#heartless aro

[aromanticunt]

“Love makes you human” actually what makes me human is a large amulet that I hid hundreds of years ago that’s slowly feeding me power so my mortal body can live on forever, but you do you I guess

[lovelessrage]

Loveless people are not a tragedy. Loveless people are not something to be pitied. You don't need to understand us, since a lot of loving people don't or won't exactly get it, but talking about us as if we're necessarily living a sadder life is just hurtful. Some loveless people do struggle with their identity, but being loveless in itself is not tragic. It is a way to live and a way to feel. Lovelessness is an identity. It's a way of viewing the world. Don't mourn for us when you don't know what it is to be us, and please be respectful of the loveless people around you.

[ihateliterature]

"but soulmates don't have to be romantic"

You're not helping the problem, actually you are making it worse

The issue is not in the types of relationships put under "soulmates" but with the concept itself

[saffigon]

aros in relationships (romantic and non-romantic) are so important

aros who don't want any relationships are so important

romo aros and lovequeer aros are so important

heartless and loveless aros are so important

those that blur the line between any of these "opposites" are so important

[mossy-aro]

“aromantic people wanting to reclaim love, especially non-romantic love, as an important part of their humanity in the face of dehumanisation” and “a lot of aromantic people have been dehumanised and then forced to justify their humanity to people in the name of love, especially non-romantic love, and have thus rejected the idea of needing love at all to be considered fulfilled or even human” are ideas that must co-exist actually

[chaotic-carnifex]

Loveless aros are a valuable part of the aromantic community

Aplatonic aros are a valuable part of the aromantic community

Afamilial aros are a valuable part of the aromantic community

Heartless aros are a valuable part of the aromantic community

Their perspectives are important and valuable and their voices deserve to be heard

Aromantic spaces must account for them and their safety

A space that is not safe for loveless, aplatonic, afamilial and heartless aros is not a safe space for aromantics

This is not up for debate

[aroacespecwithknives-archive]

[my-t4t-romance]

some aro blinkies for pride month!

[image description: seven aromantic pride flag blinkies, each of which says "I love being aro" in all caps in various fonts. end image description]

[zakharsmind]

hey if youre not aro maybe you should stop speaking over aro people? maybe you should get over your blatant arophobia? just a thought idk

anyway loveless and heartless aros you guys are all sooo fucking awesome and shouldnt feel obligated to explain your existence to arophobes. appreciate you all so much!

[uglyaro]

love does not make us human. what else does is 99% of six elements: oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, calcium, phosphorus and other five elements making up about 1% of the remaining mass: sulfur, potassium, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. you're welcome.

[sirenium]

Shoutout to loveless aros who date. To loveless aros that feel an emotion that would be considered love, but they themselves don't classify it as such. To loveless aros who are allosexual, and may or may not be romance repulsed (or repulsed by love in general).

This goes for every aro too.

[aromanticunt]

when I say I’m going to marry a celebrity and some miserable person has to respond with “that’s not aromantic” I hope everyone knows I mean marriage in the most sexual non-romantic way possible, there will be zero love in our hypothetical marriage only vibes and sex and money

[aaa-battery-not-rechargeable]

fellow aro +/or apl folks: chime in.

when someone says they love you in a romantic way, does it prick your skin in thousands of needle pokes like the world is an iron maiden? especially when they're supposed to be a friend and you find out they have less than platonic intentions towards you, even if they don't intend to act on their feelings, it suddenly feels unsafe? I've seen the post that describes it as a betrayal to be loved that way when you thought someone was safe, and i agree.

like does it physically hurt you? does it scream danger and betrayal and make you afraid? as bad as it sounds I feel... disgusted. the fact that someone could think of me that way. it's not flattering or good, it hurts.

I get a physical reaction in my body, it's the worst kind of phantom burn I've ever felt. anyone else?

[gender-luster]

big shout out to lovequeer, loveless, and heartless aros today. the way you experience love and the lack thereof is beautiful and amazing and important. especially on this day so centered around love. you are important and valued members of this community and you deserve to be celebrated and your voices to be heard

[saffigon]

I adore my aromantic identity

Don't get me wrong there are issues I face as an aromantic person; both outside of and inside the queer community as a whole But I still adore this identity. It brings me so much joy to be aromantic and have the aromantic community

I will be unapologetically loveless heartless badass

[mossy-aro]

it’s actually so baffling me to me that when loveless aros express not wanting their identities to be defined by love ppl will literally whip out the most specific n strange tangents on ‘love’ that you’ve ever heard under like EVERY one of these posts. theres always at least one person going ‘ok but have u ever seen a bee pollinate a flower. have u ever smiled at an old lady on the street. do u not relish the smell of fresh horse shit in the countryside’ like. sorry but appreciating the general world around me isn’t what i’d personally call love and frankly i don’t think it’s what most alloros would either!!! it’s interesting how y’all r suddenly so insistent on expanding the definition of love when and ONLY aros question and/or reject it 🤨