Oct 31, 2023
A note about the "&" symbol in Ao3
It's for non-romantic ships. I.e. platonic ships. That includes queer platonic ships. Platonic is literally in the name.
It also covers pre-slash because a pre-romantic relationship is also known as a platonic relationship.
The "&" symbol is not limited to "distant friends" or "blood relatives" or "conservative familial roles". You can literally use it for friends-with-benefits fics if you want to.
#tag however you want to tag#but I've been seeing some talk about how fandom needs a queerplatonic symbol for queerplatonic relationships#and it's just so weird to me because that was what the “&” ship symbol was created for in the first place#it was used for queerplatonic ships and pre-slash way before the other uses#this has been a PSA#& ships#qbr#queerplatonic#bromance#ao3
