[ SECRET POST #4800 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4800 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Lots of people ship best friend pairings. But also, the difference between the "best friend" vibe vs. the "bickering lovers" or "romantic tension" vibes have long been a fandom thing (see: Harry Potter fandom and the Ron/Hermione vs. Harry/Hermione ship wars). Lots of people are really turned off by the idea of shipping best friends.

[(Anonymous)]

the difference between the "best friend" vibe vs. the "bickering lovers" or "romantic tension" vibes

Hmmm, I'm having a hard time thinking of best friend ships that don't also fit the second category. Like, they're very clearly best friends but they also have the type of relationship where they're constantly giving each other a hard time, which fits into the whole "bickering lovers" thing, IMO (like the kind of dynamic where other characters describe them as "like an old married couple" because of the bickering).

IDK, maybe I'm not making sense, but to me there's not a super clear line between best friend and romantic tension because of that whole 'constantly bickering' sort of dynamic. Like, just romance vibes between characters who don't know each other very well or who aren't super close friends is definitely a thing, but I can't think of any examples of best friends who don't also have at least some degree of the bickering dynamic that long-time couples tend to have (and that can therefore be interpreted as romantic tension). Or maybe it just depends on the fandom, who knows.

[(Anonymous)]

Meanwhile Harry/Ron is almost non-existent even though they're two white guys who are best buddies. But sure, "best buddies" is always just an excuse not to ship a black guy.

[(Anonymous)]

i love how people will bring up the 1 or 2 times this happens with a pair of white dudes as some undisputed proof that friendship ships are just super unpopular, while ignoring all the white/non-white dynamics that are insanely unpopular despite having dynamics that fandom normally eats up. and i don't just mean friendShips, i mean rival dynamics, enemy trash-fire ships. the reality is if it has a non-white character in it, it's going to be substantially less popular than a white-counterpart, and i mean that for m/m, m/f AND f/f.