See, I don't think you can look at authorial intention for subtext, because often times they aren't aware of it, and hello, fanon pairing means that it's probably not the pairing the author is writing.
I just think that while sometimes the UST is there in a fight, sometimes it isn't, and that you really need to look at the characters and the specifics of the fight.
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I just think that while sometimes the UST is there in a fight, sometimes it isn't, and that you really need to look at the characters and the specifics of the fight.