idk fandom seems to be quite enamored with their epic love story, lol? Admittedly, the presentation of the relationship was pretty straightforward in canon so it's not hard to see why.

I think the Doctor, in those early seasons, was in desperate need of someone to ground him, and he latched onto Rose. And Rose wanted a way to have her own adventures, and the Doctor provided that, so she latched onto him. On that level, the clone is pretty apt.
lol.

Yeah. I think it's clear that they genuinely loved each other? But there was a lot of idealism wrapped up in it too.