#aro/ace

[some---weirdo]

If this post gets:

100 notes I'll explain my gender to my friends and tell them my pronouns

500 notes I'll explain my romantic orientation to my friends (they think I'm aroace, I just identify as ace) ✓

1000 notes I'll come out to my sibling (they're agender, I know they'll support me)

10 000 notes I'll come out to my sister (she has pronouns in her discord bio, it'll be fine)

100 000 notes I'll tell my best friend I love her

1 000 000 notes I'll come out to my homophobic, transphobic conservative Christan family that I live with (they still talk to my agender sibling, so it'll just be very awkward for the next few years...)

[dragonpyre]

“I’m agro/ace”

“Don’t you mean aro/ace?”

“No, I don’t” *pulls out knife*

[just-your-average-aroace-bitch]

To all the idiots who think the “A” is for allies:

I hope you step on really sharp legos. Over. And. Over. And. Over. Again.

[softandwigglybones]

Being ace and/or aro will have you reading erotica for the plot

[samijami]

Reblog if you're asexual,

Or if you like creamy peanut butter

[short-wooloo]

The Jedi are an aro/ace culture that live happy and fulfilling lives and people hate them for it

People steeped in amatanormativity can't stand the idea that people don't want/need romance and can not only be content without it, but in fact very happy without romance

And thus they hate the Jedi, because an entire culture (even a fictional one) that is aro/ace-normative is an affront to them

[hard--headed--woman]

aromantic is trending so it's time to remind everyone that aromantic straight people do not belong in our community, never did and never will. die mad about it <3 (same for straight asexuals by the way)

[batri-jopa]

I love myself looking sexy for the sheer pleasure of it

[polyamorousmood]

Okay so I'm super aro but also shaking hands with polyam people like YES technically in a way they're opposites (lack of romo love vs multiple romo loves) but like! We're all vibing in a denying ananormanitvity in our own ways! I adore y'all!!

Also shakes this blog around like a rag doll /affectionate positive etc

- Loveless aro who stares at your blog from time to time but has to stop because I smile to the point of my face being sore + WAYYY too emotional and cries sometimes aahzgzhs- In a good way to be clear!!

Also very less important thing but holds polyam ships very gently they're all so neat aough shakes them around /affectionate

YESSSSSS!

We are siblings-in-arms 🤝, we are friends🫂, we are partners in crime🦹, we are locking eyes and giving each other a single firm nod of understanding and comradery, we are allies fighting literally the same fight⚔️.

My rights to choose the family I want is the same as your right to choose the family you want. The more we say "any relationship can be as important as --or more important than!-- romance" the sillier it becomes to champion a single romantic connection as one's life purpose.

Our fates and our fingers are twined, my aro friend. We will lift the other up when one stumbles, and we trek to the brighter world together. 🫴 Take my hand

[aggressiveanon]

now im gonna admit it here, when i was younger i really really liked the concept hanahaki disease. i remember reading fanfics that had hanahaki disease in them (id skip over the kiss at the end if it had a good end (i wonder why (/sarc) )

but something that always rubbed me the wrong way was when in these stories authors wrote in how the surgery to remove the hanahaki, would remove any and all possibilities of falling in love again (romantically). that in itself is a cool idea, but what was specific in rubbing me the wrong way was how living without being able to fall in love (romantically) would be like. the worst thing ever.

like characters would actively choose to die over being like. aromantic

[alice-dyers-spouse]

Someone: haha you've never had sex what a loser Me, an aro/ace, shoving chips in my mouth as i watch my gay little animes: ...yeah?

[someidiot-withadhd]

Aro/Ace tags trending on Valentine’s Day!! Please!!!! We can do this!!!!!

[lying-on-floors]

Just because a character is aro/ace does not mean they can't form close bonds, or have romantic partners, or have sex.

Aro/ace is an identification, but it's also a spectrum.

Aromantic is an identity and spectrum. Some aromantic people feel no romance and have no desire for the intimacy that comes with romantic relationships. Other aromantic people may feel the desire for the intimacy that romance brings, but have never felt romantic feelings, or they have, but they can't distinguish between platonic feelings and romantic feelings. Some aromantic people may only feel romance once they've formed a close bond with another person. Some aromantic people, like myself, have not really felt romance but has a desire to and hopes that, one day, they can find someone, who is patient and loving and willing, to help them figure it out. And some aromantic people fluctuate, from feeling romance to not feeling it, at all.

Asexuality is an identity and spectrum. Some asexual people are touch averse and have no desire for sexual activites, alone or with others. Other asexual people may feel the desire for sexual activities but have no attraction to another person. Some asexual people are attracted to someone but just don't care for sex. Some asexual people do feel attraction and is okay with having sex with another person but they have no desire to be touched by their partner. Some asexual people may fluctuate, from feeling attraction to not feeling any. And some asexual people only feel attraction once they've formed a close bond with that person.

There are so many more identities within the aro/ace spectrum but these are just a few, and just because someone is aromantic, does not mean they're asexual and vice versa. Sometimes, someone is both aromantic and asexual but that does not invalidate them or their experiences.

So, you can headcanon whatever you like about a canonically aro/ace character, but PLEASE do not erase their aro/ace identity all together.

I would like to clarify that this post is not specifically about zolu, and I have no problem with people going against popular headcanons, it just got me thinking about aro/ace erasuer, which as an aro/ace person, truly effects me and I just, hate to see it. I would also like to add, I understand Luffy isn't canonically aro/ace, it's a popular headcanon, it just reminded me of my feelings on aro/ace erasure. If you look at my profile, this post has been in my head for a little while. Sorry for any misconceptions. /Gen

[a-crumb-of-whump]

i've seen a few aro and/or aces feeling embarrassed/ashamed/etc. for feeling attracted to fictional characters instead of actual people, meanwhile i've genuinely never been happier doing so LOL. real people suck.

[samijami]

Aro/ace people can be otherly orientated too, so aro/aces can be pan, bi, gay, whatever.

And if you don't understand that, then that's fine. But please respect others and not make it your personal mission in life to make it your problem.