novels.