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aroberukaWrote this months ago for this tumblr prompt for platonic & queerplatonic ships.
Fandom has been a bit exhausting lately with the hyperfocus on ships so I'm bringing it back with additions:
* The Strawhat Pirates in general, but I fell right into queerplatonic Merryship (aka the East Blue five) somewhere along the way and now I can’t get out. It’s fun, it’s sweet, it’s chaos incarnate and I live for AUs that have them all live together in a "eeeeh whatever works" kinda way ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
* Dirk Strider & Jane Crocker. Two-thirds of a love triangle going ‘you know in retrospect it is kinda silly to compromise our friendship for one dude maybe we should cool it’ is something I’ll never get tired of, especially since it virtually never happens. Also: protectiveness! weird inside jokes! common ground between wildly contrasting personalities! Very underrated, very good.
* Chouji & Shikamaru–look I’ve been in a Naruto mood again lately and. Low-pressure, mutually supportive friendship with zero conflict is Good. Sometimes it really is that simple.
* Playing Friendsim, I decided all on my own that Wanshi would pursue a sibling-like friendship with Karako out of sheer curiosity for this scrub who still visits the caves sometimes and I just really love the idea okay.
* When it comes to platonic relationship Leverage is always v. good, what with the actually explicit found family dynamic, but I have a massive crush on Sophie & Eliot specifically--any time they get to work with each other is gold. I feel like a lot of other shows would have played up their differences in a mildly antagonistic way and it makes me really happy there was none of that here.
What are your favourite platonic relationships, canon or headcanoned?
Fandom has been a bit exhausting lately with the hyperfocus on ships so I'm bringing it back with additions:
* The Strawhat Pirates in general, but I fell right into queerplatonic Merryship (aka the East Blue five) somewhere along the way and now I can’t get out. It’s fun, it’s sweet, it’s chaos incarnate and I live for AUs that have them all live together in a "eeeeh whatever works" kinda way ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
* Dirk Strider & Jane Crocker. Two-thirds of a love triangle going ‘you know in retrospect it is kinda silly to compromise our friendship for one dude maybe we should cool it’ is something I’ll never get tired of, especially since it virtually never happens. Also: protectiveness! weird inside jokes! common ground between wildly contrasting personalities! Very underrated, very good.
* Chouji & Shikamaru–look I’ve been in a Naruto mood again lately and. Low-pressure, mutually supportive friendship with zero conflict is Good. Sometimes it really is that simple.
* Playing Friendsim, I decided all on my own that Wanshi would pursue a sibling-like friendship with Karako out of sheer curiosity for this scrub who still visits the caves sometimes and I just really love the idea okay.
* When it comes to platonic relationship Leverage is always v. good, what with the actually explicit found family dynamic, but I have a massive crush on Sophie & Eliot specifically--any time they get to work with each other is gold. I feel like a lot of other shows would have played up their differences in a mildly antagonistic way and it makes me really happy there was none of that here.
What are your favourite platonic relationships, canon or headcanoned?
