#Arospec

[sortingmyideas]

Male character: I'm not attracted to women.

Fandom: Oh, he's gay.

Female character: I'm not attracted to men.

Fandom: Oh, she's a lesbian.

Any character: I'm not attracted to anybody.

Fandom: Well, we don't know that they're ace/aro/aroace. It's open for interpretation. They're not canonically ace/aro/aroace unless they specifically say they are.

Hmmmm. I wonder why we're so frustrated in fandom spaces. I wonder if there's a reason.

[esper-the-nekomancer]

I was born trans and I was born aro/ace you can not erase me mother fuckers

[whimsical-laboratory-tragedy]

[artsymeeshee]

More Aro Pines because I love dem 💚🤍🩶🖤

[auraxite]

Fr, like I’m sorry I have eyes and admiring the presence of seeing my friend before me

"Friends don't look at friends that way" coward. You don't look at your friends with awe and adoration in your eyes? You don't look at your friends and think "this incredible human being has chosen to listen to me ramble about my hyperfixation"? You don't look at your friends and think "I want them to keep laughing forever"? Why the fuck not

[lxshky13wp]

I really, REALLY like the fact that there are no canonical romantic relationships in tadc, and seeing an actual representation of platonic attraction/relationships makes me incredibly happy.

[aroacesafeplaceforall]

HAPPY THIRD EVER INTERNATIONAL AROMANTIC VISIBILITY DAY

(5th of June)

[aspecmemesdaily]

Source | Day 58

[aro-and-ace-propaganda]

If you're asexual, you're immature, an innocent bean who hasn't found the right one yet.

If you're not, you're a player, an abuser, a misogynist that takes advantage of women (if you're perceived as a man) or a whore (if you're perceived as a woman).

There's no winning. The goal is to throw you back into the closet.

gotta be honest, i hate the whole oppression contest between romance-favorable and romance-averse aromantics that’s going on right now. both of those groups are pressured to act like the other. you know why? because people just don’t like us being aromantic. that’s it. nobody’s more privileged than the other, at least not in this context.

if you’re alright with being in relationships, then you’re told you’re not really aromantic. the goal is to make you doubt you’re aromantic.

if you don’t want to be in relationships, then you’re told that aromantics can date, so you should! the goal is to make you more palatable, to make you romance-favorable so then, they can gaslight you into thinking you’re not actually aromantic. or they just straight up call you heartless (shoutout heartless aros, love you guys <2) and/or inhuman, but thats just their true colors showing. they think that of all aros.

and the aromantic people who says shit like that? they’re trying to throw the group they’re not part of under the bus to make themselves either more palatable or less ‘confusing’. they’re scared.

nobody’s winning here. let’s all just shut the fuck up for a second and recognize that these people just don’t want us to be aromantic. that’s it. doesn’t matter if you’re romance-averse, romance-favorable or anything else. they just want us to conform. and if you’re accusing the other side of being responsible for your oppression, you’re playing right into their game.

[sortingmyideas]

If you really cared about grey-aro/aces you wouldn't only bring them up when you could use them as an excuse for shipping.

[i-suggest-aro]

OC idea: an aromantic god who's absolutely SICK of people marrying in their churches

Have a swell evening(/day/afternoon/incomprehensible time category from a different dimension)

MAGNIFICENT. someone get on this asap

[applepixls]

15 years later, bbc’s 2010’s sherlock is widely regarded as massive queerbaiting that left a lot of people disappointed but i think theres more value in a different reading even though the outcome was disappointing

admittedly i am one of the people disappointed by the lack of romance despite clear signals and such between john and sherlock and ive always thought of the ‘sherlock is ace’ claim as the writers hiding behind a less known identity as a way of saying ‘you cant get on us for not being woke enough’ but i need to propose a read that genuinely helps me cope with existing

sherlock being aro/ace means that despite having nothing other than platonic attraction towards john will go out of his way to keep him safe, pull him out of the line of fire, plan his wedding, save him from himself. and john in this interpretation is exactly the same. sherlock is his friend and ex-flatmate and he will do anything for him. he will trust him blindly, he is willing to die, kill and live for him.

this also means that mary, johns romantic partner, encourages their friendship, even leading them to get closer and telling them to stick together because she knows they need each other and will find as much fulfillment in that relationship as any other type of relationship and doesnt feel threatened by their friendship.

sherlock pledges himself to john, mary and rosie with the intention of repaying them for all theyve done for him

all of this means to me, an aro/ace person, that this exists. it can happen, it can work. there will be people out there who are willing to jump to battle stations with me just because we are friends. there will be people whose partners wont be jealous or insist we be less close and understand how much i need friendship to survive. this reading of sherlock gives me hope that there are people out there for me. that i can be ok.

[hearty-uncle-goblin]

My aroace struggle is that I'm on the aroace spectrum, but I'm not "completely" aroace. Sometimes, I can feel something. I have a partner. My love is mainly platonic, but romantic and sexual also, but less. My love and desire are not in a "normal" amount for society, but also, I can't fully associate myself with most of aroace posts. It's not about "I'm not normal" or "other queers are evil and forgot about me", no. Just venting.

[help-i-lost-my-gender]

My first drawing for Aggressively Arospec Week! It's James from Team Rocket :D

[cheesecakeislazy]

Just reposting this as a Panromantic demisexual- yeah tmi but my boyfriend and I are intimate!!! I find enjoyment in sexual acts but ONLY with someone I have a deep connection with. Yes- I am allowed to make jokes or even say the words “smash” to a character or person even if in reality I would not actually “smash”!

I am slightly sex repulsed when it comes to REAL people, but I am okay when it comes to fictional characters. Not everyone is the same. I may be very different than your fellow asexual. I’ve stated that I am fine with practically any type of genitalia- I don’t give a damn about gender when it comes to relations of any kind, what I do care about is if I’m genuinely interested and attracted to this person.

I HAVE HAD CRUSHES WHERE THE THOUGHT OF SEX DISGUSTED ME-!! Asexuality is a spectrum and I am tired of people thinking it’s black and white. Guys- the flag is literally not lol