#all y'all aces are valid

[goddammit-sam]

[eevyerndracaneon]

I love having my own headcanons for the identities of Sonic characters bc it is very different from what most ppl on this site hc

[skythanlmao]

[psychicmisfortune]

aphobes are coming back from twitter so this is a reminder:

this blog welcomes ALL ASPECS. aromantics, demiromantics, grayromantics, lithoromantics, aegoromantics, aroflux folks, asexuals, demisexuals, graysexuals, lithosexuals, aegosexuals, aceflux folks, aroaces, aroallos, alloaces, allohets, hetallos, ace pans/bis/lesbians/gays/polys/anything else, aro pans/bis/lesbians/gays/polys/anything else, and anything else i didn't list.

y'all already know you're valid as fuck. keep going, y'all are awesome.

[redysetdare]

Taking these phrases away from the Aro and Ace communities until they fucking learn to behave themselves and act normal about Non-partnering, Repulsed, Loveless, and Aplatonic ppl.

Bonus phrases being taken away that I couldn't put on meme without it getting crowded include: "But Aros and aces can still enter QPRs!!!" "Aromantic ppl can still be in relationships!" "Asexuals can still have sex!" "We're not all heartless freaks!" "We can still love our family and friends!" and other phrases that ignore non-favorable and non-partnering groups of ppl.

and I REALLY shouldn't have to put this but y'all really like reading shit that's not there but : NO this is not saying that there isn't a time or place for these phrases. this is saying that this shouldn't be the only response given because it ignores the existence and validity of repulsed, non-partnering, loveless, and aplatonic people! by only defending favorable experiences you are saying "Its ok to still attack the experiences your attacking but just know that not ALL of us are like THAT so WE shouldn't be attacked"

DO NOT DERAIL THIS POST!!!! THIS POST IS NOT ABOUT FAVORABLE, PARTNERING, OR ALLOPLATONICS!!! DO NOT RESPOND WITH "But favorable/partnering people -" or "but platonic love-" THIS POST IS NOT FOR YOU.

[artsyaech]

shoutout to aspec folks!

shoutout to asexuals

shoutout to aromantics

shoutout to aplatonics

shoutout to asensuals

shoutout to analterous folks

shoutout to anaesthetics

shoutout to demisexuals

shoutout to demiromantics

shoutout to demiplatonics

shoutout to demisensuals

shoutout to demialterous folks

shoutout to demiaesthetics

shoutout to gray-aces

shoutout to gray-aros

shoutout to gray-any-other-attraction

shoutout to aceflux folks

shoutout to aroflux folks

shoutout to any-other-attraction-flux folks

shoutout to aroaces

shoutout to aroacespecs

shoutout to aegosexuals

shoutout to aegoromantics

shoutout to aego-any-other-attraction

shoutout to cupiosexuals

shoutout to cupioromantics

shoutout to cupio-any-other-attraction

shoutout to acespikes

shoutout to arospikes

shoutout to any-other-attraction-spikes

shoutout to reciprosexuals

shoutout to reciproromantics

shoutout to reciproaroaces

shoutout to recipro-any-other-attraction

shoutout to alloaces

shoutout to alloaros

shoutout to omniaspecs

shoutout to eclectio aroaces

shoutout to sex-favorable aces

shoutout to sex-indifferent aces

shoutout to sex-repulsed aces

shoutout to aces who enjoy sex as an activity

shoutout to aces who enjoy erotic media

shoutout to romance-favorable aros

shoutout to romance-indifferent aros

shoutout to romance-repulsed aros

shoutout to aros who enjoy romantic media

shoutout to aros whose favorite type of media is romance

shoutout to autosexuals

shoutout to autoromantics

shoutout to auto-any-other-attraction

shoutout to autospecs

shoutout to bellussexuals

shoutout to bellusromantics

shoutout to bellus-any-other-attraction

shoutout to quoisexuals

shoutout to quoiromantics

shoutout to quoi-any-other-attraction

shoutout to fraysexuals

shoutout to frayromantics

shoutout to fray-any-other-attraction

shoutout to apothisexuals

shoutout to apothiromantics

shoutout to apothi-any-other-attraction

shoutout to orchidsexuals

shoutout to orchidromantics

shoutout to orchid-any-other-attraction

shoutout to loveless folks

shoutout to lovequeer folks

shoutout to acespec folks who don't specifically label themselves

shoutout to arospec folks who don't specifically label themselves

shoutout to acespecs who experience sexual attraction

shoutout to arospecs who experience romantic attraction

shoutout to acespecs who experience romantic attraction

shoutout to arospecs who experience sexual attraction

all of y'all are valid as hell

[musashi]

it's so good to see other people making posts about the relative lack of nuance, understanding of interpretative text, and reading comprehension of the ace attorney fandom. y'all know it drives me crazy, how people more or less just project whatever they want to onto the characters and then get mad at you when you tell them it never happened in the games.

but i will say, one thing that a lot of newcomers to the aa fandom are missing, something it took me ages to find out: a TON of the people in the ace attorney fandom... just straight up have not played ace attorney. or, they played one or two games and fell off. even i myself have not played the sequel trilogy yet.

a huge chunk of the ace attorney fandom get the story SOLELY from the fandom. but they do not actually have the text anywhere in their mind. several others played the game ages ago but have not revisited it, and subsisted solely on fanworks since then.

i got into AA in the past few years, and i theorize this is why i feel such a disconnect from the fandom. furthermore, my autistic predilection to infohoard and obsessively play the cases over and over and over again means i have every minute character detail fresh in my head. whenever i find someone with similar bafflement and negative opinions on the fanon as me, it usually turns out they too are a newcomer!

i think the reason the AA fandom is so reliant on incorrect flanderization and fanon is because a huge chunk of them are all playing a game of telephone. literally, character interpretations have been passed around so much and no one is re-experiencing the games, and as a result no one remembers what is canon anymore.

i use this example a lot but it still baffles me to this day: i'm a known manfred liker, right? lots of people try and debate me on if he's a child abuser or not (i don't care as long as it's written well, but i don't think it's in the text) and one of the points they constantly bring up is that phoenix wrote letters to miles when he disappeared, and manfred burned those letters.

this did not happen.

not only did manfred have no part in anything of the sort, but phoenix literally never wrote letters to miles. the only thing phoenix says about it is that he tried contacting miles "countless times," but he does not explain how, when, over what period of time, or any such details.

to me, "manfred burned the letters" is certainly a valid interpretation of the text. but so is "miles edgeworth is a disaster human who 100% would reject any attempts from phoenix to reconnect because he believes a part of him died in that elevator too."

but as previously mentioned, the ace attorney fandom, alongside everything else, has no concept of nuance. characters are either victims or abusers with no gray area in between. miles is a victim (he is) but to reject poor sweet phoenix (also a victim) would tip the scales (haha) toward him being... a bad guy! so we introduce manfred (abuser) into this equation. there. problem solved.

but if i walk into the scene like "hey, that's a headcanon, this did not happen in the text, personally i think it's more realistic that miles rejected phoenix's attempts to reconnect because he is a traumatized adolescent making foolish decisions." 30 people are gonna point at me like SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU CONDONE ABUSE? and i will just sit there blinking, perplexed.

this happens like, three times a week.

tl;dr a massive chunk of the aa fanbase hasn't actually played aa recently or ever they just get all their info from wrightworth fanfic and incorrectquotes posts

[microwaved-garlic-bread]

It's that time of year again! Happy Ace Week y'all! It feels great to be seeing so much Ace Positivity again. To all of my fellow Aces, I wish you a very happy week. Remember that you are valid!

[bloggingboutburgers]

So, I'm ace (sex-repulsed). And yet, I feel like a misfit even among other aces because I don't even like *reading* about smut (not even in fanfiction). Almost every other ace person I've talked to in fandom has no problem with smut, which only further makes me feel like there's something wrong with me. (And is it weird that I especially hate content about smut in fandom- both art and writing- than any other form of media, especially involving my favorite characters?)

Oh bruh. I feel you. I feel the same. I'm on the same plane as you on this one. And I do feel alone in that sense as well.

I don't want to accusatorily point at smut, in fanfiction or not, as if it's something that shouldn't happen and should be shamed. And I don't want people to jump to that conclusion when I say I just can't with smut (even though sadly people WILL a lot of the time because who needs nuance amirite?). Y'all do y'all, live and let live, but that should apply to us too. I'm just saying I wish this weren't pretty much the main thing I see most times, when I try to look up how fandoms explore character dynamics.

I feel the same and I think you're valid. Heck I think EVERYONE on that scale is valid, which means US too.

But yeah. Legit cannot with smut. Typically anything I see that hints it's gonna go into smut give me a gut reaction like "Nope *Closes page*". I know a lot of talent and thought went into smut typically and I don't wanna disvalue that, just definitely not my thing at all, and there's already a more than ample audience for it so I don't really feel that bad about personally giving it a pass.

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

am I asexual/aspec

y'all since ace/aro is being discussed rn I figured at least someone will be able to answer a question I've had for many many months

How do I know if I'm ace 😭 help a man out please

I know I'm not aro but more and more I'm getting the suspicion that I am ace or aspec. But half the people I mention it to say shit like "oh you keep making dirty jokes you can't be ace" like wtf mate

anyway love to all aspec and arospec people you are all so valid and loved and amazing and the aphobes can shove their tongues and fingers in a paper shredder

[ghouljams]

Ghoul maybe it’s bc I’m acespec but I’ve always related the most to betas and have always felt that they should be the rarest and not alphas or omegas (I also hate the idea of rare meaning that people may only know like one, 1% of a million is still 10,000)

You're totally valid in this my love, I am saying that right out of the gate. I love when acespec folks weigh in on kink and fic tropes like this because y'all provide such an interesting perspective that I (as an allo person) don't have.

I think this is one of my issues with traditional a/b/o as well. The way that betas are treated and categorized feels very much not only as a cultural other, but also as sexless. Which is great for acespec folks, but also makes me wonder about ace omegas or ace alphas.

I am firmly against any endotype being considered "rare" simply because again I view it as a sliding scale.

Lets say this is the Alpha-Omega scale with Alphas as yellow and Omega as blue. A "true" beta would be that nice green in the middle, but really anyone could be anywhere on this scale. Betas would range from high spectrum(leaning alpha) to low spectrum (leaning omega) and similarly omegas and alphas could be "low spectrum" meaning they lean more towards beta. It's just the amount of each hormone you have in your body.

I don't think sexuality is tied to any one endotype the same way I don't think sexual proclivities are. Omegas aren't all bottoms, alphas aren't all tops. Everyone has a heat/rut cycle it's just how strong it is, and just like in normal humans it's a miserable hormone addled experience for some, and a breeze for others. There's no reason an omega or alpha couldn't be ace, heat/rut doesn't turn you into a sex crazed animal, it's just the point of time when you're most fertile. It's ovulation, or a period, or idk what it would be for amab folks. The time of your cycle when you're moody and just want to lay down for a week.

Back to my issue with betas in traditional omegaverse fic. They've always felt like just... the other ones, the normal humans. It always felt to me like an exclusionary designation, and that just doesn't sit right for me. It's saying "well you're not a top or a bottom so I guess you don't matter." AND AGAIN it reduces a whole subset of people to a stereotype. I fucking hate that, let people be people, let the human experience be varied and beautiful!

I don't see why any endotype can't be any thing. Alpha/Beta/Omega, whatever you are you're still a person with your own thoughts, feelings, sexuality, and gender. No endotype can be defined by any one thing, there may be expectations, but there are expectations on us now and we still define ourselves by more than that.

Ace Omegas who spend their heats with their friend because they need someone to remind them to eat and take their pills while they're laying face down on the floor with cramps. Who sit on the couch during their friend's rut and hold their hair back as they lay over the arm of the couch and try not to vomit because the hormones make their head spin.

Ace Alphas that get anxious about their roommate's heat because there aren't not enough blankets in the apartment and- no- you stay right there, I'm going to get you some soup. Ace Alphas that spend their rut crying at videos of kittens learning to walk and stealing their qpf's pillows because they're fluffier than the ones in their room.

Ace Betas that get side eyed when they sniffle during a movie because betas are supposed to be the unflappable ones, the ones that don't get emotional over nothing. Ace Betas that build nests. Ace Betas that spray their friend with scent neutralizer after a heat because they fucking STINK, shoving their friend in the bathroom to shower while they figure out cleaning up the house.

Idk. do you get what I'm saying?

[jmdbjk]

Bangtan weekly report

Lordt, what a week, what a month, what a year? It's September, we're on the downhill slide.

I've been busy, y'all. You know, life happens and all that crap we say when we have to focus on stuff that's not as fun as staring at the latest naked Bangtan pics... anyway... there is A LOT to process, A LOT to even sit down and catch up on.

Let's break it down shall we?

It was JK's b-day and he first tried to TikTok live us and you know, I hope he can't figure it out to his satisfaction because there's no replay and no translations so fuck TikTok and I mean that in a nice way. Thank god for Armys who record and translate.

And he dropped this tiny but significant TMI:

We know he's building that big whatever it is. It will be a while before he leaves his current residence...or? What? Moving elsewhere until he enlists? He mentioned in one of his more recent past lives that he had to clean up some of his junk in his apartment... soooo.... hmmm....

Also, this:

Acting research? I'm loving the sound of whatever that is.

Thankfully he came to visit us on Weverse live as well, did a few card tricks and cut it short, one of the shortest lives he's done in years and years? Were the aces a hint? Or just part of his magic trick?

Adorable goofball. By the way, the subs are up on this live.

He was out and about before the live, taking pics on the street, he's said he doesn't mind at all, running into fans in public and saying hello.

It's the people who claim to be fans who stalk him and show up uninvited to places where he's trying to live his life in private. Whoever you all are, I'll speak for Kookie. Y'all suck.

In Busan, when he was with his idol friends, they were asked if they were who they were by the restaurant employee and they tried to deny it. That should be a big hint to leave them alone.

Kookie shared a video on his TikTok in solidarity and support of RM speaking out about the uncalled for hate that came RM's way after he posted that song on his Instagram story.

You know... there's been quite a lot of discourse lately about culturally sensitive topics. Tae's "gaffe" and this song that RM shared... I think if you felt offended or uncomfortable when you saw those things happen, those feelings are your own and 100% valid.

Being of Japanese descent, through my life, it has made me cringe when I hear people call stuff "Jap crap" or just yesterday, a canvasser for a political candidate asked me if I was from around here... like... if I was blonde and blue-eyed would they have asked me that? You know? I was speaking to them exactly like I speak here, fully fluent in (Southern U.S. redneck) English because that's my only language (sadly, no thanks to mom and dad because I did not learn Japanese or French). But I don't get obsessed or angry or want to threaten anyone's careers or life. I don't even think about it. And I don't really hold it against people who are not aware of how they come across like that.

People are insensitive all the time without knowing it: asking a woman when they are due but she's not pregnant and maybe can't even have children... mentioning other culturally derogatory terms without realizing it (see "Jap crap" above), saying something looks "gay" like... ok what does that even mean?... you know what I'm saying? I use the term "spirit animal" all the time and someone DM'd me saying it was offensive. So we're all guilty.

I get it, we're all different in how we react. BUT MY FEELINGS ARE VALID TOO, AND MY REACTION IS MY OWN AND DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE SAME AS YOURS TO YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE.

As I said, feelings are valid, and the members aren't perfect and it's okay to call them out on it. But the extra implication that was piled on Namjoon for that song rec crossed the line and he addressed it in his own live.

Exasperated he explained that it was just a song and that he knows exactly what everyone is saying, that he's a 30 year old man and can express himself freely. He said even if there will still be those who will accuse him of lying, he can't and won't lie to us.

I love him: "For ten years I've held things in my heart but nowadays I can't do that, I have to speak my truth. Believe my own words."

Before he got into it though he offended the mathematicians and then tried to back track (omg I'M JOKING ok?... unless someone got offended... omg, can we just chill?)

His 2-day old stubble and fuzzy headed self.

The obsession people have with their weight and their looks is mind-blowing. The way he's drilled in the comments on his face, his hair, about admitting he's tanning, how much he weighs, what he eats, he looks tired... This man has an IQ of 160 or whatever and people are worried about a mosquito bite on his forehead. The vapidness and shallow level of interaction in the comments knows no limit. But we've known that. Please, before commenting can people please make a list of things to speak on other than how they look?

He closed by saying to trust him, he'll always show us what's inside of him whether its his music or him as a human... life is a journey with a lot of obstacles, he's good and focusing on his own things and not on the bad energy. He is in such a good head space nowadays... love to see it.

Next up, Taehyungie-hyung...dis my fave pic out of everything I've seen so far:

I am not a fan of Tae in blonde hair, I've said that before. But this particular shot is stunning to me, the lighting and angle.

As you know, I've not paid as close attention to Tae. Honestly I've been waiting for him to share things during this solo time so I can get to know him better just like I did with the other members.

Up until now, everything he does seems superficial EXCEPT the deliberate soft reveal of his relationship with Jennie, which I hope they are doing well and navigating the shitty waters of having to be idols in a relationship.

But so far, its photo spread after photo spread and I'm just not into it. Yes, Tae is very photogenic. I'm sure V biases are over the moon. I'm happy for them! If it was Jimin you would be sick of me posting every photo, so I get it! But I was looking for something a little deeper from him.

So it was this Dingo show that his personality opened up a little to me somewhat... interacting with this Army who's dream is to become a Military Officer. She is the cutest thing, her reactions so genuine and I could feel her excitement and how she was overwhelmed at the end of their day together when she broke down. Girl was holding it in and living the life that day!!! Sooo happy she got to experience that!

And these pics are the cutest:

This one right above with her hands on his shoulders... such a precious memory. I am looking forward to hearing the rest of Tae's album. I'm sure I'll have things to say about it at that time.

And that brings me to Jimin. The jikook selca not withstanding, we haven't seen or heard from him in ages so after 2 months, 15 days, 23 hours, 8 minutes and some odd seconds (but who was counting? not me)... we finally see him again in person at a Dior event in Seoul.

He looked so good, except that tan leather coat reminded me of something 50s vintage, car coat over a sheath dress women wore in the springtime. He's small. Let's put a giant white garbage bag on him. Don't know what goes through their minds.

Dior creates some extraordinarily crafted pieces, but so far, I sometimes wonder if they've even bothered to look at any of Jimin's previous photo concepts for other various things. It's almost like they don't know how to dress him. That's just my personal opinion.

Anyway..AND THEN HE COMES LIVE!!! FINALLY!!!

Is that a Red Dragon keyboard he has in front of his computer? I don't really know anything about gaming stuff. And goodness...

He gets comfy by tying up those pants that look like four of him (or him and Kookie) could fit in there at the same time...

His eye crinkles... I don't care what people say about his beakie... I'm all about the eye smile and those eye crinkles that are going to get deeper with time.

Y'all, this is my bias...

That mood light of the realistic solar system makes Jungkookie's mood light look like child's play. But I see why his moons down his back look like they do.

I know some of the first translations say he called Jungkook for his birthday and he talked about wanting to live his 30s just as full as his 20s, and he's learning through his solo work that he has things to learn and he will improve and I just don't have enough or the right words to express how much I love and admire his perseverance and dedication to being the best at what he does and the best human he can be. I will do a full blog post when the official subs are ready later this week.

I don't know how this guy from the other side of the world got so completely under my skin:

I know there was a lot of other content that dropped that I didn't touch on but there aren't enough hours in my day to type it all up. I will just continue to watch and absorb as much as I can just like everyone else.

Jin and Hobi are still plugging away at their respective bases, I always pray for their safety and health while they are doing their duty. In a few months, Jin may show us what it will be like to celebrate birthdays while they are enlisted.

And Yoongi. We wait as the days tick by. We know its coming very soon. Holding my Yoongi bias friend's hand very tightly. We'll get through this together.

[it-is-only-a-novel]

[ID: image of Westley and Buttercup from "the Princess Bride" movie. Westley is standing slightly in front of Buttercup to protect her. The caption: "sexual attraction? I don't think it really exists". End]

Edit: of course there are plenty of acespecs that experience sexual attraction, and y'all are awesome and totally valid. Meme is just a light-hearted joke. A very happy international ace day to all <2

[whats-the-bi-fi-password]

Happy Valentine's Day to all of the aspec folks:

•The aroaces

•The aromantics

•The asexuals

•The angled aroaces

•The ones who use acespec as a label

•The ones who use arospec as a label

•The ones who use aroacespec as a label

•The aroallos

•The alloaces

•The oriented aroaces

•The cupioromantics

•The cupiosexuals

•The greyromantics

•The greysexuals

•The demiromantics

•The demisexuals

•The frayromantics

•The fraysexuals

•The arospikes

•The acespikes

•The recipromantics

•The reciprosexuals

•The lithromantics

•The lithrosexuals

•The quoiromantics

•The quoisexuals

•The arofluxes

•The acefluxes

•The aroacefluxes

•The aplatonic aspecs

•The romance repulsed aspecs

•The sex repulsed aspecs

•The sex and romanced repulsed aspecs

•The romance favorable aspecs

•The sex favorable aspecs

•Romance and sex favorable aspecs

•Romance neutral aspecs

•Sex neutral aspecs

•Romance and sex neutral aspecs

•Aspecs that have microlabels that suit them but they prefer just using “aro” “ace” or “aroace”

•Aspecs that use microlabels and umbrella terms

•Aspecs who use just microlabels

•Aspecs who use contradicting labels

•Aspecs who are in the closet

•Aspecs who are out

•Autistic aspecs

•Disabled aspecs

•Neurodivergent aspecs

•Aspecs who have personality disorders

•Non-cis aspecs

•Cis aspecs

•Aspecs that are xenogender

•Neo and xenopronoun user aspecs

•Aspecs that are in a type of relationship even if they go against what they're labeled as (i.e. an aro person in a romantic relationship)

•Any other aspec that I failed to mention

All of y'all are valid and amazing. Society tried to shove heteronormativity down y'all's throats especially on this particular day of the year but you didn't let it (but if you do follow heteronormativity that's totally okay and valid, too) and don't have relationships the way society has deemed “normal”. I love y'all (platonically) and hope you have an incredible day despite it being centered around romantic love :)

[redwingedwolves]

Shoutout to all my fellow trans selfshippers! Y'all are valid and your F/Os all love you and your identity!

Shoutout to my fellow gay/lesbian/queer selfshippers! Y'all are all amazing and all your F/Os are too!

Shoutout to the aces and aros of the selfship community! Your F/Os adore you and whatever form of love it is that you like to share(even if that happens to be no love at all!) You're all hella valid!

And shoutout to anyone else who doesn't fall under the hetero/cis normality. You're all amazing! Your F/Os are amazing and they all love and support you in whoever/whatever you are!

Basically just shoutout to all lgbtqia+ selfshippers! You're amazing, and valid, and just really fucking great!

[midnightstargazer]

why I, as a Regulus stan, don't ship Jegulus

With the disclaimer upfront that I'm not saying nobody should. I know I have mutuals who do. Y'all are cool. We can ship and let ship. But I don't ship them, and here's why.

I don't care for how Regulus is usually characterized in the context of Jegulus. I prefer him redeemable, but morally gray; someone who was influenced by family and peer pressure but ultimately made his own bad choices and later changed his mind, not someone who was forced into every bad thing he ever did. I'm sure there are Jegulus fics out there where he is more morally gray. But from what I've seen, he's often a bit too sanitized for my taste.

I don't care for how James is usually characterized, either. Sunshine boy who wants to believe the best of everyone? I don't see it. In canon he's very loyal and caring towards his friends, but there's no evidence he would have a nuanced point of view towards someone like Regulus, particularly during their late teenage years when Regulus is actively espousing blood supremacist ideology and working for the Death Eaters.

(Which doesn't mean I think Regulus is unworthy of love. I just don't think it's likely James, specifically, would have liked him very much during the time period when they would have known each other in canon)

Because of this, I can only imagine Jegulus in a context very far removed from canon: either a Muggle AU, a no Voldemort AU, an AU where Regulus runs away with Sirius, etc. None of those are very interesting to me. It could also work if Regulus survives and ends up in the Order, which is a favorite trope of mine, but I'd just as soon see that with a different ship or no ship for Regulus and keep Jily together.

I ship Jily. Which isn't necessarily an obstacle, because I'm willing to multi-ship basically anybody except Tedromeda. I can totally get on board with the idea that one or both of them had another relationship before they got together, or that in a canon divergence story where one of them survives, they might eventually move on with someone else. But because I do ship Jily, I'm not really looking for someone else to ship with James.

Who Regulus ends up with romantically, if anybody, is the least interesting thing about him imo. I'll read fics where he's paired up romantically, and I've written a few of them - although I also have a long ongoing series where he's aro-ace. Having a romance arc for Regulus at all is 100% optional as far as I'm concerned.

The "best friend's brother" thing - I think it mischaracterizes Sirius's relationships with both of them to assume he would be overprotective of Regulus and suspicious of James if they were to get together. I love fics where the Black brothers reconcile, but still, I doubt they'd ever have such a stereotypically normal sibling relationship. And that's not even getting started on how it undermines Sirius's friendship with James.

Its sheer overwhelming popularity annoys me. No offense intended to anyone who likes it. Your personal preference is valid. It's the expectation for everyone to share that preference that I don't love. A lot of the time in the Marauders fandom the pairing is simply taken for granted as the default. So that does make me dig my heels in a bit.