{"id":285087,"date":"2021-06-27T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/7-tv-character-bromances-fans-wanted-to-be-romances\/"},"modified":"2021-06-27T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T13:00:52","slug":"7-tv-character-bromances-fans-wanted-to-be-romances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-tv-character-bromances-fans-wanted-to-be-romances\/","title":{"rendered":"#7 TV Character Bromances Fans Wanted to Be Romances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38948eaed26\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38948eaed26\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-tv-character-bromances-fans-wanted-to-be-romances\/#Captain_Kirk_and_Spock_from_Star_Trek\" >Captain Kirk and Spock from Star Trek<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-tv-character-bromances-fans-wanted-to-be-romances\/#John_Watson_and_Sherlock_Holmes_from_Sherlock\" >John Watson and Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-tv-character-bromances-fans-wanted-to-be-romances\/#Dean_Winchester_and_Castiel_from_Supernatural\" >Dean Winchester and Castiel from Supernatural<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-tv-character-bromances-fans-wanted-to-be-romances\/#Clark_Kent_and_Lex_Luthor_from_Smallville\" >Clark Kent and Lex Luthor from Smallville<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-tv-character-bromances-fans-wanted-to-be-romances\/#Stiles_Stilinksi_and_Derek_Hale_from_Teen_Wolf\" >Stiles Stilinksi and Derek Hale from Teen Wolf<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-tv-character-bromances-fans-wanted-to-be-romances\/#Klaus_Mikaelson_and_Stefan_Salvatore_from_The_Vampire_Diaries\" >Klaus Mikaelson and Stefan Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-tv-character-bromances-fans-wanted-to-be-romances\/#Hannibal_Lecter_and_Will_Graham_from_Hannibal\" >Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham from Hannibal<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#7 TV Character Bromances Fans Wanted to Be Romances<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> Anthony Mackie tried shutting down any sort of queer reading of the Disney+ <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> <em>The Falcon and the Winter Soldier<\/em>, telling <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/tv\/awards\/anthony-mackie-falcon-winter-soldier-paul-bettany-wandavision-podcast-1234999174\/\">Variety<\/a><\/em> this month that \u201cthe idea of two guys being friends and loving each other in 2021 is a problem because of the exploitation of homosexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But as one fan <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theSNYDERVERSE\/status\/1405620560973996032\">pointed out on Twitter<\/a>, many of these shippers are \u201cgay people with virtually no representation in the [Marvel Cinematic Universe].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, for decades now, queer fans have had to imagine same-sex romances off-screen\u2014through slash fan-fictions and works of art\u2014when they didn\u2019t see themselves reflected <em>on<\/em> screen.<\/p>\n<p>Other times, straight female fans <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/trickster.org\/symposium\/symp164.htm\">just wanted to see their favorite male characters do it<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason\u2014and all reasons are valid\u2014here are some small-screen bromances that fans wanted to be less platonic.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Captain_Kirk_and_Spock_from_Star_Trek\"><\/span>Captain Kirk and Spock from <em>Star Trek<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kirk - Spock friendship Part 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GZwJPRmdt_4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Slash fan fiction reportedly got its name from fan-written, romantic \u201cKirk\/Spock\u201d stories. In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/startrekthemotio00rodd\/page\/22\/mode\/2up\">a novelization of <em>Star Trek: The Motion Picture<\/em><\/a>, Kirk (played on screen by William Shatner) addresses the speculation that he and Spock (played by Leonard Nimoy) are lovers and says he \u201cwould dislike being thought of as so foolish that I would select a love partner who came into sexual heat only once every seven years.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"John_Watson_and_Sherlock_Holmes_from_Sherlock\"><\/span>John Watson and Sherlock Holmes from <em>Sherlock<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/sherlock-john-watson-drama-queen-5AN3sz5GBC55m\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/5AN3sz5GBC55m\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"John Watson Burn GIF - Find &amp; Share on GIPHY\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fervor for a romantic relationship between John (Martin Freeman) and Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) was so intense that <em>Sherlock<\/em> co-creator Mark Gatiss <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pbstv.tumblr.com\/post\/154515709443\/are-you-completely-against-the-idea-of-sherlock\">wrote on the official PBS Tumblr blog<\/a> that he has had to explain \u201cmany times\u201d that the producers aren\u2019t against the Johnlock ship but it\u2019s just \u201cnot the story that we want to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dean_Winchester_and_Castiel_from_Supernatural\"><\/span>Dean Winchester and Castiel from <em>Supernatural<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Supernatural 15x18 - Castiel to Dean : &quot;I LOVE YOU&quot;, Castiel sacrifices himself to save Dean!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_r9GZeQl1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fans had been waiting for years for Dean Winchester and Castiel to get together on <em>Supernatural<\/em>, and the ship finally (and controversially) became canon in the final season when Castiel (Misha Collins) professed his love for Dean (Jensen Ackles)\u2026 just before dying. \u201cIt\u2019s hard not to see Destiel\u2019s final moment as just an extension of the show\u2019s \u2018no homo\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach to all-things queer,\u201d David Opie wrote for <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a34600894\/supernatural-destiel-season-15-episode-8-castiel\/\">Digital Spy<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Clark_Kent_and_Lex_Luthor_from_Smallville\"><\/span>Clark Kent and Lex Luthor from <em>Smallville<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clark Kent and Lex Luthor&#039;s &quot;Friendship&quot; Moments 1 -- (Smallville - S1; E1-6)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pfu7hJT9AWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The subtext between Clark (Tom Welling) and Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) in <em>Smallville<\/em> gave rise to the \u201cHoYay!\u201d shorthand\u2014as in, \u201cHomoeroticism, yay!\u201d\u2014on online forums and on the now-defunct <em>Television Without Pity<\/em> website in particular. \u201cI defy anyone to watch the seven-second held gaze in [the episode] \u2018Hourglass\u2019 without, at the very least, going, \u2018WTF?\u2019\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=rSGfBQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA214&amp;lpg=PA214&amp;dq=clark+lex+ho+yay&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=dXfCIqUlKX&amp;sig=ACfU3U02X7voTqPpHfWSTKTWQaiQllXtHg&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjbuNzmjKfxAhWKW80KHS7gBCYQ6AEwDnoECBAQAw#v=onepage&amp;q=clark%20lex%20ho%20yay&amp;f=false\">one <em>TWOP<\/em> user wrote<\/a>. \u201cWhy are they looking at each other for so long? Why are they kind of smirking at each other while they\u2019re doing it? Hmm?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stiles_Stilinksi_and_Derek_Hale_from_Teen_Wolf\"><\/span>Stiles Stilinksi and Derek Hale from <em>Teen Wolf<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gfycat.com\/ifr\/GeneralFlashyGnatcatcher\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gfycat.com\/generalflashygnatcatcher\">via Gfycat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two and a half months after <em>Teen Wolf<\/em> premiered, fans of the MTV show had <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stiles-derek.livejournal.com\/\">created a LiveJournal community<\/a> devoted to Stiles (Dylan O\u2019Brien) and Derek (Tyler Hoechlin)\u2014popularizing the Sterek ship that has, so far, inspired <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archiveofourown.org\/tags\/Derek%20Hale*s*Stiles%20Stilinski\/works\">more than 62,000 fan-fiction works<\/a> on the website Archive of Our Own.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Klaus_Mikaelson_and_Stefan_Salvatore_from_The_Vampire_Diaries\"><\/span>Klaus Mikaelson and Stefan Salvatore from <em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Vampire Diaries: All Klaus and Stefan Scenes Together [HD]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b_fklrVcumc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Paul Wesley stoked the Klefan ship when he told <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ksitetv.com\/interviews-2\/interview-the-vampire-diaries-paul-wesley-on-elenas-change-vampire-guilt-klefan\/15346\/\">KSiteTV<\/a><\/em> in 2012 that he hoped his character and Klaus (Joseph Morgan) would \u201cget sexy with each other\u201d in Season 4 of <em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em>. That didn\u2019t happen, but there\u2019s still <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fanfiction.net\/search\/?keywords=klefan&amp;ready=1&amp;type=story\">plenty of fan fiction to scratch that itch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hannibal_Lecter_and_Will_Graham_from_Hannibal\"><\/span>Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham from <em>Hannibal<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/vulture-3o85xFZ0bih4SqryF2\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/3o85xFZ0bih4SqryF2\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"GIF by Vulture.com - Find &amp; Share on GIPHY\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mads Mikkelsen told <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/mads-mikkelsen-in-conversation.html\">Vulture<\/a><\/em> earlier this April that he and costar Hugh Dancy almost kissed in <em>Hannibal<\/em>\u2019s series finale, but showrunner Bryan Fuller vetoed the idea for being \u201ctoo obvious.\u201d And in May, a U.S. Representative <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/23\/arts\/television\/hannibal-painting-fan-art.html\">unwittingly selected a high schooler\u2019s Hannigram painting<\/a> to hang in the U.S. Capitol!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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