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20 Bisexual and akoiromantic she/her

[writing-prompt-s]

“WELL IF PEOPLE CANT DEAL WITH ME HAVING A DRAGON, I SUGGEST THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!”

[sexioto]

[crilbyte-deactivated20240607]

Oh shit. No. Shit. Thank you

[villianext-deactivated20190407]

Just gonna reblog this out of gratitude because I actually did forget…

[novacaineandabelle]

Fffffffff let me get right on that. 

and then reblog for the next forgetful son of a bitch

[blondiez-b-deactivated20171118]

I’m so great full for everyone that is reblogging this. I totally forgot to take mine

[optimysticals]

I think that there is some sort of unspoken fairy godparent thing where you see this, realize that you forgot your meds, and rebagel it because if you forgot someone else must have. And in our turn we all take care of each other, even if we don’t know it.

[mintyhootax]

One of the weirdest things about being akoiromantic is that you can read and write romance and feel the butterflies and the strong passion of intimacy, but when you think about doing it yourself, it's like a trapdoor opens up and the feelings get sucked down.

Suddenly it's all gone and you're left feeling awkward and dysfunctional. It's also weird being alone and liking it, but also feeling lonely but you don't actually want to spend time with someone else?

And pining after someone else or having a crush but knowing you aren't actually interested in taking things beyond that point. You're literally stuck in the "notice me senpai" stage and just admiring them from afar. But if they were to reciprocate? Nope. All gone.

[splend-aros]

Daily Affirmation 981.

Lithromantic folks, your experiences are valid. Accepting your identity does not mean you are repressing some other part of you. Finding peace and understanding in that label is incredible.

[aro-and-ace-stuff]

I don't want romance, I want to befriend a crow

[raavenb2619]

[ID: At the top, text reads “When you and a friend both find out the other person is aro”. Below, two spidermen point at each other. Their suits have been edited into the colors of the aromantic flag. End ID]

[allo-aro-alphonse]

Cupioromantic and lithromantic people often get swept under the rug, but they’re just as aro as every other arospec identity and deserve to have their voices heard.

[astralaspecs]

Arospec Ask Game

To help get #aromantic trending I've come up with an ask game. Don't forget to tag you answers with #aromantic!

What's your favorite part of being arospec?

What's your least favorite part of being arospec?

Favorite color?

Favorite color from the aromantic pride flag?

Favorite pride flag, arospec or not,m

Favorite arospec blogger?

Ever been to a pride event?

Aro culture is....?

When did you realize you were arospec?

Have you come out to anyone? If so, who?

What do you think the biggest misconception is surrounding aromanticism?

What's your advice to someone questioning they are arospec?

Do you know other arospec people? (Online or off)

If you could change the aro flag, would you and why?

What's a movie that you get aro vibes from?

What's a song that you get aro vibes from?

What's a book that you get aro vibes from?

Favorite arospec meme?

Frogs, turtles, or kangaroos?

Question you wish people would stop asking when they find out you're arospec?

[aromantic-in-distress]

Let's get #aromantic trending!

[jay-aro]

aro rights

[body-timeshare]

Aromantic is an amazing label that helps so many people (including all of us up here)!

[guiltyidealist]

Aros? Aros

[arovaricious]

get 👽 aromantic 👽 trending 👽

[sun-spice]

I'm aromantic and living my best life, Happy ASAW everyone 💚

[alithkoi]

lithromantic/akoiromantic doodle-type flags I made when I got bored with my drawing tablet

I personally prefer the ones with alternating black/white so there’s no “blank’ stripe where the design is the same as the background, but there is also a transparent background one (as long as I exported it right lol)

feel free to use wherever but drop a like/reblog :)

[aro-botic]

I often think about how glad I am that I found a word that explains so much of myself. An identity that I can use to convey my experience (even if only at the most essential and specific of levels) to people who never understood what it meant when I said "I don't do romance". It's funny how simply having a single specific word to use to describe yourself can create a comfort of "there's other people like me" and "my experiences are real and not weird or pathological". In many ways I'm grateful for finding the aro community, and even though my drawing skills are sub-par, I wanted to do something visual that conveyed even a fraction of the gratitude I have towards the aro community for showing me that I wasn't as alien and abnormal as people always implied I was.

[lithromanticakoiromantic-blog]

REBLOG IF YOU’RE A LITH/AKOI BLOG!!!

I want to follow all of youuuu ;o;

[alithkoi]

hey to anyone on the ace/aro spectrum specifically I just want to say that its fine if you feel something that’s outside the “definition” of your orientation.

If you thought you were 100% aroace nuh-uh-no-way and you end up being sexually/romantically attracted? Cool. It also doesn’t invalidate you if you still want to identify as all-the-way-aroace ™. 

Any other variation on that situation where you experience attraction outside of your label? Cool. You don’t have to change it if it’s what feels right to you, and that’s really all that matters.