i think a critical difference between catradora and griddlehark is that. once catradora are actually together they’re sickeningly loud and obnoxious about it. like, they commit PDA crimes on the regular and there is no stopping them. yeah catra is kinda unsure at first but then she sees how absolutely blissed out adora is (and maybe also how jealous glimmer is) and that overrides any trepidation. griddlehark though? griddlehark i think would actually be less insufferable to be around once they stopped dancing around each other. harrow is inherently a fairly private person in a way catra isn’t and gideon would feel less compelled to constantly act out for harrow’s attention once she actually knows she has it. in private sure they’d be schmoopy as fuck in their own way but in public i think they’d fairly easily manage to be, like, proper and professional and thus utterly baffling everyone that knew them as the walking disaster zones constantly threatening to pull any bystander into the event horizon of their unreasonably dramatic mutual pining
just started rereading gideon again and god there’s nothing sexier than mortal enemies griddlehark. i mean the undying devotion stuff is great too but come on “because i completely fucking hate you. no offense” now that’s what sex is
