hallow

“rooted for centuries, the living wood grown tall and thickened with a hundred thousand days of light.” - Dana Gioia, Becoming a Redwood

[incoherent-squawking]

↟↟ welcome to my forest, i'm Hallow! ↟↟

(if there's a term here you don't know and it isn't linked, feel free to send me an ask)

⋆⁺₊⋆ college student (adult)

⋆⁺₊⋆ nonbinary (he/they/star) -> stargender, crowgender

⋆⁺₊⋆ aroace + bellusromantic

⋆⁺₊⋆ alterhuman + overhuman

⋆⁺₊⋆ this blog is in english. i also know some french, some american sign language, and some spanish!

⋆⁺₊⋆ in this blog you will find primarily posts and reblogs relating to aromanticism, alterhumanity, and my various interests!

↟↟ interests↟↟

⋆⁺₊⋆ in stars and time

⋆⁺₊⋆ wings of fire

⋆⁺₊⋆ just roll with it (specifically apotheosis + upp)

⋆⁺₊⋆ project hail mary

⋆⁺₊⋆ hermitcraft and the life series

⋆⁺₊⋆ andrew joseph white novels

⋆⁺₊⋆ online subcultures

⋆⁺₊⋆ linguistics + conlangs

⋆⁺₊⋆ animation

⋆⁺₊⋆ i'm also a furry, though i don't post my own art or characters on this account!

↟↟ alterhumanity↟↟

⋆⁺₊⋆ domestic tortoiseshell cat cambitherian

⋆⁺₊⋆ coastal redwood phytanthrope -> redwood sorrel paratype

⋆⁺₊⋆ dragon cambitherian

⋆⁺₊⋆ avianthrope cambikin

⋆⁺₊⋆ bird ambihearted

⋆⁺₊⋆ siffrin fictionflicker / otherlink (sideblog for it @mumbling-to-stars)

⋆⁺₊⋆ world machine fictionhearted (also on sideblog)

⋆⁺₊⋆ quoiluntary*

⋆⁺₊⋆ i dabble in daemonism, her name is Dae (creative i know) and usually takes the form of a binturong. Her CIEday was around late 2021

(read more about my experiences!)

↟↟ general blog business↟↟

⋆⁺₊⋆ i don't have a tagging system besides #best friend, which i use for posts related to @fisheatingorca !

⋆⁺₊⋆ i also don't have a DNI, but know that i don't engage in validity debates or general hate, and i will block you if you are being weird!

*quoiluntary means an identity that doesn't clearly fit into voluntary/involuntary.

[incoherent-squawking]

the difference between how my best friend makes me feel and how my childhood best friend made me feel is so big. like before, near the end of us talking regularly, i felt all the admiration and love and stuff toward that person, but now, i feel all that and i feel it BACK. that is so important. to feel loved and valued. recognize your worth!!!

[incoherent-squawking]

actually maybe expressing love even when you might not get it back is the whole point.

[incoherent-squawking]

getting phytanthrope euphoria from people thinking i’m older than i am because redwood trees can be 2000+ years old

[incoherent-squawking]

of the belief that being on tumblr makes your characters and storytelling that much better

[3motionally3xhausted]

My contribution of PHM fanart that took me so much longer to finish than I wanted

[theartofmadeline]

happy pride to the gay people in my computer <3

[babygiraffez531]

happy pride month lovelies!

[aromantic-diaries]

"everyone should get more aromantic" can appeal to tumblr's sensibilities but I genuinely think everyone should also get more asexual. I don't mean everyone stop having sex, what I mean is

Sex is not essential. You can live without it. Full stop.

Not having sex isn't shameful or a sign of failure. It also doesn't make anyone boring.

You are not entitled to having sex with anybody and nobody is entitled to having sex with you.

Sex is not what makes someone an adult.

Nobody's worth is defined by how much sex they have or don't have.

Sex is not equally important to everyone.

You can have fulfilling and happy relationships without sex.

You should only have sex on your own terms, not because you feel like you owe it to someone, or because you feel like you'd be incomplete without it.

Know your boundaries around sex and be firm about them. Know how to respect other people's boundaries.

The previous point also applies when it comes to discussing sex. If someone doesn't wanna talk about it or hear about it you have to back down.

Anything can be sexual but not everything has to be sexual.

[justanotherpanickinggay]

I keep seeing people on tiktok saying they ship Stratt and Grace as not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing. A qpr you mean a qpr. You mean a queer platonic relationship. You mean you ship them as queer platonic partners. So use that phrase. It's not secret, it's not weird, it's not dirty, it's just not what you perceive as "normal".

[nullpointr]

this pride month remember to love and appreciate aromanticism, aromantic people, aromantic love, aromantic relationships. this pride month get more aromantic

[incoherent-squawking]

does the urge to spend all my savings on a fursuit ever go away

[aro-ace-culture-is]

Aroace culture is finding a group of people you can cuddle with and show affection to (hugs, holding hands, etc..) without it being seen as romantic/sexual!! 🧡💛🤍🩵💙

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[obsidian-thing]

Imagine constantly dehumanizing neurodivergent people and then being surprised when they start to identify with something non human

[incoherent-squawking]

yeah probably part of the reason i’m alterhuman is that i’m aromantic and therefore have never really felt on the same page as my peers. so what

[shiutsu]

Alternative Callisexual Flag

Callisexual - When you're not sure if you feel sexual or aesthetic attraction

Flag is composed of the Aesthetic attraction flag (background) & Sexual attraction flag

[charlie-jpeg]

theyre all kinda nonbinary to me

some random notes about their designs below. i have no idea what im doing btw

-their heights from shortest to tallest goes as will -> norah and lui -> isaac

-i like to incorporate small bits of the others colors for each of em. lui has stripes and bandages in red blue and green. norah wears shades of red, blue hair pins, and purple braces. wills braces are green red purple and blue. isaac has blue shorts, very dark purple shirt and wristbands, and a green bandage

-i try to make my design choices varied so i made lui blonde LMAO

-isaac has an overbite !

-lui has a tooth gap but you cant see it lol

-i wanted to push isaacs delinquent vibes so i made him more punk-like

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-thats all ive got to say

[incoherent-squawking]

imagine upp empty graves ends with them realizing william is one of the dead

[aromanticofficial]

Came out to one of my queer friends as aroace and she told me that it was sad because it meant I would never fall in love.. sometimes I wish allo people understood that romantic love is not the only way to love or the only reason to live. Like of course I fall in love!! I fall in love with the world around me every day!!!! I don’t understand how people can people tell me that my way of being is sad when I’m perfectly happy??

the sisyphean task of explaining to allos that my life is not lesser for the lack of romantic attraction