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This doesn't change the fact that their love is completely platonic with no sexual attraction on either side. No matter how other people view them, they can't see each other in that light.

 

 

[[Platonic Life Partners]] is a sub-trope, in which the characters are not only close, but form each others' primary relationship. If you can imagine the characters as members of the ''same'' sex and having them as [[Heterosexual Life Partners]], then they belong under [[Platonic Life Partners]]. Of course, almost all instances of [[Platonic Life Partners]] fall under this trope, but to avoid redundancy they should ''not'' be listed on this page.

Simply being friends doesn't make a pair and example nor does just being [[True Companions]]. Because most childhood relationships are inherently platonic, friendships between children do not qualify unless they continue into adulthood and remain platonic. Contrast [[Just Friends]] for when this does actually blossom into romance. Not to be confused with [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] in which one side does have feelings for the other.

 

 

 

* In the ''[[Circle of Magic]]'' series, this is the explanation for why none of the main characters are sexually interested in each other. They call each other foster siblings.

* At the beginning of ''[[Mansfield Park]]'', Sir Thomas Bertram is reluctant to adopt his niece [[Genre Savvy|for fear]] of [[Kissing Cousins]]. His meddling sister-in-law Mrs. Norris believes raising them like brother and sister will actually be their greatest protection against that trope. {{spoiler|She's wrong.}}

* In Patricia Briggs' [[Mercy Thompson]] novels, Mercy's love triangle with Samuel and Adam is resolved when {{spoiler|Samuel, a werewolf, is forced to admit that ''his wolf side'' sees Mercy this way, not as a potential mate}}.

* There's a bizarre, amusing variant mentioned in the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''EarthWorld'': Anji considers the Doctor to be like a sister to her. No, he hasn't regenerated into a woman, but he's the Eighth, who's just shy of [[Camp Gay|Camp]] [[Bi the Way|Bisexual]], at least in the novels. She considers him to be [[Bishonen|quite nice to look at]] but not her type, and he very rarely seems to fancy anyone. He does kiss her on the lips later in the book, but that's because he acts as if he had [[No Social Skills]] and has [[No Sense of Personal Space]]. And he opens up to her emotionally perhaps a bit more than he does to his [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Also-Not-Exactly-Heterosexual Life Partner]], Fitz.

* Victor and Ginny have this sort of relationship in [[Honor Harrington]] although it's complicated somewhat by the fact that they frequently go [[Undercover As Lovers]].

* In [[PG Wodehouse (Creator)|PG Wodehouse]]'s ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (Literature)|Thank You, Jeeves]]'', Bertie has to spend a good deal of time insisting that he and Pauline Stoker are this trope. No one buys it because they used to be engaged, even though Pauline is now in love with Bertie's friend Chuffy and Bertie is actively trying to set them up.

* In [[Chronicles of Chaos (Literature)|Chronicles of Chaos]], Amelia, who has been in love with Victor since day one, has her hopes crushed when he curtly tells [[Handsome Lech|Colin]] to "stop molesting his [[Secret Project Refugee Family|sister.]]" Victor is ''actually'' tacitly warning Colin to back off.

 

* Luke and Rani on ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' are, [[True Companions|of course]], very close friends, but there's not a hint of attraction from either side between them. Also, Luke is still pining after [[Put On a Bus|Maria]] and Rani has rather intense [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] with Clyde.

* Ted and Lily from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''. Notable in that, since Lily's been Marshall's girlfriend since the day he and Ted became roommates, and Ted and Marshall have been [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] for almost as long, Ted and Lily have been basically brother- and sister-in-law since college.

* On [[Leverage]] this plays out between Eliot and Parker with Eliot playing the role of a protective big brother. They even manage to have interesting conversations while on the job:

{{quote| '''Parker:''' What's sexting?<br />