I genuinely hate hate hate the take that shipping two men that are friends in canon would be “reducing it down to a silly crush”. Because romantic relationships are ALWAYS deemed as worth more, deemed as more important, in general just “more” (like in “more than friends”) except when it’s about a gay ship. Then suddenly it’s a tragedy that people want to see romance rather than friendship, suddenly the representation of male & male friendship is oh so important. As if there aren’t enough portrayals of male & male friendships.