also also. there's a difference to me between a "power of friendship" story and a "power of love" story, and that difference is NOT simply that the former is pmatonic and the latter is romantic.
a "power of friendship" story focuses on prosocial behaviors, like teamwork and sharing and mutual encouragement and support. a "power of love" story focuses on the *feelings*. both can be good in different ways.
power of love stories are USUALLY romantic, cuz most writers think of romance as the more intense bond, because of amatonormativity. (additionally, power of friendship stories are usually relegated to children's stories. this is partially because platonic relationships are often seen as less mature than romance. but it's partially just because kids' stories have a responsibility to teach prosocial messages that adult media doesn't)
the season 1 finale of she ra and the princesses of power was a "power of friendship" story. the princess alliance band together and use their combined strengths and teamwork to beat back the horde. the series finale of that same show was a "power of love" story. adora and catra's romantic feelings for each other stops the heart of etheria and defeats horde prime's hivemind.
but there are also platonic "power of love" stories. the adventure zone: balance and its storyline about the power of bonds defeating the hunger is a "power of love" story, which uses both romantic and platonic examples. infinity train book 2 is a "the power of love" story where jesse and lake's platonic feelings (while the two are often shipped by the fandom, canon exclusively calls them "friends" so i'm calling it platonic) for each other were strong enough to break the rules of the train and get lake's freedom.
i don't have a conclusion to this it's just a distinction in my mind
