“we need more platonic relationships in media” your inability to turn off your shipping brain is a You problem
“oh but we never get to SEE them be friends” you people can squeeze romance out of a rock, but you can’t extrapolate the platonic devotion and motivation behind an action or character arc? okay.
“but we never see them treated with the same importance as romance” your inability to consume anything other than ya novels is also a You problem
The exact same people, five minutes later: “Frodo and Sam are GAYYYY!!! Legolas and Gimli are GAYYYY!!! Harry and Draco are GAYYYY!!! Sherlock and Watson are GAYYYY!!! Sirius and Remus are GAYYYY!!! Dido and Belinda are GAYYYY!!! David and Jonathan were GAYYYY!!! Kirito and Eugeo are GAYYYY!!! Nibutani and Dekomori are GAYYYY!!! Taiga and Minori are GAYYYY!!! Superman and Lex are GAYYYY!!! And by Jove, Melkor and Sauron are THE GAYEST CINNAMON ROLLS OF GAYNESS EVERRRR!!!!!”
shipping culture has actually made people insane. it’s not all about characters kissing. individual arcs matter. growth matters. plot matters. pacing matters. antagonistsmatter. for five minutes close your bloody fanfiction tabs and read a book
God FUCKING dammit, YES.
Two characters get along for 40 seconds and somebody is shipping them nuts wanting them to kiss and make babies, like, NOW. Dude, what happened to platonic relationships? Non-romantic love? Sisterhood, brotherhood? Strong friendships? Emotional support? Baby steps, even? And GOD FORBID if someone else tries to tell them they’re wrong…
Ship whatever you want, just don’t be an aggressive dick to others that don’t see eye to eye with you. For fucks sake.
For all our talk of diversity these days, we seem to only have room for one kind of love.
I have a male friend for whom I would go to the ends of the earth. If he called me and said “I’m up against it and I need you” I’d be on the next plane out. I love him. I don’t want to marry him. I never have.
I have female friends for whom I would go to the ends of the earth, too. I don’t want to jump into bed with them either.
You can love someone and be devoted to someone and not want to sleep with that someone. It’s a sad commentary how few of us understand this anymore. Even sadder is how many of us not only refuse to see a relationship as anything other than romantic, and railroad people who do.
