a thing i need alloromantic weirdos on tumblr to understand is that "platonic" is not mutually exclusive with a relationship being queer.
"you don't always have to label this kinda thing as romantic" is not the same as the homophobic "they're just friends" argument. i would not be caught dead phrasing it the latter way, not only because of the connotations but also because it would be doing a grave disservice to the beautiful complexity of relationships and intimacy to treat "friendship" as somehow inherently a rung below "romance".
friendship can be gay!! sometimes friendship can be stronger and more intimate than any romance, even. what aromantics are asking yall to do is to not flatten this huge array of ways people can be close to each other.
like... in terms of our own headcanons, for example, Sonic and Tails are not dating, but calling them "just" friends is like calling water "just" the most important resource for the human body. the tag for them on this website is literally "unbreakable bond", regardless of if people are "shipping" them. think about that for a second. think about how much deep importance some people attribute to the title of "best friend". do you really think that can't be queer?