in defense of the "rowdy is a euphemism for queer" interpretation that nobody likes anymore, the evolution of the word "rowdy" mirrors the real-world lgbtq community's relationship w the word "queer" where it starts as a slur (gotch brothers literally losing their minds at maxwell being called a rowdy) and evolves into a sociopolitical identity (the wind riders encouraging maxwell to "get rowdy" etc.).
also imo maxwell's queer coding is genuinely just more significant to his character than his mingling w the working class or whatever?? like sure he's a fighter and his hobbies aren't particularly lucrative but he doesn't actually spend a lot of time interrogating class systems or anything. what he does do is oil up whenever he sees another man
