#platonic relationship my ass

[alicent-archive]

Oh, okay. So, I'm just supposed to watch Rhaenyra stare unblinking at Alicent and think that little miss blondie DOESN'T want the one with the big brown eyes carnally? Oh, okay.

#SHE DOESN'T BLINK #HER EYES. DON'T MOVE. FROM ALICENT'S. #like Milly?! Was that REALLY necessary?! #Rhaenyra loved Alicent so much in ep 1 I'm going to throw up #platonic relationship my ass #anyway i miss them #hotd #house of the dragon #alicent hightower #rhaenyra targaryen #rhaenicent #emily carey #milly alcock #my own

[pigidin]

OKAY. Am I the only one fascinated by how much Alastor in s1 has interacted with other demons and built a potential for considerable amount of different, broad and unique relationships? With All of them being non-romantic/sexual?

I really don't wanna dive into the discourse of shipping coz honestly, I do think that erasing Al's aroaceness is not cool at all. Personally, I don't see him wishing any romance/sex at all, and well. Considering how platonic he actually is throughout the season, it kinda seems like people forget that friendship (or basically anything non rom-sex) exists in the first place.

Coz, like, let's see what we got::

Vox -- probably one-sided (psychosexual) crush from Vox with possible past friendship between them, them hating on each other yet having (used to have) some respect as well. The ANGST, the drama (for both of sides). Insert aroace troubles (possible aphobia from Vox? Or not? He may be biggest ally as well!) and Vox's petty feelings that are insanely interesting to explore (and laugh at).

Lucifer -- immediate hate that (with a course of events) can turn into forced bonding. The potential of queerplatonic parenting of Charlie is HUGE here. Insecurities from Al? Forced care? Banters? SHENANIGANS? Luci patching up Al after battle, prolly discovering his deal and them slowly bonding on shared interests? Hey.

Rosie -- literal established queerplatonic partners, married for tax benefits, spending their evenings gossiping, hating on Susan and Al rolling his eyes on another romance-rel drama Rosie was trying to help sb with. Rosie can have insane influence on him whether it is understanding modern things or just being with him when he needs it. It also gives off mom/son to me.

Husk -- fucked up master-pet not-friendship with probable care rooted since they were closer in past. Is it toxic? Yes. Is it giving off some problematic dynamic? Sure. Yet it's fucking complex on its core considering pilot, bits and pieces of their interaction and how easily Husk used to insult Al until he overstepped. Them two are quite similar if you think about it and if Al got over his ego it could benefit him a lot.

Niffty -- daugther/father dynamic with them sharing one sadistic-psycho braincell and genuinely enjoying each other's quirks. Protective Al? I just need more Niff and them two being partners in the most outrageous crimes.

Mimzy -- friendship going since they were humans, with them having an amazing (potential) backstory of sharing evenings on two. Al enjoying her company as well as being protective and helpful to her with nothing in return.

Charlie -- manipulated into trusting you as a dad figure? Don't tell me there is nothing below Al's creepy plans or that he wouldn't grow to care for her. He already is proud of her and finds amusement in her inspiration-skills (also, performance is his thing for a reason)

Angel -- I was honestly kinda upset we didn't see any interactions between them except one sex joke, coz my past era of Hunicasts was a fuel to their duo. Them bonding over how different they are is the best description of their dynamic. Also banters and body-puns.

You can't just erase Alastor from interacting with people, but putting him inside boxes of allonormative relationships while he has such a fucking huge potential for everything beyond just that - is quite.. disappointing. People turning a blind eye to a wide variety of relationships he can have (potential to which is set in canon) for the sake of just romance/sex is low key sad.

It's AWESOME to see ppl actually understanding it and.. damn THANKS to everyone who explores Al's relationship with others without it involving final wish to stick tongues into places. Dynamics can be interesting and exciting without it.

I really don't wanna project my romance-aversion onto Al, but when romance and sex is one thing you see everywhere.. it's hard to just let it slip.

You are allowed to do whatever you want, exploring physical intimacy is fun as well, and having Al, well, there are bunch of ways to show it with respecting his orientation and the fact that IT AFFECTS RELATIONSHIPS/ATTRACTIONS but please just don't make it the center of your attention, the one thing relationship revolves around, coz sadly it's just exactly how it looks like from some folks.

#hazbin hotel #aromantic #hazbin hotel alastor #aroace alastor #aromantic alastor #asexual alastor #asexual #radiostatic #onewaybroadcast #radioapple #appleradio #radiorose #radiohusk #radiodust #charlastor #alastor x mimzy #<- as duos/dynamics/nonrom ships #NOT IN SHIP-SHIP WAY #i mostly made this post just to express how MUCH i like the fact that canon explores Al so broadly #im kinda Al multishipper. just. not romantically #it turned into discourse at the end didn't it? #my aro ass is sorry #but not really #i just want more attention to a platonic side of relationship #whoever it is with honestly #and i'm done seeing people almost erasing every single platonic interaction after romantic/sexual ones are introduced #i love ppl being intimate yet remaining platonic tho

[sciderman]

a certain kind of compilation post

#obsessed that even before they were dating peter would habitually ask wade what he thought about his ass. #just heterosexual things that heterosexual guys do i think. #ask-spiderpool #god i do miss whatever stupid goofy relationship these guys had even before they were dating. this wsa ridiculious. #queer platonic spideypool my love my light my everything #just two guys who cuddled and snuggled and complimented each other's asses whenever they needed to hear it.

[vroomvroomwee]

Izzy Hands is the perfect example of what Neil Gaiman was trying to tell us with the season 2 finale.

Look at it objectively. We got a canonical queer love story as the centre of the show, with Ed and Stede's relationship now developing to new levels both emotionally and physically. And YET, everyone is focused like a hawk on the weird, desperate, pathetic mess of a person that is Izzy Hands and his dynamic with the crew (particularly Ed, Stede, and Lucius).

With how uneventful it would be for us fans if aziracrow got together so easily and effortlessly. How so many of us are focused on characters like Muriel and Beelzebub themselves more than the actual canonical new queer romance that we got. Because it was just so easy. There was no flavour for us to taste, no cooking for us to digest, no spark, no sprinkle. After all, at the end of the day, the show is entertainment and it's there for us to watch and love and have fun, and the fun part is the angst, the pining, the affection and the drama that has us rooting for the characters. When that is done and over with, what then?

#it might just be my aroace ass loving the alterous in betweens of platonic and romantic relationships but who knows #good omens #goodomens #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #good omens 2 #ofmd #ourflagmeansdeath #our flag means death #izzy hands #stede bonnet #edward teach #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #ed x stede #edizzy #stizzy #beelzebub #muriel

[blorbos-shoved-ina-drawer]

i NEED more people to write/draw fan-content of radioapple as queer platonic I BEG

#sincerely my aro ass #i just think it's neat #hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #hazbin lucifer #radioapple #queer platonic relationship #queer platonic partner #my post

[thelyingjoke]

Tenko and Kokichi sibling agenda??

ok well i’ve been rewatching v3 lately and i’ve been Noticing a ton of tenko & kokichi interactions that are so fun. likeeee the part in trial 2 where tenko just kept interrupting kokichi? and then goes “mm no i wasn’t”? tell me that isn’t the most petty sibling shit ever (i have visualized it for you)

the worsties <3 there’s a few more stuff w/ images i wanna talk about so that’ll be under the cut👍

there’s also that bit where they both call kaito stupid and idk that has always stuck with me

and i don’t feel like drawing anything else but also some other bits i think about are when tenko freaks out thinking kokichi wants to start the killing game and he offers her gum, to which she offers to bash his head in. i know average tenko behavior towards men But i think about it anyway (also side tangent i love how kokichi just. Carries sticks of gum with him the entire game and runs out at chapter 4. he is BIG fan of bubble gum. real reason he was so upset that chapter wasn’t because of the motive or miu trying to kill him it was because he ran out of bubble gum /j)

and! this small bit. these are all tiny but they mean so much to me i think they would have an awesome sibling dynamic, such an underrated duo honestly

#the day i draw these characters in a consistent style is the day i die #the day i have kokichi’s hair look the same across different drawings? i am already decomposed in the ground #danganronpa #ndrv3 #kokichi ouma #tenko chabashira #silly doodles #bow rambles #tbf i think kokichi would have a good sibling dynamic with like. everyone. he’s so fitting for that role #he’s also my dr blorbo and my aroace ass can’t help but be obsessed with platonic relationships for my blorbos #i see two characters stand next to each other? talk maybe once? #omg they’re so Friends #so many characters i think kokichi would be an amazing annoying brother for #and then they would all watch spongebob together #asks #emma1147 #art

[glimblshanks]

I rewatched the season two final recently and Mariner literally like,,, slides up to Ransom while telling the bridge crew about Freeman's transfer and steals his drink and sips from it and he just takes it back like it doesn't even bother him, he doesn't seem grossed out by it at all. Is this just normal for these two? Are they really truly 'share drinks without asking' levels of comfortable with each other? It's making me insane

#lower decks #beckett mariner #jack ransom #marisom #someone had to CHOOSE to animate that you know? #I mean I'm sure whoever included that in the show #meant it as a like 'oh look at Mariner being a pain in the ass and taking his drink' sort of thing #but I'm sorry if my Platonic Coworker I Didn't Like Very Much came over and took my drink during a work function #and drank from it in front of me #I would be Having Words About That #and I certainly wouldn't be taking the fucking drink back afterwards #like what are they doing? #this is not platonic coworkers behavior #also the way she sits right up against his side #and he doesn't move away #but he does kind of aggressively remind her that he's her commander before taking the drink back #like it gives 'these two people are keeping a relationship on the DL and she forgot to put on the act for their coworkers for a minute' #idk I KNOW I have shipping brain worms #I know I'm reading into this too much #but I didn't catch this scene at all my first time watching it and it's making me crazy #like hello??? I can't be the only one seeing this right?

[badolmen]

Was talking with my dad about how he’s the only family member I can really crack my gay jokes with and he starts telling me how important it is that I have non-family friends to be my unfiltered self around (in far less articulate words). It made me think of one of his friends, which he enthusiastically confirmed that I needed someone just like that and.

Father are you telling me I need someone to have homoerotic tension with to the point of distressing both our heterosexual partners?

#ra speaks #personal #words are hard but like. do you understand how funny this was to me. #my dad and his friend: *constantly referring to each other as boyfriends/boytoys/fags* *consistently go to and talk to each other #about everything in their life including things they keep from their wives* #*’joke’ constantly about finding each other attractive/cheating in their wives with each other* #me: …you sure that’s the totally platonic relationship you want me to emulate with my friendships? #him: yes exactly :D #me: 👍 #I am not gonna interrogate my dad on his hippy days or try to assign him a sexuality like that’s weird and wrong. #but also. you sure you’re totally 100% straight my dude? you sure your friend is totally 100% straight as well????? #even my gay ass can’t tell #edit: I missed. a wholeass word in the first sentence and you all reblogged it anyway. idk if I’m relieved or disappointed.

[narcissusbrokenmirror]

at some point, since Nick dumped Carrie, she'd show up at school with a new character by her side that is her complete opposite; never smiles (to others. they smile for Carrie.) only wears black, doesn't sugarcoat the mean things they for sure say. they'd also have the most emo name possible.

they'd look at Julie's band and be like "well ur not really a [insert emo scene band from the 00's] but its not boring me to death."

as well would go for Carrie before her new song performances just to cheer her up (bc every girl deserves emotional support even meanies) and say something. Maybe reference her songs (bc Kenny loves to reference his own work) and go "you know it. Make 'em them saw wow".

Probably give more stereotypical traits like make them kinda death obsessed, the kind that would think its creepy and cool that Julie has a band of dead dudes but would definitely follow Carrie in whatever plans she got.

#julie and the phantoms #carrie wilson #maybe that is to supress my need to make Bobby an emo boy and also make him meet Carrie. #and make him be her emotional support #however i kept pronouns neutral cuz this show has already too many boys. and a girl would be nice. but throw some genderqueer ass in there. #also if the nature of their relationship kept unmentioned so we never know. is it romance. is it friendship. is it a platonic relationship.

[silverspleen]

Me: I am an adult, and have made excellent strides in processing my prior Issues.

My brain: BITCH U THOUGHT

#the dragoon diaries #like oooooogh I Really have a problem with people liking me romantically huh #like immediately back into the Bad Time #idk why I'm like this but I am #it's not trauma based? I have no trauma around relationships #I just want to have a platonic life partner or date two people already in a romantic relationship so there's no romantic feelings for me #or some sort of structured kink where it's deep feelings but also professional business #so I don't IMMEDIATELY PANIC like a wild ass animal and become crazy and catastrophically emotional #LEG CAUGHT IN TRAP #mfw u want a relationship but when presented with options your immediate desire is to bury yourself in a hole instead #I can pine all I want and hold hands and kiss my friends but God Forbid someone have a crush on me #I will be reasonable for Two Weeks and then it turns out there's still snakes in my brain #anyway I have to do a therapy about it I guess #(work has a free short term therapy program for these very issues!)

[liuwithheadcanons]

Non aro and or ace ppl when you say qprs can be borderline romantic:

“that’s invalid,”

Can I strangle ?? Waverships exist lol (queerplatonic relations can/are a spectrum yall)

#queerplatonic #qprs #my aro ace spec ass being aggressive #not in a qpr anymore but when I was it was a wavership #fell in love fell outta love fell alterously fell platonically all that stuff #queerplatonic relationship #qpr stuff

[angeltism]

platonic pining feels so damn weird

#➳ the fool speaks #like ohhhh look at meeeeee wanting to be friends w somebun sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo badly that it's kinda making me look stupid #i've never rlly felt this way . like any pining i've experienced . was romantic . but this #i think it's worse because i have the mindset (of which i am trying to get rid of) that romantic love > platonic love and therefore it's #like . ohh . look at uu . being all EMBARRASSING . over what . wanting somebun to be uur friend . over wanting to be close with someone #in a way that DOESN'T include mashing uur faces together to make out passionately ??????? lmao what the fuck #AND ISN'T FRIENDSHIP EASIER TO . MAKE HAPPEN IDK . THAN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS ?????? i don't think i'm supposed to be thinking abt it THIS #much like . isn't it sooo easy to make friends. isn't it . aha . but here i am barely able to hold a convo but ig i'm just Like That eueueu #this is so WEIRD n uu can't rlly force such a strong platonic connection like . that isn't how that works that isn't how any relationship #works but like . it's like . EUHFHUIDHUFJBHSHDH ????????????????? i am SUFFERING oh my GOD what the HELL #it's so . like a crush . but it isn't . so my hyperro brain is CONFUSED and my lonely ass is STARVING for any kind of closeness this is so #WEIRD TO BE DEALING WITHHHHHHHH #god and how long have i been feeling like this #on and off for a few months #that might be longer than most crushes i've had too ? wow . what the ufck is this what is happening i am so confused i feel so WEIRD #unholy screeching ensues

[nitroish]

sorry if this is in bad taste but the wording of your last post makes it seem like someone thought u and quirkle were both link irl and were upset at the idea of two real life people dating which is hysterical to me

anon you quite literally hit the nail on the head. they saw me go by legend, saw me call quirks my partner, and called our Real Life Relationship ( that is ENTIRELY Platonic by the way !!!! ) linkcest. it blew my fucking mind.

its hysterical tho ur right. moving from the fact quirks and i arent even Dating nor are we romantic and therefor cant be considered linkcest by default, can you imagine their reaction to my two partners that i Do kiss gayly? my boyfriend and my partner that i Do kiss ??? woof . they called the wrong relationship i have linkcest if they want to be loud and weird about me being Gay and kissing someone behind a dennys

#dont project your worry of me and my partners having gay sex into my dms #esp when 'qpr' literally has platonic in the name #at least wait to complain about it when i mention my Actual partners who i DO kiss gayly behind the dennys alrigh #ask #anonymous #waggles my fingers hi anon this is The funniest thing thats happened to me in ages #youre right cos its Hysterical #my main issue here is that they saw me call jay my partner and decided the relationship was non-platonic enough to call it linkcest???? #like #linkcest implies two things: #one !! that we are both link irl and two !! we are Making Out Gayly And Definitely Not As Friends behind the dennys at ass-o'clock at night #quirks and i do Not kiss kiss fall in love behind a fucking dennys . we are entirely non-romantic partners . #queer !! -> Platonic <- !! partners #them bein upset tht two real life ppl r dating is so funny #quirks and i arent dating we are strictly platonic buddies but my boyfriend and partner are . #and dw !! ur ask isnt in bad taste #thank ya for the worry tho :)

[devotedlystrangewizard]

being an o14 believer pre confirmation was like. the constant "subtle" hints ("shut up" "make me", "if i broke time to save my knight in shining armor, id want them to stop fooling around and climb my tower" did i mention osiris literally breaking time to bring saint back to life) being written off as platonic. having to listen to people tell you youre just delusional because how could our big hero saint be a homosexual?????? how dare you insinuate that???? hes so manly man!!! ("i will show you how to hold bird :D") "saint called osiris brother once so its incest" THEYRE SOLDIERS. BROTHERS IN ARMS. GET OUT

#i dont play destiny anymore but god. season of dawn was something #i had already quit by the time osiris woke up & i still cried seeing them kiss in an actual cutscene ingame #like theyre actually. canonically. ingame. partners. in the romantic sense of the word. not just hidden in lore. #whenever they talk about each other during missions and its something so painfully romantic it hurts???? yeah #im all for extremely intimate platonic relationships but with how much pushback they got and probably still get #you bet your ass i supported the romantic reading #finding out i was right was one of the happiest moments of my life #godddd i miss them #im not going back to destiny for my 2 favorite little guys but aough #ramblings #osiris is my favorite destiny character actually. & saint is still a comfort character #they (and mara/sjur & uldren/jol) are very important to me even now #and ikora/eris how could i forget them

[daimaoryu]

okay but what if its not so devoted the 'lines' blur. what if youre extremely devoted to your best friend with whom you have absolutely no romantic or sexual tension. what if theyre just your friend and you would do anything for them

#what if theres no line between friendship and romance bc theyre different things #what if your platonic relationships are more important to you #im not even aro i just love my friends deeply #got into a whole ass fight w my crush who was also my close friend #bc my other close friend was upset that he had a crush on me #she turned out to be bitch in the end but man if that did not teach me smth #i love my friends more than i could ever love a romantic partner #the love is different #there is no line between romance and friendship bc theyre parallel

[herequeerexitentialfear]

Honestly i love Celia & Ramettos dynamic because like... we said it was us against the world, two under dogs in a perpetual rat race, we swore to climb up together that no matter who favored or lead us we would remember who we started at the bottom with. other people can say they love us but only we can trust each other because only we have no reason to lie to each other. blood brothers till the end.

and then Celia became the front runner in the race, then Celia became the top dog, Celia climbed up the ladder as other fell to their deaths, and hes still at the fucking bottom. she can throw down a rope to him, but he doesn't want her pity, he wanted to climb together. he doesn't want a leader he wants a friend, and before he can do anything his best friend and supposedly forever ally looks like someone who hurts him, who he cant trust. because she has to be a leader and worry and so she lies to him, she doesn't trust him with her secrets anymore, because shes got bigger things to worry about, because when your at the bottom your vision is so narrow, and hes been left behind with who she used to be.

He knows Tesoro, knows Elena, two leaders, two people who fought their way to the top- but they started half way, they didnt linger at the bottom, propelled by skill or infamy into the upper battles. He knows he cant trust them, he knows they lie to him and hes accepted that, thats just who they are and the burden of their position. in their world, your either a leader or a follower, your rarely get to change. Celia was an anomaly, so settled into being a grunt, a follower- and yet she became a leader- and as petty as the thought is, betrayed their bond as underdogs.

Celia started just like him, but now shes so much more, having gone somewhere he cant follow, carrying a weight he cant lift. Conficcare, of all of them, mourns who Celia used to be the most, and hates her all the more for it, for leaving him behind with the ghost of who she used to be as his only company for him in his weakness.

#gold & silver #celia #conficcare #like hes an ass about it but he feels so deeply betrayed by celia that tbh i forgive him<3 #you left me behind to become the monster we both feared #my only ally. the only person i could trust not to use me #even for the better #became the people that surrounded us on all sides. the people you were my only refuge from #not even touching on the implications i made about him & Tesoros early relationship because... #but like. Conficcare is one of the only people to get to tell her what a monster she became and it will affect her #the person who can cut to her heart the most with his fear of who she became #she was meant to be safe. she was meant to be safe #but now shes grown into another person to fear #they can never be the same anymore #damn this dynamic would be so much simpler if it was just repressed attraction but nopee. messy af and 100% platonic #celia broke the solidarity bond they had. is the simplest way to put it