@TheMultiBrony21

Simply put, I know there’s no kiss on the lips nor declaration of “I love you”, and that they often reiterate the phrase “best friend”, but I find that to be far more because of limitations imposed by Hasbro than because the writers didn’t want to. The overall special is loaded with romantic connotations, the blushing, the body language, the hand holding, the lyrics to the ending song, even the shots are often presented in ways that are often used for couples. That’s without mentioning how the whole arc between them plays a lot like a romantic one.

A third party comes into play that captures the attention of one of them, prompting the other to become jealous. The jealous one then realizes the third party is not trustworthy and tells their love interest as much, but this causes the tension between them to escalate further, only for the truth to shine right after and the would-be couple to make up and finally get together, reinvigorating each other in order to save the day.

It’s a classic formula used for romance.

I know the way it’s played, it can be read as just a platonic relationship. I’m aware there’s nothing that makes it explicitly romantic. But I simply find it way too far fetched that all the romantic connotations thrown in there are just a coincidence, and I firmly believe that it was all intentional. That if they could, and weren’t oppressed by politics and other metrics, the writers would totally canonize Rarijack in the most unquestionable manner possible.