Romantic friendship -- just for my own reference

[yakalskovich]

The ideals of Romantic friendship (Romanticism being a proper cultural period, not a commercial label for candle-lit dinner and purple-prosed soft porn for women, in this context) may seem rather sensual, slashy and over-heated to us.

Newest example, via here.

Both links in German, say sorry -- merely for my own reference, should the issue come up somewhere.-

Comments

[minkhollow]

Running off previous encounters with the concept - Romantic friendship amuses me to no end. "Oh, you two girls are writing soppy love letters to each other! Ho, ho, how amusing and sweet! You'll be getting married soon anyway, and that'll take care of that!"

'course, that kinda makes it hard for us modern readers to tell how much is Just Friends and how much is No, Really, It's Love Letters.