User blog comment:NI97Wiki/Regarding Romance, Friendship, Fanfics and other stuff.../@comment-20047155-20131002024833/@comment-3283593-20131005215430

So, your point is that character development proves that romance can work well while not being a girly stereotype? Seems kinda legit. But you're right. That explains why Adventure Time has a different level of target demographic than FiM and EG as well as the whole franchise. As well as the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra series when the main character's love interests were developed well. Such as Katara and Aang, from the beginning when she becomes allies with Aang, to the end when they love each other. and Mako and Korra from beginning to end of the first book of the sequel series. Same thing with other media like Sword Art Online (I know some people would say that it has forced romance towards Kirito and Asuna, which that statement is stupid in my honest opinion), Inuyasha, Scott Pilgrim, Harry Potter, Eureka Seven and others that have non-controversial romance.