I'm not fond of this, either. I recognize that to a certain extent, it's exactly what shippers do, period. Oh, did two people exchange a millisecond glance from across the room in the two scenes they have together in the entire movie? It's shipping time!

I try not to begrudge slash shippers this because there's a real dearth of gay relationships in mainstream media. At the same time, I agree it's sad that close male relationships are rare to see unless they're butched up ("no homo!") so that people who want to see more gay relationships don't have a lot to choose from.