Friendship

Tropes and genres
Synonym(s)	Gen Ship, Platonic Relationship
Related tropes/genres	brOTP, Combi, Gen
Donna Troy & Dick Grayson "Pals!" art by laquilasse (2018)
Related articles on Fanlore.

Friendship is a common theme or genre of fanworks.

In fandom, friendship is sometimes also used for friend relationships the way "ship (shipping, shipper)" is for romantic/sexual relationships.

Fandom

Popular Friendships

• the Marauders (Harry Potter)
• Les Amis de l'ABC (Les Misérables)

Fandoms with lots of fanworks featuring friendship

• The Enchanted Forest Chronicles is a tiny fandom with genfic as the most common genre

Example Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fanfiction

• Last to Know by whitchry9. Daredevil (TV)

Recs

• Friendship at Fancake
• Female Friendship at Fancake

Archives & Resources

• Friendship tag on the Ao3
• Platonic Relationships tag on the Ao3
• Relationship tags with ampersands (&) rather than virgules (/)

On AO3:

• in your chosen fandom or other tag, go to the Sort and Filter box and include Gen under Categories.

Meta

• Honestly, what are your friendships like? by gabolange (2019)