#theyre queerplatonic. theyre in love. theyre best friends

[3dsangel]

TWOGATY EXPLOSION

[lesbianfakir]

Seeing posts about aroace mytho and I’d like to raise you my personal cherished headcanon that I hold near and dear to my heart: aromantic Duck.

So obviously people love shipping Duck so this headcanon won't catch on but hear me out. Duck's strongest relationships are (arguably) platonic ones.

Duck explicitly says she loves Mytho, yes, but as the show progresses that love becomes more evidently platonic. She admires Mytho but she doesn't want him, especially when compared with Rue. Her feelings for Mytho markedly change over the course of the first season. She stops blushing around him, stops imagining herself in a relationship with him. That initial attraction is replaced by a deep admiration and a desire to save him.

Her crush on Mytho could be read in a variety of ways--it could be physical attraction, comphet, or a simple desire to be close to him that has been misinterpreted as romantic feelings.

Beyond Mytho, she regards Rue as a beloved friend, and any indication that she may have feelings for Fakir may just easily be read as platonic. In fact, it's very telling that her closest relationship is with the person who becomes her best friend, rather than her star-crossed fairytale prince.

The part that hammers in the aromantic narrative for me is how, according to the story, Tutu's whole life is supposed to revolve around romantic love. She gives everything for her love until there is nothing left of her. Duck is simply fulfilling a role.

In the scene that struck me as the most aromantically coded Drosselmeyer tells Duck she "should" be in love with Mytho and want to marry him. She seems uncomfortable at this and looks away without responding. This leaves her feelings for Mytho up to interpretation, but personally I always read it as Duck is uncomfortable because she hasn't been thinking about marrying Mytho. She is unsure how to respond because she knows she is failing to perform her role as a Princess.

Drosselmeyer forces amatonormativity upon Duck and tries to reduce her whole role to her feelings for Mytho, expecting her to drop everything for him in a way that completely disregards her other important relationships. This is contrasted by how Duck's feelings for Mytho are so deeply tied to the fact that she became human for him. She is more upset at the prospect of returning to a duck and losing her friends and ability to dance than she is at losing Mytho's love.

I like taking the amatonormative narrative and twisting it to be an aromantic one. The story of Princess Tutu is about a girl who cannot confess her love in the "normal" way without completely losing herself. Duck works around this by finding unconventional ways to express love. She cannot confess a type of love she does not feel. And when Duck does find love it's an unconditional, no-pressure love that doesn't demand romance or reciprocation of her. She has stopped trying to perform relationships and is allowed to exist as herself. As a shoujo protagonist she is breaking the conventions of the genre by not "ending up" with anyone, but i find it a much more resonant ending than if she had ended up with her "Prince."

[crimeronan]

there's ALSO hilarity potential in the princess luz AU w amity being like "okay. so he's your cousin on a technicality but like barely acts like your cousin and is basically your brother but you don't call him your brother and you guys are a lot weirder and clingier than i've ever been with my siblings but you're also definitely not lovers so what..... what DO you call him" and luz being like "he's just hunter :) he's my special little guy :)" while hunter, who's been listening to and watching this entire exchange bc he's around luz All The Fucking Time, is like [inb4 amity can say it herself] "i'm her pet dog. woof."

[echidnana]

idk we've never seen jessie and james as anything other than platonic. not even in gay best friends way even if james likes girls I don't think he like jessie like that. like they just have a platonic relationship. best friends that work together

[kojitheopossum]

Hello hello hello!!!!

Do you have opinions on queerplatonic ethubs? Because i am. So insane about them. They have no words to describe how much they mean to each other. They look at romantic couples and are like... hm... not that...but like even best friends doesnt adequstely cover it all. If someone says "omg they're so in love" theyre not WRONG but like. But like. OUGH they make me so insane

Also vaguely queerplatonic tangtho but THAT is another tangent

Can you tell i'm aromantic and obsessed with etho

I didn't rlly have an opinion before reading this but I'm certainly in full support now !!!!! Regardless of whatever you see their relationship as they're still so strange and weird about each other <3333 Their relationship confusing the hell out of everyone else is absolutely real and canon tho

Saying this with complete sincerity, I really don't . understand what queer platonic means ? Many have tried and failed to explain it to me I've just accepted I won't get it 😭 it's still always nice to see qpr hcs tho please keep it up o77

[arisveah]

just looked through the sunflower duo tag and i am devastated to find that apparently the most recent couple posts were me. its been weeks.

anywho, pearl is consistently scars biggest enabler in the life series and scar shows open remorse at wronging her. theyre best friends your honor. maybe even queerplatonic. in a supervillian au pearl is a killer and scar is a thief, and they do eachothers dirty work. herbivore scar and carnivore pearl. sly and charismatic/clueless cryptid. which ones which? who knows. a lunar eclipse: the celestial phenomena that occurs when the earth's shadow makes the moon appear red. the same sides of different coins, twins with different damages, taking solace in the earth; in changing it, wrapping in around their hearts until they can rest and going on to do it again. Gaia, who is hurt by someone she loves, who watches those she is meant to protect be swallowed by them above. weaving flowers in their hair, tying shawls around their shoulders.

abandonment issues...

[queerplatonicshipshowdown]

Quarterfinals, Match 1

Balloon and Suitcase (Suitloon) from Inanimate Insanity vs. John Doe and Arthur Lester (Jarthur) from Malevolent!

Propaganda for Suitloon:

I think of them as queerplatonic, because theyre incredibly close and are pretty much each other's support systems. Balloon is Aromantic (technically canon? one of the creators said he was so im rlly hoping it is canon) so this is NOT a romantic ship. They dont have any romantic interactions, but you can spin every scene how you want. I just think they're in a QPR and are heavily supportive and understanding to each other. (Since like. half the people in the show fucking hate Balloon, and not many people seem to like to let Suitcase speak for herself)

Propaganda for Jarthur:

The inherent intimacy of having a guy (John) inside your (Arthur) head who you don't know the history or goals of but still bond over the atrocities you go through in your shared body. And sometimes he's an arsehole but you know that he wants the best for you and it's so much more than any other relationship they could have and in the end they always have eachother and I'm jealous of a sad British man and the voice in his head. They're friends and each others world and everything and I want what they have. OH DID I MENTION THAT ARTHUR IS FUCKINF BLIND AND JOHN IS HIS ONLY ACCESS TO SIGHT? IT'S BEAUTIFUL. Like John always takes such care to describe their surroundings (no seriously he starts waxing poetic). I mean yh he withholds it sometimes but every door has its issues. Anyways yh I love them and they deserve the world.

They are extremely close, both literally and figuratively. John is inside of Arthur's head, and they often fight in ways that have been referred to by the fans as 'divorce moments' but they still very clearly care about and love each other, in a way that is explicitely non-romantic. Their love is desperate and aching and they're not just friends, but they are definitely not dating, and a LOT of the fandom interprets them as queerplatonic.

Oh, the special kind of affection and friendship that can only bloom between a 1930s private detective and the eldritch entity that ends up possessing his eyes and left arm. 95% of this show is Arthur (the detective) bickering with John (the eldritch entity) like an old married couple, and falling in and out of trust with each other. Despite that they are both fiercely loyal to the other and by the point the podcast is at now they seem to trust each other implicitly - Arthur has to rely on John to guide him since John can see out of the eyes of their body and Arthur can't, but when they fall into an abandoned mine and are reunited (long story) they immediately fall back into that old, trusting rhythm. They share a body and their initial goal in the podcast is to be separated, but by the point we're at now they're not too fussed about it. They're making plans to go out to dinner and the movies. Also, Arthur is aro-coded - there's a big emotional arc that involves him accepting the fact that he never had romantic feelings for his wife, even during the birth of their child or her death, and how that doesn't make him a bad person or diminish the love he felt for that child.

They have fought gods together. Also they're positive plural representation. What is there not to love????

[patron-saints]

Hello! For the Big Bang ask game:

Why do you think Royai appeals to you?

Favorite and least favorite things about canon Royai?

I loved reading about your queerplatonic Royai in the answers to another ask so feel free to talk about that more I love it ❤️

hi richard!!!

i feel like i've kiiiiinda answered the first question but i'm going to add that i love when women are dogs <3 and also i love it when you think a relationship is like...one way insane loyalty and then you find out theyre both sickos? that rules.

favorite thing is probably The Trip. made me fall in love with riza and get everything about her in a split second. least favorite thing is...i mean, it's tricky, because it's also something i like about them, but the fact that their codependency extends to dual suicide is something they will. probably need to work on. like in their future.

thank you !!! i am Always happy to talk qp royai!!!! i think i mentioned in another post that i hc riza as aro, and that's for sure part of it, but i think on another level there's this sense of like... they'd want each other in whatever way they could have each other, and so there's like an element of intentionality about qp that really appeals to me for them. like, in order to specifically be in a platonic and committed relationship, you have to be able to have a conversation about your relationship and what you want out of it, and whether you want the same things. i think of them a lot as diy relationships -- a chance to look at conventional romance and see what works and what doesn't -- and a chance to make up your own rules too. for them, a relationship and a partnership means sharing a life. it means cooking together and taking care of each other and sleeping in the same room. are they romantically attracted to each other? no. are they soulmates? god yes. do they fuck? well. now. that's up to them. they are each other's most important person and they are best friends and they are also married. and it rules. (and if you haven't already, you can see them deciding all of this in my fic haha)

[phinjeet]

* smth really fun abt phinjeet 2 me iz that u can kinda make either of them the Nervous One in a queerplatonic situation , like phin iz naturally friendly and outgoing and pretty much alwayz stayz calm n level-headed , while baljeet iz often anxious and either overthinkz thingz or overreactz , n i like 2 think of phin az cazually n unintentionally very touchy w jeet cuz she likez him , n every time their handz touch or she putz an arm around hiz shoulderz or smth hez like FFFUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKJKKKK

* or alternatively , baljeet “haz all thoze love interestz” and despite hiz anxietiez can act pretty confident and charismatic around them (like the kiss scene in christmas vacation) , but in a couple instancez phineas iz shown 2 b terrible at keeping secretz , stumbling over her wordz n getting flustered , so 1 can also imagine jeet maybe still freaking out on the inside but playing it SO cool on the outside az hez had more relationship experience , while phin iz like GOOGLE AM I GAY QUIZ . GOOGLE HOW 2 TELL MY BEST FRIEND IM IN LOVE W HIM . GOOGLE GRAVEYARDS NEAR ME

* like when drawing or writing them i more often lean 2wardz nice chill oblivious phin and PANICKING LOZING HIZ MIND jeet , but therez enough 2 suggest the dynamic could lean in either direction , or u could mash them up som way where theyre both like “my friend baljeet is so nice i love 2 help him out when he needs it im so glad he trusts me and i love watching space adventure w him ^_^ why does he keep staring at me tho” “my friend phineas is so nice she makes me feel safe and we have so much in common and i love watching space adventure w her ^_^ why does she keep staring at me tho” and ferb n buford n izabella n candace r all exchanging lookz like “r these faggots serious”

* OR theyre both like

[are-they-queerplatonic]

Do you see them as a QPR?

QPR Definition:

"Queerplatonic relationships (QPR), also known as queerplatonic partnerships (QPP), are committed intimate relationships between significant others whose relationship is not romantic in nature."

QPR Reasoning:

"Theyre best friends in the whole wide world theyre roommates they act out scenes from their favorite show and theyre so cool"

[qprsmackdown]

Lapis Lazuli and Peridot (Steven Universe) vs The Fellowship Of The Ring (LOTR)

Negative comments about either qpr in the notes will be blocked. This includes saying that either party is not a qpr. We are here to have fun. It does not matter whether a qpr is "canonically" platonic, romantic, or otherwise. I do not want to hear about why you think a relationship isn't a qpr.

Propaganda (under the cut)

Lapis and Peridot

I would like to apologize for any spelling errors/run on sentences here. I’m rambling out of excitement :]

Peridot and Lapis have the most QPP energy I’ve ever seen and I’m not too sure how to describe it. Peridot is canonically aroace and Peridot and Lapis become very close after becoming roommates (they lived in a barn) and Peridot was absolutely relieved to see Lapis return from space.

When they both had to live together Peridot did everything she could to try to make Lapis comfortable (did she fail? Yeah, but she still tried her best) and Peridot even gave Lapis a tape recorder similar to the one she had received as a gift from Steven when she was trying to get used to being on Earth.

They respect each other and make inside jokes about how they used to be villains! They made a bunch of art and put it in their barn and called it “meep morps”! They have a sentient pumpkin dog (named “Pumpkin”)! Lapis and Peridot aren’t canonically QPPs, but if someone told me that they were I’d believe it without proof.

The Fellowship

look i didnt think abt this until i saw the ask but ur sosososo right. they just. they support each other through everything and they learn together and grow together and even when they have to split up they remember each other always. theyre from such different places but they sill stick together and love each other and they arent afraid to show it.

THEY ARE SO QUEERPLATONICALLY IN LOVE YOU DONT UNDERSTAND . MY LIL GUYS MY SILLIES theyre friends who kiss each other and i think thats great. they stick together to the end and they form such strong bonds that it transcends even the powers of Sauron and dwarf-elf hatred and they all love one another and THYERE SO AUGHGHGHGHGH eats drywall. Please. -🦊

[aroaceconfessions]

its literally midnight and i should sleep but ive just had an incredible epiphany: i am 100% aromantic. no romantic attraction whatsoever, and its so damn freeing to finally shed all of my doubts ive had about it. i absolutely feel queerplatonic attraction on the side of it, too; i feel so much love for my best friend and i want to hold them and live with them and start a family together and travel everywhere without kissing or intercourse, and ive felt the exact same way with an ex before; i remember saying to said ex something along the lines of "i knew i had feelings for someone, but i just couldnt tell with whom i felt those things for" and at first it was a really confusing statement i made but it makes so much sense now, because ive felt the same kind of love for all my other friends too. the only thing that kinda stinks is that i know my current best friend wont have to same feelings for me since theyre fully allo, but yknow what its okay cuz i no longer have any doubts about my aro-ness!!!

Submitted April 12, 2023

[sk3l3t0n444]

Oh liberty lee they could never make me hate you with this mean and abilist wiki description

"obsessed, strange, 'unique'" wonderful way to describe pretty much the only nearly cannon autistic character in the Sims series guys.

Speaking of which she has a special interest of snakes and look at all her lil dialogue

She loves snakes so muchhhhh. And she has the most adorable crush on (unfortunately the crypto bro) Travis but he ends up dating the popular cheerleader (her best friend) instead in the official gameplay stuff so she is just sad and I'm going evil about that.

Look at her. Who wouldn't want to date her?

She loves snakes so so so much her house literally has snake stuff everywhere.

Then they recreated her in ts4 and she's living in her own personal hell. Not only did they white wash her, but they also took away the ability for her to have snakes and there isn't even snakeskin (faux of course. She would never do that to a snake) in any packs but lovestruck. She can't have snakes! And she's living with her crush and the cheerleader and it's like destiny that the two get together and she's always lonely 😞.

^they whitewashed her so bad. They also got rid of her buckteeth and gave her freckles for no reason.

I'm begging for Sims 4 my first snake stuff pack so I can give her the life she deserves. When my Sims comes out for switch you best believe she'll be in my town as well. liberty needs liberty from this hell.

Grr grr evil evil evil

ok ok ok just think about it: theyre a polycule but like queerplatonically like travis and summer (thats her name right?) are dating and all lovey dovey and liberty just cuddles with them and they hold hands queerplatonically and liberty infodumps about snakes while travis and summer listen and they get over their fear of snakes for her and stuff like just imagine

hold on i need to make a little thing

i made your relationships queerplatonic sorry not sorry lmao

[woopeee]

like. like. majormoon yaoi anon once again hiiii

but like. like. where do i even start, ive explained this ship so many times to sm ppl. its hard to keep track of where the start of the explanation would be-

Imma start by covering up Life Series concepts here... will get into Empires and a funny AU i have later on... NOTE: i JUST realized seasons go autumn -> winter not winter -> autumn, so lets just imagine either its the other way around for some reason or maybe the games happen across different years or the watchers use time shenanigans n stuff IDK!!

Last Life: cottagecore queers. they started as friends, sure, they're best friends, but best friends who kiss, hold hands, cuddle together, cook together, stick to eachother like glue istg. AND I REPEAT !! KISS!! SURE SMALL PECKS BUT THATS NOT VERY FRIEND LIKE !! ive read many queerplatonic galaxy duo fanfics, but i think they're just romantically crushing on eachother and w time their relationship quickly escalated and neither of them wants to ask the big "what are we?" question. (plus, I hc every season of the series happens in a different season of the year, maybe in different years?? idk cause i didnt count for 3rd life but i dont think it would count as spring... ANYWAYS Last Life happens in Summer, for angst purposes)

Double Life: I don't wanna talk too much abt their relationship in DL cus it makes me so mentally ill, reminds me of sum personal lore in my life I wont get into, but I still love em. I hc soulmates have some shared features w their soulmates, different for everyone, like these two have the ends of their hair the color of the others hair. after the "divorce" Pearl tried to cut off that teal part but the ends just gew upwards, like the teal part just appeared in his new ends when moon cut off the old ones, so at the end he just used red dye to dye em red. Also I feel like they lowkey miss eachother even if both are too stubborn to talk to eachother and at least try to fix things. (winter. winter freezes. often killing all that in summer grew green)

Limited Life: Oh hoh ho... the drama is back but the toxicity is gone. frienemies, exes, a bit petty still but can joke about it for a lil, have forgiven eachother but at times still feel resentment. they live very far away, yet when they interact in person, if things are 1o1 and there isnt any of their allies nearby, gosh can the tension be cut with a knife. not only tension in the way or anger, but sometimes just being awkward around eachother, sometimes homosexual tension, sometimes homoerotic tension- (half joke, i wont talk abt nsfw stuff but theyre adults). They stare at eachother from across the room thinking either "i wanna punch you so bad" or "i would so go and kiss you right here right now", or both. However theyre still fairly friendly, its not the same as *Our Last Summer*, since they'll maybe pull petty pranks on eachother, specially the Nosy Neighbors on Mean Gills, with Pearl mostly having Scott's ever so slightly upset reaction, if even to get a groan or frown from him, tho he doesnt hate her anymore, its not like winter, thats in the past. Autumn comes and makes leafs fall... it gets rid of the dead waste of what winter killed, preparing for Spring...

Secret Life: ... for a new beginning. Spring comes along, a new, more lighthearted game at the start. After going through so much stuff together, everything they've overcome, "That's in the past" "It was a one time thing?" "Yeah, yeah" "Well, I'm glad we agree... glad we can move past that". And they start again, blank page, althrough clearly stained by past moments, they can look back at them fondly and joke around about it without hard feelings. Not only that, but they finally make up their minds, both of them get their shit together and can finally label their relationship, make it official... tho whats a game about secrets without some secrets of their own? So at first, with a bit of fear of what their allies would say, but also just in a way to keep privacy and get a laugh out of others confusions, they meet up in secret. Secret meetings at night or when their allies are out, whispering to eachother and giving eachother accomplice looks, finding hiden spots to sit down and talk. They're plenty suspicious in plain sight, but with all the reasons there could be for them to be hiding something? Maybe theyre up to no good! Maybe they're plotting destruction! Maybe its got to do with their tasks! Yeah, it drives the yellows mad in particular, trying to guess their tasks just to be told it couldnt be further from correct or that they already complited theirs. Now some participants are a bit oblivious, but others can put 2 and 2 together pretty quickly... they'd keep their mouths shut tho, cause seeing the others lose their mind trying to uncover their "plans" is quite the funny sight. Maybe some would get a push like a little knudge from Cleo "They're dating, Bdubs" "... OHHHH, SO THATS WHY". The Roomies all know for sure, Impulse suspects, to Gem and the Mounders it never crossed their minds, unsure about others tbh but thats what I know for sure. But yeah! Maybe at first they'd have a "Bad Idea" (from Waitress) moment, tho that song also could fit an ""afair"" in LimL from what ive talked with a friend, but yeah. They're destined to die anyways, since the finale means only one can win, and that winner is neither of them, but they'll meet in the next game. Tilly next time. Or, Tilly death does them part...

... except not, cause not even death can do that, cause they are able to find eachother in every single universe, no matter the circumstances, even if their situation isnt ideal in some, they're always together, in one way or another. MajorMoon yaoi anon dropping the anon. Shameless Scottearl posting today!! Let's go rom Galaxy Duo Truthers!!!

Youre getting your own tag /silly

[semiotomatics]

nothing you say after midnight matters right

ive been watching this couples' vlogs on yt recently (long story—dont ask) and they are like. thee most in love ive ever seen two people be. like i would be convinced they were playing it up for the camera but there's no way either of them are a good enough actor for that. they just radiate love for each other. and i dont mean in that boring amatonormative "youre my everything my heart beats only for you" nonsense. i mean like, theyre best friends. they genuinely enjoy each others company. they make each other laugh. theyre perfectly in sync. they support each other unconditionally. they trust each other completely. theyre just. in love.

and i. want that. i want to be in love. their relationship isnt even why i started watching, but now its honestly my favourite part of their videos. i watch them be this sickeningly sweet couple and i want that. i want a relationship. what the hell! i dont. ive never really wanted smth like that seriously before? but now, apparently, i do.

idk if its cause of the meds or what but things have just been. different for me. uncertain. in flux. im hoping its good and that ill come out the other side feeling More Me but im also just like. utterly terrified lol. of not recognizing myself, of changing, of being something other than what ive been for so long.

im also just like. sad lol. cause ive always been very happy being Alone, i never wanted to be in a ~relationship in the traditional sense. but now that i Want its like. actually being alone kind of sucks and i hate it lol. i have this whole new thing to be bummed about. this whole new loss to grieve. ive already got enough to grieve, for crying out loud! i dont need anything else added to that pile.

but also i still dont actually know what i Want? like as far as relationships go. i dont know if it would be platonic or queerplatonic or romantic or what. i just know i want something. i want a person i can spend time with and feel completely comfortable with and seek comfort from and be sickeningly affectionate towards and laugh with and go on adventures with and snuggle with and dance with and just. be with. but do i know how to actually find that person? fuck no. do i even feel capable of trying to find them? also fuck no. so instead im just. watching this couples' vlogs and feeling sad. is this what single allos feel like all the time? cause if so, i feel horrible for y'all. this shit sucks.

[queerplatonicshipshowdown]

Round 1, Match 25

Edgin Darvis and Holga Kilgore from Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves vs. Jolteon and Crap Gorps from Dogs In Love 2!

Propaganda for Edgin and Holga:

They live together and raise a child together and are explicitly nonromantic

Theyre literally canonically partners in life AND raise a kid together. But have no romantic feelings for one another. But they Dont need romantic love to still love each other so deeply. Spoilers for the dnd movie. But edgin literally gave up the chance to bring his wife back from the dead to save holga. Because. She's always had his back. Because *she* is who raised his daughter. They end the movie as a FAMILY. No romance involved.

they raise a kid together but don't have even a hint of romantic chemistry (in fact both of them have canon love interests who are not each other); the only person they put before each other is their daughter (the biological child of Edgin & his late wife); they understand each other better than anyone else & rely on each other without even thinking about it

Propaganda for Jolteon and Crap Gorps:

Listen. LISTEN. They're aro/ace solidarity (Jolteon is aro, Crap Gorps is ace (attorney!)) and Crap Gorps is also trans. For those who don't know, Jolteon is some from of demonic antichrist sent to destroy the earth, but his gay dads raised him so well that he's a good sunshine boy who would never hurt anyone and doesn't know his own power. Meanwhile, Crap Gorps is an insecure lawyer who Jolteon uplifts and encourages to be his best self. They become best friends during a long journey— to quote Jolteon, "you're all my best friends, but I think you're my BESTEST best friend." It probably won't make it into the highlight reels, but someone in chat asked about shipping them and the creator (who loves romance) said he sees them as completely platonic best friends.