stantler:

stantler:

I am one of those gays who craves more m/f friendships and would like for interactions between men and women in Media to not have forced romance inserted awkwardly but I have noticed people go the absolute hardest about a man and a woman remaining platonic besties when they’re of different races. And it’s just weird cuz I’ve talked about this before but this is already like the one circumstance where writers will often go out of their way to not turn a m/f dynamic into a romance

To be clear, this is about how potential interracial relationships in fiction are very often not afforded consideration or respect either by creators or by fans of a work. I enjoy m/f friendships as much as the next person but I’m unnerved by the number of people who consistently and most adamantly go out of their way to shoot down romance when it’s interracial