“proves the need for an inciting incident more than a goal”
I completely disagree. The inciting incident is such a small part. The goal is the reason for the story itself. This logline is a complete anomaly anyway, so that isn’t a fair assessment that the inciting incident is the most important part. If, for example, you were to write a logline for Star Wars, without a goal, but using the inciting incident:
When his family is killed a young farm boy learns to use a mystical power.?
Is that what happens? Yes. Is the action depicted explain the story, say what it’s actually about? No. Luke learning to use the Force isn’t the goal, it’s a step to achieving it. However, do the same thing without explicitly stating the inciting incident:
A young farm boy learns to use a mystical power so he can?join the Rebellion and defeat the evil Empire.?
Goal, hook, it actually tells what the story is about. Would an inciting incident help? In this case, yes, because why does he risk his life to do this? But is this a better logline than the one without any goal? Yes.
To me, the things most important are 1) hook 2) characters 3)plot/goal then 4)inciting incident. Possibly, antagonist ranks higher than inciting incident but the point is that the inciting incident isn’t the most important part.
This post, yes, it has an inciting incident(Boy meets girl.) But what does it have, what’s more important? The hook: “Girl doesn’t.” As you said, a twist from the usual. But it has the two most important things, hook and characters.