seeing the same straight cis women who have been lauding Heated Rivalry for its writing, its cinematography, its actors, for the importance of its representation, who have been posting and re-posting updates about the folks involved for months if they so much as breathe, who embrace and soak up the unapologetic sensuality of the sex scenes like it's ichor from the gods, who analyze every nook and cranny of the story to its very bones as if it’s some divine, flawless, incomparable, unparalleled, cutting-edge work of pure genius turn around and go “ew what the fuck are these LeSbiANs doing in my period drama soft-core porn???” is just. so. very. telling…



















