Yeah, of all the random vegetables one could pick to signify "non-sexual relationship", zucchini would not have been top of my list. But people I agree with on basically everything else are in love with that term and invested in spreading it, and, well, the alternatives are variations on 'platonic' which I hate with a fiery passion in that context because I had a run of so-called platonic relationships turn into the Rennaissance definition of "platonic love" - that being "put the pretty girl on a pedestal and obsess over her unavailability" - and, just, why can't we all be like Homestuck fandom?

The troll system isn't perfect either, but it's so much more workable, and by adding the concept of sloppy interspecies makeouts Homestuck has subversion of both kinds of shipping built in.

...and I had a feeling I was being fairly transparent on the meme. :D