People think of romance
In too much of a binary term, you know? I’ve seen a lot of people (pretty fairly) say that making characters into romantic relationships makes them kind of shallow.
This isn’t true!!
People tend to think, and as such write, romance as the final step, but because platonic is almost always just a stepping stone to a different kind of relationship (being considered family, or going to romance) it doesn’t have this idea, which means it gets a lot of different types of platonic relationships.
And it happens subconsciously, and I sometimes have problems like this too. It’s less prevalent in the Soukoku fandom, which is really great.
Romance can have depth, and in my experience the best kind is the kind that’s just a friendship, but with kisses and a side of flirting, like Pippa and Ravi from AGGGTM! Which I never found felt annoying or forced.
The problem is hard to avoid when there’s no other chemistry, like when they just start dating instead of being friends first.
In other words; romance would be better for everyone if people quit acting like it was the final step, and also if it was written more like a friendship than just someone you kiss and stuff.
