Enjoyer of Portal games and steam powered robots

| he/she | 20+ | sapphic aroace | multifandom | asks are open | pinned post is always my latest drawing |

[apuzzledprince]

[astriiformes]

Ryland Grace hits a really excellent aro/ace headcanon sweet spot for me where like. He's a middle school teacher in San Francisco, he almost knows asexuality and aromanticism exist as labels. But he also strikes me as the kind of guy who never quite got to the point of introspection to go "And that's what's going on with me, specifically," at least not when he was still on Earth.

Anyway I think about two years into the journey to Erid he realizes this about himself while talking to an alien rock.

[astriiformes]

ROCKY: Humans so strange. Why only choose mates of one gender question? Grace say humans have lots of genders.

GRACE: It's complicated, buddy. Some humans like other humans of any gender, though. And some don't want to have mates at all.

ROCKY: Rocky knew that.

GRACE: What? How?

ROCKY: Grace say he not interested in that. After Rocky ask why he not like watching human romance movies.

GRACE: Well yeah, but that's just in...

GRACE:

GRACE: ...oh boy.

[zephirite]

Wait--are romcoms as invalidating for other aroaces as they are for me?? I thought that was just the unfortunate combination me being a trope-hating pedantist and aroace...knowing it's not just me makes me feel better, actually. bell hooks and the Oppositional Gaze stay winning!

[i-just-want-to-read77]

Oh absolutely. Hallmark movies, Disney movies... the whole thing bothers me because romance is a foregone conclusion. I used to be afraid that my friends would get it in their heads I liked someone, and once that happened there would be nothing I could do or say that would convince them otherwise. Even worse, no matter how much I'd protest I would eventually change my mind and somehow, inevitably, they would be right. There's a show out right now called It's Not Like That, and I hate that I know just based off the title that's a romance. Phrases like that have become a shorthand to say that it will be like that. There is no denial of feelings that cannot be used to foreshadow feelings in a romance. Consequently, there is no way to say no that does not secretly mean yes. Once romance has been implied, it cannot be taken back. Once a character is being teased by their friends, it is too late for their arc to end in anything else. And that gave me, a child, a genuine fear that if I unintentionally tripped certain social cues it would be too late for me.

[apuzzledprince]

i was gonna draw something, but my hand went numb so have this doodle instead lmao

[apuzzledprince]

my game crashed after my para had twins and now there are two naked, completely unedited, adult paras in my household. both named charlie, both uncensored lmao

[apuzzledprince]

NO I SPENT SO LONG ON THOSE PARAS

[fourfan-27]

having adhd and visual snow is a curse

why does my brain get distracted by the static my BRAIN makes up

[octahedral-chaos]

Having undiagnosed VSS is so funny because I didn't even KNOW not everyone sees the static (tm).

Like I just straight up thought that everyone sees a slight static overlay on everything and likes to stare at the static when their eyes are closed, as well as the colour swirls.

Until I learnt about Visual Snow Syndrome and reality hits me like a truck-

[apuzzledprince]

omg i hate clay cat litter. it stinks, it makes a mess, it almost always comes with fragrances i dont want around my cats

[vss-culture-is]

Vss culture is the colour white hurting ur eyes because it’s too bright and theres so much stuff in your vision but also the colour black barely being any better because theres so much there and the stuff is really bright because of contrast </3

Vss culture is

[apuzzledprince]

i have to get a consultation for carpal tunnel relief surgery 😔😔

[noknowshame]

resurrected dead wife watching her own montage: wow I looked so hot in that

[aurorarpresources]

reblog this if you're fine with your mutuals sending you asks unprompted

[multi-fandom-lunatic]

chat reminder to just write whatever the fuck you want. write that overused trope. write that obscure shit that no one will have heard of. just. do it. your writing is yours stop depriving it of that.

[sadboybrigade]

honestly in the era of AI slop it is more important than ever for you to write or draw that incredibly niche/strange/unpalatable thing you want to make. the world needs the unique weirdness of people more than ever

[herssian]

you're allowed to draw. draw badly even. draw and then delete it. draw and rework it and then delete it anyway. draw only half of it and the other half three years later. in one style or another. in different styles in the same week. traditional or digital. you're literally allowed to draw however you want

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you have this superpower! BUT you have this side-effect

is it worth it?

yes!!

the side effect is bad but ITS WORTH IT

meh it's okay

the side effect makes it unusable/not worth it

Results/option I didn't think of

Voting ended onMay 20

[apuzzledprince]

i want to study art things (anatomy, perspective, thing like that) unfortunately. i do not know where to start lmao

[apuzzledprince]

YOUR MIIS SING TO YOU???