Status Updates From The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek

i was warned that rhett n link were packing a nuke in this but. I Was Not Prepared

"leif stared at rex as if seeing him for the first time, like he'd just discovered some long-buried truth about the best friend he'd known since he was six"

??? this line was prompted by rex asking leif to use his deodorant aka an act on intimacy. do rhett and link. know how this sounds?? if these are their self inserts, why are they queercoded??