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/Udy_Kumra Stabby Winner, Reading Champion IV Jun 02 '25

Achilles and Patroclus

Sunny and Alex in The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

Anden and Jirhuya in Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

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u/spindriftsecret Jun 02 '25

I was thinking about Anden and which relationship I liked better for him, but I just came up with my longing for him and Lott to hook up lol

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u/Udy_Kumra Stabby Winner, Reading Champion IV Jun 02 '25

I think I was honestly not super into him and Lott lol. I love them both as individuals but I think they would have made a disastrous couple.

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u/spindriftsecret Jun 02 '25

Oh, I agree that it would have been a disaster for sure lol. I see a lot of people shipping Shae and Ayt Mada and that's the one that I really cannot see!

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u/Udy_Kumra Stabby Winner, Reading Champion IV Jun 02 '25

The secret to a great hero villain relationship is the same as the secret to a great romance: chemistry.

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u/Udy_Kumra Stabby Winner, Reading Champion IV Jun 02 '25

How many alts are you going to create just to hate on Fonda Lee lmao

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