#queerplantonic

[bulbagarden]

Hiya, Trainers...! Lisia here, but I'm running the 2025 edition of Bulbagarden's annual Spring One-shot writing contest and wanted to tell you all about it! Though the contest is shipping-oriented, (queer)platonic relationships are completely welcomed as well! We have many categories to earn prizes in (including a Best LGBTQ+ Romance prize!), and all entries get a fancy forums badge and reviews on their work, so please consider checking the contest out with the link above!

The entry deadline is on April 10 and the deadline for posting entries is on May 15 -- we hope to see some entrants from our fellow Trainers here on Tumblr (including myself...!), so please mention I sent you if you'd like! LOL

[queerplatonic-headcanons]

arthur lester and john doe from malevolent are so queerplatonic to me

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[xxmia0wmayh3mxx]

the queerplantonic flag looks familiar

WAIT

first susie with the labrys axe flag and now spam?

[weirdmixofweirdness]

The pain of wanting a Queerplatonic partner, but being antisocial.

[hollowshadowwolf]

finally added another design to my redbubble!

[yourvintagemisery]

What the hell would I be, without you?

I’m sick of losing soulmates, won’t be alone again

I can finally see, you’re as fucked up as me

So how do we win?

We will grow old as friends, I’ve promised that before

So what’s one more?

In our grey haired circle, waiting for the end

[a-spec-tacular]

so there's this person i know and i kind of wish we could be in a qpr i guess? i mean we're "platonically married", tell each others i love you on a daily basis and stuff like that but i can't bring myself to ask them,, i'm not even sure that they love me as much as i love them?? and i only know them in virtual life so even tho i know there's a "form" to ask people to be your qpp but it's mostly based on contact and things like that so i can't really use that either OTL i don't know what to do..

If you’re really hooked on sending them a form to fill out, I would suggest editing the form, or creating an entirely new one with the existing form as a foundation, to fit the needs of an online relationship.

If not, my advice is just to write out all of the things you want this person to understand- how you feel the relationship is now, how you want it to change, and why- and sit them down for a conversation about it. Allow a productive discussion about each of your perceptions, wants, and needs, and figure out from there what kinds of changes you can and want to make. 

It’s hard to have conversation like this, and I know from experience how anxiety-inducing it can be, but it’s important to communicate directly, clearly, and productively with everyone in your life. If you don’t talk to them about it, there’s no real way for anything to change for the better. And trust me; once you do, you’ll both feel a lot better about the situation.

Good luck!

-Face

[mere-peripheral]

A realization

I'm tired but i've just figured something out.

If the current relationship I'm in doesn't work out (which I really hope doesn't happen) it would be amazing to be in qpr with John and Bel monogamously.  It'd definitely be an asexual relationship (or maybe not, that is interesting to think about) If I was still with my gf it would definitely be asexual. It would be an aromantic relationship, for certain. I just like the idea of being with them like that.

That's would be kind of amazing. I would do it anyway in a romantic relationship but I don't know what my girlfriend would think about.  I'm still iffy trying to explain what the difference between qp and romantic is. When I tried to explain to my sister she assumed I wanted to cheat. 

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