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rodolfoparras · 6 months

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I recently stumbled upon your blog, and i just wanted thank you for doing God's work, but also I had this convo with a friend earlier this week, and I wanted to know your thoughts on it.

If you had the chance to date price, which price would you date?

Like current older price? Or younger price (just generally closer to your age)?

Personally I love an older man but something in me is so curious about younger price. Like, how would the sex be like? How would it change with age.

I guess I'm just feral for that man lmaooo

First of all thank you sm for asking me this question, this made me soso happy bc it’s different to anything I’ve gotten about Price before

Second of all when I see young Price I see a handsome man but I also see someone very dedicated to their craft or at least bound to their work. Back then he had to get his hands dirty many time so he wouldn’t feel comfortable risking the safety of another person by being in a relationship with them. I also imagine that getting his hands dirty must’ve came with many benefits, for example getting invited to banquets private parties organized by the army and that those events might’ve included a handful of hookups. If younger Price were to get into a relationship with someone it would be for the sake of having someone to do couply stuff with, to have someone to write letters to while stationed somewhere, to have someone special to visit on holidays

Older Price on the other hand seems more of the relationship type in the sense that things have mellowed down he’s burned through his younger years and is looking for something steady I think it would hit him hard if he were bound to age alone and if he didn’t fall in love with anyone yet he’d pick the first person available to date and marry I don’t think kids would be a priority because of everything he’s seen in the world but I do know he yearns to have someone to take a drink with while lazying on his porch

#pls pls ask me more stuff like this about price I absolutely love love love this #alec answers

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zuppizup · 7 months

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Hi ! I'm the gal from the whole Fionn and Tio rant and I just realised I'm kinda hyperfixated on this whole thing and can't stop thinking about it so I need to go another rant but my notes app isn't enough for it because I need to feel like someone actually gets it so here I go :

• Callum gets really petty about it and kinda just rubs it in their face whenever Fionn and Tio decide to do something couply around them .

• Callum , Rayla , Soren and Anabelle demand to be marked as the matchmakers when the two of them get married because obviously but Callum puts up a fuss about being announced head match maker because he was the one who guessed it first.

• Tio calls Fionn Fio.

• Callum becomes sappier and slightly cringy the longer he's a dad and he frequently teases Fionn and Tio and just randomly decides to go on tangents about all the times he noticed one had a crush on the other .

I legit love this! Run with it. Nonny!

I kinda have this hazy idea for teenage Tio, struggling to find her place. Feeling a little isolated for being one of the only halflings in Katolis and doubly so for just the general isolation that comes with being a member of the royal family.

Wanting to prove herself, to show shes able to do stuff on her own and she's not getting handed opportunity just because of who her parents and uncle are. She wants to learn magic, too, but not from her Dad.

She and Rayla buttheads a bit, and ultimately, Amaya and Janai offer to let her stay with them for a few months... which turns into nearly a year. Callum and Rayla go to visit obviously but they can see she's trying to figure out her place and Janai and Amaya are wonderfully supportive of her (even if Rayla suspects she lets Tio get up to more mischief than either of them admit), so they acknowledge that's what she probably needs there and then.

Tio does come back to Katolis with a wealth of knowledge and life experience as well as understanding for the privilege and difficulties that come with being a princess.

And maybe things are just that little different between her and Fionn than when she left, and she realises she missed her more than she thought she would.

#the dragon prince #tdp #rayllum #rayllum fan kids #rayla #callum #oc: tio #series: life is what happens #fic: a simple life

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odessa-2 · 1 year

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What do you think the odds are that this whole photo thing is somehow fandom generated and Sam/Cait don’t even have anything to do with it? Could be a happy accident for them. When I see the fake gf shenanigans in real time, it blows my mind how the fandom does everything for them; take KE for example: there’s no actual evidence he’s ever even met the girl, yet one blogger made it a thing and it has somehow turned it into a long term relationship and he’s off the hook that whole time. I bet 90% of this crap is made up in the same way. They barely even have to do anything themselves anymore!

It's true that the fandom takes their gaslighting bait and runs with and fills in the blanks. However this faux funeral photo fuckery has SC's paw prints all over it. Of course it would be convenient for them to blame everything on crazed fans. Not on my watch. This is a very sly tactic to absolve them (SC) yet again of any wrong doing and use scapegoats.. And I'm suspicious of various Anons pushing this theory that a fan did it. This photo and article (if you can even call it that) was likely added to the digital August addition after the fact; as in months later as a knee jerk reaction to something Cait wanted to negate. Perhaps SC were sprung or seen somewhere and panic set it. Perhaps there is evidence of her spotted with Sam looking couply at Graham's wedding?

All I know, is that there is no way that the photo was sitting undetected for five whole months! Without so much as a leak! And without Caitriona's PR not being aware of it. And if Cait's PR was aware of it (which they would be) then no way they would allow it to to print with Auggie's face been shown.

Critical thinking shows us the answers.

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ilargeicontradictmiself · 1 year

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So, twelve percent, lots of things happened

They're adorable lets start there

That intro scene was needed

I can't tell if the jealousy stuff is genuine or if they're just short of "doing couply things" or sth (im expecting and hoping that they're not actually that serious) (cake looooves to hear how special they are to each other and eiw reminding him was sweet yeah) i think if something actually bothered eiw , from the public affection stuff cake wouldn't do it, they know each other well enough i think and you can see how all the stuff that attributed to their fight becomes kind of a joke now , the tension has released i think.(take a shot every time i say i think)

I always love seeing cake talk about eiw to other people, he's just so casual with others and he brings his love and obsession into that so firmly but casually

The english was funny but im not judging what gets them on what i WILL JUDGE because THE ECLIPSE DID IT TOO: THESE BOYS HAVE VACANT HOMES, empty houses where they can go and do their thing and fOR SOME REASON bOth akkaye and eiwcake decide that THEY NEED COMPANY AROUND FOR THEIR FIRST TIMES, like babe, i get that shit happens and its realistic yeah but twice in a week is noticable and I just find it very funny that both shows waited for the ONE TIME that someone's around for their first sex scene.

I was thinking throughout the english and the whole episode really how eiw went from thinking about this stuff as something that will never happen to being showered with them, i love yous and kisses and all

The "you like girls", "i can be gay with you" was just because cake hasn't stopped to think about his sexuality beyond the fact that he liked rin and he loves eiw and im okay with that, im guessing (and maybe hoping a bit) that it's brought up again, for no other reason other than the fact that it just seems a little weird to go with the "its girls and him" thing the only ones that pulled it off for me were jackjanto and eiw probably feels it hanging over them a little bit sometimes

I too drank a lot last night and for a second eiw's little crazy "don't do drugs kids"thing worked,i am amazed, i actually felt my self thinking "yeah what the hell am i doing" wow

Friend groups in general, so nice and casual and just the right amounts of fun , love it

I needed a moment to let cake's feelings sink in, he threw me off with how he was last week and i was feeling a little defensive but it's not just that it's that we've seen eiw love and love and cake too but romantic love , romantic love so forceful and so huge so complete so all consuming, thinking about it makes me skip a breath or two they trully are each other's everything and there's SO MUCH love that comes with that. They really love everything about each other.

#my only 12 percent #my only 12 percent the series #ειμαι στο χωριο και ειναι οσο ηρεμα και οσο βουητα ειναι συνηθως και το λατρεύω #θελω καθε φορα που πινω να ειμαι εδω μετα (νταξει οχι ονγως αλλα ειναι τελειο)#πρεπει να μαθω να οδηγαω να ερχοναι

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nakunakunomi · 2 years

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TWST Idia x female reader

Reader is his good luck charm because depending on her mood she becomes lucky or unlucky.

Fluff plz

Hi, I didn't put in too much of the mood element and focused more on the good luck charm aspect of it, made it more of a superstition thing than an actual magic thing? I hope you enjoy nonetheless <3

Also just as an FYI for anyone reading this, usually I'd not accept a request worded as this one, but this one was previously discussed in PM so I'm letting it slide.

Being Idia's good luck charm HC

2nd person. Female reader.

Idia was never quite superstitious, especially when it came to his gaming behaviors. The only thing he was convinced off, was that he was a better gamer - a better anything, really- when there is no one else involved.

But that all changed when you came around. It took you a while to get through to him, for him to let you into his life at all. It took you even longer to get where you were now, a relationship where he didn’t mind having you around a lot of the time. Moreso, a relationship where he actually liked having you around, missing you whenever you weren’t around.

And it was around this stage, that Idia started noticing something. You were often around to watch him game. It was a way of bonding for the two of you initially, sitting together in silence, while he had something he was completely comfortable doing, forgetting about all the stress a social interaction comes with.

And you were perfectly happy just sitting and watching, eventually building up the closeness between the two of you, physically and mentally.

Idia started breaking his high scores. Many of them. But, only whenever you were around there to watch. Rationally speaking, he just knew it was because he subconsciously wanted to show off around you. His brain knew that. He knew that. But his heart decided that it was more of something else: you were practically a good luck charm.

He then specifically started requesting you to come by on days of important tournaments, or whenever he was about to tackle a particularly hard boss. You were always glad to do so because well, usually Idia celebrating victories meant that you could end the evening with some much-needed snuggles with your boyfriend, and the way he was always a little more talkative and snuggly on such an evening made it worth sitting with him all evening. And if it was a game you liked, it was even better.

However; Idia found out quickly that there are two sides to this coin: you can’t always be there, and not every day is a good day per se. Whenever he’s dragged you to his room to join him on such a day, he notices his scores dropping, and finds himself losing more often than not.

There comes a day when he shyly asks you if you could maybe be a little happier sometime, and while this angers you a little -he is the one dragging you out there and then he has the audacity to dictate your mood- he accidentally lets slip that he sees you as his good luck charm and everything makes sense.

You can’t bear to be mad at him for that anymore, but you do decide to set some firm boundaries, making sure to mix good luck charm time with more general couply time and other dates where you get to dictate what to do- within his boundaries of course-.

It works like a charm: victories go up, losses go down, high scores get broken and Idia unlocks one more secret move to up that luck stat of his: turns out that a girlfriend for a charm works even better if you fuel her with affection! Expect the occasional kiss on the cheek or neck if you’re sitting in his lap when gaming. Just don’t point them out, because they will make Idia overheat or shut down.

#twst #idia x reader #idia shroud x reader #idia shroud #twst x reader #twisted wonderland #reader insert #fluff #headcanons #twst hc #twst headcanon #female reader #request

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demadogs · 2 years

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i don't think they'll outright show anything that's explicitly byler, say a kiss or an 'i love you' or whatever, but i really hope and wish to see like an ambiguous handhold, or more than one, like, there are just several shots of different people holding hands, only we don't know who they are. (though I'm sure we'd figure out if one of them is byler)

idk how likely is that, but I'd love to see it :)

i totally agree. theres no way they’ll show some obvious byler content in the trailer. thats way too big of a spoiler and id honestly be really upset if they did that. i know they wont but i would hate to see a kiss scene in the trailer before knowing the context of what else was going on. i want to watch their development play out this whole season and i dont want to watch the show knowing when the kiss will happen based on their surroundings or clothes from what was shown in the trailer. so far its such a well executed slow burn that a lot of the general audience hasnt picked up on yet and then to just show a kiss before s4 drops?? no way. they wont do it and i dont want it.

i think the handheld thing might happen! but i also wouldnt put it past them to show byler holding hands IF and only if the context is them holding hands in a rush to escape danger, not just being couply. im not super confident on that but i do think its possible. what i am pretty confident about is when theres a bunch of flashes of random shots (usually they do that in the trailers towards the end, im just assuming they do this time too) there will be one shot of byler just making eye contact and thats it. and to many viewers it might look like nothing but it might be a very intimate moment once we watch and realize the context. i also think during those flashes of clips they will show mikes gay panic scene that i was just talking about that i think will happen.

#that was a lot of words my b i like talking about this #i also think that the eye contact shot will cause a mileven vs bylers war bc theyll be like THEYR JUST LOOKING AT EACH ORHER SHUT UP #i look forward to that #byler #byler tumblr #stranger things #asks #eden answers

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kanmom51 · 3 years

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bts do "gay" fanserivce just like any other kpop group does because it's part of their job and it is totally ok to acknowledge it (genuinely appalled whenever I see someone claim that bts "doesn't need it", but nevermind). that isn't the problem at all. imo the problems are: 1) too many people just can't discern what's fs and what's not. I've been into kpop since 2008. I can recognize fs. yes jikook do fs sometimes. but a lot of what they do is not. staring lovingly at each other in a very consistent way isn't fs. constantly gravitating towards each other isn't fs. knowing every single detail about each other isn't fs. spending a lot of time together off work isn't fs. going on a trip together and making a very romantic-vibed video about it isn't fs. and so on. for some people everything jikook do is fanserivce either because they're aware groups do it and so they automatically think anything that "looks gay" is fs, or because it's just a very easy way to explain away certain behaviors that make them uncomfortable. in both cases, this is maninly rooted in homophobia. 2) fanservice has nothing to do with the idols' sexualities, or the actual relationships between the members of a group. for some reason, a lot of people have difficulty grasping this concept. an idol that does a lot of fs could be straight. they could be gay. they could be a raging homophobe actually. a pairing that does a lot of fs could just be friends (or maybe not even friends) who are confortable with e/o and are having fun. they could be crushing on e/o and use fs to flirt with e/o without exposing themeselves. they could be in a secret romatic relationship. we have no idea. every idol and every pairing will deal with it in their own way. assuming an idol's sexuality or the nature of a pairing's relationship on the base of fs is stupid. yet a lot of people will do it, and the prevailing opinion seems to be "these two do a lot of fanservice so they can't be real/gay lol". and if you disagree you are a "deranged shipper".

basically this is what leads people to scream "jikook is fanserivce" to their every interaction, imo. they do see jikook acting flirty/couply, and they also know the group does fs, so it must be all fs regardless. and if they do so much fs, they can't possibly be real anyway.

it truly is disheartening because it completely disregards the members' personalities and relationships and reduces them to a performance. yes, there IS a performance. yes, part of their interactions IS a performance. but there is so much more behind it and people just refuse to see it. jikook in particular like to let us know a lot of little details about their loving relationships that show how close and special their bond it, yet we still have people claim that jk is "uncomfortable" with jm, or that they hate each other, or that it's one sided, or whatever. mind-boggling. this applies to all the ships btw. they all actual genuine relationships with each other. don't reduce therir bonds to "fanservice".

(I didn't mention the queerbaiting thing because we could discuss endlessly whether fs qualifies as queerbaiting or not. imo, the term isn't accurate in this case. they just do it because they know the fans will like it. it isn't necessarily used to attract lgbt fans, in fact a lot of these fans, including shippers, have some very obvious homophobic tendencies. also sorry for my english! I'm not trying to start an argument btw. peace and love)

Ok, anon, as a whole I agree with you when it comes to how Jikook may be perceived.

I don't fully agree with your "bts do gay fanservice" comment though. I suggest, for that, a previous ask I posted. That anon sums it up in a nutshell:

"3, What western eyes read as queer baiting is generally elaborate y/n scenarios. (These are the things they sometimes do in skits on stage or in official content. Never the stuff they do backstage in their own time.) You’re not supposed to imagine the stars fucking behind closed doors, you are supposed to imagine that one of them is you. Again, these things are created for a local audience where any other read but straight would be uncommon. The intended audience knows the rules of the game, foreign audiences do not."

In actual fact some of what that anon wrote you also mentioned, so we all really agree about this, but the "gay fanservice" is the one thing I had trouble with, and it's explained in that post.

I have written a couple of posts in the past about fanservice. You can find them here & here.

#ask #anon

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akookminsupporter · 3 years

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Too obvious anon is too funny to me. Like you can’t both say they’re too obvious to be real and then turn around and use the fact that they don’t pick each other to share a room as proof they’re not real. That logic doesn’t work. (Also, that BV4 scene also has JK hovering like a lost puppy and J-Hope calling Tae JK because that where his mind went. 🤷‍♀️)

They are also filmed in their bedrooms. The only season they did share a room we never saw a second of that footage. And, I don’t know, there is a difference in being filmed sharing a bed with a friend compared to sharing a bed with a partner even if it’s completely innocent.

The thing is that a bond like jikook’s is almost impossible to hide. They naturally gravitate towards each other, they check in with each other constantly, they have encyclopedic knowledge of each other, they make each other laugh. Trying to hide or completely suppress that would just make them miserable and that’s in no one’s best interest. But what you can do when it gets too intense is to turn it into a ha ha joke: Are you guys dating? ha ha ha.

Are they really too obvious though? To fans who watch all their content, maybe. To the general public, I don’t think so. Jikook wild out in a lot of content but so does a lot of other pairings. To realize how different Jikook are you have to watch a lot of content and you have to pay attention to nuance. (Also BTS doesn’t even have stakes in the homoeroticism race compared to many other K Pop groups. They’re way too fully clothed and “innocent”. If you want to know what it could look like watch the teaser OnlyOneOf released the other day.)

Also you have to take into consideration the simple fact that at this point Jikook can (and have done) a lot of couply things and it gets dismissed as fanservice by the fandom and flies completely under the radar for the general public. Outside fandom perspective it’s not strange for two people in the same band to hang out. It’s only dynamite to the fandom because none of the others do in the same way.

This brings me to the last point: why have vmin who are “soulmates” or any of the other close pairs in BTS rarely or never been “caught” hanging out outside work? The simple answer is this: they don’t or when they do, they don’t do normal things in public. BTS work a LOT. They see each other A LOT. They’ve lived together for years. They don’t actually need to hang out when they’re not working. They reserve that time for outside friends and family. (They’ve told us this with their own mouths. The only ones who hung out on vacation was 3J.)

So why have Jikook hung out outside work then? Because they want to. They see each other all the time but they are close enough to also want to see each other outside a work setting. It really is as simple as that.

Anon, if they are indeed a couple they most likely will never be able to come out or at least not for many many years. Maybe they just want to live as close to their truth as they can without ever fully crossing the line of plausible deniability. It’s the one thing they can do.

Several points were made.

#anon #ask #jikook #kookmin

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dojae-huh · 3 years

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In the three years you have observed jaedo and learned about jaedo, has there been any behavior that you least expect from them? For example, you think Jae might do something, but he didn't! Or is everything within your scope of speculation! By the way! Time flies! You like NCT for three years! What do you want to say or feel about NCT in the past three years @. @? Also want to know what you want to say to jaedo? Sorry, I have a lot of questions

Time flies... I lived in 4 different places, changed 3 jobs and am moving soon to a 5th location.

Doyoung blushing so hard when Jaehyun appeared in the comments during IG life. There are sides of neos we don't see and have little awareness of. Doyoung protects his personal life, so it's hard to know how romantic or mushy he really is, does his sentimentality affects his love life or not, what is important to him, etc. There is still no concensus on who is behind the couply look, who bought the couple hoodies (booze/snooze), for example. As an outsider I only see clearly his professional side.

Jaehyun having fun feeding vultures. It wasn't out of character, but it was a nice surprise to get to know how open minded he is. Very few people not interested in nature/biology are not disgusted with vultures. And Jae is not the member who regularly shows his love for animals (it's Taeyong and Taeil) to know how far his inquisitiveness goes.

I didn't expect NCT to become this big, to be honest. Granted, it's a new era of k-pop, when even female solo artists sell loads of albums, still, I didn't think the group will surpass Exo. Just shows how social platforms (vlive, YT, bubble) changed the game.

I'm dissapointed the vocal line is still not used how it should be. Sticker doesn't have songs like "No longer" or "Without you", where the vocals are very clear. Taeil showed us new hights, he really has full on flex moments, but his high notes are kind of lost on the tracks, not being focal points. Doyoung's "stay" doesn't have the same power as "Sorry that I walked away". Do has a cool line with a great delivery "3, 2, 1" in "Far", but the effect of it quickly fades away. In short, the voices are mixed in a way, that it's hard to see how strong the vocal line really is. My grievance with b-sides on "Sticker" is that I can imagine other groups sing it with autotune without a big loss to the result. I mean, it's been 5 years, "Without you" is still the best song from the vocal line. All the ballads we have are so-so.

Taeyong says that neos participate in deciding theit trajectory, but I don't believe it. I don't think it's a bad thing per se, but not all producers know how to work with NCT.

In short, I still think the potentional hasn't been fully realised (sans TaeMark, they get good tracks). Ironically, neos were weaker as singers during the first EPs, but in general they were recorded/showcased better.

Because NCT took a long time to become famous (in comparison to other SM groups), it was evident neos had a lot of fears and dissapointments. Finally, they can relax. It's nice to see everyone be so confident, energetic and hyped being million sellers. They have new freedom from doubts and insecurities.

As for JeeDo. They are doing the best they can. My only wish is for the time they can be open or, at least, free from the fear of their carrier being destroyed by antis/rumours to come sooner.

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qandgay · 2 years

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Hi! Sorry, I'm very new to this whole thing, and a big part of me still doesn't really understand. I also dont really know how this works, the whole asking on a blog thing, so if this isn't how it's supposed to work you can just ignore this! Just for context, I'm a woman.

I think I'm straight.., for the most part. It's just that I don't know if I can even consider myself bi or pan, because I've been romantically attracted to women before.. but not really sexually? Does that make sense? Does it still count? Then if that's the case.. does it mean I'll never be able to be in a relationship with a woman? Since you know, I'm only partly attracted? And you can't do all the couply things? Then at that point should I even consider myself bi? If I'm never going to date a woman? I think I'm asexual.. demi, at least, but when I've dated men in the past I was willing to do it, to humour them, for their sake, etc.. but I just can't imagine myself getting sexually intimate with a woman.. so does that mean ill never be in a relationship with a woman?

I have friends who are lgbt, and when they found out I "wasn't straight" too they got really excited.. now I just feel bad because I don't know if I'm straight anymore.. and then there's also my straight friends who don't know I'm "not straight", and since we're all mutual friends, I don't know if I should.. come out? To them too? I'm a little scared, I dont really know what I feel... it's very odd, I'm afraid of my lgbt friends rejecting me for potentially being straight, and my straight friends rejecting me for potentially being gay (yeah they're mutual friends with my lgbt friends, but I think they think I come off as very straight, so I feel like they might not take it well..).. and that's the thing, even if I am bi, I have a heavy preference for men. I have a type for women.. but I don't really have one for men, so theres a part of me that just feels like I'm pretending.. and I feel really bad, like I just want to be a special snowflake or something. If this really is wrong, could you tell me? Maybe i really am just pretending..

It's kind of bad too, I kind of wish I was more straight, or more gay, or whatever. I wish I was straight, I think it'd be easier, but sometimes I wanna date women.. there's this girl I like.. I really like her, but it also feels wrong, that I can't be with her sexually. Sure I don't get sexually attracted to people in general, but at least with men I could humour them right? I'm afraid I won't be enough for her, I feel kind of bad... That I can't provide for her like that, but I can for men? Does that mean I'm straight?

I don't really know what I'm saying anymore. A part of me wishes I don't need to tell other people whether or not I'm straight.. I just wanna like who i like.. but sometimes it feels wrong. Another part of me does want to put a label, I just want to understand, so if you could, could you put a label on me? Maybe some words of advice? r people whether or not I'm straight.. I just wanna like who i like.. but sometimes it feels wrong. Another part of me does want to put a label, I just want to understand, so if you could, could you put a label on me? Maybe some words of advice?

Thanks in advance, sorry for making it so long, and I wish you the best!

hi!!

first off, you should never ever feel pressured to do sexual things with someone if you aren't also enjoying it. relationships, healthy relationships, can exist without sex or that kind of intimacy. please know this!!! <3

i am also asexual, so i know the feeling. it sucks.

secondly, you can absolutely ID as bi or pan if you are only partially attracted to women, and if you have a strong preference for men!!!!!! you don't have to worry about whether it "counts" or not. you don't have to do "couply" things to be in a healthy and happy relationship, either!!!

im sorry you're facing rejection from some friend groups. but i can promise you, if they're your true friends, they will stick around no matter what. they should be supporting you. if those kind of jokes make you uncomfortable, do talk to them!!! communication is key!

you not being able to "humour" women with sex or sexual contact is perfectly ok. you shouldnt have to. i, myself have had a lot of moments where i've thought nobody will want me if i can't have sex with them, but that just isn't true!!!!!!

if someone says you can't have a relationship without sex, it's a red flag for sure.

you are not pretending to be queer. your experiences are real, and so so valid. im sorry you've been struggling so much. even if you end up being straight, you being ace makes you queer!! and even if every part of this was a phase, that doesn't make your experiences any less valid. they still happened and you still had these feelings and struggles.

you don't have to have a label, but you can apply one if you want! i just use "queer" myself. it's easy, and you don't have to get specific.

hope this helps <3 lots of love

#mod hollow #bi #pan #asexual #demisexual #aspec #queer #sex talk #relationships #q and gay #q and gay blog #pride #long post.

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skinner17 · 4 years

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Dissecting Red Spider Arc-The arc that non shipper find it disturbingly (For those who mind) Shippy

I’ve been watching gintama for the past couple of weeks. And since lately I encounter sleeping problem, lets turn this energy to talk about one of my favorite arc. The controversial arc that invite polarized opinion among Gintama fans.

For Tsukuyo fans, Red spider is a certain favorite together with Yoshiwara in flame and Courtesan of the nation. This arc fleshed her background and deepen her bond with yorozuya, especially Gintoki

For casual fans, this arc is the first time they see a glimpse of gintoki past, The first time gintoki in a berserk mode, the first time he act by his own volition. And somehow he appeared like a true shonen hero saving the heroine.

By then tsukuyo was far from heroine status. She just recently introduced a couple episodes back. Yoshiwara in flame focused more on Hinowa and seita story. But Tsukuyo already rose in ranking because her unique character design (in sacchan word, she has a lot of ‘hooks’) aside being badass in general.

For naysayers, Red spider arc is that arc that destroy Tsukuyo character. Reduced her into damsel in distress, mere love interest and what not. Of course its people’s right to interpret a work however they see fit. People enjoying entertainment in a different way afterall. Maybe they are a strict feminist type who wanted a true xena like character? disappointed when a strong female charachter ended up saved by the male hero? (Tho I wonder why they don’t care with preceeding events where Tsukuyo saved gintoki a couple of time)

The other would say this arc is such a big jump from previous arcs. A sudden transition they would say. And heck they’re right. Red spider arc Is different compared to other serious arc before it. Its lustrously dark, whispery, not much emphasis on family nor comedy, not much explosion nor machismo.

And more importantly, its uncharacteristically Intimate.

What do you expect? It took placein Yoshiwara-The Red light District- afterall.

The curtain raised with Jiraiya, the ex teacher of Tsukuyo, the main villain of this arc, On his post coital glow pondering about his object of creation. After enjoying the service of yoshiwara, He looked at the moon and probably feeling another rush of excitement reminiscing his dear beautiful student and the plan he’d set for her.

Not long after, Tsukuyo feel someone dangerous infiltrating her city. She and her Hyakka squad has been working hard to push down the crime that on the rise after the city lost its night king. Nearing their limit, she turned to Yorozuya, wondering if they can help with the drug problem.

Somehow, Tsukuyo and Gintoki teamed up just the two of them investigating the shady group with spider tattoo trademark. The result was assortment of classic romantic comedy skit : To-Love-Ru type of ‘accident’ and pretend couple.

Ok at this point its just natural that people start to see the two as potential couple. When they bicker they’d scream their heart silly, forgetting whatever adult persona they had in mind. Yet when the time come, they play along really well with the others bullshit act. They are on the same frequency already.

Back to the story, Later, they found out the drug lord is Jiraiya who apparently the long dead master (teacher who take care of protegee under their wing) of Tsukuyo. With his unique ability he nearly killed Gintoki and captured Tsukuyo.

Some Naysayers disappointed at this point because Tsukuyo who supposedly a good fighter became useless in front of jiraiya. Ok let me use this opportunity to explain the technicality of how that’s possible.

She was shocked.

It was a surprise attack

Jiraiya, knew his student fighting ability the best and knew how to immobilize her.

Even Gintoki Almost killed because of his weird technique

She used the last of her strength to saved gintoki from jiraiya’s final blow.

“Huh? But gintoki didn’t turned into a useless mess when he met his long dead master alive?”

Lol what are you smoking? The old master would split gintoki’s head from his body if not because Kagura’s help. Also Utsuro/Shouyo goal was to crushed the rebels and nothing to do with Gintoki. While Jiraiya’s goal was to capture Tsukuyo. Understand the difference?

Ok now that its out of my system lets continue.

Later Gintoki learned about the nature of Jiraiya and what this student-master relationship actually are from Zenzou. She-who believed every word of him and followed his foot step- was his creation and his prey at the same time. This method is sickening for Gintoki who loved his master to death.

For Gintoki a master should be more or less like shoyo. Strong, kind, wise and selfless. The kind of sage who gave his life for his student. Its infuriating to learn that a good women like tsukuyo has a psychotic monster as a master.

“see..Its not because of Tsukuyo that gintoki willingly revert to his shiroyasa self. Its because the master-student thingie that made him mad af”

Was the stuff I read from naysayers. And for this one, I kinda agree. The main thing that infuriate gintoki about Jiraiya was that he used master student relationship for some psychotic goal. As we know later, whenever topic about his own master brought on, Gintoki turned into a different beast.

Even I can see this arc’s intent beside telling tsukuyo’s past and cementing her as one of the recurrent character was also to foreshadow Shoyo related arcs in the future.

However among all of that baggage brought by this arc, theres this one dialogue that caught my attention.

G : "give up already, theres nothing in your web. This entire time there was only a pathetic little spider spinning thread into sky while gazing at distant moon"

J : "What are you babbling about?I already knew that long ago"

The ones who ascociate Tsukuyo with the moon are the one who cherish her like hinowa and the hyakka squad or the bastard who obsessed at her like Jiraiya. It’s a secret nickname people gave to her beside Shinigami Tayuu / courtesan of death. Wt

At that moment, Gintoki speak about what Tsukuyo is to Jiraiya existence : A moon to a little insignificant spider. This confirm that Gintoki understand Tsukuyo’s epithet-wich means at that point of story he is familiar toward Tsukuyo more than the viewers aware of.

To add, This is probably just me but the way he said that stuff about Jiraiya, whispering while gazing at the sky, as if its applied to him aswell.

Well, I just think that because throughout the fight he keep rambling about being on the same level as Jiraiya.

G: Do you know how to survive the spider nest? By eating the spider.

G : She is stronger than you ever be. A coward like me is enough for a coward like you

To Fight Jiraiya, Gintoki drew parrarel between himself and Jiraiya. And its not impossible that parrarel extended until that moment.

I came to the conclusion At that moment Gintoki already admire Tsukuyo. Wether her virtue, her face, her quirk or her phisycal attractiveness, it could be anything. The fact is Tsukuyo basically embodies everything gintoki like in a women.

However because of his mindset and his self sabotaging lifestyle, he understood Jiraiya’s point of view of admiring an existence that is too good for them.

The episode ended with Tsukuyo learning his master’s past and accepting his flaw after killing him. The moment when Gintoki implied that he would never be a good student to their master as tsukuyo is pretty touching too.

The last episode of this arc is a short one with majorly comedic skits. Another To Love Ru accident. And a classic wingman setup to force a couple to be alone together.

Lol too much couply stuff happening in this arc.

Later after the crazy terminator drunken stupor, Tsukuyo asked gintoki if she didn’t has this scar, would her life be any different?

At this point I realize the pain endured by her, even though she said she was fine, physically and mentally, she actually struggling with the realization that all her past was something different than she perceived to be, that rather than genuine student master relationship, its an elaborate plan by her master to kill himself.

Its like realizing that we are adopted after all this time living in a loving family. From the surface it might not changed anything because its all in the past, But it changed everything within. It changed the foundation of what we stood upon all these time.

Gintoki then assured her that her life is one that she choose, No one make her choose that. wether it’s driven by a psychotic manipulation or a trust in a teacher who wanted make her strong. The life is still hers to behold and cherish

Gintoki further assured that her face Is not ugly, Its pretty face carrying clean soul. Or something to that effect (since translation vary)

As you see “Soul” is the overarching concept on Gintama. Its like “Adventure” on One piece and “Hard Work” On Naruto. It’s the Idea that the shounen protagonist holds dear.

Shoyo first teaching to Gintoki was how to protect his soul. In the war Gintoki choose to kill Shoyo to save his master’s soul. Means he choose Shoyo over his friends and himself. In effect, one of the friend’s soul was corrupted. While Gintoki turned himself into a vessel whose purpose was merely to protect people he deemed fit and procasinating on his own growth.

Gintoki speak about Tsukuyo’s soul in her face is another testament of how deep their trust and bond has formed.

Even though Gintoki has innate ability to peek into the human character, its not his fashion to directly address it. He usually find a roundabout way to make the others understand that they are being understood. But with Tsukuyo, everything he do about her is direct.

“Don’t be a stranger, Lean on me, laugh with me and cry with me. I’d be there, cry and laugh with you ” Said Gintoki to tsukuyo.

The Gintoki who often avoid emotional baggage from a stranger.

In conclusion, Red Spider Arc is such an awesome arc. The vibe is cool, the soundtrack is awesome and its has an intense emotionally charged action.

It is also the breeding ground for gintsu shipper, wich probably gonna make some part of fandom upset. But it is what it is and we can just enjoy or choose not to.

#gintama #Tsukuyo #gintoki #Gintoki x Tsukuyo #Red Spider arc #gintsu #gintsuki #dissecting #love this arc so much i need it to get out of my system

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redxblueihateloveyou · 3 years

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I'm curious what you think the worst shipping dynamic is? And the reasoning behind it if you have any.

Thank you so much!!!

haha I do have several of those actually. I’ll include both what I think are the worst dynamics and the kind of ships that “I just don’t get why would you ship smth like that”.

1. What I actually call “a mom and a manchild”.

examples: Hatori/Chiaki from “Sekaichi Hatsukoi”, Ikuya/Hiyori.

I guess, technically there’s nothing wrong with this, if they both enjoy being this way, but firstly I just hate adults behaving like infants and I don’t think encouraging such behavior can lead to anything good, and secondly watching this just makes me uncomfortable for many reasons. And moments like when Hyori came up to Ikuya when he talked to Haru and was like “it’s too late and you can’t talk to this man, time to go home” and Ikuya went I just cracked up at this. Also when one part is basically changes the other’s part diapers, but in return gets tantrums or basically nothing or “but I wanna play with someone else tho”, it’s just a kink I do not get, like why would you want to be treated like this is beyond me.

But then I also generally dislike infantile characters, and I can’t ship smth if I don’t like both parties, so maybe bc of this. I always like the mature characters. Like even when I do know in theory that a 13 year old in reality can’t behave like Todoroki, I’m still like, I don’t fucking care, that’s the one I like xD But when 20 years old Ikuya behaves like this, I just do not appreciate it, I guess.

2. “I don’t have an identity, my identity is you or what you want me to be” category, including “my dignity flew out of the window” ones and “I just do what you do”. (I CANNOT HANDLE THIS DYNAMIC, YOU KNOW I CAN’T!!!!!!! I DO NOT WHY, BUT IT’S JUST PISSING ME OFF THE MOST OF ALL PROBABLY)

examples: Eren/Mikasa, Haru/Makoto, Natsusa/Sei from “Number24″.

Sports animes do that a lot. “The only reason I played rugby is because you played it” is a major cringe. And no, it’s not romantic. Romantic is like when you’re both passionate about this and doing this sports together makes it even better/more meaningful, that I get. Not, “I only went there bc you like it” and I’ll have what you have, I’ll do what you do. Like.. huh? You firstly a person, as in fully formed one pls, you can’t exist as someone’s trail.

Those ships always contain this one person (like Mikasa, Makoto), who are just the accessory of the other character. Mikasa’s problem is not the ackerbond, it’s her life position, she herself chosen to be Eren’s doormat. And some also find this romantic, I think, but I just hate such things. Also the truth of life: if you don’t respect yourself, your crush won’t respect you either. Just saying.

Makoto, I sincerely think, if Kisumi would be his neighbour instead of Haru, he’d be playing basketball at school lmao. Like SD has so many of absolutely terrible scenes, where Makoto just for real turns to Haru and goes “do you think I should go to the basketball club if we’re not swimming?” like dude, I’m... he’s like a walking definition of “meh” if there ever existed one. How can you do not care what you do? Like at all. This is beyond me. That’s sad. Watching him makes me sad.

I just need both characters in a ship be you know THEM, fantastic on their own, then when they’re together they become an absolutely explosive magic. It’s just a true fact.

Also there is one ship who is not quite this category, but kinda touches this theme. Ciel and Lizzy from “Kuroshitsuji”, ike the original Ciel, for whom she wanted to pretend to be a dumb damsel in distress for the rest of her life. Like fucking seriously????? You’d live like this????!!!! Fucking hell, you must really don’t love yourself like at all.

3. Humiliation isn’t my kink.

examples: Dazai/Akutagawa, Midoriya/Bakugou.

Akutagawa and Midoriya are badass motherfuckers and also wonderful human beings on their own. When they encounter Dazai and Bakugou they become sheeps. I hate seeing them like that, that’s basically it. Also humiliation is really not my kink. The whole “treat him like crap” thing. Like some things they did to them is just.. my god, I don’t like it.

Like when Dazai asked Atsushi to throw the phone moment, I literally flinched so hard watching it, I can’t even explain this feeling between the dejection and utter disgust at the fact that Dazai did it, that I felt watching it, but I fucking hated it.

4. Those who bring out the worst in each other or don’t bring out anything in each other.

All my ships literally all with no exceptions make each other the best versions of themselves, push/challenge each other to become better/brighter/happier, etc., or add to each other that piece the other was missing.

If someone makes someone feel depressed, miserable or even just simply stuck in a rut, that’s probably not it. There are some ships who just simply can’t make each other happy or even make each other unhappy and that’s a fact.

5. Ships with no development or development so tiny that you need 120 episodes and an magnifying glass to see it.

examples: I’d say, but I just don’t want those 10 year olds in my ask box again.

Hate this for obvious reasons. Because as wise ppl say “only fools don’t grow” or "if we don't change, we don't grow. if we don't grow, we aren't really living."

6. Those who are like brothers to each other and said so and don’t emmit any and I mean ANY sexual vibes or attraction in that kind of way towards each other.

examples: Harry Potter/Ron Weasley (like THE FUCK seriously), Stiles/Scott from “Teen Wolf”, Keith/Shiro.

I just cannot imagine them being romantically involved, I literally can’t. And I don’t get it. It’s like they even say “you’re my brother” thing, but also they just do not give off any couply feels and imagining this kinda make me cringe a bit, cause I have two sisters I’m very close with and their relationship remind me of our relationships so just.. no.

7. They are not each others priority. Meaning both putting someone else or something else before them.

If they don’t put each other first, I most likely probably don’t want it.

My jam is like Stucky and when they say to Steve “you do this, captain, and the whole world would think of you as a criminal” and Steve being like “fuck you, take your shield, take your idiotic hero rules, I don’t care, he matters to me more than your whole dumbass world”.

My jam is Lan Zhan who went against the whole world and a horde of stupid donkeys and fought for his baby till the end. He really didn’t care if he’d lose everything and what would other ppl think, if it meant that Wei Wuxian will be with him.

On the other hand, we have Jin Guangyao, who had Lan Xichen, but he wanted power and idiots’ love more, so he chose what he chose. Do not get this ship, like no, thanks.

As for putting specific someone else first. Rin/Sousuke, for example. I in general do not get it, but also like there are like 10 moments in the anime like in Yakusoku when Rin forgot about him, when he saw Haru during the tournament and an actual quote “Sousuke looked at Rin, who will always put Haru first”. So like... I do not get it. If you see them as a couple this is technically no good no for Sousuke, no for Rin.

8. Obviously straight ones, but “hey, I need them gay”.

I in fact just do not believe in a “straight ppl do not exist” thing. As I’ve said before there are exceptions where some characters give off the clear bi vibe, but those are pretty rare tbh. And even more rare canonically proven ones like Kanda from D.Gray-man, for example.

The moment they show some character in anime drool over some girls he doesn’t even know, but he don’t react to any of the guys like this, this just means he’s most likely heterosexual. Cause only straight guys drool only specifically after seeing random boobs. So this thing always throws me off in some ships.

99% of my ships are either canonically gay or most likely gay, but author doesn’t want to label it.

There are just lots of animes where main character/s have shown no interest in an opposite gender whatsoever like “Natsume Yuujinchou”, “Kuroko No Basuke”, “AOT”, “Number24″, “Fukigen na Mononokean”, “Tower Of God”, “Owari no Seraph” etc., but did in fact show interest in the same gender one. That I get, yes.

And btw even if you want somebody to be as I call it a “wishful bi”, I think it should be only in situations like if these characters have some absolutely wonderful/undeniable connection, not just the ship for the sake of gay ship.

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That’s probably it. Otherwise I’m fine, I think :D

#answered #anonymous #shipping #otp #anime #or should i tag notp xD #tbh 2 is my nemesis #I for some reason can't stand it #technically it's not THE worst per se but somehow for me it is

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i love this timeline and i congratulate you guys on how much effort you seem to be putting into it! however, I still can't 100% they have something, or ever had something. I do think theyre cute together and they do have. amor of questionável moments...but most of it is completly explained by a little logic thinking. I don't think two guys who grew up in small towns in Korea during the 90's/00's when there was no discussion at all about homosexuality would take this so lightly. Specially Tae, who was raised on a rural town by his grandparents. Could they have changed their minds by now? Absolutely, yes. But we also have to remember that kpop os built on encoraging performative homoerotic behavior in order to allure fans, because they know it sells. There are literally lots of testimonies from trainees that say that by contract they are obliged to do that. Sure that at this point in fame they wouldnt need to do it anymore, but they are bora dumb, they know it sells and they are well aware of the dynamics people want to see the most. Now, I do believe they love each other, but I also believe they don't make themselves that much available to one another outside working hours anymore (ex: one of the meetings for BE, the one they were diacussing the units, Hoseok said that it was hard to get all 7 of them together like that so they needed to say what they needed and get it over with), which is okay given that they lived together for years. So I do believe that most of the things taekook does that seems couply is simply performative bc they know it attracts attention, and they do it because they are confortable enough, yk? we also have to remember that asians society works very differently, men are expected to behave in a more community way. Anyways, I still think theyre very cute and If they do have something with eo or gfs, I just hope theyre happy. Once again, awsome work you two have been doing! congrats!

Kayla:hi Anon - thank you for the well wishes with the timeline. We are going to have to agree to disagree on this. If TK were solely doing all of this for marketing / fan service where is the subunit that people have asked for for years? The only subunit to trend at festa 2020 before units were announced .. Two big powerhouses who sell out everything .. yet BH never takes advantage of that? As a business, shouldn’t they want that? Why did BH visibly restrict TK or separate them in a lot of official moments? A lot of moments are subtle, caught by fan cams or sleuths .. so again, how is that marketing if it’s subtle and not bold, in your face, obvious, which is what fs is? And their actions and reactions don’t necessarily happen at concerts, where I would be inclined to agree some is enjoyed FS by them .. some of their actions are away from concerts .. and FS, by definition, is for a performance, so if it’s subtle, not at a concert .. it’s the exact opposite of that. We barely see TK anywhere in the 2019 dvd so again, and there’s a lot of other examples that are similar, so how are they selling themselves and appeasing shippers when official content in the old contracts really didn’t market them? Not only that but there are lgbtq people in every country, progressive or conservative, rural or more liberal household. It’s not like being born to a conservative family just negates out who a person is attracted to...I highly doubt Tae is professing love of LGBTQ artists, designers, photographers, etc, reading CMBYN and professing a fondness for rainbows for nothing. Besides that, people have spotted TK out and about in 2020 alone, and have commented on it. Unless you’re their best friend and know their day to day, you can’t confidently say they’re not spending time together, especially when there are people who have sighted them. Think about it, would people believe namsan without photographic proof? compound that by years .. how many times they may have spent time together but it was kept private. Besides that, I’m sure it’s hard to get 7 people with varying schedules and pursuits together. They’re all busy people and I’m sure they want to rest, have “me” time or visit with people they may not get time to see when work commitments hit. It’s not like Hobi said it for TK only. Hobi said they’re busy and need to plan the schedule out. That makes sense. Planning for a lot of people will always be tricky because you’re factoring in multiple timetables, multiple plans and preferences. That’s anyone in the real world planning for any gathering. It takes coordination.

Also BTS as a whole has been pretty outspoken about hating fanservice and not enjoying it (e.g. remember that variety show episode where Yoongi dropped the paper so they didn't have to that paper kissing game?). Plus this year has seen a very significant drop in fan service even with all their stuff from BE, including dynamite--so i fail to see how this makes sense? Also as already mentioned if BH is so aware about how much the pairings sell why don't they market them more? BTS has been around for 7 years, marketing them in the 7/8th year after none for like 3-4 years seems like a weird choice no?

Plus, Jk comes from Busan which isn’t a small town. And Daegu isn’t small either. South Korea is one of the most, if not the most technologically connected and 'linked up' countries in the world. Not being from Seoul doesn’t mean they’re in the boonies.

I’ll probably come back and edit this but I don’t see how being from a more conservative home means Tae can’t be gay (and Jk’s home was more progressive) or how Taekook are “marketed” when they’re the exact opposite of that by every definition. I’m fully aware of Kpop and shipping, but I stand by a lot of moments TK have are not on performance platforms and do not fit the criteria of fan service. Not only that, but I’ve said a million times Korea is getting more progressive. I’ve linked multiple articles with hard stats showing as much. And it takes brave people to push that change forward even more. It’s cool if you don’t see them as romantically involved .. but my stance doesn’t change on this. They don’t meet the criteria of fan service in a lot of instances and BH sure as hell isn’t marketing two of their most profitable members as a pairing, which is suspicious on its own. Unless Tae or Jk say different, their actions speak loud for me on who they are to each other.

Sara’s General Disclaimer: I may select some asks, think about them and answer in the future through either Tumblr, Twitter or YouTube. Kayla will take over the discussion section as she enjoys active debates and will make the time for it, but I still read them all. Be nice to each other 💜 As it’s natural, I may or may not differ with Kayla’s take/ words.

#taekooktimeline #asks #discussions

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p4ntry-d3m0n · 3 years

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Hi Pan, I was wondering if you could help me with something if you're comfortable.

I think I may be arospec, not strictly aromatic persay but arospec. I've been in a lot of relationships with people, and I wait to be dumped because the relationships don't feel right, they just don't, but I don't want to hurt them so I wait for them to not like me anymore. I like the idea of falling for people and living happily ever after but nothing seems to spark, I generally only fall platonically. There's people I'd want to kiss, cuddle, hold hands with and such but I don't want it romantically.

There are periods where I'm completely enamored and in love and that just came and goes at different levels. I heard of this thing on the arospec called burstromantic which is basically where people are normally aro but there are sporadic periods where their is someone who makes them feel a burst of romantic attraction, I think it fits but it's like there's something else there and idk what.

I am currently dating and I don't think I want them romantically. I don't wanna hurt em' I have a hard time telling the difference of weather or not I want to date or be oddly romantic friends.

I've been in relationships just to say I'm in a relationship tbh.

What's your opinion on this my friend

Yeah, of course, I’ll do my best to help out!!

I think if you think that you’re aro, then you might be. From what you’ve told me, it seems pretty familiar to how I would feel before I finally let myself admit that I’m aro. I would want couply things and I would want to do those kinds of things, but I didn’t want the relationship itself. When I accepted that I was aro, I started to look at things and started to see all these things about arospec and about QPRs. How you feel, it reminds me of some of the things I saw about QPRs. Sometimes people in QPRs can have aspects like that in the relationship and sometimes people don’t have those aspects in the relationship

Honestly, for me, I didn’t want to think about it too hard as to exactly where I was on the spectrum. I’m aro and that’s all I think I want to know. I’m comfortable labeling myself as that. I’m not too familiar with the term burstromantic, but I have heard of it and I get that it might not fit. If you want, you can just label yourself as aro just to start and try looking more along the spectrum to see if there’s something that fits. You don’t necessarily need a specific label, but I can understand wanting to know exactly. Just because you’re aro doesn’t necessarily mean you don’t want those things. I’m not the best at explaining it, as I only just discovered I’m aro very recently, so I’m sure there are much more reliable sources around that could help you more

As for who you’re dating, if you think you don’t want them romantically, then it’s better to break it off. I understand not wanting to hurt them, but it just hurts them more to be lead on than to be told the truth. And I understand having a hard time telling the difference between everything, but if you really think you don’t want a romantic relationship, then I think you should break it off because continuing it will only hurt them more

I don’t know if this helped and I apologize if I seem very misinformed or ignorant, I only just recently discovered I’m aro, so I’m not completely well informed lol

If anyone arospec sees this and has anything they’d like to correct me on, please do so I don’t make any mistakes again

#asks #an anonymous hellion #aro #arospec #aromantic

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