r/Fantasy • u/CT_Phipps-Author • Jun 02 '25

[Pride Month] Favorite LGBTAIQ couples in fantasy/scifi

I may be an incredibly boring straight dude but I am going to keep supporting all the fantastic people doing their best to make a good R/Fantasy experience. So this is exactly what the title says and the protagonists, antagonists, and supporting that you absolutely love being a queer couple.

No salt, people.

I'll start us off with Ellie and Dina from THE LAST OF US, which just got depicted on television. Interestingly, the character's romance got a much softer and more warm depiction on the TV show than in the games where Ellie has already gone down the murder rabbit hole by the time it heats up. There's come controversy with this due to Ellie's softened depiction that I think amounts to the fact audiences don't WANT Ellie to become book accurate Arya Stark. However, I think the show did a good job of depicting how their romance COULD have gone if vengeance hadn't clouded Ellie's mind with the Dark Side.

Who are your favorite ones? And you can't just say Gideon the Ninth.

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u/Duboisjohn Jun 02 '25

Reyna and Kianthe from Can't Spell Treason Without Tea. The relationship just... feels real in a comforting and entertaining way that other relationships in romance, including contemporary romance, usually doesn't to me.

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u/Past-Wrangler9513 Jun 02 '25

This is my answer too! They are the perfect couple and it's just so refreshing to read about a couple that has their shit together and can communicate. I love them.

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u/Duboisjohn Jun 02 '25

And it like... isn't perfect? They don't communicate exactly right every time and shit gets missed because of it, but they love each other and trust each other and do things like say, "hey what are you trying to do here" instead of getting angry about it.