[ SECRET POST #2157 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2157 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[2 Broke Girls]


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03.
[Love Actually]


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04.
[Me and My Dick]


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05.
[Journey Into Mystery]


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06.
[cracked.com]


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[Ryan Kwanten/L4D2]


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[Whispering Corridors, Memento Mori, The Wishing Stairs]


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[The Walking Dead (game)]


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10.
[Kuragehime]


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[Thor]


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[Bartimaeus]


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[The Sentinel]


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[The Mentalist and The Addams Family]


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[Skyfall]


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[Generator Rex]


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[Partners]


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Comments

Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes I think fandom focuses puts way too much merit on making relationships romantic, which is a shame because there's so many other types of relationships that give me just as warm melty shivery feelings as romance does. I love romance, but there's so many other configurations!

So, what are some types of non-romantic relationships you really love? For me, I love friendships between young men or teenage boys and very little girls. And friendships between old men. And friendships between preteen girls. And relationships between mothers and sons. And grandmothers and granddaughters. And friendships between old women and middle-aged men. That's all I can think of for now...but if you guys could come up with more specific and descriptive and situation-based ones than the very general ones I mentioned...

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[chardmonster]

Fuckbuddy.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[fingalsanteater]

The best kind of buddy.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[(Anonymous)]

I like those relationships that are like friendship but with this soul-mate tinge to it but that aren't sexual and only the slightest bit romantic but not exactly romantic as it would first come to mind.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[loracarol]

I really like non-related family friendships, where people end up a family not because of blood relation, but because of shit they've gone through together. :3

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[tasogare_n_hime]

I love loner, badass type characters taking a protective/paternal role with kids/teenagers.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[pantswarrior]

Platonic relationships between men and women who grew up together from childhood.

Guardian/child type relationships where it's a choice rather than a matter of birth, especially when they're sort of the kid's bodyguard, and it lasts until the kid's grown up.

Exes who managed to stay friends and can talk candidly about anything together.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[anonymouslyyours]

Snarky sisters who communicate all the important stuff between the lines, would do anything for each other, and commit ninjas acts of kindness for each other but won't ever admit to it outside exaggerated declarations of love accompanied by incest chicken.

So... my relationship with my sister.

Recs?

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[(Anonymous)]

I like friendships where the people involved are very different, especially when it's an age difference, but also in other ways. I love when there are close relationships between women, because we need more of those in fiction. Also I like enemy relationships that are sort of actually friendly.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[ryttu3k]

Parent-child mentor-student-esque... relationships, where it's by choice. Especially if the younger character is an orphan or has neglectful parents or something - basically, an older character stepping in as a parental role for a younger character.

Good mother-daughter relationships, especially with adult daughters, where they're friends as much as family.

On a related note, adult siblings.

Unofficially adopted family. The whole, "Yeah, we're not related by blood, but you're family anyway."

Platonic soul mates.

So basically pretty much all the things mentioned above, heh.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[brightblueink]

For some reason I'm really fascinated by father/child relationships in fiction. Either positive ones (like...well, this isn't exactly an example, but Lee and Clementine in The Walking Dead), loving but a little screwed up (Karon and Fakir in Princess Tutu, Aladdin and his dad) or trainwreck ones like Tomoya and his father in Clannad. Especially the trainwreck ones--and I'm not sure why since my relationship with my own father is pretty good.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[(Anonymous)]

I love friendships between young men or teenage boys and very little girls.

I thought I was the only one! Never dared mention it in case people started making pedo jokes. Especially true for teenage boys, but I also remember that when I watched "The Eleventh Hour" from Doctor Who for the first time, I went back and rewatched all the scenes with the Doctor and bb!Amelia because they made me feel all soft and gooey inside.

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[tyger66]

SILLY DON'T YOU KNOW ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE ~SO ROMANTIC~

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[silverau]

I love all kinds of friendships, especially childhood friendships. Well-written friendships between girls make me especially happy, since it's rare in media, but I like friendships between boys and co-ed friendships too.

Especially friendship trios, since it reminds me of my best friends growing up.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[diet_poison]

SIBLINGS OMG <3

Also, when a guy and a girl have really gr8 platonic vibes. There's not enough love for that. I love me some het, but I don't like the knee-jerk reaction that if a guy and a gal get along they ~have~ to like each other that way. (This probably has to do with my tendency to get annoyed at people who think irl guys and girls can't be close friends.)

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[sockpants]

I love bromance and platonic male/female friendships. It helps that my best friend growing up was a guy.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[(Anonymous)]

Friendships between people on opposite sides of a love triangle: who even though they love the same person and might even see each other as rivals in that way, their friendship with each other is just as important, or more.

I prefer if it's two female characters (like Chuck and Olive from Pushing Daisies) or a male and a female character (like Syaoran and Tomoyo from Cardcaptor Sakura), since two guys who like the same girl feels like it's been done more. Two male characters would probably work for me if the love interest is also male, but I can't think of any examples in my fandoms...

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[(Anonymous)]

Brother and sister being really close, especially if the the sister is a protective older one.

Clever preteen girls being friends.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[philstar22]

I'm a big fan of parent/adult child relationships, particularly father/daughter since that often hits home for me in a good way.

I'm also fond of mentor/mentee relationships that are not remotely sexual (I loath fics that turn mentor relationships into romantic/sexual relationships).

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[kryptoncat]

A band of friends who are all close to, value, and are comfortable with each other.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[cassandraoftroy]

I have a really odd affection for liege-and-vassal relationships. The whole bond of fealty and duty thing really hits me in the emotions. You can sometimes get a similar feeling with military characters, between a subordinate and his or her commander.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[(Anonymous)]

I actually really love the enemies who realize the only person they actually respect said enemy and end up befriending or at least working with them. I also like this for romantic relationships, so the only non-romantic example coming to mind is Simon and Viral from Gurren Lagann, but I'm sure I can think of more, given some time.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[(Anonymous)]

I love parent and adopted child relationships where the child is a bit older or a teenager. The adoption doesn't need to be formal.

70+ years and there isn't anywhere near enough material in the Batman canon dealing with his relationships with his kids. (Probably because for me there can never *be* enough!)

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[cakemage]

Healthy sibling relationships (partially 'cause I wish I had siblings) and close friendships between schoolgirls (because I never had any of those, either). Also Nakama-type BFF groups (mine is small, but I kind of like it that way).

Do close bonds between animals and their people count? 'Cause that type of relationship never fails to give me the warm and fuzzies.

Re: Favorite types of non-romantic relationships?

[(Anonymous)]

Surrogate parents for and of either gender. i.e Protective older woman protecting a street urchin.

I like it because it shows you don't need to be related to be cared about/loved/protected and adoption isn't necessary for the care either.

I really adore this in adventure situations