There’s something so special to me about queer-platonic relationships in stories. When you see people so full of love for one another that it transcends any labels because they don’t need them. They don’t need to define their relationship to know that what they have is special. They can just feel it through the way they support and understand one another.
I think love is most beautiful in this form. Not to say other forms are not as special or important, of course they are. It’s just the way that love is seen not out of any desire but pure adoration for someone as an individual. It’s them seeing each other, recognizing their flaws but promising to always be by their side. No expectations, no doubt. They just love each other.
I think more people need to get used to the idea that love isn’t just about a romantic connection. It’s a genuine, human bond that can never be simply defined. Just because two characters don’t “get together” in canon doesn’t make the love they clearly feel for each other any less real. I would take a pair who don’t ever get together that take time to build a bond and trust each other over a pair that starts dating just because it’s the “obvious” thing to do (If that makes sense?) any day.
Because at the end of the day, we all want to feel seen—to have a real meaningful connection to another person. I think that’s why I love QP relationships in media so much. The story isn’t moved by the expectation that the characters will get together, it’s moved by the characters learning how to be human together.
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