That is likely part of it, but I think that there are two other major factors as well. Firstly—as is frequently shown with lefties reinterpreting past literature and historical figures as gay—lefties have trouble with parsing deep platonic friendships, particularly between men, as anything other than homosexuality.

Secondly, and perhaps the first issue plays into why people write like this, is the rise of “playersexual.” Sure, it’s kind of nice that you can get romantic with whoever fits your RP (or your desire for titillation) but if every relationship is written so that the “max relationship status” is sex, then that means that no relationship will be written with an ultimate endpoint of “true brothers in arms.”

That is likely part of it, but I think that there are two other major factors as well. Firstly—as is frequently shown with lefties reinterpreting past literature and historical figures as gay—lefties have trouble with parsing deep platonic friendships, particularly between men, as anything other than homosexuality.

Secondly, and perhaps the first issue plays into why people write like this, is the rise of “playersexual.” Sure, it’s kind of nice that you can get romantic with whomever fits your RP (or your desire for titillation) but if every relationship is written so that the “max relationship status” is sex, then that means that no relationship will be written with an ultimate endpoint of “true brothers in arms.”