Ok I can’t speak for everyone but personally at least I just find it funnier to call my male friends friendship gay bc they get defensive and it’s funny whereas girls don’t. Obviously I only do this to my close friends though not random strangers

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I mean this is kinda a problem with fandom ships in general lol. They kinda lose track of the ability to have platonic friendships

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The combination of queer people wanting to make their own space (shipping non-canon queer pairings) amid a lack of decent representation (lack of good canon queer pairings) and the internalized misogyny rampant in fandom spaces (favoring mlm pairings)

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I think 'fandoms' is the keyword there lol

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Because they have trouble processing close friendships without seeing them as romantic in nature sad tbh

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