#im aroace af guys
Amatonormativity is when when two characters in a fiction are good friends and the fandom feels the urge to ship them romantically instead of just enjoying the friendship because apparently friendship is not enough.
Let people project their romantic desires!!
They’re not shipping them because “friendship isn’t enough”, they’re shipping them because they want to see fictional romantic/sexual relationships that have a basis in Actual Friendship and a Genuine Connection for once! instead of the bland excuses for a Love interest they usually get!
To quote a person from Back In The Day defending Lord of the Rings “Fanfic”~ when the same objections were being posed (I can’t find the interview anymore but I’m gonna summarize it for you),
-Its not about putting sex into a friendship, it’s about putting a friendship into sex.-
