#don’t wanna be alone

[mutateddinonugget]

UGHHHHHHHHHH yk?

#wanna scream on the cliff top #with heavy heavy rain #scream with me please #don’t wanna be alone

[turtleblogatlast]

Based on this post of mine, haha.

Leo finds The Last Unicorn. Core memories are made.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rise leo #rottmnt headcanons #rise splinter #that movie is a rollercoaster #little Leo in his little British orphan boy pajamas should probably not be watching it essentially alone #Leo going through all stages of grief AND fear from this movie #his insomnia was NOT helped by this movie #‘you won’t let me leave right? I don’t wanna go’ flash forward to Leo trapping himself in the prison dimension #all while his father can only listen in horror

[pikp0kcas3]

The Hazbin Hotel fandom’s issue with accepting aromanticism and asexuality

Now that it is officially Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, I want to talk about this!

I find that, as an aroace myself, I am constantly grasping at good representation and coming up empty— it usually ends up in one of two ways.

One: the character is portrayed as emotionless, cold, and robotic in nature. It’s the question aromantic and/or asexual people are often asked: “Are you heartless?” The answer is no, of course, but general media makes it out to be the opposite.

Or two: Their lack of attraction is seen as something to “fix” because they “haven’t found the right one yet”, and they end up with a partner as a “happy ending”.

It frustrates me greatly because of how little people actually see aromanticism or asexuality as a true part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

So when I watched Hazbin Hotel, and I found out about Alastor being aroace, I was over the moon. I was on cloud nine. I also saw how his voice actor has looked up the term as an attempt to learn about aroaces, which makes me OVERJOYED?? Amir is truly a blessing, and I love that he’s proud to embody a character that’s part of our community. It’s so beautiful to finally have a proper character, a fan favorite at that, who just so happens to be aroace— and that’s another thing I love about this.

It’s never explicitly stated in the show (though it is stated in interviews), but it’s rather clear when you’re watching, isn’t it? Alastor’s aversion to any sort of sexual advancement, coupled with Rosie’s blatant “I know you’re an ace in the hole” comment sort of spell out his asexuality pretty clearly, as well as what side of the spectrum he falls upon. In addition, his Valentine’s day card was strictly platonic, which caters to his aromantic side. It feels so validating to finally be represented, to finally have a character in media who shares the same lack of interest in romance and sex as I do.

When I entered the fandom to look for more content, I kind of expected to see the same respect for Alastor’s orientation there too. But that… wasn’t the case? I am fully aware that aromanticism and asexuality are both spectrums— of course, aromantic and/or asexual people can enter those kinds of relationships. I’m not denying that and they belong in the community as much as anyone else on the spectrum.

But, the more I see the same line again and again and again, the more it feels like an excuse to just ship what you want.

Usually I don’t mind shipping? I’m often a firm believer in people shipping what they like as long as it’s harmless and they don’t go crazy over it. I also know for a fact that Viv doesn’t have a problem with people shipping her characters. They are fictional, after all.

But in this case, people are ignoring the very thing that makes Alastor a part of the aroace community! People are ignoring his lack of romantic or sexual attraction!

Is this not the same as changing a gay character’s orientation to suit a straight ship? If not, how so? I’m told that we are a part of this community, so why aren’t we being treated like it? Why is it so hard to accept the people on the end of the spectrum who aren’t interested?

Something I’ve been noticing throughout my life is that society has not exactly progressed very much on the idea of accepting asexual or aromantic identities. Maybe we have, a little, since the old days— but hell, people in “the old days”, which in truth wasn’t very long ago, believed that asexuality was a medical condition to be “fixed” by taking the right medication or having sex. That’s a pretty low bar to clear. And on the romance side, you’re seen as a “late bloomer” or “boring” if you don’t express interest. These days, being friends with someone is treated like a gateway to them possibly becoming a lover. Not getting married, not going on dates, not wanting a partner— it’s all treated like a crime when it’s not.

Maybe I’m selfish, or sensitive, or I’m butthurt over nothing, or I’m making it all about me. Maybe I’m gatekeeping or whatever the term is. But please, please, please, I just want an aroace character like me who simply is not interested in sex or romance.

And I want fandom to respect that. I admire the creations that fans make— the art, the animatics, the writing and the character analysis. And I want people to keep creating because creation is indeed a beautiful thing.

But I really would like people to treat aroace identities like they’re important. Like it’s more than just a spectrum to get wiggle room to wrangle in another ship.

#aromantism #aromantic #aroace #asexual #hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin alastor #lgbtqia #alastor aroace #PLEASE i just want people to LEAVE HIM ALONE #“but it’s a spectrum” STOP USING IT AS AN EXCUSE #RESPECT AROACE PEOPLE WITH ZERO INTEREST IN ROMACE AND SEX #let us have this #we barely get anything as it is #but just to clarify i don’t believe that most people are being intentionally rude about it #nor am i discouraging people from creating fan content because it is FAN CONTENT and you can express yourself #i just would like people to understand a little more that #yes it is a spectrum and it covers an extremely wide range of orientations #yes ANYONE who identities as someone on the spectrum is completely valid #if you wanna argue with that i am showing you the door and kicking your sorry aphobic ass out #my point is that the spectrum is not a loophole. it is not an excuse and it is NOT okay to just use it willy nilly for your convenience

[nuppu-nuppu]

Blue and red are my least favorite colors Idk how this happened

#pls forgive me I know it’s weird and it’s not something I usually do #I’m going through things #leave me alone #or don’t #gojo satoru #gojo satoru fanart #jjk #jujutsu kaisen fanart #jujutsu kaisen #art #fanart #illustration #illustrator #artist #artists on tumblr #artists of tumblr #I’m genuinely having a crisis #lol #pls be patient with me #i wanna draw but I’m just not okay #haha #do you see his six eyes #hope you enjoy this weird drawing #jdbfkrnrkfrnnfnfjf

[mens-rights-activia]

Bro I just want to create works of art and entertain people, I don’t want to be a vehicle of selling products, is that too much to ask???

#😭 leave me alone I just wanna make people laugh I don’t want to do brand deals and sell people things they don’t need 😭

[firstfullmoon]

anyway. i should just move to a brand new city & teach myself how to die

#but also don’t wanna walk alone :-( so let’s get married :-(

[sonic-adventure-3]

an incredibly rough comic. i think star fragments would taste like a scintillating phantasmagoria of light, a severe electric shock, a newfound gambling addiction, and a hint of the nastiest artificial grape flavour you’ve ever tasted. sonic is imbued with the power of slot machines now

#i don’t know how comics work in the slightest i’m just fucking winging it lmao #genuinely i’m still figuring out how this shit works so if you have any feedback id love to hear it #i think the first page would be p good with some work. the second is kind of a clusterfuck but could be salvaged #the third is just funny (i hope lol) #my art #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #sth #my comics #frontiers #sonic frontiers #doodles #all that spawned this is that star fragments look like konpeito and i fucking love konpeito but i don’t have konpeito #can’t play any games these days without thinking of her (konpeito. because theres so many star items that look like konpeito) #very unlikely this gets past this stage cause i suck at finishing normal drawings let alone comics i’ve never finished a comic before #but i do kinda wanna finish this

[designernishiki]

yuki and majima have merciless cain instincts toward one another like true siblings. 10/10 impeccable dynamic

(bonus: slightly more hq profile pics)

#yuki #majima #yakuza #rgg #goro majima #majima goro #I hate that Yuki doesn’t have a canon last name it INFURIATES me one of these days im gonna just Give her one #ryu ga gotoku #my art #rambling #I’ve learned over the past few weeks that I fucking hate drawing eyepatches. wonder who’s fault that is #I know this is just a stupid little meme doodle thing but I still hope I did maji’s nose justice #sometimes I have trouble simplifying it in my style without making it too small or too straight and I don’t wanna make it seem like that’s #at all intentional #I try my best 😔 #and YES I KNOW SHE HAS GLASSES BUT. LOOK. I HATE DRAWING GLASSES. OKAY. SHE TOOK THEM OFF FOR THIS PICTURE. LEAVE ME ALONE

[lueurpark]

mew definitely has the ability to be manipulative but he is not a manipulator and i hope this clears things up for the lot of u who seem insistent on painting him out to be some sort of depraved psychotic freak

#i wanna see mew go ham just as much as the next person but come on now #some of u don’t like book and that’s fine but leave his characters alone goddamn #ofts #forcebook #topmew #only friends the series

[multiverse239]

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#trolls #dreamworks trolls #trolls band together #trolls floyd #trolls veneer #floyd trolls #veneer trolls #THEY ARE FATHER AND SON YOU DON’T GET IT #Please tell me I’m not the only one who sees the vision #At least pretend you see it #I don’t wanna be alone #call me lulu

[nympippi]

They’re just kids and it’s just a nightmare,

#pippi art #the black phone fandom #the black phone #necromancer finney au #the black phone fanart #finney blake #vance hopper #tbp vance #tbp finney #tbp fanart #finney blake fanart #vance hopper fanart #vinney #tbp vinney #I guess??? if y’all wanna interpret it as romantic I’m just tagging but this can platonic or romantic <33 #anyway Vance has night terrors that are arguably some of the most graphic within the boys and he never likes to be alone with them #whether it’s an animal or person he likes having someone there to ground him #Finn is one of the safe spaces within the group. there are others like Bruce and Robin who are also safe for Vance #I’m not including Billy and Griffin because they are viewed as younger and I don’t see them helping Vance during an episode #Vance also trusts finney a little bit more tbh #but a close second is definitely robin just because how much he understands how Vance thinks and acts. not that finn also doesn’t but I #think Robin would understand a little better on how brash he acts ya know? #this started as me drawing sad Vance but then I included Finn because I think he’d help in this situation #I’m not really sure what else to tag in this but I headcannon vance as a very sensitive child who acts tough for his own self and others #perceptions #angst. idk if I should tag this but I guess.

[yutaleks]

If serial killer then why so attractive?? Checkmate

#‘Aleks u have a type’ tell me something I don’t know #it is a shame that the author hates him so bad cause like. I wanna fuck him #yeah he’ll kill me after so WHATTT #has anyone else read this webcomic or am I alone in this island of thirsting after some dude named ADAM 💀

[chrollohearttags]

I literally never had an issue or felt insecure abt my sexuality until I start interacting with heteronormative, allo ppl lmao. one convo and I’m ready to off myself.

#cherry chats 🍒 #rant in tags #like how am I supppsed to respond lmao #and please don’t get me started on the infantilization #‘you poor baby you just haven’t found the right person yet 🥺’ please go to hell lmao #and I’m so serious #it’s so frustrating bc you’re literally happy and then the world around you makes you feel like ur broken bc you don’t live like them #‘ur still a virgin? that’s so cute 🥺’ I literally wasn’t comfortable being around a man alone until 2 yrs ago and couldn’t tell anybody why #lmao get the fuck out my face #and I shouldn’t have to disclose trauma to justify something I’ve felt since I was old enough to understand relationships #cw discourse #cw sa implied #cw acephobia #cw arophobia #i’m sorry yall #I’m just in a spicy mood tonight #one of my old friends hmu just to talk about her man and I wanna claw my eyes out #this is why I’ve been ghost from social media for 6 mos

[shitfaced-ctrl]

HAY, so I miiight need some help with a stupid au me and my friends are doing. (It’s a sonic au btw:3)

so the gist of it is everything’s the same except all the teams are randomized, and I wanted to hear any head cannons or ideas people might have cuz we were planning on doing a small comic on it‼️

so here’s the teams (these were all pulled from a wheel):

- wave, dr starline, and blaze

- Amy rose, sally acorn, and marine the raccoon

- vector, big, and knuckles

- mighty, espio, and honey the cat

- tails, infinite, and bean the dynamite

- Sonic, rouge, and nicole

- jet, fang, and tangle

- surge, ray, and manic

- vanilla, bark, and e123 omega

- shadow, whisper, and Sonia

- silver, cream, and kitsunami

- metal sonic, charmy bee, and Dr eggman

- storm, emerl, and bunnie

sooo yeah, any ideas goofy or silly or not, is greatly appreciated :D

#IK ITS CRINGE AND UNORGANIZED LEAVE ME ALONE #sth #sonic the hedgehog #big the cat #espio the chameleon #e 123 omega #miles tails prower #knuckles the echidna #ugh actually I don’t wanna tag all of those #sonic au #sonic #sonic fandom #honey the cat #mighty the armadillo #ray the flying squirrel #chaotix #WHERE AM I

[kissmefriendly]

On a slightly more serious note, I just wanna post this before the final entry, not counting the epilogue. I’m so, so thankful for Dracula Daily. It’s been an absolute blast beginning to end, reading discourse, seeing the jokes and memes and all the art, reading theories and reactions. And getting to be apart of that! Reading this book again in this format was a hell of an experience but the fact that I didn’t do it alone, I don’t know. We’ve all gotten to experience this book in a new way in real time together. I love that. And I hope that it won’t be just a one-off event, either. And even if it is? But this? It’s been wonderful. So, thank you to everyone for collectively going nuts over a 130 year old novel. Thank you for posting and making those artworks and memes and analyses. Reminds you you’re human and not stuck and alone.

#sorry for being emotional lol #but seriously #I didn’t exactly make new friends or connections #I’m not exactly someone people like seeing post etc etc #but you know what? I got to be in the same room as a bunch of strangers while we all shared an experience #on a personal note #I looked forward to DD everyday because irl I’m pretty isolated #even online I’m isolated this is my 5th or 6th blog. and it was just nice to feel apart of a group #and yeah we still have the epilogue and all but tbh #idk I don’t want it to end #I don’t wanna go back to being alone #I loved talking about this book with y’all I loved seeing your art and theories #it was exciting! #I read this book when I was 8 and my mum had never read it and my brother was too young to #so reading has always been very lonely #but this? this was amazing #and I really don’t want that to end #it’s less about the book itself and more about the people I’ve read it with #which I guess is rather at the heart of the book #dracula daily #dracula #so long and goodnight #lol