Hoping someday we can have discussions about the desiring more platonic relationships in SFF beyond "I love shipping too but wouldn& #39;t variety be nice," "10 Reasons Platonic Relationships Are Important," and "sibling and family relationships can coexist in narrative with romance"

I don& #39;t actually think it& #39;s great that people will read any relationship between two people as romantic-sexual unless things (sometimes) prevent it like blood relation or their being otherwise romantically attached; even saying they& #39;re not into each other is read as no means yes

I don& #39;t actually think it& #39;s great that shipping is socially core to the experience of enjoying any narrative and wanting to talk about it with other people in fandom, I think shipping being _the_ dominant lens of analysis warps how we talk about stories in a way I really dislike