ok here is why you should avoid saying bromance (and also brotp whilst you’re there)
- it removes any perceived romantic or sexual component of a relationship between two men in a way that is really defensive and no homo
- it creates a whole new category of relationship between two dudes and this category is false bc it’s really just a steaming shit on ambiguity and queer readings in its attempt to mark the relationship as platonic when it does not have to be
- it is used by media to praise and (ironically) jerk over close bro relationships bc two dudes bonding but not actually being queers is the best ever lets celebrate male friendship even more like it hasn’t been the focus of literature and stories since ever
- the fact that there is no f/f or f/m or non-binary equivalent (using bromance for these is erasing and misgendering and setting male norms come on it fucking stands for brother why would u) only backs up the above
- it is also queer erasing in that it simultaneously appropriates queer romance whilst pretending it doesn’t exist - it takes the word ‘romance’ to describe the relationship but only to stick ~brotherly~ in front of it
- on a less crucial note it tends to be used to designate a ship as platonic and like nobody gives a shit if you think the thing isn’t romantic you don’t have to plaster BROtp stickers over it every time you reblog something
come on it is not hard to remove from your vocab (my suggestion is to just make everything queer romance but whoops ignore me)
