hi! i saw your post about wanting more aplatonic media and i was wondering what sorts of themes/stories you’d like to see?
-People actually considering consent and boundaries with friendship
-Not forcing others into the label of friendship (Lots of ppl irl and in fiction sort of just decide 'oh we're friends' without asking the other person which you rlly don't see ppl do w romantic, qpr, or sexual relationships much)
-People who say they don't want friendship actually being respected instead of seen as sad and lonely
-People having relationships of other kinds, hobbies, interests, etc. rather than always having friends or wanting friends
-Acquaintanceships or less close friendships that aren't treated as inherently lesser or as something that will inevitably turn into friendship
-Aspec orientations like aro and ace not being talked about solely as 'still wanting friends/being satisfied w friendship'
-Characters who explicitly id as aplatonic, aplspec, plato averse, plato favorable, nonfriending, etc.
-Plato repulsion being respected and it being understood when someone says they don't want to be around or hear about friendship/platonicism
-Having Aplatonicism, having no friends, and/or being nonfriending seen as valid things instead of being seen as inherently due to 'being a bad person' or depression, etc.
-Respecting when someone's neurodivergence and/or mental illness interacts w their aplatonicism and/or difficulties with friendship, and any boundaries or communication needs that result
-While saying one can also do x thing (cuddling, saying I love you, etc.) With friends people should also acknowledge that its okay to not want to engage in those things and that consent still applies here as it does w romantic, sexual, nonrose, etc.
-One major thing is I'd like to see stories stop defaulting to platonic love as the saviour if romantic love isn't the major theme of the plot. Its platonormative to imply that all a character needed was friendship all along and that its a quick fix for their issues by default. This is especially troubling when done to a character who expresses repulsion or disinterest in friendship and most ppl don't recognise this as negative but do sometimes seem to recognise its bad when done abt sexual or romantic attraction/relationships.
-Not villifying ppl or characters for not wanting friendship or not prioritising friendship. Most ppl seem to know it's creepy to push someone to be in romantic or sexual situations but seem to think its okay to just 'try harder' to make someone your friend which is an issue.
-Storylines about it being healing for an apl, nonfriending person, or just someone for whom friendship or a particular friendship was not healthy to engage in, to step away from friendship, end a friendship, or choose to not have friendships
And there are probably others as well, anyone(especially other apls, plato averse and/or nonfriending ppl) else can feel free to add on to this if they wish(but not in ways that are exclusionary of apls or platonormative ofc)
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