I usually have a huge embarrassment-squick so I thought I'd not be able to get through this show at all, but for some odd reason only a rare few scenes had me flinching. Maybe because the characters feel so cartoonish and over-the-top to me? It's a mystery. Or maybe it's because I saw it while visiting family, so watching it was kind of a silly "group activity" for us?

I definitely get not clicking with the show, it's very hit-or-miss. I think the huge fandom grew at least in part from the show being "queer but not promoted as queer" - not saying that's true, it's just the most common "why I like this show"-reasons I've seen floating around the fandom.