lunabee34

John and Rodney thought about taking their relationship to a sexual level, and there's something to be said about confusion between very close friendship and sexual feelings. They can be easily confused in these days when sex is in our faces all the time.

Yes, yes exactly!

And particularly because their daily lives are so full of adrenaline and near death and every moment could truly be their last. They have to trust each other and depend on each other to a degree that normal people NEVER have to. I trust my husband, but my life has never been in his hands, you know? Those situations alone have to complicate relationships to an extraordinary degree.

And I also agree with you that because sex is so pervasive in Western Culture, that is often the explanation we jump to when faced with complex or confusing feelings.