I don't see Julia & Barn as romantic in any way, shape, or form. To me, romantic, implies sensuality of some kind, the kind that would, if allowed to run it's course, would lead to sexual relations, and it wasn't there, IMHO, with Julia and Barnabas. Julia perhaps (or definitely, actually, lol), but not Barnabas. And we're talking duo here, not solo. I'd place them in a non-romantic duo catagory.