>>93913757thanks for understanding man
>steven universe but skinnyabout that, I actually prefer Lars instead of Steven, he fits some of the descriptions, he's a twink, and damn did he suffer quite a lot (he doesn't quite count as a shota but he looks young enough).
in general as I said, you'd be surprised how common those elements are really, and no when I meant implied bromance I wasn't really talking specifically about shotas or canon gays, to me as long as it's between protags and it's like, subtext, accidental, or pining, it's good (an excellent example would be what they did between sunil and vinnie in LPS, or whatever they're trying to do in family guy, although it's more onesided there, those are all pretty gay situations that peak my interest immediately, tvtropes calls this element "hoyay"), here are some examples of characters that peaked my interest because they fit any one of the elements I listed: Morty from R&M (bc of suffering), Finn from AT (same, plus daddy issues), Max from Camp Camp (it's implied enough for me to care plenty), Dipper from Gravity Falls (it might not feel like he suffered, but he did freak out and stuff a bunch of times and that's more than enough), Adrien/Chat Noir (daddy issues, do I need to say more), Marco Diaz (he crossdressed, so that fits the kink element), Guy/Shezow (same deal), Timmy Turner (poor guy suffers a bit, plus he crossdressed) etc etc these are just SOME examples
now really all I'd need to get invested in the loud house is Lincoln having to face some kind of problem that really takes a toll on him, then we're all good
vinnie and sunil also crossdressed quite a lot so it's like a godsent to me 
