damn, on the to ship romance or to not I have never once understood a non-canon romance ship and thats like- in every fandom ever lol.
I think because im aromantic and also closer to my friends than the average person maybe? I just see all these clips or circumstances of two characters/ccs being “couple coded” I just scratch my head because it's the most platonic thing ever to me like 99% of the time. (not necessarily platonic in the traditional sense more like- definitely not traditionally romantic to my limited understanding)
At most I'm like “Oh I can see them as a qpr” because I just- cant begin to understand romance if it's not very clearly stated as a gesture with romantic intention and I'm SURE my autism doesn't help.
additionally this isn't like a “you can't have fun and ship whatever you want” cause I know it's just mostly harmless fun and doesn't really matter. This is just me shouting into the void of how I'd love to join in the shipping madness but I can't romantically ship something not canon because it makes my brain fizzle like a dead battery.