I Think (some) Straights Will Be Like “making Their Relationship Romantic Erases Its Complexity!!!”

i think (some) straights will be like “making their relationship romantic erases its complexity!!!” as their excuse to be anti-gay ships because they genuinely view doing so as shoving all their well-written feelings and interactions into a box labeled “romantic feelings” that just explains everything and dumbs it all down to that simple category. when really, oftentimes factoring in queerness adds a level of nuance to character relationships that they will probably never understand because they haven’t experienced it.

i don’t think it necessarily makes them homophobic in every case, but i do think the cause for this is deeply rooted in bland heteronormativity. canon straight relationships are commonly written to be surface-level, are not developed well, or are very clearly included just so that a romance aspect is there. so it isn’t surprising to me that they would think “making” a relationship romantic “dumbs it down.” they’re used to boring ass writing and don’t see things that queer people see.

anyway that was inspired by a tiktok comment about nana that made me mad as fuck for like two days. what y’all think