I think it goes beyond 'shipping, though. I 'shipped them until that scene. Even with rose-tinted 'shipping goggles I wonder how someone can view them as equals and independent when, like you said, there was too much, superior/subordinate, too much hero-worship/obsession. But it's not worth getting into an argument with this person, I don't think she'd appreciate it.

The ending left me flat, too :P. This person was going on about how perfectly happy and wonderful it was.