I’ve been openly asexual and active in the effort to educate people about asexuality and aromanticism both online and irl since 2012 and buddy the tone of it all has changed over time let me tell you. We used to have fun around here. We used to have hope.
Like yeah there was always The Oppression and The Angst and all the other problems but we used to have fun with it. There used to be a lot more asexual pirates are not here for your booty type memes. We used to have online gatherings where we posted selfies with playing cards. We used to wear black or white rings on the middle finger to signal to each other in public. We used to take just anybody that vibed with the labels. There used to be way more cake jokes.
Comic/scene redraw based on @twodiamondhoes really cool fic Dirges in the Dark!
I saw it on Ao3 and it's a Life Series western au with Ranchers and you should read it. I had to restrain myself from drawing other scenes (hold me back guys).
theres no one doing it like fitmc. no one is out there making wild as fuck statements with a wink wink nudge nudge attitude as if we all know what that means meanwhile literally no one knows what the fuck hes talking about
More people need to hear this: all asexuals are valid, no matter where you fall under the umbrella, and no matter the "reason" you're asexual. You can be naturally ace, ace because of meds, ace because of dysphoria, ace because of trauma, ace because of a disease... Any reason that has an impact on your way to live your (a)sexuality, makes you a valid asexual and you're welcome in the community. Fuck the aphobes and the radicals who say otherwise.