#arosandarrows

[aroacearborvitae]

here’s my late comic for the 18th: “What do you wish people knew about being arospec? Make or design a sign with an arrow + a message.” I still don’t really know what kind of partnership I want, if any, but I’m just going with the flow and enjoying the lovely people in my life

image description under the cut!

ID: 4 panels of a digital comic. Panel one has a green speech bubble on the left, saying “What do you wish people knew about being arospec?” On the right is a person pointing at their own speech bubble which says “I definitely want a life partner, possibly romantic!” Their shirt says “Me, age 15.”

Panel 2 has the person on the left with a shorter haircut, crossing their arms, and labeled “age 16.” They say: I’d only be comfortable with a QPR, actually.” On the right they are “age 17″ looking pensive and saying “I’m not totally sure if I want a partner. If someone asks me to be their QPP and I like them like that, I’d date them, but I have an equal preference for friendship, so I wouldn’t make the first move.”

Panel 3 has the person on the left, labeled “age 17.5″ excitedly gesturing towards a small cartoon of a girl’s head and saying “I have a soft romo gf/qpp!” On the right, age 18, has the shortest haircut and arrow earrings, looking nervous and slightly confused. They say “Well that was mostly fun, but I’m not sure if a partner is really what I want...”

Panel 4 has them in the center, pointing to themself with their thumbs and winking with a grin, wearing woven green bracelets and a sweater with crossed arrows and stripes in the aro colors. Three large sign arrows point to them. They read: “Aros can have complex attitudes about relationships,” “These opinions can change,” and “Temporary or permanent, they should be respected.” End ID.

#aro #aromantic #arosandarrows #asaw #aromantic spectrum awareness week #mine #my art #if anyone refers to me as anything other than they/them or ey/em I AM going to personally come steal your kneecaps #this is personal as hell and hard to put out there and I just will not deal w that #the hits

[rissa-posts]

I made some things for aro week

#arosandarrows #aros and arrows #aro week #aromantic awareness week #aromantic #aro awareness week #aro #aroace

[the-serpentine-narrative]

So, I’m getting into this year’s Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week a bit late, but here’s my contribution for Day 2: Pride. It’s my collection of aro enamel pins so far (though I’m waiting on a few more from kickstarter). I included links to all of them; most are currently available for purchase, but a few seem to have been kickstarter exclusives. (also, the images, especially the first one, are clearer if you full-screen them)

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Ice Cream Cone, by TheGeekStudio

Wing Set, by JackalandhareArt

Abstract Shape, by BiancaDesignsCo

‘Aro-venant’ Ghost, by CunningLinguistCo

Heart Shape, by Compoco

Aromantic Salamanders, by MorningWitch

Longbow Aro, by Foxflightstudios

Aro-gator, by Gay Breakfast

Mouse, by toripng

Star Wars Rebellion Emblem, by Gilles Bone

Jar of Origami Stars, by Mei Snyder

Carousel Pony, by starsalts

Axolotl, by Megan Baehr

Cake Slice, by BunMuffin

Mermaid & Unicorn, by Miskelle

'Roll For Pride’ Dice, by Becca Farrow

Planet, by ZealoApparel

Aro-space Engineer, by gloriousweirdo

Anatomical Heart, by SyppahsArtStudio

Bee Proud, by Angelene Manalo

#arosandarrows #aromantic #aro #asaw #asaw 2020 #aromantic spectrum awareness week

[queerplatonicpositivity]

[ ID: A series of 10 images titled “Aro Facts” and numbered 1-10. There is an arrow pointing up on the right, and both the demiaro and aro flags at the bottom. Each image has the tiny text “Arospec Week 2020″ at the very bottom.  At the top left is the text on each image:

#01 Aro Facts: “All Aro people are not asexual. While many aro people also identify as ace, many of us do not. Allosexual aro people are completely valid and need more support from our communities. It’s okay for us to experience (and act on) sexual attraction without wanting a romantic relationship. We are not slutty and it’s not low self-esteem.”

#02 Aro Facts: “Aro people can feel love and other/intense feelings. Romantic love is not the only kind of love. There are many different kinds of love, and the love and other/intense feelings we experience are just as important and valid as romantic love.”

#03 Aro Facts: “Some Aro people don’t experience love or other/intense feelings. Some of us don’t experience any kind of strong emotions, and that’s okay. We are healthy and worthy of respect even if we don’t experience love or other/intense feelings. Our lack of these feelings does not make us broken and is not a mental illness.”

#04 Aro Facts: “Aro people can have friendships that include sensual/sexual intimacy. We get to decide what our friendships (and all our relationships) look like, and we may choose to have sensual or sexual elements in our friendships.”

#05 Aro Facts: “Aro people belong in the LGBTIQA+ community. We belong here. Our experiences as Aro people have commonalities with the experiences of alloromantic LGBTQIA+ people.”

#06 Aro Facts: “Aro people are not just bitter or jaded from bad relationships. Some Aros may have experienced bad relationships, but identifying as Aro is not out of bitterness from bad relationships. We don’t just need to ‘find the right person.’ We are whole and complete without romance.”*

#07 Aro Facts: “Aro people can be polyamorous. Being Aro can often mean operating outside of common ideas about relationships, and that includes monogamy. It’s totally possible for Aros to be involved in polyamorous situations and relationships.”

#08 Aro Facts: “Demiromantic people still experience stigma like Aro people. Our relationship with romance is different, but we still experience stigma, alienation, and the messages that we are abnormal or broken. It’s important for demiromantic people to have a place in the Aro community.”

#09 Aro Facts: “Demiromanticism is different than being alloromantic. Demiaros can experience romantic attraction after there’s a close, emotional bond. This might seem like the same thing as alloromantic people, but can actually be very different, especially when it comes to the order people expect in stages of a relationship.”

#10 Aro Facts: “Demiromantic people don’t think they’re better than alloromantics. Not experiencing romantic attraction until we have a close, emotional bond isn’t something we choose and doesn’t mean we think we’re better than other people. It’s just how we’re wired.”

*Note for #06 Aro Fact -- It’s totally valid for someone to identify as Aro because of having a bad or traumatic romantic relationship.  This is only meant to say that all Aros aren’t Aro due to bad relationships, and that “good” relationships are not something Aros “need” in order to be “fixed” -- because there is nothing wrong with us.  I just wanted to clarify because there’s not really enough room on the image, but I want to be sure that Aros who identify as Aro specifically because of bad/traumatic relationships know that you are valid and you belong in our communities.

18th: Awareness - What do you wish people knew about being arospec? Make or design a sign with an arrow + a message. (link)

#op #aro positivity #aromantic positivity #demiaro positivity #demiromantic positivity #aro facts #asaw 2020 #arosandarrows

[midnatt-heronweather]

I KNOW, ok, I know.  Its a prompt from 2020 I know but I really need to show Aromantic pride right now.

#ArosAndArrows #Aromantic #Aroace

[blake-belladonna-defence-force]

A quick, shitty edit but no less true.

We are not broken.

We don’t need to be fixed.

We are not selfish.

We are not robots.

#aromantic #ArosAndArrows

[bottomoftheriverbed]

[ID: 'I am not betraying mentally ill and disabled people by existing as a mentally ill, disabled aro' over the Aro flag with two arrows across the top half and a semi-colon, an arrow and the queercrip sign surrounded by flowers on the bottom half. End]

For the asaw prompt arosandarrows: awareness

#aromantic #arosandarrows #asaw #asaw 2020 #queer #disabled #queercrip #disgaybled #mentally ill #depression

[aromagni]

Happy aro week! Here’s me holding an aro arrow patch I embroidered along with some aro pride bracelets, for #ArosAndArrows

#aromantic #asaw #ArosAndArrows #actually aromantic #aro pride #aro embroidery #my post #magni’s thoughts

[deepspaceart]

Drawn for another aro week prompt: awareness

#art #artwork #drawing #digital artwork #digital art #cute #digital drawing #aromantic spectrum awareness week #asaw 2020 #asaw #aros and arrows #arosandarrows #aro #aromantic #pride #lgbtq

[sorrybutiforgotmyusername]

missed the first two days but anyways, happy arospec awareness week! prompt for day 3: awareness

because we are very sexy and cool

#arosandarrows #arospec awareness week #asaw #awareness #jarts #aromantic #my art

[aro-neir-o]

[ID: a stitched luggage tag in the aro flag design, a cake-shaped key chain with the outside layer white and the inside layers the colours of the aro flag, and a gold metal ice cream-shaped pin with each scoop on top of the cone a colour of the aro flag. End ID.]

Today’s ASAW prompt from aromantic-official is Pride. I have surprisingly few aro pride items at present, but the little ones I do have I use all the time. I still want to get my hands on a giant aromantic flag as well as aro-themed DnD dice. Oh, and t-shirts... Soon...

The luggage tag I got as a gift so I’m not sure where it’s from. The cake keychain I got custom from an Etsy shop called PridesCake. The aro ice cream pin was from Geek Studio.

Now that I look at them, the items I have so far are food and travel themed. Maybe that means I think the aro community has potential to go places? Maybe it just means that I want to gobble up as much aro content as possible.

#ArosAndArrows #aro #arospec #aromantic #asaw #merch #aro merch #cw #cake #ice cream #food #2020

[sunnybergamota]

February 16th: Visibility - Share a photo or drawing of yourself with arrows, roadsigns, or pointers, whether ones you made yourself or that you find.

My shot for this year’s Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week prompts! I kinda liked how this turned out, and look, it’s my first drawing published here, that’s something fellas! Love to all my arospec siblings out there and have an amazing Aro Week!!

#aromantic #ArosAndArrows #aromanntic awareness week #aromantic week prompts #aro #my drawings #it took me hours just because of the HANDS #i hate them #im so pumped because of this!! i love that we have an aro week to celebrate as a community! #im actually shaking out of excitiment #love you guys #gabi's bullshit

[astranyx]

It's Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week

and while I forgot about the first day, I did remember today!

ASAW PROMPT February 17th, 2020: Pride: Take a picture of or with an aromantic symbol or pride merch!

Here we go: all my aro pins (plus others) and my aro flag shirt, (plus a cheeky kinda aro apron because I was cooking dinner when I remembered this) one of my many aro themed shirts!

#Asaw #asaw 2020 #Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week #arosandarrows

[itsnotellen]

Happy Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week once more. Today’s promt from @aromantic-official is awareness.

With that said this is what I made from that promt. The message is that being aromantic doesn’t mean you live a loveless life, there are so many different types of love like the love for your family or your friends. And it’s important for me to state that those are equally as beautiful as romantic love.

#arosandarrows #aromantic pride #aro #aromantic positivity #arospec #aro positivity #aromantic #aromantism

[queerplatonicpositivity]

[ ID: Five images.

1. A background of hand-drawn stars in the aro flag colors. Text in the middle reads: “ ‘I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody’s else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.’ - bell hooks”

2. The aro flag with black text in the middle that reads: “I won’t apologize for who I am”

3. The aro flag with two small arrows, one pointing left and one pointing right. Text reads: “Aro people are valid. Always”

4. The demiaro flag with black text in the middle that reads: “I won’t apologize for who I am”

5. A background of light- and dark-green elbow macaroni shapes. Text in the middle reads: “ ‘If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.’ - Audre Lorde” ]

February 16th: Visibility - Share a photo or drawing of yourself with arrows, roadsigns, or pointers, whether ones you made yourself or that you find. (link)

A few Aro-themed graphics I’ve made over the months!

#op #asaw 2020 #aromantic #aro #demiaro #demiromantic #aro positivity #aromantic positivity #demiaro positivity #demiromantic positivity #arosandarrows

[midnatt-heronweather]

Its a prompt from 2020 I know but I really need to show Aromantic pride right now. 

#ArosAndArrows #asaw #Aromantic Awareness week 2020 #lol