I think truly the best asexual rep out there is Perry the Platypus and that is because nothing about his character and none of his storylines have anything to do with the fact that he's asexual, he's just a secret agent who beats up an evil scientist on a daily basis and loves his family more than anything else and that's always treated as a totally normal and completely fulfilling life for him
I always think about how quickly Dan and Swampy said "NO" when asked if Perry would ever have a girlfriend in AYA, and how immediately Dan said, "Does asexual count?" when asked if Perry is queer, I think it's something they always knew about him (even if they didn't think of it as him being "asexual" before that word was more widely known) and I love that they never made a big deal out of it, he just exists as an asexual guy (well, platypus) and I love that so much
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°˖➴ astral express aro/ace headcanons
what the stars reveal: my personal aromantic & asexual spectrum headcanons for the astral express crew! just doing my part to spread the aroace agenda on valentine’s day ☆彡
✩ ‧₊˚ ⌞ MARCH 7TH ⌝
⟢ panromantic asexual
⟢ sex-repulsed
⟢ she’s extremely sex positive and sees it as a form of deeper romantic connection for other people, but doesn’t like it for herself. i can see her in my mind’s eye going “yuck!” when thinking about dealing with everything involved lmao
⟢ she has lots of celebrity crushes and is very much a romantic at heart, yet the concept of “hotness” confuses her. she mostly uses it as another way to say “pretty” or “beautiful” or “cute” but is shocked to find out that isn’t what other people mean
⟢ appreciates artistic nudity in photography — she doesn’t see anything sexual about it and doesn’t understand how other people can
⟢ in a qpr with dan heng
✩ ‧₊˚ ⌞ DAN HENG ⌝
⟢ demiromantic demisexual
⟢ romance-neutral, sex-neutral
⟢ mostly, he doesn’t bother with romance and sex and they don’t bother with him (unbothered king) — until he gets close to someone and it hits him all at once and he goes “oh. oh i do experience this sometimes”
⟢ when he is not actively experiencing it, he forgets that attraction exists
⟢ this applies to dan feng too, i feel like he only really felt attraction towards yingxing once they had that emotional connection
⟢ in a qpr with march 7th
✩ ‧₊˚ ⌞ WELT YANG ⌝
⟢ aromantic asexual
⟢ romance-favorable, sex-favorable
⟢ generally, i feel like he doesn’t pay these things much mind beyond knowing they exist, but seeing as he has such excitement for new experiences i think he’d be down to try anything new (including romance and sex)
⟢ knows the most about aro/ace identities out of everyone on the crew — despite being out-of-touch with newer definitions, he’s definitely done his research
⟢ him and tesla co-parent joey (platonically)!
✩ ‧₊˚ ⌞ HIMEKO ⌝
⟢ greyromantic bisexual
⟢ romance-neutral
⟢ loves the idea of romance, but very rarely experiences romantic attraction. for her, it needs to be a blend of unique circumstances that makes her interested in someone, including personality, hobbies, experience, etc. and that doesn’t happen often
⟢ she is also particular about who she has sex with — since she views it less as an inherent extension of romance and more as a way to make both parties feel good in their bodies, she wants to make sure potential partners also understand that
⟢ overall, i see her as having very refined tastes and “once in a blue moon” romantic attraction
edit: changed himeko to greyromantic bisexual since i found out she’s canonically bi in hi3 !!
✩ ‧₊˚ ⌞ TRAILBLAZER ⌝
⟢ self-insert slot!
⟢ for me, i see them as oriented aroace (non-specific) and romance-repulsed, sex-neutral
✩ ‧₊˚ ⌞ POM-POM ⌝
⟢ aromantic asexual
⟢ romance-repulsed, sex-repulsed
⟢ honestly, i see them being annoyed with the concepts of romance and sex in general — they see both as distractions, and sex would especially cause a headache trying to clean up
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