#asaw24

[lovelessrage]

Since the most recent strike is going on during Arospec Awareness Week, anyone participating should also be speaking as loudly as possible on Palestine. If you can't donate to posts you see asking for funds, spread the word. Follow the BDS guidelines, and make as few purchases as possible outside of necessary ones.

esims for gaza

spreadsheet listing mutual aid, both for individuals and families in need

bds boycott list

[angelofmusings]

HAPPY AROMANTIC SPECTRUM AWARENESS WEEK !!!

DONT TAG THIS AS ΑSEXUΑL

[zoobiefish]

I forgot to post this on Valentine’s Day, but then again it’s Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week as of now so perhaps it’s more appropriate to post fan art of an aro character here haha! Here’s everyone’s favourite aroace Radio Demon, Alastor! He’s honestly the whole reason I started watching Hazbin Hotel lmao. Such an icon!

[theaceandaroadvocacyproject]

ASAW Pride Chats

February is a special month, as it includes Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! We’ll leave the server open from Sunday, February 18 at 10am Eastern to 11:59pm Eastern Saturday, February 24. (That’s 3 PM GMT Sunday through 5 AM GMT Saturday)

Although it is ASAW, we welcome anyone, aro or not, to join us. Also, you can obviously feel free to expand beyond the topics posted each day – this is meant as a useful starting point.

Request to join the server here.

[arofili]

Anyway look at my aro birb ^-^

[peonyblossom]

12, 8, and 4 for the Fandom Aro Ask! Thank you! 🌺

12. What's one thing you think fandoms should do better to be more welcoming to aros? I think just being more willing to listen and learn from to aro people.

8. What's your oldest fandom (regardless of if you're still in it)? One Direction

4. Any canon aro characters you know about that you like? I loooooooove my girl Amalia De León who is demiromantic :D oooh also my girl Maia from Getaway Girls!! I think Getaway Girls is underrated in general but especially Maia - I love her so much!!

[choicespride]

Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week 2024 Masterlist

Blades of Light and Shadow

aeruilir - f!elf!mc (Killian Clawthorne) - @inlocusmads

Crossroads - nb!OC (Nyx Selenastra) - @storyofmychoices

New Nyx Edit - nb!OC (Nyx Selenastra) - @storyofmychoices

Nyx Ask - nb!OC (Nyx Selenastra) - @storyofmychoices

Nyx & Nessa - nb!OC (Nyx Selenastra) & f!OC (Nessa Tidalheart) - @storyofmychoices

Crimes of Passion

Questionnaire - nb!MC (Kiira Rose) - @aallotarenunelma

The Elementalists

Atlas in Blue - Atlas Ernhardt - @storyofmychoices

SpreadJoy #858 - Zeph Hernandez - @storyofmychoices

SpreadJoy #861 - Atlas Ernhardt - @storyofmychoices

The Freshman

Maddison & Rin - MC (Rin Day) - @choicesmc

Somehow, I Never Got The Rose-Tinted Glasses - MC (Rin Day) - @choicesmc

Getaway Girls

SpreadJoy #859 - Maia Thompson - @storyofmychoices

The Haunting of Braidwood Manor

Questionnaire - f!MC (Hanna Watkins) - @aallotarenunelma

High School Story

Myra Khandaar but if she had a full body sprite for her casual outfit ft. an alt version - Myra Khandaar - @cadybear420

Questionnaire - nb!MC (Ilo Jordan Lee) - @aallotarenunelma

It Lives Anthology

Lottie Hamilton ASAW24 Edits - nb!MC (Lottie Hamilton) - @peonyblossom

SpreadJoy #860 - Amalia de León - @storyofmychoices

Murder at Homecoming

Questionnaire - nb!MC (Valentine Edelmina Stone) - @aallotarenunelma

Open Heart

Asks - f!OC (Aliyah), Bryce Lahela - @mydemonsdrivealimo

So I'll Just Paint It Chrome - Bryce Lahela x m!MC (Jensen Valentine) - @mydemonsdrivealimo

Perfect Match

Questionnaire - f!MC (Pirjo Park) - @aallotarenunelma

Untameable

Questionnaire - nb!MC (Virta "River" Ariel Aaltonen) - @aallotarenunelma

[lovelessrage]

In the service of hopefully being a bit of education, or at least a go-ahead to nervous people, I'm a loveless aroallo; ask me anything [within reason, of course, credit card info is off the table].

For arospec awareness week, I often see a hesitancy in people to approach people, even if they're unsure and need help with understanding things. I want to try my best to bridge that gap, because, especially with my own aro experience, it's one a lot of people don't "get" or look at weirdly. If you're one of said people having a rough time of it, I'll be checking the askbox more frequently and being on the lookout for any questions. I'll also be posting a bit more frequently about loveless pride, and those posts will be open for discussion as well!

Awareness starts at conversation. Let's talk about stuff.

[lovelessrage]

Platonic love isn't an "aro thing". Platonic love's presence doesn't make something aro. While platonic love may be a part of certain people's individual experiences [such as labels that don't distinguish between love types, or people who just care about it a lot], painting it as the one path to making "good rep", as the way to "be" aro, and as the pinnacle of aro experiences is very exclusionary. This might be how you experience being aro, but it's also part of the alloplatonic aro experience. That isn't even mentioning the fact that aros don't hold a monopoly on platonic love, and many alloromos feel just as strongly about it.

Aro culture isn't being alloplatonic. Aplatonic aros have always been here. We deserve recognition, respect, and being included in conversations surrounding how we, as aros, are represented.

[lovelessrage]

Also. Personal opinion, but if people asked loveless aros outright about navigating certain conversations, or how we'd like certain things to be addressed [i.e the whole "aro's can't love? Well sure we can, we're normal!" kneejerk I see all the time], there would be far less misinfo about our place on the aromantic spectrum. It feels like it's all loving people recirculating the same info amongst each other; sometimes it's like battling the sea to get your voice out when you aren't allotertiary.

Not helped by some people who take the request to be treated fairly and considered in aro conversations as attacks, or as being asked to bend over backwards [requesting kindness is not asking a chore of you, by the way].

[peonyblossom]

Lottie Hamilton ASAW24 Edits

Lottie is one of my ILW nb!MCs and they are romancing Amalia! Lottie is demiromantic and asexual and came to terms with their sexuality after Amalia came out to them and they learned about being arospec and aspec.

@choicespride

[choicespride]

Welcome to Choices Pride Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week 2024 (ASAW24) Event!!

I am so so so sorry that these prompts are going up so late. To make up for that I am going to extend the dates a bit longer than I originally planned. The event will run from Sunday, February 18 to Wednesday, February 28.

Also, super special prize for this event!! All participants will be eligible to receive a commission from @mydemonsdrivealimo! The winner will be chosen at random through a wheel picker and they will be able to choose either a lineart bust piece or a full color headshot for one or two characters.

Prompts:

Questionnaire:

Does your character use any microlabels? Which ones? What do their labels mean to them?

When/how did they realize they were arospec?

Are they in a relationship of any kind? If so, how does their aromanticism impact their relationship?

How do they feel about romance in general?

What are their favorite and least favorite parts of being arospec?

Have they come out to anyone? If so who? How did they react?

Do they know other arospec people/do they have any arospec friends?

One-word/phrase prompts:

Relationships

Going out with friends

Sharing interests

Amatonormativity 

Aromantic ring

Rules:

This event will start on Sunday, February 18 and end on Wednesday, February 28

While there are prompts, the use of them is not required. Any work that focuses on an aromantic relationship or character is submittable.

Submissions must include the characters full name and which Choices story they are from. GOC characters must also include a gender tag (ex. m!MC, nb!OC).

If your work contains a relationship it must be labelled correctly, using "x" for romantic/sexual relationships and "&" for platonic relationships.

All submissions must be respectful of the LGBTQIA+ community.

NSFW/mature submissions are allowed, but must be tagged properly and have the proper community label.

You cannot submit AI generated content for this event.

Tag this account on all submissions. If I don't reblog within 72 hours, please DM me the post on this account as sometimes Tumblr tags can be unreliable.

[choicespride]

okay i just realized my reblog of the ASAW24 post is cut off on the dashboard bc it's long so i'm gonna make the announcement in its own post as well so people don't miss it

There is a typo in the original ASAW24 post and the event is going until WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 not the 21st

I'm so sorry about this typo and want to shoutout @choicesmc for pointing this out to me (although unintentional lol)!