If Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were made today, fans would insist on a love scene between them.
OK, a love scene between Robert Redford and Paul Newman would not be anything I'd object to. (Had it actually taken place. Please don't AI it, that would be icky.)
My point is, we enjoy watching buddy films whether or not the buddies are lovers.
Tumblr fans insisted that the Good Omens Angel and Demon be romantically in love, instead of grudgingly good buddies after Millenia of being thrown together. Angels don't have sex. My Renaissance Art History professor taught us that. Angels are too beautiful to be gendered. There's nothing under their robes.
A storyline doesn't need an erotic connection for a buddy to risk his life or venture into Hell to save his friend. Buddies stay together for years through the ups and downs of each other's love affairs.
Buddies banter. Buddies have fun.
Don't delete them.
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