Why did all of us collectively agree C!technoblade was aroace ???
I believe cc!Techno wasn’t a fan of being shipped with his friends so people thought “oh the character’s aroace”. Most likely a mix of different things.
Some people are operating off of “only aroace people could ever possibly dislike flirting, clearly wanting to be in a relationship is the normal thing to do and since he isn’t into that then he must be aroace bc there’s no other possible reason for him to have this kind of preference”, which is a bit weird and ironic since amatonormativity has some pretty deep ties in discrimination against aro/ace people.
Some people are aro/ace themselves, whose reasoning is more along the lines of “I really like this character and I want him to reflect an important part of my identity, especially because one of his most important relationships is a platonic one which shows how bonds other than romantic relationships can be just as valuable and aren’t inherently inferior”, nothing wrong with that one (<— meant to be /genuine, I’m not being sarcastic there).
Others just said “oh we’re doing this now cool” and adopted the headcanon as well. Maybe to add more representation, maybe just because, idk. These are all broad categories, lots of people fall in between or in multiple.
Also there’s a widespread “aroace = robot” stereotype, some people might’ve been influenced by that due to his more monotone voice and general wit.
