There's no need for any romance in a kids' show in general but people still do it. As a member of the LGBT community, the more representation, the better ^^ and their background interactions definitely gave me romance vibes (and even I am not one to ship, considering its gets annoying dealing with the fandom)



There should be just as many LGBT couples in shows as there are straight ones, because when you think about it, there's no real reason to have straight couples too. After all, the previous MLP generation did just fine without showing the parents of the ponies, and as far as I remember (though I could be wrong) There was almost no romance.