i really like how rubicon is just allowed to be presented as unambiguously sexy and desirable to many within the specific context of his story. it doesnt justify anything he does (though ofc you've long since moved on from petty and simplistic morality fables), it's just there. i dont know that ive ever seen any other story that is explicitly about "this wheelchair-bound crossdressing castrated burn victim is the sexiest creature alive," because people who do find that attractive are considered perverts (see: the fan response to people wanting to fuck curly from mouthwashing in his post-burn body), and really i think that's somehow crueler than just simply acknowledging him as a being with sexual desires in his own right. im glad that he sucks, and im glad that he's sexy. may he make everything explode forever