Even if I wasn't trans and bi my aroness would make me so extremely queer
Romantic relationships are the norm, not wanting them ever and not being romantically attracted to people is seen as literally inhuman. Especially when you're afab.
When you're raised as a "woman" everything in your life, every decision you make, 24/7 365 days a year is dictated by potential romance.
"Don't dye your hair or get a tattoo, your future husband won't like that"
"Don't get that job, men don't like women who earn more than them"
"Don't work out too much, your future boyfriend will feel emasculated"
"Dress like this to attract a man"
"Men like this kind of personality"
"You'll need to learn these skills so you can be a good wife someday!"
"You need to dedicate time to putting yourself out there! You can't spend all your time doing [thing you actually enjoy]!"
And yeah, it's linked with misogyny and women have been choosing to be single and childless for centuries despite the norm but the fact that it's not my choice is what makes me queer.
I didn't choose to not feel romantic attraction. I didn't choose to be averse to romance. I didn't choose to be aromantic.
I didn't choose to oppose the norm, I was born outside of it. And that's what queerness is all about.
(And yes, cisgender heterosexual aromantic men are 100% queer, I'm just speaking from my own personal experience)
[This post is about aromanticism, do not derail or tag as ace/asexual/aroace]
Doesn't arospec people already have a mythological creature as symbol? I've always heard our symbol was a griffin/gryphon
I think if ace (and aspec) people have dragons as a symbol, then perhaps aros (and arospec) people could have sea serpents as they are often mistaken for one another however are completely different with a few similarities.
if you see a male character kiss a male character, you assume they are gay.
if you see a female character kiss a female character, you assume they are a lesbian.
if you hear a character say they don't feel like their gender, you assume they are trans.
so why do a-spec characters have to jump through so many loops?
a character saying they've never had a crush or don't want a relationship or that they don't understand romantic love is so often ignored or used as fodder for other queer or autistic headcanons (reinforcing stereotypes that aroace people are secretly gay or always autistic)
why is it that our stories are always "up to interpretation"? why do we have to wait for the words aromantic or asexual to be said to be taken seriously? why is it that even when characters say they don't want relationships, fans will scream and cry about sex/romance favourable aspecs and qprs?
when it comes to gay and trans characters, even the likes of bisexual lighting is often treated as though it canonises their sexuality. for aroace characters, even the most explicit coding possible is swept under the rug in favour of other "interpretations"
i'm so tired of fighting for representation just to have it ignored and minimised by fans. let characters be aroace. please.
Sorry I've been like, dead for a while! I come back with an animation meme!
TW FOR BRIGHT COLORS CHANGING FAST
This took like, all day to make lol. Cody is a sad boi who gets rejected a lot and he needs some hugs. His eyes also change with emotion :'3 He is very much a comfort OC and I animated him bc I needed some comfort TwT
Cody's Toyhouse page https://toyhou.se/22950248.heartbroke... He needs a new ref sheet lol
Original by LupisVulpes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnJ3l...
I deleted my inkblot account, and what's my opinion on it? I didn't like it, it's too buggy, on the app, the searching tool doesn't work, the home page doesn't work, the unfollowing system is weird, on the PC the layout is weird, it took me more than 10 minutes just to find out how to log out my account
I don't recommend it
Edit: I forgot to say one more thing, for some reason, u can't visualize the website neither any account unless u are logged into your account, which makes it very useless if u use the site as your portfolio