queerplatonic & platonic relationships have always been deeper connections with more intricacies to me than romantic ones. dating culture n stuff always seems so shallow to me, maybe its because i dont feel romantic attraction at all but i don't want to engage with those types of things. being queerplatonic & alterous feels freeing because its like a whole spectrum of relationships that have the same closeness but without all the repulsion i get from romance.
even in fictional works i only write relationships as romantic if i feel like that'd be in character, but usually i write queerplatonic relationships because it feels more relatable to me and i want to see more media where a queerplatonic relationship isnt treated as lesser than a romantic one (im being the change i wanna see in the world). i like when QPR's & alterous relationships are seen as just as close if not closer than romantic ones, because theres more types of everlasting bonds than just romantic ones. it feels freeing and great to be able to break the binary of friendship & romance being the only type of non-familial relationships to exist, it feels great to be able to connect with people in a way that isnt romantic but still feels closer than what a friendship usually describes.
yes real transformers animated blurr is queerplatonic & alterous.
have some shitty stamps of it IM PROUD BITCH
anyway this has been a long rant so TLDR; queerplatonic & alterous attraction fucking rocks, i think romance is boring and overcomplicated, thanks for coming to my tedtalk.
[ PSA: this post is aimed at arospec people and those who are in QPR's/experience alterous attraction. do not derail this and make it abt romantic relationships PLS ]
