hey im gonna be a critic for a second i dont usually express an opinion on this site for obvious reasons but im gonna do it and im probably gonna get hate but w/e anyway its about a rly popular moomins ship
i dont get moomin/snufkin as a romantic ship. i dont dislike it, i dont dislike people who ship it, i just dont get it. and let me preface this by saying that i’m very very queer (nonbinary trans man + panromantic typically leaning towards trans men and nonbinary identities) and honestly worried people are going to say im like, erasing gay identities by not shipping them romantically which im not because neither of them are canonically queer
it’s just that personally, i cant see them as anything more than best friends. their closeness doesn’t make them seem like love interests to me, and thats not just because moomin has snorkmaiden or because i think snufkin and alicia are really cute (tho really wheres the art of them at not even like romantically theres just so little art of them together in general and its sort of a shame since snufkind probably lov to learn some witchcraft but thats not the point)
i see them solely as best friends because, to me, that’s what they are, and, to me, their friendship is more beautiful than any romantic relationship could ever be. they love each other so much that moomin can’t stand to be apart, and i don’t think that that should automatically mean that moomin is in love with snufkin. i think it just means that they have a very deep and meaningful friendship, and that neither of them is afraid to express that which is such a breath of fresh air.
i’m always seeing men in real life getting called gay or queer for expressing friendship with other men and its so disheartening (whether they’re gay or not) so to see a fictional representation of two male best friends who openly love and care for each other so much without judgement is so incredibly touching. expressing your feelings for each other should not automatically be gay. straight men are allowed to express their feelings just as much as anyone else
thats just my two cents. again, dont dislike the ship, dont dislike people who ship it, this is just why i don’t understand it and can’t ship it myself