I genuinely cannot fathom getting into any piece of media and not immediately forming an unhealthy emotional connection with the female leads- like those are the new besties- that’s ohana, that’s famiglia.
Like every time I start a new show or manga or smth with a main male character i’m like “okay sure great but where’s my new fictional best friend and hero?”
Not sure if this a controversial take or not but: Stop bashing the female character to make your gay ship work, or better yet…stop making it so the female character gets hurt, or demonized just to have the two dudes get propped up.
You can like your pairing all you want but some of you who try to torture the girl out of the equation need help, I’ve seen it many times over(Steddie, Jayvik, Lokius, and many others). For the record, this is not towards all the people who ship these cause there are plenty of respectful people who have fun and just enjoy the pairings normally, I’m talking about the ones who participate in this behavior, it’s really disgusting.