#platonic affection

[my-lonely-thoughts]

Kisses can be platonic!!!!!! Cuddles and handholding can be platonic!!!! Physical affection isn't inherently romantic!!!!! You get to decide what is/isn't romantic for you!!!!! And as always, consent is key!!!!!!!

[irequirealobotomy]

Allos are such cowards

I will hug my friends. I will kiss my friends. I will carry my friends around. I will buy my friends expensive stuff. I will sleep in my friend’s bed with them. I will sit on my friend’s laps. And yes. All of this is platonic.

You say this means I’m in (romantic) love with my friends.

Coward.

[melodramaticwolf-art]

I did this piece as just like, general posing practice, but I think I manifested shit with it because halfway through it I got to practice hospital beds from visual memory :))) (I had kidney stones. Oh God. The pain. I'm fine now but jfdsigjdfg)

I hate non-organic backgrounds, so it may look a little rough. But I"m doing my best to get over that! So here you go. enjoy these old men. As far as story behind the piece.. Ford probably got injured or somethin on the boat, but nothin serious. Or maybe, a checkup before sailing at all. Stan refused to have a gown. (Really, you make the story here. Just two bros snuggling in the hospital bed for comfort.)

Stan's hair is a little longer, just like Ford's. I hc that the more they spend time together as brothers again, the more they begin to look like each other again. Thus, Stan doesn't have a huge difference in facial hair. Despite Stan's visual distaste for whatever show Ford could possibly be picking.. he'll let Ford pick, because he wants his brother happy and as comfortable as possible.

Do not repost anywhere else. Likes/reblogs are fine! Reference under the cut :3 (and an extra friend closeup)

[aloneinthedark-eagle]

True love ♥️♥️🦜

[repair-bear]

Just so y'all know I am a hugger. A platonic lover. An affectionate beast. If you give me the opportunity and consent you will be hugged. There is no situation where I will ever not want a hug. Platonic physical contact my beloved.

[loafofryebread]

it's actually so incredibly homophobic of the universe that my love language is physical touch and half of my friends live oceans and countries and expensive plane trips away where I can't give them cuddles.

[lucy-frostblade]

yeah yeah canonically they all got seperate rooms at the gold gardens but to me they pushed two beds together and all slept in a huddle

[drlessy]

Can we get Sky giving Fairy Wild a smooch 0w0

Sooo I struggled drawing a smooch & in general last night so I wrote another chapter to my fic instead cuz I wanted to do SOMETHING at least. & I was already thinking about Sky quite a bit before I saw your ask sooo... it's not a drawing but it's still fluff. lots of Sky smooches in chapter 2 https://archiveofourown.org/works/54843568 & I shall get back to drawing... whenever the river takes me there :] ALSO if it's not already known I use my blog @koogi123 to make posts/updates about my fanfics n stuff (I dont post the fulls fanfics atm lol)

[moranabean]

For all my aces out there here’s the unofficial list I made of non sexual forms of affection <3

- Dancing together

- Acts of service

- going on dates.

- sharing drinks.

- talking.

- phone calls.

- Skype/facetime calls.

- sharing personal details.

- touching noses.

- deep talks.

- sharing smiles.

- laying your head on their shoulder.

- linking arms.

- tickling.

- sharing smiles.

- playing with hair.

- tracing designs on backs/arms.

- handwritten notes.

- laying your head on their chest to hear their heartbeat.

- singing/playing instruments together.

- sharing food.

- brushing their hair.

- drawing/writing on one another.

- cooking together.

- reading together.

- beauty treatments like makeup or face masks or manicures.

- taking care of them when they're sick.

- head-scratches.

- sleeping next to each other. butterfly kisses.

- nuzzling.

- sharing stories.

- seeing each other completely comfortable and relaxed.

- moral support.

- crying or being emotionally vulnerable with each other.

- sleepovers.

- going on trips together.

- sharing clothes or other personal items.

- going with them to appointments.

- making art together.

- talking about the future and what you want in life.

- play games together.

- respecting boundaries and communicating.

- complimenting.

- inside jokes.

- going out to eat.

- just accepting and loving that person completely.

- Holding hands

- hugging

- crying together

- laughing

- calling instead of texting

- saying I love you

- remembering the little things

- "I've been thinking about you”

- watching tv/movies together.

[undeadkazi]

Why cant you just invite your friends over to take a nap? Like you're sleepy? IM sleepy?

Midday sleepover? Sounds amazing.

[thenoellebird]

It has come to my attention

(tw discussion of proships below. I hate them, by the way, they freaking suck. I support platonic/familial love) (there is also art at the bottom of the post <3)

that SOME PERSON on this site INSULTED one of my favorite GF artists @artsymeeshee by accusing her of proshipping because of her STRICTLY PLATONIC (and listed as) FANART.

This...naturally...made me very angry, as a strong advocate for familial/platonic affection. So, I decided I'm going to show my support for this realm of art by drawing a bunch of it and posting it here. I DESPISE incest and proshipping. And people who can't see platonic fanart as platonic need to either leave and fix their brain, or shut their mouth. If you see a brother hugging his twin and think "oh yeah they're romantically involved" that sounds like a YOU problem, dude. So go sort that out instead of RUINING our PLATONIC fun.

Platonic love has kept me alive over these past years and months. I am someone who's tried to off myself multiple times, and I have only once been in a situationship. I have no significant other right now, and I don't even want one. I'm just enjoying being happy with my friends, loving them PLATONICALLY. It's a great joy to just hug one of my friends or kiss their head or cuddle them during a movie night. And these are people I'm not even related to! I just enjoy existing with them and they make me feel like myself and make me feel like life is worth living.

Physical touch is my primary love language. If you make me hugging my mom or dad remotely even implied to be sexual I would punch you across the face. *Said as someone who frequently beats up the punching bag in the gym.* Besides, even if you're brave enough to say it across a screen at me, you'd never be able to say it to my face, so I won't care anyway. In that essence, I am untouchable. So I will continue to make physical affection art because it makes me feel both loved and lovable. It reminds me what love can be and what it is, because love is not inherently romantic.

There are way too many different types of love, and people need to shut up about the "oh because they're forehead touching they're in an incest relationship" LIke shut up, I head bump my roommate as a way to say goodnight and she's my FRIEND. I kiss my younger cousins on the head because they're like my silblings! I am physically affectionate with those I'm close to and I won't stop because you interpreted it as weird, cuz its not, you just have a warped view and need to fix your sense of reality.

WOOF. Rant being said, I am going to post a ton of platonic cuddle art and platonic physical affection art to both show my appreciation for @artsymeeshee and her wonderful wonderful work, and to combat whoever attacked her for it.

I hate it when people ruin good things for other people based on their wrong and warped opinions.

So I'm here to show my support, and help this wonderful artist regain her sense of security while posting the beautiful, sweet platonic fluff art that has inspired me so much.

As a note to artsymeeshee, you are an inspiration, you really are. And you're amazing. You inspired me to make my very first post on tumblr, and honestly, I can never thank you enough. The people here have supported me through bad days and their support for my art and stories has helped me more than I thought it could. And I never would have posted if it weren't for you. So I have you to thank for that. And I'm not going to just stand by while someone tries to ruin something you love so much.

I once showed my art to someone who hadn't seen Gravity Falls. She called Stan and Ford cuddling "weird" and it made me so dang sad. I thought I was being weird too and wanted to stop drawing them. But the way I recovered was I looked to the artists like artsymeeshee, and saw how much joy was in their work and it really just--it got me back again. I realized that I didn't have to give up on my joy, because it really wasn't weird, it really wasn't wrong, and the joy and truth was there to prove it. So, again, thanks to you, I was able to continue doing what I loved as well.

I hope this post helps as it was meant to, because in all honesty, I cannot thank you enough for the wonderful inspiration and brightness you and your art have brought into my life. And because of what this person did, I needed to let you know.

these last were random doodles in the margins of my notes to make myself happy. Enjoy the fluff art!

EVERYTHING HERE IS PLATONIC IF YOU TAG IT AS SHIP YOU WILL BE BLOCKED. I do not play around with this. I hate incest shipping, and I will, by default, snipe you.

[mysticaryll]

being able to be affectionate with your friends and it not being weird is amazing. YES to hugs that go on longer than a few seconds, staying there for a bit is AMAZING. YES to cuddling with your friends at sleepovers and such. YES to constantly reminding them how much you love them. Actions don't have to be inherently romantic, platonic affection can be the same action, without the romance. i love being 'weirdly' affectionate with my friends!!

[breannasfluff]

Mistletoe Kisses

“Mistletoe! Kiss!”

Wind’s shout had the two avians in the hall away freezing, looking up. A bundle of mistletoe has been hung in the hallway and Wind is pressed to the upper railing, watching for victims. 

Sky laughs and leans down, pressing a kiss to the top of Four’s head. The bee-eater giggles and ducks under Sky’s feathers, before popping up and tackling the Frigatebird from behind. 

They continue, leaving Wind to his prank. 

“Mistletoe! Kiss!”

Warriors flips off the tropicbird, but Twilight slings an arm around his shoulder and plants a loud smack on his cheek. 

“It’s in the rules!” Then he bolts because the captain’s threat call doesn’t sound like a joke. 

“Mistletoe! Kiss!”

Hyrule and Wild walk arm and arm and pause as they look up. The magpie slips his arm free and grabs Hyrule’s hand. With an exaggerated bow, he flares his wings and presses a kiss to the back of the traveler’s hand. 

“Your Highness? Shall we continue?”

Hyrule sticks his nose in the air and swaggers down the hall in…an attempt at nobleness, maybe. “Come, squire, my bath awaits.”

“Squire? Hey, what gives! I should at least be a court jester!”

“I’ll pay you not to sing.”

“Mistletoe! Oh…it’s just you, Time.” Wind’s feathers droop as no one else follows him down the hall. 

The kite smiles. “If you came down here I’d have someone to walk with.”

“Oh!”

Wind hops the railing, spreading his wings to soften the landing. Legend would have a fit, but he’s not here. 

Time ruffles his hair and then pulls him into a hug, pressing a kiss to his forehead. “Come on, little gremlin.”

He hoists the sailor over his shoulder and is rewarded with screeching and flapping feathers. 

Undettered, he continues down the hall. 

“Someone put up mistletoe.” Ravio looks up at the bundle of greens, suspended from an empty upper hallway. 

Legend would put good rupees on it being one of Chain, or Ravio has a ghost and hasn’t told him yet. 

“Do you want…” Ravio trails off as he turns back to find Legend much closer. 

The bowerbird reaches out and entwines their fingers on both hands, pulling him close. 

“I want you to kiss me.”

The bowerbird trills sweetly back. “I can do that.”

On AO3 here

[melodramaticwolf-art]

Cozy! They deserve to be cozy and love each other without an awful traumatizing event in the way! (DO NOT TAG AS SHIP.)

Posted to my DA: https://www.deviantart.com/melodramaticwolf/art/1108711056 Drawing notes + closeups under the cut:

The pillowcases are part of a bed sheet set! I figured it would be fun to give them ocean related bed sheets and pillowcases. So the main pillows have seagulls, and the accent pillows have little waves.

Ford is paler and has darker eyebags because in my head, the little story I thought up was that he's recovering from an illness. Nothing paranormal (this time,) just a bad flu he thankfully had Stan to help him get through.

Stan has eyebags from having to consistently keep an eye on his brother, keeping him hydrated and taking care of him. Plus his own worry at seein Ford so exhausted and in pain.

Both are sporting some massive bedhead from lounging around all day. Ford for obvious reasons. Stan never strays far from his side, content to spend his day lying next to his brother, just in case he needs anything.

The pajamas! These were something I immediately had in mind when constructing the idea. I love the idea of the bros sharing clothes, whether it be a comfort item, or because one just doesn't have a clean shirt lying around. In this scenario, Stan just throws on whatever clean clothes he's able to find, since Ford is sweating through his own pretty quickly. This is how they end up sharing a set, with Stan wearing the top, and Ford ending up with the bottoms.

The top of course, has the constellation Gemini. The constellation of twins. Because I saw the opportunity to give them a cute themed set and WENT with it. Mabel sent them maybe! Who knows!

The two crowd together on the bottom bunk, it being easier on Ford when he needs to get up, and easier on Stan to help him in and out of the bottom bunk as opposed to the top. (Stan also wants to stay nearby, in case Ford has any fever dreams that careen into nightmares. Can ya blame him? He has the chance to take care of his brother, he's gonna take it by golly.)

(He wants to make up for all the times he wasn't there to help Ford, whether it be from an injury, illness, or otherwise. Now that he has the chance to, he's going to.) And of course, since its me, I gotta give them platonic affection. These two deserve it.

[lupinescribbler]

I've been swamped with exams and not had time to draw or write recently, so just some appreciation for Bozer's hugginess. Sorry for the awful quality of most of the images lol.

Note that this compilation is from the first half of the first season alone. Have to admit that a big reason I love this show is its abundance of healthy/affectionate male friendships.

To the best of my knowledge, 1st two from S1E13, 2nd two from S1E09, fifth from S1E08, and the last one from S1E04

[catsinplatoniclove]

fucking love cuddling. 10/10 activity. being in their arms feels like safety and comfort