Thank you so much for the feedback! I really appreciate hearing this perspective. I’m so glad to hear that the focus on sapphic relationships resonated with you, as that was my original aim with the story.
I also want to acknowledge the discomfort of being addressed in an inauthentic way in a gender-locked game. It wasn’t my intention to make players uncomfortable, but it’s an unfortunate outcome of LaF’s current gender-locked state.
I started writing LaF when I thought I was a cis woman and hadn’t worked out my own gender and presentation. I was comfortable writing female protagonists, and that informed my decision to gender-lock the protagonist. I no longer consider myself a cis woman, nor do I present that way. I’ve also gotten comfortable writing protagonists and perspectives outside my own lived experience.
LaF’s hiatus is (in part) due to my discomfort with continuing the story in a gender-locked state. I am still unsure how I want to address this going forward. But hearing this perspective resonates with me. I will keep this in mind as I continue to work on Love and Friendship.
Thank you again for the feedback and support!