Lost from a Romantic's perspective

I love (LOVE) being a part of the insane fandom known as Losties or simply, appropriately...the um, Lost fandom BUT I am a part of the fandom that is treated as underlings, as lessors, as frivolities: I am a shipper! I love the Sci-fi/mystery nature of Lost absolutely as much as the rest of the viewers who are right now studying up on Einstein's field equations or Quantum Physics or something of the like that they feel will prepare them for the next season of Lost. BUT really sometimes these same viewers act like there are absolutely no relationship interactions in the show at all. As though the famous "sewing scene" of the Pilot episode establishing the tumultuous main love affair of the show was not about romance at all but instead had some Lost mythos or science basis OR more likely they treat these moments as pointless. I've read the comment that "Shippers are missing out on what Lost is all about." But I digress, and let one of the two producers of the show (Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse) speak for me: Relationships are the cake of Lost while the mythology is the icing. The ICING! As in..not the bulk of the point of the show...as in shippers are not the ones deluding themselves! I can watch Lost and enjoy the whole of it. (Save the "stalling" they did in Season 3 when they paired Kate and Sawyer for the moment prior to establishing they would have a definitive end date and need not provide filler) I can like the Smoke Monster and Jacob and the back story of the island while truly watching to see the romance of Jack and Kate. I didn't read Gone with the Wind simply to learn more about the Southern view of the Civil War...I read b/c Scarlet and Rhett were a fabulous relationship. Titanic as a movie simply about the boat sinking belongs on the Discovery Channel but add the Jack and Rose romance to it and voila it is a record-breaking movie. Same for Lost...hate the relationships as much as you want--many do claim to "hate" the main couple of Jack and Kate--but Lost wouldn't be nearly as successful or compelling without it. The mystery and action make make us think but the romance is what makes us feel and dream. The best of Literature and pop culture is a mixture of both.