#canon aspec

[lgbtqiacharacterotd]

Today’s LGBTQIA+ Character of the Day is Spongebob Squarepants from Spongebob Squarepants, who is aroace!

#thank you to @aroacesafespaceforall for pointing out he’s also aro :) #spongebob squarepants #aroace #aromantic #aro #asexual #ace #aspec #canon #canon aroace #canon aromantic #canon asexual #canon aspec #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia

[rolaplayor101]

I did it, Aros! Aces!

I bought the books, and they came in just in time for Arospec Awareness Week!!!

Konya Sukiyaki Jyanaikedo is actually the sequel to Konya Sukiyaki Dayo but I couldn't find the OG :( unfortunately I don't think the aro mc is in the sequel

But still!! Very happy 😊 my aspec book collection only grows!

#Arospec Awareness Week #ASAW #asaw 2024 #Koisenu Futari #Konya Sukiyaki Dayo #aromantic #asexual #Canon Aspec #Aro Representation #Aro #Kodama Sakuko #Takahashi Satoru #LGBT #LGBTQIA #Sukiyaki Tonight #Asano Tomoko #Tonight Is The Sukiyaki Night #Sakuko Kodama #Satoru Takahashi #Aro Week

[aspeccharactersoftheday]

Gyrus Axelei from Room of Swords is demisexual!

#gyrus axelei #room of swords #canon aspec #demisexual #submitted by wooltoesocks

[twigsandhearts]

Aromantic Awareness

February is Aro Awareness month! In both characters and cast we have aro-spec people from all different backgrounds! As usual I like to highlight our character's who fit under such labels:

Yen (she/her) Aromantic Asexual

Zenith (he/him) Aro-spec unlabelled

Dylan (he/they) Aromantic

#aromantic #arospec #aroace #aspec #aspec rep #canon aspec #aro awareness week #aro awareness month #aromantic asexual #aro #aromantic awareness week #aromantic awareness month #audio drama #podcast #queer horror #indie podcast #lgbtq #lgbt fiction #horror #indie #surreal horror #audio fiction #aro characters #aspec character #aromantism #aroace character

[aroaceineveryplace]

“I’m just saying, you might be into dudes but also demisexual, which means you need emotional connection to feel sexual attraction. Or you might be demiromantic or graysexual or-" He cringes. “I don’t know if the specific label is important to me.” “It doesn’t have to be,” she says, “and you’re not obligated to figure it out, or come out, or explain yourself to anyone, ever. But also” – she drops her hands from their spectrum and tucks an arm around his shoulder – “labels can be nice sometimes. They can give us a language to understand ourselves and our hearts better. And they can help us find a community and develop a sense of belonging. I mean, if you didn’t have the correct label for your OCD, you wouldn’t be able to get the treatment you need, right?

From "The Charm Offensive" by Alison Cochrun

#quotes #The Charm Offensive #charlie winshaw #canon aspec #books #asexual aspectrum #aromantic spectrum #ace #aro #asexual #aromantic #asexuality #aromanticism #demisexuality #demisexual #graysexual #graysexuality

[lemonxlimee]

I somehow almost completely forgot about my boy juggie but

CW straightwashed him so hard 💔

#Jughead Jones #Archie comics #jughead #aromantic #aspec #aromantic asexual #aroace #canon aspec #aro week #aromantic week #aromantic awareness week #aromantic visibility week #aroposting #love loses

[enchantricksbot]

It’s asexual visibility week! Did you know Verity Willis from Agent of Asgard is ace! She’s a good friend of Lokis and always offers him support despite him being…well…the god of evil

#he’s not anymore but everyone seems to hold him to it #marvel #loki #loki odinson #loki laufeyson #mcu #comics #comic #verity #verity Willis #ace #asexual #asexual visibility #ace pride #agent of asgard #aro #aromantic #canon aspec

[agrebel18]

as an arospec asexual gal I can very much appreciate famous aroace icons that aren’t human like Spongebob, Sonic the Hedgehog and Barbie while ALSO wanting more aroace characters that are HUMAN and not seen as less than because of it, which is ANOTHER REASON I’m excited for Isaac’s arc in season 2

#it was made with Alice's pov specifically so I have faith that it'll be good #since she's aroace #several ideas can coexist right now #just let me have this ok #aroace representation #aspec rep #isaac henderson #heartstopper #hstv #isaac is aroace #canon aspec #LET'S GO HUMAN ASPEC REP IN A POPULAR BOOK/SHOW MADE BY AN ASPEC CREATOR LET'S GOOOO

[you-poopin]

Not Broken- An Ace-Spec Keyleth Character Study

Here is that Ace Keyleth fic I promised! I hope you enjoy! I'd love to hear your thoughts! No cut to AO3, the rest of the fic in it's entirety is under the Read More. Happy Pride!

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She had always been different. That was clear in so many ways, but the one that mattered most when she was a teenaged girl was the whole dating thing. 

She understood it. She knew why the others her age went looking for someone to hold and kiss, and some part of her wanted it too, but she didn't know how. She wanted it, but she also didn't, and she couldn't make sense of that herself, let alone ask someone else to try and decipher it with her, so she didn't. She didn't have time anyway. She had her Aramente to worry about, travels to make. So she didn't. 

And then she met the people who would become her chosen family. And there she had her first ever vague attraction to someone. Sure, she had known different people to be attractive or pretty or handsome, but this wasn't like being told by someone that he was supposed to be attractive. It was confusing and new and all consuming for a time, just like him. 

He was all blue eyes and glasses and mystery. He was funny and quick-witted. He was smart. He was a little scary. He needed a hug. And he was kind to her. And that's what she got hung up on- his kindness to her and the way his beautiful eyes told so much but kept so much a secret. She was a gangly mess, naive and clumsy. People hadn't always been kind. But he was. 

But she wasn't stupid. She saw the way Pike’s cheeks dusted a light pink when he sent any praise her way. She saw the way Vex looked at him, like he was incredible (and he was). And so, she just stopped. She stopped feeling anything but brotherly love towards him. It was easy. It was just a decision she made, just to be his friend and nothing else. And she was happy.

But then there there was Vax, all dark and mysterious in his own right, who loved his sister so much his heart was on his sleeve, whether he knew it or not. Who looked at her with so much kindness, who spoke to her gently. And that's what did her in again, the kindness. 

But she didn't know what to do with it. He was all sharp edges. He flirted with everyone. So she couldn't be special. 

But then, then out of nowhere he had told her he was in love with her. 

How had he fallen in love with her? What had she possibly done to earn that? And the idea made her cheeks burn, but it wasn't the time. She thought he was handsome and kind, he was lovely. But she couldn't possibly understand how he had fallen in love with her without her knowing, without them doing any of the things people who were in love did. And it was bad timing. And she told him so. 

But then there was time. When lingering glances and conversations became light kisses on her cheek, when she reached for his hand, when there were tiny braids twisted into her hair. When she realized she fell in love right back. Cheek kisses turned into proper kisses. A hand on her lower back. A secret shared smile. It made her warm inside, it made her glow. Someone loved her. 

And she loved him too, but the words were hard to say for a while. And he never pressured her to say it back. But when her brain had wrapped itself around the idea of loving him, and she had told him, she wanted to remember that look on his face for the rest of her life. Someone loved her, and she loved him too. 

She knew what people who were in love were supposed to do. She knew how it was supposed to work in theory. But it made no sense to her. The why's and the how's she understood from a purely academic standpoint, but she couldn't understand it realistically. She never thought about it. She never looked at Vax and thought about it. And that was what made her different, and she knew it. 

And when his hand, accidentally or not, gently brushed the inside of her thigh and she jumped away, it wasn't because she didn't trust him. It wasn't because anyone had hurt her in the past. It was truly because her body didn't want that or need that. And it scared her. Because she was supposed to, wasn't she? She was supposed to want it. Was she actually broken? Probably. 

Scanlan really enjoyed running off and doing things with people that he didn't even necessarily care about, and it was so hard for Keyleth to understand as to why anyone would want that. 

But Vax didn't push her, he didn't pressure her. Even though she knew he thought about it, kind of hoped for it, he didn't make her feel like she had to do anything she wasn't ready for. He gave her time. She needed time. 

And when one day, his hand dipped under her dress, up towards her stomach, and he froze, watching her for the go ahead or the knock it off, it was all the time he gave her that made her able to nod with a shy smile. She wanted him to touch her. But like this. This was as intimate as she needed, as she wanted. Maybe it'd be more someday, but for right now this was fine. 

"You're beautiful," he had whispered, as if she were the most beautiful, incredible thing in the world. As if he had seen more of her than she was willing to show at the moment. It made her feel tingly from her head to her feet, just his hand on her stomach under her clothes. He didn't view her as different or broken. He thought she was special. He always thought she was special. 

And eventually, it was more than that. She had worked up to it, they had worked up to it. It was slow and he was so, so patient, so gentle. He asked her constantly if she was alright, assured her that they could stop whenever she wanted in that soft, gentle voice he reserved for her and her alone. 

Honestly, there was no interest there. What they were doing, truly, meant very little to her. Her body reacted the way it was designed, but her brain cared more about his kind words, his gentleness. It was him- his sharp wit and his soft eyes and his genuine interest in what she thought, what she felt- that she craved. This, this physical bit, she could take it or leave it. She didn't mind it. She was willing to do it, but not for her. For him. And not because she was pressured, but because she wanted him to be happy too. She would be happy without it. But his brain wasn't different like hers. 

She didn't hate it. She wasn't scared. It was just… something to do. But nothing she thought about on her own. And thinking about it too much gave her a headache. 

And when she had burst into tears due to her confusion over herself and her body and her heart in the middle of everything and he had fussed over her, worried he'd hurt her, it was hard to explain that her brain was broken and sex wasn't something she really thought about and she was so sorry, she wasn't expecting a gentle hand to brush away tears, to cup her cheek. She was expecting to be told off, to be asked to leave, for him to never touch her again. 

She wasn't expecting him to seemingly understand that she didn't fully understand her thoughts and feelings. She wasn't expecting him to assure her it was alright. That he loved her for who she was, he loved her honesty, he loved how much she trusted him to tell him, he loved her so much. She wasn't expecting to be told that he was fine with that, that her brain wasn't broken, and he would happily live the rest of his life without touching her like that again. And he would be happy anyways, because he would be with her. 

She stumbled over her words again trying to explain that she didn't mind it. She would do it. She wasn't afraid, she just didn't think of him like that very often. But she was willing. Physically, despite not understanding the appeal at face value, she had to admit it did… feel nice. She liked that part. She would do it again. Her cheeks were red and she felt shy.

He laughed at that, kissing her gently. "Only if you really want to, KiKi, okay? You are always allowed to tell me no, and you never have to give a reason." 

And then there was more snuggles, more hugs, more handholding, more soft touches and kisses- the kind of affection she wholeheartedly loved to give and receive. And he was happy. Because she was happy. And she loved him. She loved him so much. 

And sometimes, his hand would drift somewhere and she'd push it away, sometimes they would be kissing and it would get too much for her and she'd ask him to stop. And he never seemed offended or hurt. He always listened. He always respected her boundaries even if they changed from day to day or hour to hour. 

But sometimes, she'd nod at him. Sometimes she'd tell him that it was alright, that he could keep going. Sometimes, after doing it enough times when she had learned what she was supposed to do, sometimes she'd pull him close for a kiss that was too hard to just be a kiss. Sometimes, she would roll over on top of him and watch his face change and laugh. Because sometimes, she wanted to do all that too. Because she loved him. And sometimes, now that she was comfortable and felt so safe with him, with herself, she enjoyed it, for herself. 

But no matter what happened, no matter how they touched or if they did at all, Vax always looked at her like she was the most wonderful thing. Always told her she was beautiful. Always treated her with so much love and respect. He loved her so much that she didn't feel broken anymore. Different, sure. But different was not broken.

A sleepy kiss to a freckled shoulder meant just as much to him as it did to her. Because intimacy could take on so many different forms. And just being together was the most important part. 

#campaign 1 #vox machina #critical role #keyleth #critters #keyleth of the air ashari #cr1 #canon ace character #canon aspec #asexual spectrum #keyleth/vax #keyleth x vax #ace spec #my fic #fanfic #not broken #pride month #ace pride

[mirokata]

Song of the day: Crush Culture by Conan Gray (I was holding back tears watching the Heartstopper scene play with the guy talking about his experience with being aromantic and asexual then THIS SONG COMING IN)

It’s such a familiar song to me at this point it’s like home and I’m glad it was used in Heartstopper in such a lovely way

#full on aroace crisis in the shower #unrelated but #watch nimona #heartstopper #heartstopper season 2 #heartstopper tv #heartstopper isaac #heartstopper aroace #aromantic #asexual #aroace #aspec #canon aspec #queerdiary #song of the day #queer community #queer tv #lgbtqia+ #Spotify

[aroace-kodama-sakuko]

#takara onodera #kimi no hana ni naru #canon aspec #aro #ace #(I'm guessing) #aromantic #asexual

[lgbtqiacharacterotd]

Today’s LGBTQIA+ Character of the Day is Maya from Borderlands, who is asexual!

#maya #borderlands #asexual #ace #aspec #canon #canon asexual #canon aspec #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia

[rolaplayor101]

This Valentines/Aro Day

I'm sharing my Arospec/Black/& Polyam book haul!! ft. Romance or Queer Platonic Relationships!

Legendborn(almost finished): black girl main character, interracial mf relationship, multiple queer supporting characters! YA fantasy with themes of racism and trauma

A Queen Of Gilded Horns(I've only read River of Royal Blood): Black main characters, black mf relationship, romance isn't the main plot which makes it very engaging for a romance tired black person like me! Focus is on racism in the fantasy world, multiple queer supporting characters!

Symbiosis (I haven't read Escaping Exodus yet): Black girl Mc, Sapphic relationship I heard! Mostly sci-fi plot I think! I'll recc it anyway cause I am gonna read it during this Black history month!

Ruin of Stars (only read Mask of Shadows): poc gender fluid main character in relationship with a woman, aromantic and black supporting character!! Fantasy with assassins and political commentary and trauma

Moonlight Love Witchcraft(havent started): Multiple Poc Mcs, polyam relationship, nonbinary main character, asexual werewolf mc!! Indigenous mc!! Comfy fantasy!

Silver Under Nightfall(haven't finished): Black Mc alongside Asian Mc and genderfluid southeast asian??? mc!! Polyamorous relationship! Paranormal vampire fantasy with great plot!! So far!! Tw for SA and trauma

Blasted Research(haven't finished): ace and nonbinary mc!! Polyam m/nby/nby relationship! Dystopia sci-fi and only on ebook!

Role Playing(almost finished): Asian American mc and bi demirose mc! Mf relationship but queer!! Video game romcom with themes about the harms of amatonormativity featuring 50 year olds!

The Bone Season(haven't really started): Multiple poc supporting characters, main character is demirose! Multiple queer characters! Fantasy dystopian setting! Love interest is nonbinary??? In second book.

Genesis of Misery(haven't finished): nonbinary southeast asian mc! Sapphic relationship! Religious political sci-fi plot with multiple queer and poc characters!

Most Ardently(haven't finished): trans and queer retelling of Pride and Prejudice! Gay relationship! Plain historical romance! Multiple queer supporting characters!

By Your Side(finished): a short queerplatonic story! Bi mc with aro mc! Polyam queerplatonic relationship!! Realistic college fiction that's like 38 pages!

Is Love the Answer (finished): aroace nonbinary mc and multiple aspec mcs! All poc cause they're Japanese. Possible queerplatonic relationships discussed! Realistic college fiction!

I Want To Be A Wall(finished): Japanese Aroace mc and gay mc married in a qpr!! Realistic comedic fiction! Full review here

If the authors have anything to add, I'll @ them here! @linseymiller @sshannonauthor @whatnowrin @coffeequills @thegabecole @themargherita-s @queerio-cheerios @itsneonyang

I also do art commissions if anyone would like to help me buy more queer and poc books 😢 😭

#aromantic #Valentine's Day #Arospec #Aspec #Asexual #Aro #Black History Month #Black Girl Magic #Booklr #Polyam #Polyamory #Polyam Pride #nonbinary #Canon Aspec #Black Tumblr #Demiromantic #Demisexual #Commissions Open #Valentines Day #Queerplatonic

[aspeccharactersoftheday]

Frieren from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is aromantic asexual!

#frieren #frieren: beyond journey's end #sousou no frieren #canon aspec #aromantic #asexual

[a-walking-fandom-reference]

AroAce Nadia Van Dyne (canon)

[ID: A 3x3 moodboard, themed around aroace Nadia Van Dyne from Marvel Comics. Images are as follows: black writing, “Don’t concern yourself with what others think of you.” on a light orange background; the shadow of a person from the shoulders up with a bob hair cut and their hand in a peace sign on an orange wall; a close up on a light skinned freckled person’s face, they have brown bangs, brown eyes, and bright blue eyeshadow; a scattering of daisies on a light blue background some have stems, others do not, some are just petals; a pile of aroace flag buttons; a blue flower with a yellow center, sitting in a glass with a blue background; a person sitting with their hands on their knees, they are wearing cuffed jeans and a yellow top and holding a phone in one hand; a person shown from the shoulders up their head turned to look over the shoulder towards the viewer, they are light skinned and have shoulder length dark hair with bangs, the background is yellow and they are in yellow lighting; black typewriter text, “Be a nice human.” on light blue paper. END ID]

#reymond’s moodboards #nadia van dyne #unstoppable wasp #marvel #rey actually makes stuff #aroace #canon aspec #aromantic asexual #moodboard #marvel comics #marveledit #aro #ace #i love her

[aroaceineveryplace]

#Julian Blackthorn #the dark artifices #books #canon aspec #demisexual #demiromantic #aspec #asexual spectrum #aromantic spectrum #quotes #(should I tag quote posts like this with a special tag #or at least the quote posts I upload myself #those are the ones people seem most interested in so lemme know if you want a tag to just search quote posts)