#alloaro writing

[aroworlds]

I thought Trans Day of Visibility a good time to mention that I have a post collecting my stories with trans aro protagonists. I often feel disconnected from the aro community in that the (albeit very limited!) representation we celebrate and bond over largely depicts cis aros. Characters who seldom encompass, because they are cis, much of how I experience being aromantic.

In order to be seen as aro, I must push my transness into the shadows. The reverse is true in trans-centred fiction, where acceptance--by ourselves and/or others--is often demonstrated via a character's experiences of romantic relationships and love. Time and time again, I must choose which part of me to celebrate and which part to ignore: I can only be transgender or aromantic in the stories about which my communities express delight.

So this is a list of aro stories about gender and trans stories about aromanticism, because we deserve recognition as trans and aro.

#trans day of visibility #tdov #aromantic #transgender #representation #aromantic and transgender #link #aro worlds wordpress #fiction #short fiction #aro writing #aro and trans feels #aromantic and trans #undescribed #text in image #list post #representation feels #aro community #most stories are about trans alloaros #alloaro writing #aspec #fantasy #fairy tales #alloaro and transgender #aro community feels #aro feels #aromantic feels #ciscentrism

[genderqueerdykes]

also in honor of aro awareness week, all aromantics are queer! cishet aromantics, alloaros, partnering aros, arofluxes, demiromantics, queerplatonic aros and every other aromantic identity! every single aromantic is queer, every aspect of aromanticism is queer in a society that inherently demands romantic attraction! thank you, have a great week 💚🤍🖤

#aromantic #aro #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbt #queer #queer community #lgbt community #aromanticism #arospec #aromantic spectrum #aroace #aromantic asexual #aro allo #alloaro #demiromantic #our writing #aroflux

[alloaro-azelf]

I’m gonna try to articulate a thought, but I’m not sure how to word it, so bear with me

alloace is to alloaro in a similar way to how nonbinary is to binary trans. there is a point of similarity: a lack of attraction for the aspecs and not identifying with their agab for the trans people. that also comes with a number of other minor shared experiences. however. saying that either duo experiences the same struggles of the same intensities is wildly misleading. and simply put, there are struggles one of the two sides will simply never be able to internalize. there’s always going to be some experiences entirely unique to that specific lgbt+ identity. and insinuating that such nuanced understandings are generally attainable can be intensely isolating for whoever is being spoken over in the moment.

and I think that’s where a lot of my frustrations come when talking with alloaces. they often try to comment on experiences that they think they understand, but in reality, it just feels like being spoken over. their struggles are similar in a sense, but they’re vastly different enough that it genuinely feels like I’m not being heard…

I’m not saying aces shouldn’t have a say in aspec topics. I’m saying that alloaces and alloaros are so frequently falsely equivalated even within the aspec community, and that prevents deeper discussions from occurring. and I think everyone (aros, aces, and allos) should think twice about how their experiences could differ from another’s before jumping to say “I know exactly what you mean.” because that can lead to even more feelings of isolation if you’re not careful

#can’t tell if I articulated well or really shit. but I’ve been writing this post for at least 30 mins. #alloaro #aroallo #aromantic #aro #arospec #aspec #aromanticism

[daevstroders]

i was smoking some top tier jake english crack ln and had some thoughts and much to ponder when i woke up so have some alloaro jake musings under the cut.

there is always the underlying element of not right not enough yet perfectly aligned and too much with these two. and i think what makes the alloaro jake narrative (which to ignore would be like ignoring his feminine coding imho (that is: impossible) really interesting is Love (capitalised to emphasise romantic from here on out, love sans capitalisation is not to be taken as romantic) is only what he believes it is, what he thinks it should be. what he's seen in his movies, of which he doesn't care for - he watches ACTION FILMS and SUPERHERO FLICKS, john and karkat are the ones who engage most with romcoms - and the kind of love he experiences is not the Love he equates to being 'real'.

everyone's experiences with aromanticism are different, and i think from jake's perspective its more so about his ideals of Love not matching his experiences. he's not shown to have anything more than passing interest and sexual encounters with others in the narrative, save dirk, and that is a whole shitstorm he can hardly bear to think about. its easier to renounce Love itself because to delve into these things would be to self reflect and jake english does Not. self reflect.

his love is destructive and selfish and reactive and obsessive and consuming. the kind where its you are Mine (and i guess that has to make me yours). i'll follow you to the ends of the earth because you're the only one who understands me and doesn't ask more from me than i'm capable of, but i won't force myself to appreciate the parts of you i detest and i don't expect you to do that either. the kind where i enjoy having you around but the domestic ideal i've seen sounds fucking boring and not something i'm capable of or want to be. i love you but i don't Love you. its more than i feel for anyone else and its too much, yet it is still not enough.

vs dirk who believes that his obsession and devotion is what Love is. he is the god of his own reality and the only word he can place on this emotion IS Love because he doesn't know anything else. he's just so much more intense than the rest, it doesnt matter if they don't understand it, because its Raw and Visceral and Real, more than their washed out depictions of Love. he's the same in the sense that the domestic Love for him is fucking boring and unsuited to his tastes but that doesn't make his Love lesser, it makes theirs. he again wants jake to be His but has a hard time accepting that to do so would make him jake's. they both want to possess and consume the other without allowing themselves to be possessed and consumed in return.

i just think both of them have incredibly thwarted ways of experiencing affection and the way they think about Love influences their perspective on the emotion. this is why jake so readily accepts his love isn't Love, assumes roxy's feelings for dirk are more real than his because the feelings there are selfless, unconditional, and passive. which aligns with what we are taught about Love, that it is hard work and unselfish and placing trust in another etc. his feelings are selfish, conditional, and active. he wouldn't want to put the hard work in to make something work with dirk because that would require self reflection, to accept difficult things about himself and accept unpalatable things about dirk. he wouldn't feel the same about dirk if he didn't keep him on his toes, fuck him around mentally and physically, he'd be as blase about the man as he is every other proposed Love interest. he can't sit still and let dirk move on without having his say, he needs to keep what's Mine while still trying to shy away from being His. everything he feels is a contradiction to what he assumes Love to be, therefore he can't Love. whereas as stated with dirk he assumes his Love to be real because it is so much more than what the ideal is portrayed to be like.

and i'm not going to go into it entirely because this is already so long but theres a link here to the cherubs i think. besides the dirk splinters and the english influence, the foundation of a cherub is two dichotomous beings sharing a body which i think is so so representative of dirkjake. they both live on inside one and another, they aren't soul mates or two halves of a whole, they are simply one. and the nature of cherub reproduction and 'romance' is so far removed from what humans would consider 'romance' which is the kind of romance that can be found in dirkjake but in a minor key instead of a major if that makes sense. same tune different sounds.

hussie consistently tries to challenge mainstream ideals of Love through quadrants cherub reproduction leprechauns etc so having a cosmically fated couple actually not fall anywhere on the scale of stereotypical Love is so incredibly on brand.

tldr maybe they are in Love. or maybe what they have is something different. and that is so cool.

#screams from the top of my lungs i love jake english #smashinf bottles over my head clawing the skin off my face eating glass the lot #ty to the discord server im in for this one. real galaxy brain dirkjakers you fuel me #jake english #dirk strider #dirkjake #alloaro jake musings #homestuck #sloan writes

[fadefromthelight]

I celebrate aro awareness week by making the fandom favs aro

gif version of my header below the cut ^^

#my keisuke headcanon is pretty much for fun but every time i write ryousuke he is aroace #and ik that keisuke's hoodie is grey in the first stage but i always mentally flip the color of his pants and hoodie #so i colored it green because i wanted to #this is my first time drawing canon keisuke and ryousuke #they're usually in some sort of au when i draw them lol #keisuke takahashi #ryosuke takahashi #i forgot that most ppl dont add the u in ryousuke's name lmao #initial d #aro #aromantic #aroace #alloaro #my art #faded art #keisuke <3 #also pls be nice i'm here just to have fun like everyone else

[whatareyoudoingwithamaserati]

She mcyt on my aro till i week . Uhm . PURPLE DUO HANAHAKI for the prompt trope subversion!!!!! @mcyt-aro-week

#lifesteal smp #purple duo #mcyt aro week #HOUGH I have been waiting so long to start posting my aro week fics. literally vibrating with excitement #spent far too long teasing a friend with the existence of this one >:) #VERY excited for tomorrow’s prompt😇 I can be normal about being loveless and alloaro and also about worldbuilding and gods😇 #subz voice was so fun to write in also. I don’t watch him much but I have a pocket subzboy who was vibing with what I sent so!!!! #cats.writes

[viv-weylin]

Sniper and Spy aren't in love. Spy wasn't even sure he could love. But the way that Sniper wakes him up in the morning with a cup of coffee and a good morning makes him more than happy. They were friends at best- and it was fine.

They killed each other on the job often. They were efficent and cold and professional, but outside of it, they'd connect. Talk about their lives. Family. Hobbies. Interests. He taught Sniper how to use his balisong. Spy learned to use a bow.

Yet, not a single modicum of love existed between them- platonic or romantic.

And they were happy.

#more of my aro apl sniper & spy bullshit ! theyre both alloaro and spy is apl. #tf2 #team fortress 2 #sniperspy #spy #sniper #spy tf2 #sniper tf2 #i love writing aroallo sniperspy.

[blvd-sys]

any song recommendations for an alloaro playlist?

#This is queued because as I write it I am post limited #aromantic #aro #aromantic awareness week #alloaro #aroallo #aromantic allosexual #allosexual aromantic #aromantic spectrum awareness week

[hiimcanadia]

I don't actually think either Stede or Ed are aspec in canon but god I love fics where one or both of them are aspec. There's a good amount of demi Stede fics out there and I love them all. I've found a few QPR Gentlebeard fics and they're absolutely perfect. Any author who has written either of them as aspec ever I am treating you to a gesture of affection of your choice

#also while i don't think ed or stede are aspec i DO think Frenchie is alloaro and i ALSO love authors who write this #or any variation of aro Frenchie but thats my favorite 💚 #2pm in the morning #ofmd #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #<im slowly converting but i can't leave my alliteration behind that easily 🥺

[raineofthedragons]

Enemies to lovers fake dating AU but they’re both aro and it’s actually surprise enemies to best friends (enemies to best friends with benefits is also acceptable)

#lgbtq #fake dating #enemies to besties #enemies to friends trope #enemies to bffs #enemies to lovers #aromantic #aro #aroace #alloaro #writing #ao3 #fanfic #guess who had an original thought for once :)

[thesunwontcomeout]

bush pokes out from 

her shame-woven shorts

and winks at me

her hands are

skilled, like her legs and 

her tongue

when she kisses me

i wonder if my chest is supposed 

to feel this dark and steady

my hips creak

but she knocks the rust off

like a scholar

brushes dust from an old

text

i have never wanted for oil

but i have wanted

for her

she holds my hand

it never shakes

when it should

only when my voice rises

or when it doesn’t

or when i stand and face

one

who faces me without a smile

she smiles

at my uncurved lips

and shrugging half-shoulder

and wandering eyes

that wander

away from her

out to the road

across the pavement

to the sun swimming towards the horizon and the sky blanketed in peach fuzz and distant trees that wave hello and parking lots that stretch into highways full of tired commuters and aching parents and young lovers and the butterflies that flit between their moony eyes and the road and dissolve in the cool air

and she whispers

I love you.

knowing i mumble it back

in a different language

#poetry #my writing #creative writing #poems #aromantic #arospec #aro pride #purposefully not tagging as asexual because. idk if you read the poem but. it's not. #alloaro #aroallo

[aroworlds]

On the fourth day of Aro Week, I’m here for my fellow loveless aros: a collection post of my short stories with either loveless aromantic protagonists or protagonists whose experiences of attraction, closeness or connection aren’t contextualised with that overly-used four-letter word.

Because I am a loveless allo-aro, many stories contain allo-aro protagonists. Likewise, as a loveless allo-aro who generally considers myself non-partnering, many stories depict the experiences of non-partnering aromantics.

(“Non-partnering” and “loveless” are, of course, no more synonymous than “loveless” and “never experiences any shape of attraction”. I’ve just been writing the stories I want to read!)

Please check the content info section for more information about advisories, references and language use.

I have more themed fiction collection posts, including:

Aromantic-focused

Allo-aro protagonists

Autistic aromantic protagonists

Transgender and non-binary aromantic protagonists

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#loveless aro #loveless aromantic #loveless alloaro #lovelessness #loveless aro friendly #loveless aro feels #nine stripe loveless aro flag #fiction #list post #links #aro worlds wordpress #aro week #fantasy #fairy tales #original fiction #original fiction and prose #short fiction #aromantic #aro writing #alloaro writing

[genderqueerdykes]

while we are definitely happy for everyone celebrating, as a romance repulsed aromantic, we will not be reblogging/posting any Valentine's Day content due to always having felt alienated from and disgusted by the holiday

instead, i'd like to say that i hope that every aromantic, demiromantic, greyromantic, cupioromantic, allo aros, and every other arospectrum person, especially those of us who are romance repulsed has a great day, and that they care of themselves and prioritize their own needs for at least today. i'd also like to remind you that it's okay to dislike this holiday and want to avoid it.

it is not for us, even a partnering aromantic like myself has never enjoyed or celebrated it. i've always been forced and obligated to by past partners, and it's always been a tiring, uncomfortable, expensive slog. you should never feel obligated to spend money on something you do not wish to participate in, remember that.

take care of yourselves today, fellow aromantic spectrum people. of course it's okay if you celebrate, but if you don't, do what you want to do, fill your space and time with what you want today. feel no obligation to participate in activities that don't benefit you, spend your money how you please. keep showing people that humanity is full of diverse experiences, and don't force yourself to bend to things that do not suit you. have a great day, fellow aros

#aromantic #demiromantic #greyromantic #aromantic spectrum #arospec #aspectrum #aspec #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbt #queer #allo aro #alloaro #aroace #aromantic asexual #aro ace #cupioromantic #greyro #romance repulsed #our writing #about us

[solarianvoidthearoace]

Chapters: 33/33 Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gerard Keay/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Sasha James & Gerard Keay, Queerplatonic Gerard Keay/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Queerplatonic Gerard Keay/Original Non-Binary Character Characters: Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood, Gerard Keay, Sasha James, Gertrude Robinson, Original Non-Binary Character, Nikola Orsinov, Elias Bouchard (mentioned) (derogatory) 

Summary:

Meeting an old acquaintance again can be a bit of a culture shock. Instantly clicking again with your old ride or die… is a different sort of shock entirely. Jon Sims has an unlooked-for run-in with the old flame of his youth. Still unmistakably the full-blood goth Jon fell for all those years ago. Gerry Delano really hadn't expected to run into Jon Sims of all people, either. Jon who changed quite a bit, from the looks of it. But that's life. People change over the years, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that Jon settled as a librarian-slash-archivist, has a boyfriend, and leads a calmer life now. Gerry themself changed as well, after all. “Settling into domesticity… it’s not me, not what I want or need. Sure I want a steady life but I don’t want a calm or quiet life, at all. That's the thing. Life's different when he's around. And we both know I like different.”

Yes, this is an older work (from 2021) of mine but I’m still proud of it and I am currently in the process of editing and reworking the story to make it a full-fledged novel. (Meaning, severing all connections to the original fandom given it was a completely disconnected AU anyway.) I haven’t edited this version on AO3 since 2021 so there are quite a bunch of mistakes and errors but since I started writing JonGerry again, I kind of want to draw attention to this older work also. If you would rather read a canon-divergence, click the link in the previous sentence. That current WiP is a canon-divergence by the way of time travel and other shenanigans.

Additional Tags: Nonbinary Gerard Keay, Protective Gerard Keay, Asexual Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Trans Martin Blackwood, Biromantic Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Genderqueer Gerard Keay, Artist Gerard Keay, Barkeeper Gerard Keay, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Aromantic Sasha James (mentioned), They/Them and He/Him Pronouns for Gerard Keay, He/Him Pronouns For Nonbinary Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Guitarist Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Getting Back Together, Alternate Universe - No Entities, Trans Sasha James (mentioned), Unhealthy Relationships, Gerard Keay Has ADHD, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Has ADHD, The Main Characters have ADHD because the writer isn't neurotypical and can't pretend they are, Main Characters are neurodiverse because the writer can't write someone neurotypical, Break Up Talk, Gerard Keay has Depression, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Has Depression, Psychiatric medication, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Workplace Accident, Physical Therapy, Swinger Martin Blackwood, Jealous Martin Blackwood, Minor Martin Blackwood/Tim Stoker, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Being a Little Shit, Making Out, Writer forgot to mention Gerry Keay’s piercings but he definitely has those!, Relationship/Boundary Negotiations, Developing Relationship, Disabled Character, Character(s) using mobility aids, Gender Non-Conforming Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Character(s) using Neo-Pronouns, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist has Generalised Anxiety Disorder, No Smut, No Sex/Smut but the writer put their prowess for that into the several make-out scenes, Bossy Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Sex-Averse Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Sex-Neutral Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Sex-Averse Asexual, Sex-Neutral Asexual, Neurodiverse Character(s), Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist With a Cane, Pre-Relationship, Queerplatonic Relationships, Character(s) with changing pronouns, arophobia, enbyphobia, Emotional Manipulation, Queerplatonic Gerard Keay/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist - Freeform, Aromantic Gerard Keay, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Aromantic Allosexual Gerard Keay 

#jongerry #my writing #my fanfic #ao3 fanfic #jonmartin critical #jm critical #jonmartingerry #jonmartin #tma au #tma fanfic #JMart #JonGerry AU #aromantic character #asexual character #canon asexual character #alloaro character #aromantic allosexual character #alloace character #queerplatonic fiction #queerplatonic ship #queerplatonic ship with an alloromantic #Gerry Keay fanfic #Gerard Keay fanfic #AO3 work

[pax-has-thoughts]

Coming to terms with being aromantic but you surrounded yourself with romantic content and now your realizing while you don't hate romance but it does make you kind of uncomfortable in some contexts and now you are unsure what to do cuz you like romance you're supposed to like romance. Do I like romance? ...do I like romance?

#pax's thoughts #i had a crisis while writing this #aromantic #alloaro #greyromantic #? #figuring this out is exahusting

[lesbiankizzer]

#just thoughts #writing #queer #platonic love #queer platonic attraction #aromantic #aromanticism #aro #alloaro #allosexual #aroallo #personal #this was born from my broken heart #not in a romantic way if that needs to be specified #romance repulsed #sort of #not really #but there it is