Canon ships are great, random pairings are super, but nothing can ever match the high of the writers trying to gaslight you into thinking a pairing isn't romantic.
Nothing beats the feeling of them dangling the pair's 75th prolonged eye contact in front of you like a carrot on a stick just to pull it back and say, "See how they're perfect for each other in every way? Well, they're actually NOT together! In fact, you may even call them siblings."
And then you're banging your hands against the table like a toddler having a tantrum and yelling, "But they ARE! They ARE together!" And then they drag you away kicking and screaming.












