A's

(they/them)

[glitchedcosmos]

One thing about me and my mutuals is we will be on a spectrum autistic?, aromantic?, asexual?, gender?, you name it were on it you’ll find me on every goddam spectrum

[theacecouple]

Many Aces go through a process where they learn what society conventionally considers "sexy" and learn how to feign sexual attraction, without experiencing it themselves, based on those standards. This is known as "hacking the allo-gorithm"

[triptihosmrti]

[requiem-on-water]

by Warren Photographic

[x-antisocial-deactivated2024062]

[asters-mogai-corner]

okay but the label "lovequeer" is such a vibe. like, yes, i still feel love. i feel so much love for certain people!! but it just... feels different than society's depiction of love. i have a complicated relationship with love and relationships and attraction... but that's okay! there's a word for that!!

[aroace-alucard]

can someone make a QPR dating app please. please i'm begging you. it isn't enough to just have a "find a friend" app because every time i try one the person i'm talking to ends up either catching feelings or being REALLY weird about it when they find out i'm aro.

"but you'll die alone!" and you will not live to see it; you will die by my sword before death takes me.

[thediamondarcher]

being neurodivergent or aroace is having everyone else telling you their experiences and not being able to relate to it AT ALL, and feeling left out because you can't relate to them sucks so much, we're literally that "my whole life is a lie" thing.

[nobrashfestivity]

Vincent Van Gogh, Landscape with Houses

[fundamentalcherrytree]

No one tells you how much grief you're going to go through when you realise you're aroace.

The grief of not having a normal life in societys eyes.

[artmialma]

Darrel Rhea

[arotemisace]

being aro and ace is so hard when people have no ability to grasp that romance and sex are only options, not absolutes

[theaceofarrows]

Constantly being labeled as heartless in media

[aj-unfortunatelynot-crowley]

Figuring out I'm aroace has been simultaneously the most freeing and the most isolating experience I've had in quite a while

[blissfullyarospec-deactivated20]

friendly reminder that aromanticism is a very diverse spectrum, and we have very complex identities that deserve to be spoken about and represented to their fullest and most accurate potential.

defining us only by "little to no romantic attraction" limits how complex we are, it ignores the fact some of us do feel a lot of romantic attraction but only under certain circumstances and conditions, it ignores the fact that no two arospecs are the same and we may feel and understand things very differently, it ignores the fact that our identities are so complex and vast that listing them all and fully explaining them in one post would take nearly forever, it ignores the fact that our community is incredibly diverse and by defining us only by simple terms made to make easy sense to alloromantics, limits us and our identities incredibly.

we are far more than just "little to no romantic attraction."

[nobrashfestivity]

Edvard Munch On the Waves of Love, 1899,  lithograph 31.1 x 41.6 cm

[nobrashfestivity]

about 200 Munch works under the tag here

[iheartmoons]

i do believe that the queer community overlooks the incredible pain/hurt that comes with being aromantic

[aroacearchangel]

aro and/or ace culture is wondering “is that actually a thing alloromantics and/or allosexuals experience? or is it just the Media™ pushing unrealistic narratives for everyone involved?”