#queer platonic fabriz

[tired-o-fighter]

Ok I'm posting this because I can't stop thinking about it

I watched fantasy high sophomore year and haven't been able to stop thinking about the bad kids so I went on ao3 (even tho I haven't watch seven+junior year yet which was prooooobably a mistake but oh well)

And the sheer amount of fabriz was so unexpected ESPECIALLY considering how canonically aroace riz was. Obviously I'm not hating on anyone who ships it i just wasn't expecting it.

Then i read a bunch of anti fabriz fics and i was like hmmmmm this specifically gives QPR vibes actually.

And k thought... Actually wait a second fabriz could be a really nice QPR ship. And so i looked it up and didn't find a SINGLE WORK for it or a single art.

And i was like hmmmmm how's that even possible? Usually people would consider it for characters that are even canonically dating. Why hasn't anyone thought of QPR fabian and riz?

So i decided to come on tumblr and ask that. because they seem like the exact perfect duo for a queer platonic relationship. A very aroace goblin and his half elf best friend who are shipped together SO MUCH by the fandom. They would actually be perfect as a QPR.

So tumblr this is me just mentioning the idea of that . Please consider it because i think that it's a super cool idea :D

Immediate update

I've been spelling platonic wrong (for my entire life apparently ? Shsjsjksh english is my second language) and i accidentally missed a GREAT amount of content and I'm going to go read/see them

[hamable]

Riz giving Fabian disadvantage while getting a gold tattoo in hell is killing me for two reasons:

1. Fabian receives disadvantage on remaining calm and conscious because his best friend can’t stop making nervous eye contact, and

2. Said best friend is canonically covered in less-than-advisable tattoos of clues from a previous adventure.

BONUS

3: Riz immediately passes out

[jumpingaroundinplatearmor]

Fabian saying he has ✨ tension ✨ with everybody and the editors cutting to Riz (or, well, Murph) is just plain cruel. They know what they are doing.

[brennan-lee-mother]

i just want somebody near me (guess i'm a coward) by Coco_Cavio

Fabian watched The Ball walk away, knowing but not understanding why his heartrate was suddenly going up. He’d been home alone before, this wasn’t some unprecedented situation. Hell, he’d walked through the Nightmare Forest alone, faced his greatest fear (his greatest foe, his official nemesis). How could anything be scary compared to that? Still, something about the silent abyss behind him terrified him. Looking into the grand hall, the panic from before returned. It felt as though the house threatened to swallow him up. He could swear the shadows on the walls were getting darker, creeping closer. His breath quickened. The pit in his chest deepened. The urge to escape took over and he half ran half tripped out of the house. “Let me drive you home!” ~~~~~~ Or, Fabian is can't stand his big empty house and Riz can maybe read him better than Fabian had thought.

Fabian being left alone in his massive house has been getting to me so much I wrote a missing scene fic to cope

(beta'd by the lovely @trainwreckisawreck <3)

[tea-time221]

why is there even discourse ya'll 😭

fabian and riz, romantic/qpr, does not erase riz's asexual identity, nor does it erase his aromantic identity.

the aromantic identity can be displayed in a numerous amount of ways, and none of those ways undermines the other.

you can interpret fanart and other fabriz content in soo many different ways, providing you with the representation you want, but one thing has to stay true and it's that no one should shit on other people's interpretations of the way they portray riz's queer identity.

if people want to look at fabriz content as platonic/qpr, that's all fine and good

if people want to interpret it as romantic, it's also fine and good!

the only thing is that no one should label fabriz as "only romantic" or "only platonic" and then believe that to be so and then enforce it on others.

riz is like,, one of the only good reps we have of the aro/ace identity, surely the entire community can share him 😭 we can all project on him together

and create the stuff u want to see of him!!! if ur complaint is that all the riz stuff is just "fabriz" (which it definitely, 100% isnt), then create stuff of him! you have that power!!! create art, create headcanons, create theories and fanfics!!!! the more content there is, the more variety there will be, and that means there will be more facets of the aroace identity being represented.

[applespring]

i want to write queer platonic fabriz so BAD but i don’t know where to START the curse of. having a brain. that is alive

[cool-abed-filmz]

i will say as a (QUEER PLATONIC) fabriz shipper / enjoyer , fabian / ragh does hit sometimes

let the jocks kiss at least once your honor

[highfiveheroes]

Hello new friend/mutual!! For the ship bingo how about fabriz? I think they are so queerplatonic

hello hello!!! (btw ur url is IMMACULATE 10/10 and i would like to be your friend because of it)

FABRIZ. in practicality we can all agree riz was fabian’s awakening of Something, but i almost love that it’s never been officially addressed so i can pretend fabian is one of those oblivious bisexual/pansexuals who straight up doesn’t remember people are straight and is confused when people don’t usually have attraction to like. multiple other genders. and riz of course my aroace (nonbinary to me) liege!!! he’s such a funky little dude and i can absolutely see him wanting to hang out with fabian for the rest of his life in the most queer platonic way possible

[variousxcruelties]

Have you considered that some asexual people take comfort in the thought that even someone who is asexual can still be in a happy relationship? Even if you're aroace, that shouldn't mean you're doomed to be alone. QP relationships exist. It's not harming anyone, so why shame people for it?

Wasn't even going to dignify this with a response but the last line really got me heated so here we go.

I'm tired of pretending that rabid shippers and entitled fandom culture, especially here on tumblr, aren't harmful. It's all extraordinarily harmful. It’s lowkey disrespectful to Brennan and the players, specifically Murph and Lou re: FabRiz, who spend countless hours on whack schedules not only filming in order to give us this fucking awesome story but also spend countless hours off camera planning and working with sensitivity consultants to ensure that they are engaging with a great deal of topics in the most ethical way and offering true-to-form representation and respect for their audience but that’s not even all of it.

Have you considered that Riz is a literal teen character that has an entire hypothetical lifetime to figure that out, but is extraordinarily canonically happy with the *platonic* relationships that he has right now and has expressed zero interest in any of the bad kids or NPCs beyond that *platonic* relationship?? To imply that if he doesn't have a defined QP relationship at the least in order to not be "doomed to be alone" is honestly kind of disgusting and reductive?? Like, what a complete devaluation of family, found family, and straight-up platonic relationships?? How do you view QP relationships if you need to use them as a scapegoat for your shipping of a queer character that has expressly stated that they have no interest in romance, sexuality, or relationships beyond the friendships that they currently have? Is QP just the fancy word you use for your need to simulate a dichotomy of a monogamous romantic relationship because purely platonic relationships simply cannot ever suffice in your opinion? Because, I'll tell you, for all of the hypothetically "QP" FabRiz content I've seen, not a single one acknowledges the poly aspect that would be involved given that Fabian is explicitly not aroace and is currently canonically engaged in some kind of romantic/sexual relationship with Aelwyn. So do y'all actually want a complex QP relationship dynamic that benefits both of them or do you just want simulated monogamy in an MLM relationship that you pretend is QP but secretly hope is romantic and/or sexual in nature because you feel that Riz not having that means that he is inherently lonely and sad?

Have you considered that there are also aroace people that take comfort in characters that don't have a want or need for anything beyond their family and close friends, which at this point could also basically be defined as an extensive found family? Have you considered that you don't respect or find value in that so you project onto Riz and/or FabRiz in order to make their relationship more palatable to you?

Maybe it's time to look inward instead of sending anon messages to people that say it is harmful to take aroace identified characters and shove them into ships for your pleasure. Maybe your ships don't exist in a vacuum and you need to figure out why the hell you're pushing this weird rhetoric that aroace people are "doomed to be alone" if they aren't in a defined relationship beyond general familial or platonic engagement <3

Because I absolutely will continue to shame you for it.

[gorgugplushie]

im thinking abt that post again (how fh very excplicity said that riz struggle was being afraid his allo friends would forget abt him bc of romantic relationships and everyone just kinda ignored it.)