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I just ordered this thing: https://www.amazon.com/Bluelounge-1...macbook+air+blue+lounge&qid=1618919708&sr=8-1

would it affect temps somehow under the load at all?

this could potentially create a philiathermic incline based on the cosine of the perpendicular to the magnetic flux at your longitude resulting in..

sorry, just teasing.

No.

if anything it will help by increasing the exposed surface are of aluminum to radiate heat (not joking). I do this all the time.
 
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It shouldn’t cause much of a problem. It actually might perform better! Now the head could dissipate better. I wouldn’t be concerned at all
 
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