#aro adolin

[cosmereplay]

Aro Adolin fic! Sad and good, good-sad.

The Most Eligible Bachelor In Alethkar by NothingRiddikulus

Rated General, 800 words, WoR era

Shallan said her goodbyes. Adolin smiled as he watched her carriage leave, straightening his coat and running his fingers through his hair. Internally he counted down the seconds until she was out of his line of sight. He walked back home with a tune on his lips and a spring in his step. When Shallan was gone, it was as if he was not courting her, and would never have to be married. With her gone, he could be himself. Everything was perfect.

Immediately he felt guilty.

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[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Sword gays showdown, losers bracket (Round 1)

Propaganda:

For Adolin Kholin:

HIMBO SUPREME!! Fights with a giant-ass fantasy sword. Unlike everyone else, he does not have superpowers, but he is REALLY GOOD AT SWORD!!! Best duelist in the kingdom, doesn’t want to go to war, just wants to be a jock. He’s still really good at war tho. Once took on a 4 on 1 duel in the most epic chapter ever written and won (ish). Befriends the sword. Her name is Maya. Befriends everyone he meets, actually. One character really wants to hate him, but can’t cuz he’s just genuinely a nice dude.  Super supportive of his girlfriend, knows she’s a girlboss. Talks to his dad’s horse. Probably bi. 

His church lets you pick One Thing to train yourself in, his is magic sword fighting (and hes only second to his father in it) on book 2, chapter whitespine uncaged, he fought basically (his friend helped but was super unprepared)  4 on 1 with an unfair judge and WON

He's almost canonically bi Loves his wife *SPOILERS* Loves his sword so much he resurrected her immortal soul

Omg he LOVESS swords so much. Which sword? Any and all. He talks to his sword before duels, he brings like 30 different blades on a mission and when prompted starts info dumping about what each of them is useful for. His ideal date - sword training his fiance. He is THE sword guy. And also him and Shallan are so bi4bi <3

For Liu Qingge:

Warning for spoilers, He’s the War God of Bai Zhan Peak basically the original sword gay in the world of SVSSS, whether or not you ship him with Shen Qingqiu, Luo Binghe or neither the point still stands that he’s a draw his sword first ask questions later kinda guy. Also SQQ basically canonically calls him a pretty boy, what more do you need 

He's one of the best swordsmen in-universe! According to the author, he's not interested in a relationship so he's canonically aro and possibly ace as well!

[recallthename]

one of my favorite things about stormlight is that kaladin is absolutely the fandom bicycle.  people ship that boy with everyone.  shallan?  of course.  adolin?  100%.  shallan and adolin together?  obviously.  moash?  lmao who wouldn’t.  leshwi?  YUP.

and yet... most people also headcanon him somewhere on the aro/ace spectrum.

[ternaryflower53]

For trope mash up:

Camp counselor au and accidentally married au

hmmm okay you know that fake fact about how throwing an apple was a form of proposal in ancient greece? that, but with camp counselors kaladin and adolin. the kids all know about this and are giggling and gossiping while kaladin (aro) and adolin (also arospec) are going around completely oblivious to the fact that their campers are shipping them together

[wuffgang-ameowdeus-moozart]

sanderson's attempts at the beginning of a love triangle between kaladin shallan and adolin feel so awkward to me because in my mind kal is the most aro man to ever walk on alethkar

[koravelliumavast]

Kaladin is as canonically aroace as Adolin is bi. You want canon bisexual Adolin? That’s great! Me too. But first I want Kaladins sexuality (or more lack of) to be canon.

[kaladins-angst]

shakadolin 😈

I have a lot of feelings about shakadolin

On the one hand, arospec!Kaladin is a headcanon that is near and dear to my heart

On the other hand, as someone who is in a relationship with an arospec person, I know that there are absolutely ways to respect that if the person in question is okay with and/or wants a relationship

So with that being said, my favorite way to look at shakadolin is for Adolin and Shallan to be happily married and for Kaladin to be qps with both of them. He’s still uncomfortable with pda, especially if it involves him, and he wants no part of most romantic aspects of a relationship, but these two mean a lot to him and once they get it through his head that they care about him too, he’s tentatively willing to try something with them. I see the three of them developing a comfortable intimacy where Adolin and Shallan still go out on dates, and when they bring Kaladin along it has a less romantic vibe. Kaladin is very much into cuddling and quiet talks late into the evening and having his hair played with and falling asleep knowing that the other two are safe in his arms. Adolin and Shallan love seeing a softer side of Kal, less guarded.

Anyway, I think there’s potential there for a complicated but no less tender and loving relationship. They all care about each other and it takes time and effort to build something that everyone can be happy with

[kidrat]

FIRST came the WOB we all know and love, the spark for Bi Shallan Day, the stamp or approval from the B Man,

THEN came the news that Jasnah wouldn’t want to be ‘defined’ by her ‘romantic inclinations’ - a hint at possible future rep.

AFTER THAT we received a WOB close to my heart and music to my ears, that relationships are ‘not really [Kaladin’s] thing’,

and FINALLY, the fourth element, the glorious statement that Shallan and Adolin could totally be bi and poly, and that Kaladin is ‘a prude’. 

truly this man is giving bi and aspec folks everything we want.

[sol1loqu1st]

i have an Excellent stormight archive url but i cant use it,,

[metanarrates]

im an aro kaladin truther but given that aro people can be in polycules (one of my gfs is arospec) I do think that the shallan/adolin/kaladin polycule is completely possible. he is just hanging out with his platonic boyfriend and girlfriend and going on dates with them. nothing weird or even necessarily romantic about that

[cosmereplay]

Soul-Mates by cosmere_play

Rated Teen, 3000 words, Shallan & Kaladin (background Shallan/Adolin), Oathbringer spoilers, CW self-harm mention

For the @aro-soulmates-fest, I wrote a Shakadolin soulmate AU where the soulmates are rejected! It's sassy and sweet!

Excerpt:

It was midway through the evening, when Adolin was half drunk and doubly affectionate. Usually Veil would’ve made an appearance by now, but Shallan had decided she wanted a night with her husband, and she was taking full advantage of being the focus of his attention. Kaladin swished his glass of orange, wondering if he should find something else to do while they made eyes at each other. Storms, they seemed so happy. If he didn’t know any better, he would have assumed they were soulmates. He wondered if Adolin knew the truth, or more likely what lies Shallan must have told him. For a while he’d wondered whether he should confront Shallan or tell Adolin, but he’d never gotten around to it. It felt too much like ruining a good thing. They seemed good for each other, soulmates or not. Then, when they’d gotten married, Kaladin had decided never to bring up the fact that one of them was his soulmate. When he was young, the people who heard his soulmark’s words offered excitement. “The way it’s written, she must be a foreign princess! You’ll end up travelling to different lands!” Father thought it was a given that he’d be meeting his princess in Kharbranth. He’d been a fool to think he would travel on his own volition. They had all been so very very wrong. Kaladin’s circumstances had forced him to reconsider what those words might mean for him. Then when he’d heard the words, she hadn’t been a foreign princess. She’d been a foreign liar. Out of anger, he’d ignored her words, and she’d done the same to him. Apparently she hadn’t been interested in being soulmates with a shash-branded darkeyes. He sighed, tapping the table with his fingertips. He thought he was over this. “You have that look,” Adolin said suddenly, and Kaladin glanced up. The lovers had separated, and both were giving him looks of pity. Perfect, just what he needed. He tried to focus on the taste of his orange wine, but the anger had stuck in his craw. “I need a distraction,” he said. “Actually, I want to hear something happy. How about you tell me the story of how you found out you were soulmates.”

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[kingjasnah]

As an asexual/aro-spec person, it frustrates me to no end when spren are shipped with their radiants. Yes, all radiants and Adolin have very intimate, special bonds with their spren. But you can have that type of relationship with others without it being romantic and/or sexual! Not to be all "we live in a society/I'm so special" but I think part of this is people are conditioned to think intimate realtionships=romantic/sexual and that those are more valuable than platonic bonds.

the 'he was a boy she was a girl could i make it anymore obvious' is so annoying in fantasy specifically cause i think that esp with male main characters it immediately precedes an author forgetting to make their female love interest anything more than literally just that. someone made a point a while ago that no one would think adolin and maya's row arc seemed romantic if she were a dude spren and. yeah we love heteronormativity here i guess.

what's nice is that at least in text every single pair of spren + human duos seems dedicated to showing exactly how important a source of platonic love and understanding is when healing from trauma so hey there's that!! the entire cosmere is sometimes a little 🙄 when it comes to an obvious shoved in romance but stormlight specifically i think isn't too bad

[aro-culture-is]

aro culture is getting into stormlight archives and having an immediate connection to kaladin stormblessed or adolin kholin because of their quiromantic/demiromantic vibes

[tousleheadedpoet]

Omg this might be weird but thank you for posting that meme the other day about Kaladin and Adolin and Jasnah with the aro labels??? I didn’t know that “romance favorable aro” was even a THING until you posted, and now I think I’ve found a label that works for me?? I’ve been so lost for so long thank you so much for helping even though it wasnt on purpose

aw I’m super happy you’re figuring stuff out, and I’m honored to help! tbh I hadn’t really heard of it before either. @muted-recluse your art is doing good work!

[ternaryflower53]

3, 4, 8, 18 for aro awareness asks?

(arospec awareness week asks)

3. How long have you identified as aro-spec?

uhhhh 4 years-ish? i think? something like that

4. How old were you when you first heard the term?

i was 14! it was basically the same time i heard of asexuality as well and i sorta started identifying as both/as aroace at the same time

8. What are some aro headcanons you have?

kaladin stormblessed is aromantic and i will fight on this

other than that, most of my headcanons are sorta fluid depending on what i want to read/write, but i have headcanoned most of my faves as aro/arospec tbh. including but not limited to: obi-wan kenobi, adolin kholin, renarin kholin, nile freeman, keith and pidge (voltron), enjolras (les mis). all the characters.

(let’s be real most characters are aro until proven otherwise bc it’s just not on my radar to write allo characters)

18. What are some positive experiences you have had from being aro-spec?

not so much a specific experience but being aro has changed a lot of how i understand the way relationships (both romantic and non-romantic) are treated/perceived by society and how i relate to that?

i’m very tired and this is kind of abstract but like. being aro helps me understand more about how i choose to define the word love and how i choose to love, and how i choose to define my future, how i define intimacy and relationships, etc. it’s given me this sense of freedom that’s hard to explain but is so incredibly important to me. just being aro is a positive experience, for me.