#aroace Ken

[soulless-bex]

i wasn’t expecting my fellow aroace folks to claim barbie and ken as our own, but by the gods, i’m living for it

#i REALLY need to see this movie #but i’ve seen the clips of them being essentially confused by amonormativity and i’m loving it #aroace barbie #aroace ken #and yeah. they might not exactly be fully aroace but they’re still somewhere on the spectrum #they’re just lovely #aroace #aromantic representation #aromantism #aromantic positivity #ace pride #asexuality #asexual #asexual representation #asexual positivity

[coloredlion102-blog]

Barbie and Ken as random photos I found on Pinterest <3

#barbie #barbie movie #barbie and ken #they’re best friends #the barbie movie #ryan gosling #margot robbie #now if I see any of y’all shipping them… #lesbian asexual Barbie #aroace Ken #see? don’t ship them <3

[saffigon]

Barbie and Ken are aroace4aroace and I will not be taking criticism

#Barbie #and Ken #barbie movie #aroace #aro #aromantic #ace #asexual

[lavend-ler]

i saw the barbie movie and i loved it, here's my review

#barbie #barbie movie #aroace #aromantic #asexual #bisexual #and ken #ed's edits

[audhd-nightwing]

just rewatched barbie and it has only confirmed my belief of barbie and ken being aspec

ken only ‘likes’ barbie because that’s what he was basically created/told to do. his whole worth was based on how barbie viewed him

ken and barbie seem more like best friends than anything. i don’t think there was ever anything romantic there, ken was just told to believe there was. he was more desperate for her approval than her ‘love’ in my opinion

and like of course would you think that you like someone if you’re told you do and you’re that desperate for their attention and approval

barbie kind of obviously didn’t like him romantically from the start, which she’s aware of but doesn’t express to ken until the end

and honestly, her telling ken freed both of them from the expectations they were burdened by

aroace barbie and ace ken are real to ME

also i fully believe allan and ken start dating after everything settles down

#barbie #barbie 2023 #barbie movie #barbie and ken #greta gerwig #greta gerwig barbie #ken #aroace barbie #acespec #aspec #ace ken #aroace #asexual #aromantic #asexual ken #aromantic asexual #aroacespec #ken and barbie #allan barbie #ken x allan

[aceforwhatevenisthis]

no because it’s actually so important to me, as an aroace girl, that barbie maintained her boundaries of not being interested in any romantic relationship

#i may not look like barbie at all but i saw myself in her #i felt her struggle with ken so much #ace speaks #aromantic #asexual #barbie #barbie 2023 #aroace

[zibiscusloon]

They boogied to far down into history town 😔

#my art #toh #the owl house #toh fanart #lilith clawthorne #toh steve #steve tholomule #based on that Barbie and Ken mugshot #lord what have the aces gone and done now #they are the girlboss maleloser duo #note: this is platonic btw #they’re aroace besties

[applebees4prez]

everyone in barbieland is asexual and aromantic btw. they’re all the bestest friends and in love with each other but never romantically. just so you know.

#they don’t have genitals !! #barbies and kens are all besties !! #okay yes i think margot robbie barbie is a lesbian but she’s not even a barbie anymore so she doesn’t count #and if you do think she’s aroace as well it’s so so slay!! #all headcanons are so awesome and valid!! #barbie #barbie movies #aroace #aromantic #asexual

[kierancaz]

Someone tell me if I’m being to sensitive but I keep seeing ppl on tiktok making edits of Barbie and posting slideshows with Barbie saying that she’s a lesbian and it lowkey makes me really sad and frustrated and want to cry bc isn’t Barbie aroace? She never shows any romantic attraction to anyone the entire film and says outright that she doesn’t have reproductive organs. Like we get so little rep and then just bc a character doesn’t show attraction to the male lead they’re automatically labeled lesbian by the fandom and idk that just annoys me a bit but idk if I’m being to sensitive about it.

#barbieposting #barbie movie #barbie spoilers #barbie #greta gerwig #greta gerwing barbie #barbie and ken #aroace barbie #aroace #aromantic #asexual #ace representation #ace barbie #aro barbie

[hoid-probably]

Barbie spoilers!!

My favorite part of Barbie is "I'm not in love with Ken".

Not that there's anything wrong with Ken, it's just that she really isn't in love with Ken.

I didn't know how much I want that until I heard it.

With all the other films I've watched before, there's always an expectation that the two characters will end up together in the end. Implied if not, most often, outright shown.

The entire movie we see Ken wishing Barbie will love him as much as he loves her, and I was totally prepared to have that by the ending, because that's how it usually goes.

But no. Barbie is not in love with Ken.

My (probably) aroace heart is singing.

#barbie #barbie spoilers #barbie and ken #ken #aroace

[theplasticdusk]

let’s be honest… everyone knows barbie and ken… but I feel like the queer community definitely claims Allan. genderfluid, asexual, aromantic, queer, we’re here for it.

#barbie #allan barbie #movies #ken barbie #comedy #queer pride #queer #genderfluid #lgbtqiia+ #lgbtq community #asexual #aroace memes #aromantic representation #aromantic #queer community #gay representation #queer representation

[shaylogic]

I’m really glad that Barbie and Ken didn’t end up together in the end.

Part of that is because AroAce!Barbie.

Part of that is to supplant the inevitable compulsively heterosexual ending.

But it’s also because the kens in some way represent little boys at play and the barbies represent little girls at play, so there are some parts of the allegory of this story that can also bring up memory of brother-sister interactions.

I’ve seen it said before by others that Ken coming back to take over Barbieland is like the boys’ treehouse “No Girls Allowed!” or like how a brother sneaks into his sister’s toys and starts breaking them (like Ken smashing the plant with a golf club).

I value the sibling memory parallels in this story more than I’d value the cheap, inevitable romance between the two protags

#barbie #barbie movie 2023 #barbie spoilers #aroace #aromantic asexual #barbie and ken #ryan gosling ken #margot robbie barbie #text post

[coloredlion102-blog]

Even more Barbie and Ken as pinterest images I found

#barbie #barbie movie #the Barbie movie #barbie and Ken #ken #margot robbie #ryan gosling #NOT A SHIP #theyre friends #lesbian asexual barbie #aroace ken

[ravenpureforever]

The Barbie movie was absolutely incredible and I adored how it was funny, satirical, genuinely meaningful and so aesthetically pleasing but one thing that got me, spoilers ahead, was how they had a genuinely pleasing plot twist within the movie.

I, like many people, assumed that the movie would be Barbie goes to the real world and shenanigans ensue and there’s some beautiful meaning of life, but I never thought about the impact going to the real world would have on Barbieland, so it was a genuinely fun and well done surprise when Ken brings back the patriarchy to Barbieland and they have to find a way to defeat it. I didn’t see it coming but it makes perfect sense and foreshadows it beautifully.

Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him, his entire life is built around Barbie’s acknowledgement, and the other Ken’s are competition for Barbie’s acknowledgement, Barbie doesn’t even know where he sleeps, so of course going to the Real World where he’s treated where he has actual capabilities and can do something, it becomes incredibly warped for him in how he perceives it and how he brings it back to Barbieland. I thought Ken would just be Barbie’s token boyfriend, but really it’s just as much about Ken learning how to exist outside of Barbie and being enough just as himself in a healthy, mature manner.

Additionally it was so refreshing how Barbie cares about Ken, but there are little details, where she just smiles as he kisses her and even looks a little uncomfortable, how she doesn’t even want to consider the prospect of him staying the night or being a part of her Dreamhouse, and doesn’t really communicate with Ken that show the cracks in their relationships from the beginning, and how Barbie doesn’t want the relationship that Ken wants, and that’s not the fault of either party, and she doesn’t have to be with him and he doesn’t have to be with her just because that’s the way things are and in the end it’s healthier for both of them when they finally communicate their wants and needs, and walk away from the idea of a romantic relationship between the two of them.

Its how codependency and defining yourself by your partner are unhealthy and can’t have a sustainable relationship because it’s fundamentally unfulfilling for both parties. It’s how compulsory heterosexuality (AroAce Barbie my beloved) creates uncomfortable standards and pressure to be in a relationship in particular way that leaves both members unsatisfied in different ways. It’s about toxic masculinity and how the patriarchy hurts every person involved and is fundamentally unsustainable for every person involved.

Barbie was such a witty, fun but also really meaningful movie and genuinely good.

#it was just really fun but also I loved the themes and messages with in it #ken himbo villian era was not what I saw coming but it was really enjoyable #and Barbie being implied aroace was so wonderful and I thought it was done really really well #barbie #barbie movie #barbie 2023 #barbie meta #kind of at least #aromatic #asexual #toxic masculinity #communication #ken #barbie and ken #barbie movie spoilers #barbie spoilers

[1smolbean]

barbie aroace send post

#lee speaks #barbie #barbie spoilers #aroace #every barbie and ken is by default asexual but barbie in particular is also aromantic

[moviesbooksandfandoms]

Something about how when I was little playing with Barbie dolls my friends always asked which Ken my Barbie was dating and I always said my Barbie didn't date anyone and my friends always made fun of me and now in the movie Barbie doesn't end up with Ken... Just makes me happy

#im ace btw #aroace barbie #barbie #ken #barbie movie #barbie 2023 #aroace #aromantic #ace #asexual