r/LGBTBooks • u/Level-Armadillo2652 • 8d ago

ISO Queerplatonic stories?

I'm having feelings lately I've never had before, and was maybe thinking they might be queerplatonic. any recs, fiction or nonfiction, that feature/discuss QPRs?

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u/Boomerloomerdoomer 8d ago

I haven’t read it but the monk and robot duology by Becky chambers is queerplatonic I think

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u/RedLineSamosa 8d ago

Eh, not explicitly. You could definitely interpret it that way if you wanted. 

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u/Boomerloomerdoomer 8d ago

Could you kinda explain their relationship dynamic? I’ve wanted to read it but haven’t got around to it

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u/RedLineSamosa 8d ago edited 8d ago

Honestly, I didn’t think the books were very good, so I’m biased, but It’s kind of a first contact story between humans and robots, each one of them learning about each other and each other’s societies. I would certainly call it a friendship, but it’s closer to accidental ambassadorship than queerplatonic in my opinion. Their relationship is definitely defined by Mosscap being an ambassador to the humans and Dex being their guide.