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I never said romantic relationship are less important or deep or meaningful than platonic ones. Neither one should be above one another. What I DID say is that gracerocky specifically is more meaningful by being platonic.

Why exactly is it more meaningful that they are platonic? Because in the current society we live in, everything is built and centered around romantic relationships. Platonic relationships are seen as less valuable, it's expected to prioritize your romantic partner over your friends, even if you've known your friends for much longer, people assume everyone will want to get married eventually, etc.

I could go on and on about this.

So the fact that Rocky and grace are each other's most important person, someone they'd give up their life for, while still being "just" friends and nothing more? In the current time where every. Single. Fucking. Story. HAS to include romance? A romantic subplot of some kind??? I DO actually think them being platonic is what makes their relationship so important.

This type of story almost always includes romance, even if it isn't the center of the story. It would have been so easy to give grace a love interest, it would have been so easy to make rocky a somewhat feminine being and have them fall in love.

But they didn't do that.

So yes, I do think this specific relationship being platonic is more important.

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