Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25701646-20151012213813/@comment-25701646-20151018164035

Well, I actually meant that it would become the ship that everyone jumped on. I don't personally ship SwanQueen, but Emma and Regina have enough tension and interactions both ways that I can definitley see their relationship through that lense.

Bromance is an interesting term. It arrived out of the "Western", modern world, not fully understanding the concept that a man's closest relationship used to be with his male best friend. It wasn't necessarily homosexual, but they'd kiss (depending on the culture) spend all their time together, know everything about one another. However, when viewed from our culture's lense, the relationship tends to seem a bit homoerotic or at least ambiguous (and some homosexual men back then did use the  platonic best friends relatioship as a cover for the fact that their "best friend" was actually their lover). Therefore, bromance is a term that's usually used when a friendship seems to be bordering on a romance but either isn't quite there or the viewer isn't absolutely certain which it is. I used it here because I can't picture the writer's going all the way to making Charming/Arthur a thing, but I was wondering if it was going to become the ship that would be the male equivalent of SwanQueen among fans.

Obviously, it seems (at least on this thread), my question is answered with a huge, resounding no. Alright.