#than romantic ones

[snoweylily]

Happy Platonic Valentine's Day to all my aro/ace pals!

#valentines day #platonic love #aromantic #asexual #aroace #platonic relationships are just as valid #(if not more so) #than romantic ones #so have some thoroughly platonic love #this hell holiday

[notbrucewayne48]

"aphobia doesn't exist"

bitch literally not that long ago an aroace youtuber animator was insulted by almost half of its community for being it

#i did some research about it and found out that the problem was principally that she had previous experience in the romantic area #so people just didn't take her seriously and said she was lying #even though she stated multiple times that she wasn't comfortable in those situations #now things are more calmed but damn #mind your own bussiness #i believe she knows more about herself than you #sorry if i offended you with this comment but i hate how aro/ace/aroace people are always left behind #insulted and rejected because they “dont know what they are talking about” #or because they “just have to wait for the right person” #or because they are “psychopaths and they are missing something” #i love that animator and she helped me realise a lot about myself #and now that i know the context i think i will start making a list and killing aphobes one by one #aromantic #arospec #asexual #aroace #acespec

[clownsuu]

The fact that you depict characters as both aroace and in relationships makes me actually so happy because everyone always thinks that shipping is off the table for those characters and forgets sex/romance stances exist, you filled me with so much joy ;w;

It’s a weird stereotype indeed smhh (harmful even) making it sound like individuals who are aro/ace are incapable of being/falling in love- or just being able to feel love in general

#The sus does not equal love nor does romance #You can do the sus and/or have romantic times with someone and not even love them #Sadly in almost everything we see in media n shid makes it that at least ONE is required #Which is dumb the fard #Aroace individuals (such as myself) express our love and affection vastly different than non aroaces out there #We can still be in completely loving and supportive intimate relationships with our partner(s) #And not be able to feel sus or romance (but can still enjoy it) #Also howdy and Wally got them aroace colors on them dawg they know who they are lmAO #Welcome home #welcome home wally #welcome home howdy #howdy pillar #wally darling #wait until people find out there are people out there who are aroace who do sus work and are happily married- #Wallypillar

[knifearo]

ultimately when it comes to shipping and fandom space treatment of aspec characters i just don't accept "aro/ace people can still date/have sex" as an answer from nonaspecs. like yeah. mhm. okay. now i think we both know that you're not saying that out of real interest in the diversity of aspec experiences. so you can turn in your seventeen-page essay on why and how you plan to examine this character's aspec identity within the context of a romantic or sexual relationship complete with evidence from canon and peer reviews from multiple aspec people within the next week or i'm putting you in the pit from the edgar allen poe story

#you know. the one with the pendulum #'hey. why are you as an allo person shipping this aspec character like this' #'oh aspec people can still date/have sex!' #'yeah. now can you answer the question that i actually asked you' #like goddamn just say you don't care they're aspec and you want to fulfill a sexual/romantic fantasy with them. that's Fine #it like. sucks. for sure. lotta aspec people will be unhappy with you. but everyone is entitled to their own wants and experiences. #but i'd prefer you just be honest with it rather than using our community's conversation points as retroactive justification #and ONCE AGAIN. you guys are real fucking cavalier with this shit and it shows a real fundamental lack of respect for aspecs #when most of you would NEVER ship a canonically gay character with the 'other' gender. cause again. it would suck. #you can do it. nobody's Stopping you. but it would suck. #and we understand that putting a queer character in situations that erase that queerness is shitty! until it comes to aspec characters! #and whoa... there it is again... people don't consider aspec identities to be queer... crazy how it always comes back to that #anyway. you all know what i'm talking about. have seen many posts about this lately #it is [ long sigh ] unfortunately a very hot button issue with the advent lately of alastor hazbinhotel #which. again. god i wish there were other canon aspec characters to be having this conversation about. #but we'll have to do our best with what we have #aromantic #aromanticism #arospec #aroace #talking #aspec #asexual #asexuality

[aromantic-diaries]

Aro joy will always be more important than forcing yourself to fit amatonormative standards btw

#aro #aromantic #arospec #yes some aros want romantic relationships. and it's more than okay if you're not one of them

[chirpsythismorning]

Bringing this back bc I think we as a society moved on too fast

#byler #sitting in silence and thoughtfully listening to the person you're in love with blabbering on and just sitting there like #LET ME PHOTOGRAPH YOU IN THIS LIGHT #you could easily make the argument byler is endgame based solely on the number of parallels they have over the seasons #why is there so much dedication and intricate planning put into scenes for them? #why do i have to have almost every scene have at least one frame by frame callback to another scene with them? like?? #literally more parallels and callbacks than all the existing romantic pairings combined... #and the parallels are always deep and pointing to it being requited... #friends? #it's not that deep? #except with byler it always is

[emkini]

Rest assured that whatever your league is, they are very much out of it.

(I know Zukka is the big thing rn and I do enjoy it very much but. there is something about Maiko that I will never not love. The acespec solidarity is real with them)

[ID: A lineart drawing of post-canon Fire Lord Zuko and Mai, standing together in elegant robes and looking at the viewer with unimpressed expressions.]

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #mai #maiko #atla fanart #em draws #listen it's about. #the way Mai doesn't put up with ANY of Zuko's bullshit #they're a fun duo i think #but like. they've got more of a working relationship than a romantic one you feel #Also Mai being taller than Zuko isn't a hill I came here intending to die on but fuck it #Zuko should top off at like 5'6 or 5'7. Max. Mai is a solid 6'0 #the only one taller than her is Aang #who I think should be some fuckoff height like 6'3

[spadoodle]

Goth Uncle Astarion.

#my art #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 astarion #astarion #astarion ancunin #vampire #high elf #elf #dnd #Goth Uncle Ryan.png #i actually think that hed be more new wave than goth #but thats just me #but one thing is for sure #he is 99% dark romantic #and thats in regards to fashion and not music #music is 100% baroque #though #he does visually remind me a bit of Peter Murphy? #just the slightest

[beanghostprincess]

I want to be poetic and say something about fate and religious imagery and Zolu being soulmates but right now I can't stop thinking about how homoerotic this whole scene feels and how bad they wanted to make out sloppy style from the second they met

#i am so romantic i know #but seriously hear me out there's just something about these frames #luffy with zoro's swords too like #and the way wano animated it #idk how to explain it it's just extremely gayer than usual #one piece #roronoa zoro #monkey d. luffy #zolu

[yardsards]

i love you, media without romance

i especially love you, character-centric media that explores the bonds between characters but still has no romance

#eliot posts #aromantic #this is about infinity train #intr #i sometimes choose to interpret ryan and min gi as romantic but i like that it's my CHOICE #other than that it's like #the book 1 VILLAIN is the only one w a romantic arc #beyond that there's pretty much nothing other than a RARE few second gag #the closest we get is we see a few seconds in a montage of ryan repeatedly getting broken up with #but the whole POINT of that scene is he is chasing things that don't make him happy #this post is also A Little about 17776 but it doesn't fit the croteria exactly but it kinda fits them in spirit if that makes sense??????

[banglatown]

.

#i rly spent 5 hours arguing w/ a man and it’s only #made me #love him more???? how odd lool #i was abt to say we’re platonic but honestly i’ll forever maintain tht platonic relationships are superior and shouldn’t be viewed as lesser #than romantic ones #beebs.txt

[oatbugs]

last night i got home kind of tipsy and very much in tears and my mother told me the force you exert to keep someone in your life is proportional to the force with which they will leave your life. if you have to fight tooth and claw to keep them, their leaving will be just as hard, just as harsh, and just as definite.

#she said it like a law. its just momentum. #also she told me to get a therapist and start archery ASAP bc i need to get it together #and also she said even granting that this person u were in love w was So Special . as in hot motorcycle-riding iranian masc lesbian in ldn #they arent the only one on earth and that once i start my proper adult life outside of studies etc etc i will probably no longer live in th #UK. she said most non straight iranians u would like have left the country anyway . where do you think they went? theyre out there #and also she asked me to imagine how many hot gay iranians there may be in italy or amsterdam or smth and i was like ok points 😭 maybe #ur right. anyway i was having a feeling of dread bc crying into the arms of ur strict asian mother while buzzed usually results in #death chaos destruction etc in the next few days but actually i think maybe she has genuinely changed as a person and the fear is #unwarranted #anyway i need to eat breakfast and study w the date person i met yesterday #they are so nice ??? genuinely so so sweet i dont feel attracted to them at all omg i genuinely think i have a thing for hot evil ppl 😭 #but we could b besties . theyre a lot more romantic than the ex situationship person too like generally . ugh they should be perfect but #alas it appears i am shallow as fuck or potentially a lesbian actually #OH THEY MIGHT ALSO BE POTENTIALLY A LESBIAN BTW #i think i just tend to not date cis ppl entirely by accident #....feel free to rb if u want btw sorry for the rant

[hakucho-art]

hi can you draw fem ladynoir being gay and smoochy with flustered ladybug pls. no this isn't alizeh i am just a random admirer

Of course, non alizeh. There you go have your gay ladynoir non @rosekasa uwu

#when I first saw the beginning of the ask I was already like #anon I think you’re asking the wrong blog fbdshjf #clicked on the wrong button #and then I saw the rest #this one feels more romantically intense than the tousako one LOL #anyway #ladynoir #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #ladybug #chat noir #miraculous ladybug #how tag ml stuff… #mlb #asks #haku's art #ladybugs gay awakening

[arromantica-lucha]

the fact that my friend discovered she was demisexual and aromantic because she met me and i explained what those were is why its so important that aspec identities get talked about in the real world and not just online cause a lot of people just wont ever be in these spaces

#and im not saying its the job of every individual aspec person to inform the public about everything #but if there are groups you are capable of talking about it with or there are ways to sneak it into the mainstream more and more #thats how more people get to stop living miserable lives since they didnt know these identities were possible #cause she was MISERABLE thinking about her past romantic relationships and being in any future ones #and now we have sex and hang out and thats so much more fulfilling for both of us than how we lived before #aromantic #arospec #aspec #asexual #aroace #aroallo #alloaro #queer #acespec

[cemeterything]

terror codependency chart

#🐉 #you may question why goodsir is so high up in the decapitation zone. well thats because what he did with that monkey #convinced me that hes the kind of freak whod keep bits of a dead loved one in a jar and think it romantic. #as for the rest some of them were easy (jopson. hickey.) and others were a nightmare #especially jfj and silna who i decided is only less codependent than some people here by necessity #anyway. apologies if your favorite cold boy isnt on here but i couldnt squeeze all 129+ guys in so i had to be selective. #the terror

[sarcasticbeanie]

it’s time for a life-changing roadtrip i guess

[ID: A full body drawing of Jason Todd and Roy Harper from DC Comics. They are sitting on the top of a red van, talking to each other. Jason has dark hair with white stripes at the front, and is wearing a grey T-shirt saying “I’m a Jersey Girl. 1. Dirty mind, 2. Caring friend, 3. Potty mouth, 4. Good heart, 5. Smart ass, 6. Kind soul, 7. Sinner, 8. Thick thighs. I never said I was perfect”. He’s also wearing black pants, and brown combat boots. He has scars on his face, neck and arms. He’s wearing black nail polish and simple black bracelets. He has a hearing aid in his right ear. He is gesturing at Roy with one hand, and holding a Sprite can in the other. There’s an open book on his lap. He looks like he’s complaining. Roy has ginger hair, and is wearing a green trucker hat backwards on his head. He’s wearing a white tank top with a yellow arrow pointing up on it, blue jeans, and black and white sneakers. He has brown archer gloves on both hands, and has a grey prosthetic right arm. He's holding a coke can in one hand, and pointing a finger gun at Jason with his left. He's sitting on a green pillow. He’s smiling. The van they’re on has blue curtains at it’s windows, and has its door open. In the van there’s a table with a map, an arrow, some tools and a few screws on it. Under the table, there’s a box with soft drinks and snacks. There’s a sofa on each side of the table. The red hood helmet is on the left sofa, and there’s a purple blanket with the spoiler symbol and a yellow pillow with the signal symbol on the right sofa. On the wall of the van, a brown jacket and a black trucker hat is hanging on the left side. There are pictures hanging on the right side, depicting Roy’s daughter Lian, and members of the batfamily in a simplistic style. A sunset over the sea can be seen through the side window of the van. End ID.]

#beanie art #dc #jason todd #roy harper #royjay #jayroy #r they romantic? besties? qpr? i literally don’t know. #the id makes the drawing seem a lot more detailed than it is. screams #Jason is demi and/or aroace. to me. #I hope the ID is sufficient!!!!!! i don’t quite know how to do one so thank all of y’all who taught me #also I want to see a red-arse roadtrip so so bad. it would be fun I think. #red hood #arsenal #lian harper #batfamily