I know I don't like using queerplationic for the relationships I have that would fall under it by definition. It's just not a term I fuck with, mainly I think because of the 'platonic', just feels too misrepresenting of the relationships I end up in.
As such I use it for ships rarely and mainly only if I can see the characters using it.
So now I'm weaponising my relationship with it as motivation for my favv SpiderMoth scenario: both mistaking the other for their own gender, catching feelings, finding out the truth, and dealing with any feelings that linger.
Cus like. My understanding is (as an aroace). Attraction can die quick. That's the whole thing with icks, "oh they're hot- nevermind". But feelings are a whole different matter. Feelings can take their time to die, or they don't ever die fully & just fade.
I can imagine, if they ever decided to have a serious talk about their relationship and where they stand, Angel introducing Vaggi to the term. But then how would each of them view it? Would it be used as a comfort blanket, a way to accept their feelings in conjunction with their identities? Would it be more like a rug to sweep the identity crisis-inducing thoughts under? Or would it bring more awareness to those thoughts, like a curtain that you know what's behind?
