#and shes most definitely aro coded

[tara-the-star]

the one hc that you cannot change my mind on is aro kayleigh day

#I LOVE HER SM #and shes most definitely aro coded #tbf i had more hcs that you couldnt change my mind on #like seth and jeremy being related (large families; tsc being released in seths birth month) #but the timing didnt check out :( #aftg #kayleigh day #all for the game #nora sakavic #the foxhole court #aftg headcanon #aftg shitpost #aftg fandom

[harrowharkwife]

camilla or pyrrha for the character ask meme!

THANK YOU EMMA FOR GIVING ME AN EXCUSE TO TALK ABOUT CAMMMM MY GIRL.... CAMILLA DARLING

favorite thing about them: where do i even fucking start. her skill, and strength. her wit, she's so goddamn funny. her resolve. her bravery. the quiet ferocious intensity with which she loves and cares about people. as tragic and troubling and fucked up as it is in canon, i find her perennial tendency towards pair-bonded dysfunctional codependency to be. ALARMINGLY relatable. i love her flat affect. i love her observational skills- she's clever, and perceptive. i may or may not have an enormous crush on her. i love her loyalty and devotion. i love (read: hate) her tendency to deflect any and all important personal questions. i love that she doesn't let go. i love her love for spreadsheets and sharp knives and sensible shoes and sketching. i love her impeccable bedside manner. i love her and her letters and her cassette tapes and her fuckass bob and her smile that makes the earth want to marry her and i love her slate-clay eyes and her laugh. i love that she fought like her heart had already exploded.

least favorite thing about them: i mean, with camilla this question is really more of a "most concerning things about them," isn't it? her codependency, her lack of individuation and independence, her refusal to develop her own identity and exist as her own person. which, like, from one autistic bitch to another, girl i Get It. if i could get away with making myself a satellite accessory to another person instead of having to figure out how to be a person myself, if my society had groomed me to do exactly that from birth, yeah, i would probably do the same thing. being a person is fucking exhausting. but it's also so, so worth it, and it breaks my fucking heart that cam never had the chance, and that the people in her life by and large never encouraged her to really try. we do see pal pushing her on it a little here and there from time to time, and i appreciate that, but it was clearly never enough to stick, y'know? i hate how self sacrificing and selfless she is, i wish fandom at large would talk more about her depression, i want to give her wellbutrin and a hug and therapy.

favorite line: too many to choose. life is too short and love is too long. i don't let go, it's my one thing. sure, it's a nice handkerchief. i think there's another teaspoon full of blood in here somewhere. camilla hect fought like a grease fire. the cohort has taken the rest of him away and i don't know where they've put him.

brOTP: gideon, though i am a lover of the cam/gideon agenda! also nona, and palamedes.

OTP: dulcie, but i also love campyrrha, in like a mutually sorrowful toxic cathartic cav4cav grief sex sorta way.

nOTP: idk that i have one? i'm not really into cam/corona the way some people are

random headcanon: autistic like i mentioned earlier. i think she'd love cats

unpopular opinion: personally speaking I'm not a shooter for the aro/ace cam agenda, though i don't have anything against it!!! I've definitely seen it done in fascinating and lovely and compelling ways before! it's just not how i personally interpret her, but i think that's literally just a personal grudge on account of being an autistic woman with somewhat flat affect, and having seen fandoms Immediately jump to hit every serious-mannered, autistic-coded woman character that has flat affect with the aroace headcanon stick Immediately and at first blush without interrogating the potential stereotypes and assumptions behind that choice. not saying that that's what people are doing with cam at all, just that it was a general pattern i was observing across fandoms- honestly i see the logic behind it with her, and i don't think it's a "wrong" way to interpret her at all, i think it's perfectly founded! but unfortunately i am just projecting on her and she got caught in the crosshairs of me deciding i had Had Enough and that it was time to draw the "let autistic women fuck" shaped line in the sand and take a political stance 😂 you understand. aroace cam truthers are some of my most beloved comrades in arms. peace and love on planet earth

song i associate with them: EXISTENTIAL CRISIS HOUR! BY KILO KISH. see also: butterfly net by caroline polachek, true blue by boygenius, my friend by hayley williams, ***look at me now by caroline polachek,*** francis forever by mitski, the body is a blade by japanese breakfast, crude drawing of an angel by caroline polachek.

favorite picture of them: im on mobile and also stoned outta my gourd so I'll rb this with some art tomorrow!

ty emma!!!!

[luffy-is-aroace]

Do you have the source in which Luffy was confirmed aroace? I’m making a project on the ace and aro communities that includes a list of aro, ace, and aroace rep in media and I can’t find where it was confirmed, but I hear everyone say he is. Thank you.

luffy is very very much aroace coded but neither he nor the author have ever directly said the words "luffy is asexual" - one piece's canonical queer rep is limited to transgender characters

that being said, here's the relevant passages, and some context if its needed:

in chapter 516/episode 411, luffy stumbles across boa hancock, the worlds most beautiful woman, in the bath. she has an ability to turn people to stone when they feel some amount of "love, lust, or adoration" to her; ie. when they are attracted to her. heres how it goes:

this is the first time hancock meets a man who isnt affected by her power. it basically suggests that, by not turning to stone, hes not attracted to her at all.

eventually, she develops a crush on him, and she wants to marry him, which he outright rejects (chapter 598)

in regard to the "mero mero" moment, a fan noticed a discrepancy, and asked the author about it in the SBS corner from volume 54. luffy had previously responded to the naked body of a woman the way all the other guys did. oda decided to blame it on luffy imitating his friend

"That's not the Luffy we know." "When Luffy is alone, his reaction is what it was with Hancock. He's interested, but he's not entranced by her." Luffy acting in a certain way because Usopp does - going along with the mood of the moment, or performing, or however you want to say it - feels awfully aspec to me. It's definitely a common aspec experience to try and force yourself into amatonormative - or, in this case, I guess allonormative? - behavior.

In the SBS for volume 88, oda was asked about why luffy called a woman a "beauty" at one point. The response:

Luffy understanding physical attractiveness as a classification, understanding it but not caring about it - that suggests he probably doesn't experience aesthetic attraction (appreciating someones appearance, disconnected from sexual/romantic attraction). this definitely speaks to my experience as an aroace individual.

also, this isnt necessarily evidence for luffy specifically, but moreso a general answer - in the SBS for volume 34, oda was asked if there would be romance between the main characters, and he brushed it off:

my impression, personally, is that Oda is generally fairly uninterested in pursuing any romantic relationships between his main characters.

in conclusion, I personally feel like the evidence here suggests that luffy is aroace, or at least aspec, given some of Oda's wording (which is probably a little up to interpretation, given it's been translated from japanese). His answer in volume 54 has always felt like a retcon to me, like Oda only came to a conclusion of sorts on this when Luffy met Hancock, and had to go back and find some reasoning for why Luffy would have responded that way. Luffy, more than anything, wants to have an adventure, and romance and sex aren't part of that for him.

I'm not gonna try to police how people view Luffy. it's not healthy for me to do that - luffy and his aroaceness is something that's very very personal to me and itd be way too messy. In addition, in the past I've had people point out that this evidence would only necessarily suggest luffy isnt attracted to women, and he could be gay; I personally don't see him that way, and I seriously doubt Oda would make that choice in canon, but people can do what they want. I think, however, it's pretty telling that a lot of aroace and aspec people see themselves in him.

This morphed into something of a modern take on my thesis here instead of just answering your question; sorry about that. I'd be interested to see your project when you're done, if you're able and willing to share!

#asks

[neonscandal]

jjk having queer-coded villains seems to be an intentional choice. what are your thoughts on this

Anon comin in hot today! I feel like this doesn't really need a spoiler warning though it does detail info about characters yet to be animated so read at your own risk.

To be honest, I wouldn't even say that it's coding, JJK has an assortment of characters with varied identities from our protagonists to our antagonists which includes:

Megumi - a lot of fans interpret his non-gendered answer to what his type is, focusing instead on personality, to mean that he's pansexual.

Mahito - genderless ✨ and/or physically lacking reproductive organs that would typically define gender binary

Tengen - presumably assigned female at birth, has since transcended gender or is more non-binary

Kenjaku - another character who's just.. lived so long that they're just kind of gender fluid? Though, considering their history, intersex may be more appropriate? We know that, as Noritoshi Kamo, he mixed his blood with what would become the cursed womb paintings but she actually consummated with Jin for some extra razzle dazzle

Uraume - canonically they/them

Kirara - assigned male at birth (though I believe canonically referred to as they/them) with an androgynous gender expression

Please note: I don't consider myself an expert on the matter as gender identity, expression and sexual orientation exist on spectrums. Subsequently, if you think any of the above characters belong elsewhere based on canon or headcanon, I get it. If, based on canon, I'm outright incorrect, feel free to drop a comment and I'll edit accordingly.

With the distribution of the above in mind, I don't think it's unilaterally something focused just among the antagonists. Though, ironically, some of my color coding is also debatable at this point, I suppose. I think the more interesting observation is that, with enough time, such labels aren't as binding or lack the need for definition. Like, Tengen has all the time in the world to be whatever they want to be and they simply become. In fact, unrelated but kinda related, you see a similar idea in Hell's Paradise with the mercurial gender fluidity of the Tensens, too. Honestly, that's another show to watch with a curious lens.

All that to say, I think the varied representation is more interesting due to the conversation around the mangaka's own identity. Gege Akutami's anonymity has been shielded by their pen name but, also, I don't believe they have confirmed pronouns. While people argue that they went to an all boys' school previously, they also, during a stint as an assistant on another manga, unveiled themselves with a femme presenting avatar. Seemingly to avoid being defined by visual perception (or to pre-emptively avoid recognition by devastated fans..), they appeared in a video interview dressed as Mechamaru. Couple that with the fact that there is a notable lack of romantic pairings within the story, especially those that would be typical of a shonen story. Arguably, that could leave a lot of Aro and/or Ace characters that I'm too obtuse to have picked up on. In fact, one could interpret Akutami's previous comments about Gojo accordingly.

Subsequently, I don't think the intention is to vilify queerness just because some of the antagonists fit the bill. I think, if anything, there's just representation that isn't necessarily cultivated around "othering" queer characters or using their diversity as a plot line, if that makes any sense? Which isn't just concentrated on the "bad guys". For the most part, these are just subtle realities of the characters... okay, Kenjaku's identity can definitely be charged to the plot though. 👀 Seemingly contrary to what I just said about diversity as a plot device, I'm now having mixed feelings specifically with Kenjaku because their identity does inform the plot but also intrinsically brings nuance to them as a character. The more I think about it, this diversity is actually what humanizes them which, connotatively, still seems like a positive thing. Hm. Maybe I'm a hypocrite? Not sure but I'm curious as to your thoughts so feel free to leave them below 👇🏾

#neon asks #anon asks #gege akutami #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #queerness in media #anime #manga #queerness in anime #akutami gege #kenjaku #jjk tengen #jjk kenjaku #mahito #uraume #jjk kirara #kirara hoshi #hoshi kirara #satoru gojo #megumi fushiguro #fushiguro megumi #gojo satoru

[wyn0rrific]

primarch sexuality/gender headcanons bc im lit rally john warhammer (/j)

lion el'johnson- cis (he/him) gay (you cannot tell me that this man is interested in woman in the SLIGHTEST /j)

fulgrim- bigender (he/she) bisexual (no im not projecting wdym /j)

perturabo- cis (he/him) gay (ur grumpy old gay uncle i dunno)

jaghatai khan- transmasc (he/him) straight (im ngl i have no reason for this except that it just makes sense)

leman russ- cis (he/him) bisexual (male lean + the space wolves are just very fruity bastards idc)

rogal dorn- cis (he/him) straight (this may change once i get further into the HH books but who knows mans is literally so hard to read)

konrad curze- nonbinary (it/he) gay (tired of the "mentally ill = ace/aro" hc he can still fuck and be deranged!!!!)

sanguinius- cis (he/him) gay (god is gay and his name is sanguinius)

ferrus manus- transmasc (he/him) gay (he picked out his name himself and all of his siblings were very much embarrassed/disappointed by his decision /j)

angron- cis (he/him) straight/ace (something something he most likely physically cannot show love bc of his nails)

roboute guilliman- transmasc (he/him) bisexual (pathetic malewife coded i don't make the rules)

mortarion- agender (they/them) ace/aro (similar reasons as dorn but also they definitely just dont care too much to identify as anything atp)

magnus the red- genderfluid (he/she/they) pansexual (insert funny warp magic joke here)

horus lupercal- cis (he/him) bisexual (female lean mans just gives off "i can swoon anyone" vibes)

lorgar aurelian- transfem (she/they/it) bisexual (something something uhh religious trauma tgirl go brr)

vulkan- cis (he/him) man pansexual (mans just loves everyone honestly)

corvus corax- transfem (they/she) bisexual (read a tgirl corvus fic once and immediately was hooked on this hc)

alpharius (and omegron ig??)- agender (they/he/it) ace/aro (again same as morty but also "hehe funny secret third gender")

#warhammer 40k #wh40k #all ur favs are gay womp womp /j #wuvz talks #im too lazy to tag ALL the primarchs but u get the jist of it #also pls share headcanons w/me i love hearing yalls takes on these war criminals

[grepfrutmeat]

misc shane headcanons + my silly drawing of him

-his hair is greying and starting to fall out

-big eyebrows!!

-autistic (the pickles hatred is a texture thing)

-transmasc (I also hc the kid in note 11 is him)

-he wanted to go into teaching or something similar but couldn't handle school after highschool

-he loves science, especially biology.

-he's great at math and loves solving practical problems. be that coding or a random carpentry project.

-has a special interest in game strategy. for gridball and videogames :3

-former sneakerhead, sold his collection to take care of Jas before Marnie offered him a place to stay. Marnie actually offered him a room after Shane casually let it slip out he had to sell all his shoes.

-his parents were addicts who moved around a lot, so he never made any long term friends until he moved out and he had to provide for himself most of the time. he didn't do well in highschool because he was balancing jobs and his schoolwork.

-he can handle change a little better as a result but still hates moving.

-aro/ace (although I do enjoy some romantic pairings with him Sometimes but like. mostly harvey)

-lived in zuzu city for years with some help from Jas' parents. When they died it definitely broke him and he felt very lonely. He definitely still had issues before then but it exacerbated them and he sunk lower and lower.

-used to come to Marnie's ranch during the summer. She regrets not doing more to help Shane when he was younger, but has ultimately forgiven herself.

#stardew shane #sdv shane #sdv shane headcanons #stardew valley shane #sdv #stardew valley #headcanons #cw addiction #cw alcohol

[maeofthenoldor]

I am god and now am giving out sexualities to lotr charachters because no one can stop me. And I have insomnia and sleep deprived.

Frodo: A gay trans man and on the ace spectrum

Samwise: Bisexual and there's a reason I nickname him transwise gamgee. (samfro is t4t)

Pippin: Just a feral nonbinary guy (They/he) and is pansexual. he falls in love easily. Probalbly had a crush on everyone they met throughout the journey. (he even had a crush on tom bombadil because he liked his little gay songs)

Merry: Token straight out of the hobbits and is in love with eowyn, which is now his sexuality.... (I mean i dont blame him)

Boromir: Definitely not straight. I mean have you seen him? gay, absolutely gay

Aragorn: Straight but has questioned his gender many times.

Gandalf: The most aro/ace icon out there. Uses all pronouns. Will trans your gender and turn homophobes, transphobes and general bigots into toads. Move out of her way or you will be crushed by her heels.

Legolas: pretty fluid when it comes to gender, mostly uses he/they pronouns however he really doesn't mind anything else. He identifies as queer.

Gimli: he's a bear bisexual and will kill anyone who purposely misgenders another. He is dating his partner Legolas and has a lot of fun with them when they hunt down bigots.

Eowyn: She is bisexual and also loved merry (except they are both too scared to make the first move)

Faramir: Gandalf helped him transition when he was a child. All he wants is to be accepted by his father. Boromir loves that he has a brother. He is also unlabled.

Denethor: Repressed bisexual.

Arwen: I cant tell if shes straight or bi, but I’m leaning towards the latter

Elrond: The best dad in the world, but otherwise he is also straight.

Bilbo: The gay traumatized fun uncle. Obviously had a dwarf husband, but sadly is widowed. Now he sings his gay little songs and everyone adores him. mood tbh

Eomer: Straight but is extremely supportive of Gimli and Legolas that he cries whenever they do something sweet to one another. It gets worse when he's drunk.

Theodred: Hes not even really in the book but I need to spread my Boromir/Theodred rare pair ship. Hes bisexual obviously. 

Galadriel: Intersex, nonbinary (they/she) and has a hot trophy husband.

Celeborn: the trophy husband, a trans man and is queer. 

Saruman: He is the definition of the queer-coded villain. I mean his name is saurman of all colours and he literally transforms into a gay pride flag.

Tom Bombadil & Goldberry: They deserve to be grouped as one because they are the best representation of a queer platonic couple out there. Goals.

Rosie Cotton: Bi but doe sent really know it, but if she ever met Goldberry, she might then have her awakening.

last and not least we have Sauron himself, and anyone whose read the Silmarillion know exactly what his sexuality is. so go read it.

Anyway tell me your hcs if you have any, I would love to hear them.

#lotr #the fellowship of the ring #lord of the rings #the return of the king #bagginsheild #frodo #samwise gamgee #bilbo baggins #gandalf #hobbits #headcanons #tolkien #Sauron

[entropy-sea-system]

Some things abt monster high (2022) ships!

Draculaura x Lagoona

This ship made some sense to me after the episode w who gets voted head fearleader. They really seem to at least, connect with each other. And hinted at a bit in over bro tective. Probably my second favorite mh ship. However I believe the movie episode makes Lagoona x Gill seem like it could become canon however they have literally never interacted onscreen yet. Lagoona has two hands too so. Honorable mention to Twyla x Lagoona bc of the movie episode although as an nd person it came off more like nd solidarity. I relate Lagoona's 'chomps' to some aspects of my bpd and Twyla is of course canonically autistic. But also as a ship I think it could work, as literally nd4nd is so real.

Draculaura x Manny Taur

This is one of those one-sided rivalry turned study buddies turned ship things, I don't think I ship it a lot but it seems plausible except that Manny seems to be more a side character. The kind of ship that would probably happen irl and be relatively stable. The episode where Clawd first appears was when I felt this seemed to show up.

Draculaura x Clawd

This. Like. Tbh I feel Draculaura didn't exactly show kindness towards Clawd due to being worried about her vampirism in that ep. But the resolution of the conflict in this ep kind of made me realise that they may actually be hinting at this ship in canon(maybe a call back to older versions of mh) although I did not expect that

For what it's worth I don't really know if I see Draculaura as into any of these characters romantically. Maybe bc she always seems more focused on other things but. Also I feel that makes her come off as a character whos either into multiple people or not into anyone, also gives room for an aro or arospec interpretation but.

I feel that could be true of Clawdeen and Clawd as well, tbh those three just. Don't seem all that invested in romance or interested in others that way. I also think Twyla and Draculaura(more so movie version than show tho) and Torelei (yeah ik shes like. mean but Im apl and literally not my fault half the apl coded characters r villains or bullies) also come off as aplatonic or aplspec coded.

Frankie x Cleo

This. Probably my mh otp. Horoscare hints at this ship so much and so does that episode where they find the mummy necklace thing! The ship I think is most likely to be canon! They even show Frankie blushing and stuff like. Theres a lot of things that make it clear they're implying romance in terms of how cartoons tend to imply ships. Also one episode description for a future episode literally involves Deuce being a wingman for Frankie to ask Cleo to the monster ball!!

I think I definitely ship this in an arospec way bc Im arospec but. Quoiromantic greyromantic Frankie is such a headcanon I have and maybe Demiromantic Cleo bc. I also feel Cleo would realise her feelings after Frankie realised theirs. Although I also see Frankie having trouble interpreting their feelings towards Cleo or maybe not.

In one episode a playback of Clawdeen's monster minute is shown in which she says something about who she thinks is cute but it cuts off before any names are said (I believe it could be Deuce or Howleen. My partner and I even have a lighthearted bet on this in case it gets revealed, they guess Duece and I guess Howleen. Theres also the chance that neither and/or it is not revealed). It is to be considered that in the movie Deuce and Clawdeen do have chemistry but. I don't see that in this version at all tbh. Clawdeen doesn't seem to have romantic chemistry with anyone in the show tbh. And neither does Deuce imo

I do know that one sided Heath x Abbey is. Kind of noticeable but tbh Abbey is new to school at monster high and also I dont think its ever hinted that she feels the same about Heath although its possible she does and this ship may become canon?

Not really a ship at all for me but. Ghoulia seems like she really looks up to admires Skelly maybe in a fangirl-y way and that may be like. A celeb crush thing there and/or gender envy?

#mh #mh gen 3 #monster high #No ship hate or hating on gen 3 on this post make your own post thanks #shipping #monster high ships #clankie #frankie x cleo #francleo #dracugoona #draculaura x lagoona #romance #draculaura #cleo de nile #clawdeen wolf #clawd wolf #frankie stein #ghoulia yelps #skelly vonderbone #heath burns #heath x abbey #abbey bominable #manny taur #deuce gorgon #twyla boogieman #gill #lagoona blue #g3 #monster high g3 #monster high 2022

[gay-otlc]

Stellarlune Recap

You couldn't get your copy of Stellarlune yet? No worries, my summary will give you all of the relevant details and will definitely not be entirely focused on the gay side characters.

Diversity win! The ogre chemical thing is aromantic!

Gisela is still doing evil things but have you considered; she is very sexy while doing them. Gisela is a milf and I will die on this hill.

Amy! Amy is great. Very glad to see her again.

Obligatory scene where Sophie talks about how she's so much more comfortable when she's not wearing a dress. In a very gender confirming cishet way of course.

Fitz's reaction to Keefe running away was BULLSHIT and I do not accept it as canon. He had to care about his boyfriend- uhh, best friend- leaving and fuck Shannon for not giving us the Keefitz angst we deserved.

The Vacker accent sounds haughty :)

Glimmer is called Little Miss Neverseen now, and I think this means we need a Glimmer/Umber Little Miss Perfect songfic.

Shannon doesn't know how to spell bestie.

Linh and Wylie sibling fight??? Man instead of saying shit like that she should have just hit him with a broom like normal siblings.

Rayni is trans, for no reason other than her name reveal sounded exactly like a coming out scene.

Sophie's description of Rayni is incredibly gay, as expected.

Imagine talking about all the flaws with the matchmaking system and not even acknowledging it's messed up gay elves can't get married? Yeah, Shannon just forgot about queerness ig.

Wylie needs to stop being a council stan >:( please Wylie I know this isn't who you really are-

Pyrokinesis continues to be extremely queer coding- the pyrokinesis ban forces people to deny who they are.

Oralie has trichotillomania! Good to see BFRB rep, less good to see it immediately dismissed as a silly quirk.

Unhinged gardener Fintan! He's so weird and I adore him for it.

Pyrokinesis once again is queer coded. "I have the right to be who I am in the privacy of my own home," okay Fintan. that's gay.

Prentice! No actual thoughts. Head empty. Only Prentice.

Why does it actually sound like Kenric is flirting with Prentice though? He outright asked to be Prentice's partner, I cannot.

I will NOT make a joke about how "keeper and probe" sounds like an innuendo and Kenric called Prentice the most talented keeper while flirting with him. I am NOT. I'm better than that.

I'm extremely normal about the Endal family pre-mind break, I'm not crying, you're crying.

FORK MAN SAID THE TITLE???? You know shit gets real when a character says the title.

For many reasons, Ro deserves to be punched. One of those reasons is invalidating Sophie's trich.

Sophie has alexithymia, it's basically canon. The most honest thing she's ever said is admitting she doesn't know what she's feeling, I am blasting her with my alexithymia laser as we speak.

Also I did enjoy Sophie's "do I have a crush" on Keefe crisis. I honestly found it fascinating from an aromantic perspective.

Sophie is probably on the aro spectrum, by the way. I think allo people usually don't struggle so much with identifying whether or not their feelings are romantic.

Tiergan is "adept at misdirection" because he's closeted. Also he's not that good at misdirection, Sophie is just not very observant.

Sophie's description of Biana is so fucking gay I can't.

Marella reminds Fintan of himself?? Canon?? Time to be insane about their dynamic again.

The sweet and sour chicken monologue >>>

Tiergan has to be Sophie and Fitz's marriage counselor. Rip.

Nobody expects the Cognate Inquisition.

Seriously, why did Shannon call it that. She had to know we would all think of the Spanish Inquisition, right? Or did she... not expect that.

CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT LET'S GO (tiertice chapter)

Qualden will never get a happy ending. That sucks ig

Tiergan all but admitted to being in love with Prentice, they were almost cognates, and Sophie had a live slug reaction. 10/10 scene

Tiergan would rather die than hear about the Fitzphie drama. Also he still doesn't understand ship names. Iconic.

Alden... why do you know so much about the rules regarding cognates and dating... did you perhaps want to date your cognate?

Edaline wins all the mom points.

Alden and Quinlin are canonically divorced.

Tiergan canonically wants to marry Prentice.

HOW did Shannon not know what she was doing when she said cognates were like marriage??? How???

Additional training with Marella, Linh, and Maruca you say? That's gay.

Sophie has advised Wylie to fix every problem with the power of homosexuality.

Also, Sophie is trying to break the news to Wylie that his dads are gay for each other.

Dex is bad at picking up when someone is joking or exaggerating. He's neurodivergent your honor.

Keefe... why are you just taking your shirt off for Tam... he wasted NO time with that damn

I want more Keefe and Grady interactions on screen. For. Science.

Chapter 42. I enjoyed it more than I thought. The kiss was... whatever, but their dialogue was very nice and I appreciated the healthy communication. Also the touching foreheads.

Sophie is canonically polyamorous!

"Tiergan held them [Wylie and Prentice] both" I AM GOING TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY I AM SCREAMING SOBBING THROWING UP THEY LOVE EACH OTHER THEY ARE A FAMILY ETC ETC

Tiergan: Well no one in this group ever fucking listens to me so I might as well stay with my husband >:(

Prentice needs a hug. Tiergan is giving him a hug. Love wins.

Sokeefitz can still happen. I refuse to give up hope.

IT/ITs Masteress Elysian. Elysian has the gender of all time.

If my summary somehow wasn't enough for you, you can read Stellarlune for free here. I gave you all the information you need to know though.

#plot? what plot? i only know tiertice #s reads stellarlune #stellarlune spoilers #kotlc stellarlune #kotlc recap

[sharpth1ng]

People who are a mix of Billy-coded and Stu-coded, what are they?

What are the characteristics of the other main characters' codes? Like what's the characteristics of a Randy-coded person?

I’d they’re a mix I’d just call them a mix, they don’t really add up to make another character.

In terms of the others…

Randy coded: Not the most emotionally intelligent but generally well-meaning, obsessive, snazzy dresser, somewhat unself-conscious without necessarily being hyper self confident, autism with general film-flavoring, not a cat or a dog but a lizard, outspoken (occasionally to a fault), pretty vanilla if allo, possibly asexual but definitely not aro

Tatum coded: outspoken and confident, socially-conscious and emotionally intelligent, supportive and protective, sassy, quick-witted, brave to a fault, detail-oriented and driven, aesthetically inclined, pop-culture savvy, cat girl but specifically orange cat girl, top-leaning switch but not sadistic.

Sidney coded: quiet but not asocial, empathic, kind and non-judgmental, resilient, brave and unwilling to take shit, independent thinker, some trust issues that she’s working on, rescue dog girl- she’s been through shit so she takes time to warm up but if you earn her trust she’s loyal and loving as hell, not interested in strong power dynamics but leans bottom when she feels safe.

#Randy coded #Sidney Coded #Tatum coded #ask

[web-novel-polls]

Next Tournament

We're nearing the end of the Danmei Character Tournament, so the next tournament will start within a week of the end (July 26th, 2023). Two tournament submissions are currently open: the Baihe Character Tournament and the Aroace-spec Web Novel Character Tournament.

[Current Submissions for both under the cut - CW for vague talks about sex]

Aroace Spectrum Character Tournament

(15 submissions)

Jiang Cheng from The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

3 Submissions

Submission 1: romantic and sex indifferent aroace - "I love that guy, he’s the most aroace guy I’ve ever met. and his outfit is literally the ace flag plus he’s like wearing a ring that looks a lot like wearing a ring that looks a lot like the ace ring. and the fact that he has no canon love interest and is never shown to want a romantic or sexual relationship. he gives me very “romance is something other people do, I just don’t care for it, I got other things to do” you get me??"

Submission 2: Aroace - "Despite people trying to convince him to get married/get an heir, in 13 years he never finds someone. His list of bride qualities is absurd to the point of "no one like this exists so I'll never have to get married". Is grossed out by displays of sexual attraction. Purple"

Submission 3: Aroace - "No spouse. Wears ace colors. Case closed."

Xie Lian from Heaven Official's Blessing

2 Submissions

Submission 1: Demisexual - "He's heavily demi coded. Man has no interest in sex what so ever for 800 years and then makes a strong personal connection to one (1) person and is shocked when he's suddenly interested"

Wen Qing from The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Submission: Lesbian Asexual - "She just has the vibe. Trust me, I'm ace"

Wen Ning from The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Submission: Aromantic ("A Good Aro Boi") - "He never shows any kind of romantic interest in anyone. He's definitely in a QPR with Wei Wuxian and tangentially Lan Wangji though."

Feng Xin from Heaven Official's Blessing

Submission: Sex Averse Asexual and Aromantic - "He had a sexual relationship with one (1) woman and had such a bad time he developed a fear of women in general. Also, he's a very good archer, so he has to be an aroace lolgetit?"

Cheng Qian from Liu Yao

Submission: Sex Favorable Asexual - "He has the Vibes"

Liu Qingge from Scum Villain's Self-Saving System

2 Submissions

Submission 1: Gay Grayace - "He spends most of his life with one interest and that's fighting and then when he falls for a man he's confused by it and proceeds to flirt in the most awkward way possible. Also he has the grey-white-sometimes purple colour scheme"

Submission 2: Aroace - "The idea of him being asexual is presented right there on the page and you can't take that away from me. Yes I think he is in love with sqq yes I also think he is aroace. He can be both!"

Wenren È from Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

Submission: Asexual - "I haven't actually read this book yet but I've heard it's ace as hell and I wanted to make sure he was submitted"

I've read part of the book & can confirm: ace (and aro) as hell

Yin Hanjiang from Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

Submission: Asexual - "I haven't read this book yet but I heard it was ace as hell and I wanted to make sure he got into the poll"

I've read part of the book & can confirm: ace (and aro) as hell

Kim Dokja from Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint

Submission: demiromantic graysexual, romance/sex indifferent - "bc yoohankim is the most qpr qpr to ever qpr"

Song Lan from The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Submission: Asexual or Demisexual - "I love whenever I'm reading fic where he is ace-spec it feels very correct"

Baihe Character Tournament

(9 Submissions)

Qi Yan from JWQS / Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Reason for Submitting: she 💗💗 character of all time 

Nangong Jingnu from JWQS / Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Reason for Submitting: I love her dearly

Li Yanru from JWQS / Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Nagsi Jiya from JWQS / Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Yun An from Matrilocal Marriage

Reason for Submitting: She’s a massive lesbian duh

Lin Wanyue from Female General and Eldest Princess

Li Xian from Female General and Eldest Princess

Li Shiyi from Wen Guan / Reading the Remnants

Yu Rubing from She is the Protagonist

Reason for Submitting: Staying silly :3

#polls #baihe #aroace spec character tournament #baihe character tournament #tumblr character tournaments #btw if the number of submissions isn’t mentioned it's 1 #also I have an endless amount of ways to aroace characters but if we do the baihe tournament first we need more submissions #It's okay to be creative - I can run polls to see if they should be able to compete #but I think non-'Baihe' (chinese) web novels should be fine since there's so few English Translations #I am surprised no one submitted shen qingqiu for the aroace-spec tournament yet tho #my polls #administrative polls #next tournament polls

[jennyandvastraflint]

Hi!! Coming to your asks like I threatened to talk about the one frog king movie I enjoyed!

It is the German 2008 Version with Sidonie von Krosigk. You can find it here for reference & in case you want to watch it. (you might need a vpn if you're not in Germany but then it should be free I think? Also, I am just assuming now that I remember correctly and you speak German?)

Bear in mind, the last time I saw it is like 10-15 years ago so my memory is definitely faulty. But I remember I liked a number of things a lot:

There were Sidonie von Krosigk and Marie Luise Stahl and I found that very exciting because I am a child of the 90s and love witches and was accordingly into the Bibi Blocksberg movies that they appeared in (mostly the second one that involved maths tbh)

It's less about the princess and more about a whole friend group of nobles living at the castle and I remember them being precious together

They have that amazing thing (like really WHAT happened there?) that one of the princes only speaks in acronyms. Even when he proposes, I think. 'PS' f.ex. is how he adresses 'Princess Sophie', the main character. Flawless decision making in the writers department - this is the kind of stuff I will still remember in 20 more years. Also, I mean, it was definitely because he was the super rich and powerful prince, but everyone in the friend group accommodated for him, translating for him and making his speech pattern work. So A+ for solidarity there

The princess is - as far as I remember - very aro coded and her relationship to the prince is rather platonic, more like "two people with the same interest (=travelling) have found each other". Maybe I am making this up in my mind to make the movie appeal more to myself but that's how I remember it. Didn't feel much like a marriage in the end and more like, so, we're besties now, goodbye friends, we're off to see Spain! Like, still risky from his perspective to choose HER as a travelling buddy but at least it's not like she can throw him against the wall anymore, human as he is. And she gets to have more personality than 'spoiled' in this tale. So it makes a little more sense for them to go away together.

And I mostly wanted to ask whether you know the movie because of that shared interest being travelling. That is kinda similar to what happens in your story. Not the same motives but the result stays the same, the couple goes off to travel with their servant(s). So I was just wondering.

Anyway the number of frog king related things I enjoy went up to 2 yesterday and I'm very happy for it :)

(That said, I have never watched the Disney version and I feel like I might like it? But I also feel like it has little to do with the original.

...aaand I just remembered there are actually 3 frog king things I enjoy bc there is also a children's book about an unhappy prince and a frog is like 'I'm an enchanted princess, kiss me and you'll be happy and a king and we will have a thousand riches.' So he does and turns into a frog and they are happy together and rule the kingdom of the pond and have a thousand little frog kids together who are their greatest treasures. I liked that one, too. The art was gorgeous.)

Also I feel like I might just get my sister to rewatch the movie with me now. Very risky to do that with things you remember fondly from childhood (also I already remember the animation of the frog to have been terrible so there's that) but it might be fun? And I kinda wanna know how faulty my memory actually is.

Sorry, this is a lot of rambling now but maybe you enjoyed it? It all came up bc of your fic at least :)

I hope you'll have a good day today <3

First of all, hiii :D

I do actually know that one, I think I've watched it when I was younger! (I'm Austrian, so yes, I know German XD) I might have to rewatch it then!

The Disney one is quite nice! I haven't watched it in ages but I think it was one of the Disney films I enjoyed most.

Glad to have provided something happy for you to read!! (shameless self promo but if you enjoy Fairytale retellings - vague and closer to the original - I have one that's vaguely Beauty & the Beast inspired, and one that has a curse and mermaids XD Technically I have a plot for a Sleeping Beauty one but due to hhhhh work I haven't been able to finish any other fics to have time to write that yet. Herm, lots of fic ideas, there's also one with a Minotaur and the labyrinth :P) Tush, enough self promo! I'm glad you enjoyed my fic!

I realised btw that you're the Mels Zucker/Doctor Jones fic that popped up on my Tumblr a few times, and I'm so intrigued by it. I hope to be able to pick up reading it soon👀

Wonderful day to you too!

[apocalyptic-dancehall]

SHADOWTRAP. NOW!

AYE AYE!!

sexuality headcanon:

definitely ace! tooootally aro

gender headcanon:

like claptrap (canonically) he's genderless (not to mention being code ehhehrhsi) but he's portrayed as male. as for the gijinka? he's male. i'll leave the rest to your imagination haha

a ship i have with said character:

none so far! i don't think he really has any notable connection or compatibility with anyone he's interacted with so far.

a brotp i have with said character:

claptrap obviously. angel is a fine choice as well! i've also conceptualized a platonic crackship with him and gortys as well, since she's pretty similar to claptrap personality-wise.

a notp i have with said character:

claptrap claptrap CLAPTRAP. they are BROTHERS and i can't fuck with that. also jack duh ew ew ew gross

a random headcanon:

he'd LOOOOVE tea. it brings about a certain air and i think he'd be a fan of that. not that he'll let anyone know (claptrap would tease him so fucking badly)

general opinion over said character:

i think he's one of the most perfect and well-written characters in borderlands! it's a shame he doesn't have much screentime, but considering where it's going it might be for the best. he's brooding, he's a questionable protective brother figure, he's a total dork who blows raspberries at you after losing spectacularly because he's a petty bitch. he's a great blend of comedic seriousness and edginess and i wish we had that kinda magic again!

#responses! #shadowtrap #HOHOHOHO i MISSED talking about him! but i don't really have too much to go off of rn #thanks for the ask anyways!! #👁‍🗨 #✨

[greenwith-ivy]

my eyes have been opened to the world of wednesday shipping discourse. wow

this is so funny because the last time i engaged in shipping discourse was in like 2016 on a wings of fire forum. when people were arguing about moonbli vs winterwatcher vs qinter vs qinterwatcher (i actually didn’t really care but i felt like i had to have an opinion so i picked moonbli because qibli and moon were my favorite characters. and i remember that when darkness of dragons came out everyone was like “no spoilers!! i haven’t read it yet don’t tell me who she ends up with!!!!!” so instead people would say that their otp was canon. which was nice except they had their otp in their signatures which kind of defeated the point. oops that was kind of a tangent my bad). ANYWAYS i forget how strong of opinions people can have about this stuff

i think the main arguments i’ve seen against wednesday with either tyler or xavier are that it felt super forced. like no chemistry there the writers just wanted to shove a love triangle into the show. which i agree with totally agree with. i hated both tyler and xavier as characters so while i’m sure there are definitely great things about these ships i don’t see them

enid and wednesday is very popular, for good reason. enid is definitely queer-coded, especially with the whole lycanthropy as a metaphor for being queer thing. werewolf conversion therapy her poor relationship with her parents because she’s not “normal” like all of that. she was also the secondary character with the most screen time (i think. that’s what it seemed like when i watched the show) and the most interactions and chemistry with wednesday. this is understandable and i respect it

tyler and xavier i think is super funny. like they interacted maybe 3 times (which i know has never stopped shippers) but also. i can accept this i think. they both suck in different ways (in my opinion) but this is how everyone wins. pair them together and no one else has to deal with them. (that’s a joke btw. i do think this ship could have merit and i’d be curious to see what people have done with it.)

wednesday/no one: my otp. wednesday is aro/ace and you can’t tell me otherwise. the best ship in the entire show.

#wednesday #wednesday addams #wednesday show #this got long #and it sounds like i care really strongly about this but i don't #not really #like i 1000% hc wednesday as aroace but other people are free to ship whatever they want #if you ship her with xavier or tyler then do it!!! write fics draw art make edits #engaging in fandom should make you happy and if those ships make you happy then that's great #personally they don't make me happy but we are different people!! #if only everyone could understand this i would end shipping discourse forever #also #thinking about the moon ship drama of the wofmb was a THROWBACK dude #i miss that place #honestly i should reread wof i used to love it. i never finished the 3rd arc wonder how it ended #i suppose i've talked enough about it that i guess i should tag it??? maybe?? #i never tagged things right on my old blog so whoops i've got no clue what i'm doing #oh well #sorry wof fans if you come across this and it annoys you #wof #wings of fire

[mole-supremacy]

Some Redwall queer headcanons for you:

Vitch definitely gives me queer vibes of some sort

Basil Stag Hare is trans and mlm, you know why

Honestly Mattimeo gives me bi vibes

I can’t put my finger on why but Orlando the Axe seems gay

Jess Squirrel is pan and possibly ace, you can’t change my mind

Contance… I wish I could say she’s a lesbian because I do love her with Winfred but if I’m being honest, she really gives off aroace vibes

Winfred on the other hand…

Mask the otter is the gay uncle, no questions asked

Garraway Bullow is the raging lesbian aunt, or is she bi?

Gonff is clearly bi, of which Columbine is endlessly supportive

Bella is aro-spec because I say so

Actually i feel like most of the badgers in Redwall are either ace and/or aro coded

The cat and the owl are clearly together

I feel like all the cats give off bi vibes too

#Redwall #gay #queer #headcanon #queer redwall

[ladyxenax]

Insider drama and sex

Reposting my thread about the use of sex as motive/tool in Insider drama (as not to lose it in my twitter)

Thinking back to the talk we had about most (if not all) characters in Insider are asexual in a way. In Insider, sex is never stated as the motive for any character, except perhaps Jang Joon (but he is a whole differect story and I think the grounds for his obsession with Sooyeon and Seonoh are more routed in power play). 

So, power, money - and first of all revenge - are the driving motives, and sex is almost non-present, mostly in the flashbacks about Sooyeon's past of being sold and forced into prostitution. If anything, she uses sex as a tool, for she is definitely ace-coded, maybe due to her past trauma/experience. So, it's kinda odd for me to read takes about her being romantically involved with Yohan.

 Moreover, if we look at other women in Insider, we don't see anybody who is openly romantically/sexually involved with men. We have Annie always dressing "provocatively" (exposing her legs, high heels etc) but all men hate her/afraid of her because of her position as Macau person of contact. Also, Director Jin and Inspector Park Rosa who are almost shown "genderless" in the typically male roles. (I don't remember anybody else worthy of mention).

And onto the men. We hardly ever see the Yang Brothers walking with chicks hanging on their arms (except whatever thing Yang Joon and Sooyeon used to have). The prosecutors although being corrupted are not shown as having mistresses (Prosec. Yoon seems to love his family a lot).

As for Yohan, I'm not surprised at him not having any experience except maybe some casual flings at the uni (I even fanon him as a virgin but oh well). And he is def. not seeing Sooyeon as the object of romantic affection or sexual attraction. (Although I agree that he shows interest, especially in Seonoh and also in Sooyoen)

Finally, Seonoh. Beware of the sensitive topic ahead. And spoilers tw: sexual abuse, grooming At this point we know that Yang Joon killed Seonoh's father (who was going to sell him off), took him under his wing, taught him gambling tricks etc and... there are hints that he might have done something to Seonoh. 

That's purely my own take that may be far from what the creators were aiming at but it's up to the viewers reading anyway. So... Yang Joon's punishment for Seonoh's betrayal was too specific. There had to be something - at least,Yang Joon considered/considers Seonoh as his possession. The poor boy never had any freedom over his own body. Of course, that doesn't make him ace/aro either but... that's one of the viewpoints that may be valid too.

#jtbc insider