[stephexmachina]

proposing a new genre of fiction called an anti-romance where u r presented w a couple at the start & the story is about their emotional journey towards a catastrophic break up

[em-jae333]

[antiquepearlss]

Something I love about Abbott Elementary that you don’t see very often in other shows, is that the kids act like kids, but they’re not villainized for it.

Of course the younger kids are treated well, that’s to be expected. But the middle schoolers are often disrespectful, talk back to their teachers, don’t take things seriously, they rebel, etc. They act like middle schoolers. And they’re not shamed for it. They’re not the ones expected to change, the teachers are.

Middle schoolers are almost always villainized as being annoying and insufferable, so I appreciate that Abbott Elementary let them be annoying and insufferable without having to face any sort of consequences for a natural part of being human and growing up.

[anxietyproblem]

[icaseybaybee]

[suspiciouspurplelemon]

every canonically romantic pairing in media can be an alterous QPR if you're aroace enough

[sharmeeyn]

rocking a 4c afro on stage! Here’s to representation ✊🏾

By : zaynah bear

[allsadnshit]

Keeping an alive tumblr in 2026 is proof of one's sincerity and authenticity - a type of person who enjoys posting for the sake of it with absolutely nothing to be gained....just the enjoyment of curation and self expression untainted by opportunity and relevance

[thesweetiepienovels]

Actually, you are enough. Even if you don’t work. Or study. Or go out. Or have friends. Or have family. You’re enough because you exist and your existence is enough to be enough because you are not a product. You are not a sum of output. You are not a task to complete. But because you are something the universe wanted and put here even if you’ll never understand why. Somewhere in the cosmos your existence makes a difference, even if it’s not the way others existences do.

[mikeandwillsweddingofficiant]

hate those "is it romantic or platonic attraction" quizzes that are like 'do you see yourself holding hands with them?" or "do you get excited when you find something in common?" like babe be more specific. i want to hold my friend's hands. i get excited when i find out i share an interest with someone.

[infinitenovastar]

My male colleagues keep on hitting on me and the only thing I can think is “damn. they don’t know I want a qp gf”

[boy4days]

I can still feel your spirit

[strawberrycowtime]

being aroace must be so nice cuz like you don’t have to deal with romance. you must have so much more free time to dedicate to like. fostering healthy friendships and stuff. idk it seems like it would be easier to live like that

[pack-the-pack]

Aroace person here.

I mean, yea you don't have to deal with romance, that's true. Thus the whole weird mind games people play with each other in pursuit of allo relationships don't really affect us.

But instead you have to deal with the crushing realisation that you'll never be anyone's priority. Ever.

Maybe you were lucky enough to have parents that cared for you. They make you their priority. But statistically speaking, they'll die much sooner than you. So many of us who have this type of love, well... It's limited and it only lives as long as our parents do.

Maybe you have siblings. Again... They go off to get married, have kids, a job, a house... A life without you in it, because that stage of their lives is over.

You have friends. First in school. They fade when you join different colleges. Then college. They fade once they get their degree. Roommates... They have their own goals and significant others they wish to build a life with.

At the end of the day, you're just you. And you don't have what they have or want what they want. The value you put on friendship... It's not the value they put in it. It just isn't it. You're an afterthought to them, not a main concern.

When you're aroace and you don't want children either. You basically have to come to terms with being enough for yourself, because you'll never be enough for others. You don't have as much value as just a friend as they do to you.

I too want someone to go home to. I want someone I can hug and cry with. Someone I can watch series with. Cook with on a sunday. Go to walks in the night market. Who I can sing silly songs with. But I have to swallow that desire. Because I know it's not gonna happen.

So many aroace people have tried in the past to find qprs, and were told by people "I'm okay with you being aroace". Only to be forced and manipulated into uncomfortable and undesirable situations. Because no, most people *are not* okay with us being aroace. And they get into relationships with us, thinking they're the one that's gonna change us, the one that's gonna "fix" us. But they just hurt us instead. And remind us that the world has very little space for us.

So many of us stop even trying.

So yeah. Romance is not a factor I guess. But by no means makes it easier to live with.

[stuckinapril]

people who only use conventional social media are so funny bc they’ll casually be like “can I see your tumblr??” are you Insane. this is no instagram or twitter. this is my vault of secrets

[920926]

[anxietyproblem]

[konjurx]