Definitely. MLP (with the exception of Tales) is a show where canon romance with the lead characters would disrupt the flow, but the writers want to treat the fans now and then so they throw out "maybe, maybe not" type hints that are all up to the viewer.
Or in Boy Meets World, where the main pairing is the very het Cory/Topanga but there's all this HoYay between Cory and Shawn. The writers were actually pretty awesome about this, going out of their way to show how Cory loves BOTH Shawn and Topanga forever and ever. XD
Then there's subtext where it's obvious that those two characters have something going on, even sharing a bed together, but canon itself is still insistent on telling us, "NOPE, THEY'RE JUST BEST FRIENDS" while milking more money from shippers and fanservice and the potential audience they'd lose if they outed said characters. :/
THIS. It's one thing if the characters themselves are all WE'RE JUST FRIENDS, like it'd be IC for them to be in denial or unsure about it. But that's just it-it's gotta be the characters saying this, not the writers.
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Date: 2012-07-12 11:06 pm (UTC)Or in Boy Meets World, where the main pairing is the very het Cory/Topanga but there's all this HoYay between Cory and Shawn. The writers were actually pretty awesome about this, going out of their way to show how Cory loves BOTH Shawn and Topanga forever and ever. XD
Then there's subtext where it's obvious that those two characters have something going on, even sharing a bed together, but canon itself is still insistent on telling us, "NOPE, THEY'RE JUST BEST FRIENDS" while milking more money from shippers and fanservice and the potential audience they'd lose if they outed said characters. :/
THIS. It's one thing if the characters themselves are all WE'RE JUST FRIENDS, like it'd be IC for them to be in denial or unsure about it. But that's just it-it's gotta be the characters saying this, not the writers.