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Slytherin A to Z Stories ~ P

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After a break for the HPFT House Cup Finale, we’re getting back on track with our project!

The Snakes of HPFT are proud to present our very own ‘A to Z’ Stories series, featuring all of the amazingly talented Slytherin Authors from the @hpfanfictalk Archives!  This series includes 32 Slytherin authors in total, with 60+ of our best stories, all covered by 6 of our amazing artists.  We will be going through the entire alphabet, highlighting a few stories that begin with each letter, and every fic will get its very own Picspam graphic made by one of our talented Snake artists to accompany it.  So be sure to check back in here every so often over the next few months, so that you can catch all 26 letters of the Slytherin A to Z alphabet! 

Slytherins say the letter P is for…

- People Watching by BlackPixie | @the-swimming-netballer

picspam graphic made by MegGonagall @HPFT

Rating: T for Teen Audiences Category: Harry Potter Fanfiction Era: Rebuilding Era | Alternate Universe Story Type: One-Shot [Completed] Summary: He shouldn’t have been there. But he was. It was all so wrong and all so right.

- Perfect by RoxiMalfoy | @crazydeana

picspam graphic by RoxiMalfoy @HPFT

Rating: M for Mature Audiences Category: Harry Potter Fanfiction Era: First Wizarding War | Alternate Universe Story Type: One-Shot [Completed] – Part of the Nothing is Fair in Love and War Universe. Summary: To others, this night might have been considered a disaster… But to us, it was perfect.

- Phineas Nigellus: Vampire Hunter by Bunbury

picspam graphic by grumpycat @HPFT

Rating: M for Mature Audiences Category: Harry Potter Fanfiction Era: Misc UK Era (1100-1950) | Alternate Universe Story Type: Novella [WIP] Summary: It’s 1875. Phineas Nigellus, young heir to the House of Black, has had his future planned for him since the day he was born.But when, on a dark and stormy night, he meets an uninvited guest at his engagement party, his life will change forever in ways he could never have foreseen. Before the end he will learn the price of duty, discover the meaning of true love, and cut down the legions of Hell. 

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Returnkng to Tumblr, and hopefully writing soon, by saying how proud I am of my peeps over at Slytherin HPFT 🖤💚🖤 I've been a shitty friend and I haven't even thought about writing fanfic this year but this still include me in things like their a-z of stories

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Of Mice and Men Essay

Yo. It’s been a while. I’ve always said I was quite an irregular poster.

But I’m here to post what I consider to be one of my greatest achievements to date, 5th March 2017.

I just completed a 1.5k+ word essay on the book ‘Of Mice and Men’, on the modified topic question of “Every good story needs a hero.” Does Of Mice and Men have a ‘hero’ character? And if so, who is it and why?

I’d like to dedicate this essay to Sian for their help in coming up with ideas for some of the harder characters like Curley, and believing that I could write this in a day, which I did manage.

Here we go. This is a whole days worth of work for me. I’m off to bed now.

Not all stories have a clear and defined ‘hero’ character, but that does not mean that the story is a ‘bad’ one. A story does not have to have a single ‘hero’ character, rather all characters are heroes in their own way. Each character is both ‘good’ and ‘bad’, there is no totally bad or totally good, only an in-between. Being a hero is a subjective, a singular reader’s perspective differs to the next.

A mere stablehand. A nigger. Proud. Aloof. Crooks the negro stable-buck was segregated from the fellowship of man that existed in the close quarters of the bunk house. He lived in a totally different world to what we in exist in now. Here in modern Sydney, the level of discrimination and hatred that was directed towards him over the course of his lifetime, made worse by his hunched back would not have been stood for, it’s more than barely legal, it’s prosecutable. The racial discrimination and slurs went above and beyond what anyone should ever have to go through, and yet he persisted. He knew that if he kept to himself, and left the white men alone, the racial language and actions against him wouldn’t be as bad, but no matter what he did it would always be there. Unescapable. The way he treats his possessions shows that if he had anyone willing to befriend him that he wouldn’t treat them like the dirt he was considered to be. His patience in such a dire time is truly indicative of a hero waiting for his time to come.

Mrs Curley, AKA Curley’s wife as she is simply known to us, was shown as nothing more than a tart and a whore though her provocative behaviour is most likely a hidden desire for fulfilling her personal dreams and hopes of a man to love and take care of her, as seen in the barn in Chapter 5 when she lets Lennie stroke her hair. Her own weaknesses led to her death, it’s a classic Aristotle model of tragedy in which the hero is seriously flawed, taking them down the path to their own downfall. Mrs Curley’s plans to seduce the ranchers failed, ultimately ending in her tragic death at Lennie’s hands, a pristine example of Robert Burns “the best laid plans of mice and men / often go awry” from the 1785 poem ‘To A Mouse’.

Candy’s name is one of the most fitting in Of Mice & Men. The soft-spoken amputee is the first character we meet on the ranch. From the moment he met George and Lennie, he welcomed them, though he may have simply dismissed them as just another couple a’ men passing through, until he hears George and Lennie’s dream. His heroic offering of his money to fund the purchase of their dream land is exemplary of a self-less man who simply wishes to see others reach their goals. When he and George discover the body of Curley’s wife, he aids George in the cover-up of her death, giving us a glimpse of his mindset that if he were to be discovered it wouldn’t matter, he was coming close to his time to go, similar to his dog.

In the novella of Of Mice and Men, Carlson, one of the ranch workers there at the time of George and Lennie’s stay and is more one of the silent background with a few standout scenes. His first scene in which we get a real glance of who Carlson is as a person is when he convinces Candy that his dog should be put out of its misery. Carlson’s forcing of Candy’s hand, as well as getting others in bunkhouse such as Slim who carries power, was all in name of the dog, who being “all stiff with rheumatism” wouldn’t have had a good life in the lead up to his shooting as his health deteriorated, and it would have declined as the weeks and months past. The dog’s combined conditions were not only detrimental to itself but detrimental to the health of those in the bunkhouse who had to share close quarters with the canine. Carlson as an occupant of the small, tight, shared quarters was heroic in that the diseases the dog could very well have easily transferred to one of the workers and spread like wildfire throughout the farm. He went after Lennie for the same reason that he went after Candy’s dog. He believed Lennie was threatening to the farm rancher’s lifestyle.

The boss’ son. Temperamental. Curley is hard to view as a hero and likeable from a modern day perspective, but if we were to be transported back in time to the Great Depression with the same mindset and knowledge of the local lads at the time and gone through the same struggles to survive that they suffered, he would truly be considered heroic in his actions and dead-set revenge wish to get back at the one who had taken his wife from their world, a true 'manly' quality for that time period. Though he is constantly antagonistic of the fellow workers, believing himself to be above the others, with the possible exception of Slim, he was simply acting on his testosterone and the reactants or stressors in his life.

The strong and silent character of this novel is clearly Slim. Slim’s longtime role on the farm is being the jerkline skinner, the job of head mule skinner. Though on the farm his position commanded respect, his word taken for granted along with his authority on any subject, his personality was quiet, asking for no trouble, kind. His gentle temperament has a high chance of being one of the reasons he kept his bitch’s pups. Many in that time would have shot them or sold them off for anyone willing to buy them as it was hard times and men did what they could to get by. Although he joins the other men in the whorehouse, all have their flaws and weaknesses. True heroes care for all man and animal kind and treat them as equals. Both Slim and Carlson show this trait. Slim didn’t want to go after Lennie, but as he’s still just a worker on the ranch and could be fired at a moment’s notice. Our jerkline skinner didn’t retaliate when Curley went after him believing Slim was getting down and dirty with his wife behind his back, he defended the innocent Lennie who had no idea what he was doing.

The first to speak in Of Mice and Men was George calling Lennie’s name, trying to keep his companion from making himself sick. He became an unknown hero from the very moment in which he took on Lennie as his companion and cared for him after his Aunt Clara died. George himself laments in Chapter 1 on what he could do if he didn’t have Lennie weighing him down, though he almost regrets his monologue when he inwardly realises that no matter what he says to Lennie, no matter how often he rants and gets mad at Lennie, Lennie is never going to remember. George’s protectiveness of Lennie and valiant efforts to keep him out of trouble shows that he does care for Lennie and tries to keep him out of trouble, it’s just impossible to be guarding Lennie 24/7. In putting Lennie out of his misery, George saved him from the only other two possible options he had. Lennie could have gone away to jail to most likely face the capital punishment of death for killing another. His only other option would have been death by another rifle at the hands of Curley, tortured and murdered in cold blood. George’s actions saved from a world of pain, when he pulled the trigger on the Luger aimed at Lennie’s head, he in a way heroically saved his friend a world of pain and suffering. Took him away from impending misery once and for all.

The simple-minded and endearing abominable snowman from Looney Tunes is unforgettable when he picks up Daffy Duck and says “I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him.” The easily lovable snowman was based on this character, whose last name is ironic when you consider his physical frame. His physical frame definitely does not indicate his demeanour though. Lennie has his dreams and hopes for a better future just like any other of the other characters. He’s the most likeable thanks to his childlike simplicity which masks and hides nothing of his thought process from the world. His kindness and innocence show him as an unlikely hero if like many, we took each character at first glance and the levels of meanness shown by the others compared to the softness of Lennie.

Our subconscious’ automatically root for the best heroes, although not all are easily likeable at the first meeting, e.g Severus Snape in Harry Potter who we later learn held grudges toward Harry due to his parents actions and others misgivings around him. We as readers must learn to adapt our behaviour when reading, and not automatically jump to conclusions about characters and their ulterior motives before they have even finished a conversation.

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Giant List of Asexuality and Aromantic Blogs

Since Asexual Awareness Week is coming up, I figured I’d make a rebloggable version of this blog’s links page for those who want to find new blogs to suggest to people!

Notes:

Included on this list are: Asexuality Tumblrs, Aromantic Tumblrs, Advice Tumblrs, Non-Tumblr Sites and Useful Links!

If you know any other blogs, sites, or other links that aren’t on here, let me know, and I’ll be sure to add it! Also, if you run one of these blogs and I’ve messed something up, let me know and I’ll fix it for you.

Please assume that on this list, the words ‘asexual’ and ‘aromantic’ stand for asexual-spectrum and aromantic-spectrum respectively, unless otherwise indicated.

This post doesn’t always update itself when reblogged for some reason. You can always find the most up-to-date rebloggable version here and the permanent version here!

Asexuality Tumblr Blogs

AceTumblr: an extensive list of asexual-spectrum related Tumblrs! Includes blogs about asexy arts and crafts, asexual-spectrum advice, asexual-spectrum themed Tumblrs, and more. There is also a huge list of individual blogs run by aces!

Ace Advice Network: a blog network for asexual and aromantic advice blogs which provides support and guidance to such blogs’ admins and the people they serve!

Ace and Aro August: a blog which collects submitted asexual and aromantic fanfiction throughout the month of August!

Ace Art: a blog with asexuality wallpapers, artwork and other graphics!

aceasaurus: a general ace blog!

Ace Beth Week: A collection of asexual Beth Childs content for an event which ran earlier the summer of 2014!

aceboned: ace blog probably most known for their series of submissions on ‘I knew I was asexual when…”

Ace Bucky Barnes: a blog which accepts any kind of submission about asexual Bucky Barnes- in addition to other asexual and/or aromantic characters in marvel! 

AceChats: a tumblr for organizing online ace meetups!

Ace Fanfiction Recs: submissions-based blog for asexual fanfic recs!

Ace K-pop Fans: a blog to find other aces interested in k-pop!

Ace Meet-Up: a blog where you can submit a profile and look for other aces to meet up with!

Ace Music: music that does not reference sex, both romantic and aromantic!

Ace Positivity: an ace-spectrum positivity blog!

Ace Secrets: a post-secret-esque blog for aces!

aceshineefics: a blog recommending SHINee fanfic in which someone is asexual!

Ace Stories: a blog for people to submit stories about their experiences being asexual!

Ace Style: a blog for fashion in ace colors!

Ace the Final Frontier: a general ace blog! has a really cool page of ace character headcanons.

Aces and Hearts: a blog for asexuals looking for relationships.

Aces in Space: a submissions-based blog for Star Wars asexuality and aromantic headcanons!

Aces Unabridged: a place for aces to tell their stories! also posts ace challenges to answer.

Acing It Up: a general asexuality blog!

aroacemusic: a blog which posts music for asexual and aromantic spectrum people!

Asexology: an ace blog that tends to post discussion about asexuality and scientific things!

asexualarchive: a collection of ‘proof’ of asexual marginalization!

Asexual Experiences: a blog to collect the stories and experiences of asexual-spectrum people. Accepts submissions!

Asexual Facts: a satire blog which posts entertaining “facts” about asexuality! They answer serious asks at Asexual Science.

Asexual Fanfiction: a submissions-based blog which collects sex-free and asexual and aromantic inclusive fanfiction! 

Asexual Fanfiction Archive: a submissions-based archive and collection of recs for ace-spectrum fic!

Asexual Headcanons: blog for submissions of asexual headcanons!

Asexual Info: an asexuality awareness blog!

Asexual Literature: A place to find literature on or about asexuality and those on the spectrum!

Asexual People of Color: a blog for asexual poc!

Asexual Problems: a blog to submit problems asexual people face!

Asexual Quotes: a blog that posts quotes which are about or relate to asexuality!

Asexuals Connecting With Asexuals: a blog where you can submit a profile and find asexual people in your area!

Asexual Supernatural: a blog for everything asexuality-spectrum in the Supernatural fandom!

asexualtalia: a blog dedicated to asexual characters in the Hetalia fandom!

Asexual Things: general ace and visibility blog!

Asexuality Exists: a general ace blog!

Asexuality in Fandom: a blog for the discussion of asexuality in fandom!

Asexuality-Armadillo: an asexuality blog with advice, resources, cute armadillo comics and more!

Asexuality Studies: a blog for promoting conversations about asexual research in the tumblr ace community! They answer any questions regarding existing asexuality research, statistics and history!

Asexy April: a multifandom challenge during the month of April to create asexy fanworks!

Asexy Slice of Cake: a general ace blog and safe ace space!

Ask an Ace: a blog for answering asexuality-related questions!

Blog Asexual: an asexuality blog for Spanish-speaking people!

Cool Asexual Things: a blog for promoting asexual pride!

Cupiosexual-Cupioromantic: a blog about cupiosexuality/romanticism!

Dear Non-Ace People…: letters from ace-spectrum and aromantic people to non-asexual people.

Demissembly: a blog about demisexuality!

Fandom Ace Archive: (url acesinspades): a submissions-based fanfic archive for ace and aro fic!

Flirtaceous: a flirting tips for aces blog which also accepts submissions!

French-Asexuel: an asexuality blog for French-speaking people!

fuckyeahasexual: a general ace blog!

German AroAces: a blog for German-speaking asexual and/or aromantic people!

Gray-Asexual Shenanigans: a general asexuality and gray-asexuality blog!

A Gray-Asexual Space: a blog for gray-asexual people!

Gray-Demi-Asexual Recognition and Resource: an asexual-spectrum recognition and resource blog!

House of Ace: a blog which aims to provide asexual and aromantic-spectrum content as an alternative to having to look through the tags!

indie asexual art and music: submission-based blog for aces to get more exposure for their art, music, prose & poetry!

kinkyasexuals: for asexuals involved in BDSM!

Let’s Talk About Demisexuality: a blog about demisexuality!

One Percent World: a general ace blog with a focus on writings, drawings, creativity and humor! Also has merchandise.

Religious Aces: a blog for religious aces!

Resources for Ace Survivors: resources for asexual-spectrum survivors of sexual violence and people who want to support ace survivors!

stockphotoasexuality: a blog which collects various images used in asexuality articles!

Teen Aces: a blog for young (college-aged and younger) ace folk!

theasexualityblog: a general ace blog!

the-asexual-life: a general ace blog!

Your Fave is Acey: a submissions-based blog for asexual-spectrum headcanons!

Aromantic Tumblr Blogs

15 Day Aromantic Challenge

Ace Music’s aromantic tag

Amatonormative Moments: a blog which catalogues instances of amatonormativity in everyday life, and accepts submissions! 

aroacemusic: a blog which posts music for asexual and aromantic spectrum people!

AroHQ: a blog dedicated to aromantic interpretations and canon characters

Aromantic Aardvark: a blog for aromantic spectrum people which also offers advice!

Aromantic Advice: an advice blog for aromantic people!

Aro and Aro-Spectrum Fanfiction: a blog to submit aromantic-spectrum fic!

Aromantic and Aro-Spectrum Headcanons: a blog to submit your aromantic-spectrum and queerplatonic headcanons for any fandom!

Aromantic Asexuals: a forum for aro aces!

Aromantic Facts: a satire blog which posts entertaining “facts” about aromanticism!

aromanticnerd: a blog for allosexual aromantics which also offers advice!

Aromantic Problems: a blog dedicated to being on the aromantic spectrum and the problems that come with it, which also accepts submissions!

Aromantic Secrets: an aromantic blog which posts general aro stuff, answers questions and accepts post-secret-style submissions!

Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week: an advice and awareness blog for the aromantic spectrum!

The Arospace: a blog for submitting moments when something should have clued you in that you were aromantic!

Asexual Headcanon’s aromantic tag

Cupiosexual-Cupioromantic: a blog about cupiosexuality/romanticism!

Fandom Ace Archive’s aromantic tag

Fictional Aromantics!: a blog to discuss aromantic characters, fiction and media!

The Full Quiver: a blog dedicated to aromantic interpretations and canon characters!

German AroAces: a blog for German-speaking asexual and/or aromantic people!

gray-demiromantic: a blog about gray and demi romanticism, which also answers questions!

grayros: a blog for gray-romantics!

House of Ace’s aromantic tag

Lithromanticism: a blog about lithromanticism, which offers advice!

Nonromantic Songs: a blog which collects songs without romantic themes! also they have a playlist on youtube here!

Perks of Being Aro: an advice/pride/positivity blog for aromantics!

Platonically in Love: a blog to celebrate queerplatonic relationships, platonic partners and other similar forms of relationship! accepts picture and story submissions as well!

Platonic Partners Society: a blog design to showcase platonic relationships, from friendships to platonic partnership! Accepts submissions as well!

Queerplatonic and Aromantic Advice: a blog that offers advice about qp relationships, qp partners and the aromantic spectrum.

Queerplatonic Match: a blog for anyone looking for a queerplatonic partner!

Shades of Grayro: a blog for people on the aromantic spectrum!

Tumblr Blogs That Offer Advice (both aromantic and asexuality blogs listed) many also post other things in addition to advice and have useful lists of resources, links and faqs!

Ace Advice Network: a blog network for asexual and aromantic advice blogs which provides support and guidance to such blogs’ admins and the people they serve!

Aromantic Aardvark: a blog for aromantic spectrum people which also offers advice!

Aromantic Advice: an advice blog for aromantic people!

aromanticnerd: a blog for allosexual aromantics which also offers advice!

Aromantic Secrets: an aromantic blog which posts general aro stuff, answers questions and accepts post-secret-style submissions!

Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week: an advice and awareness blog for the aromantic spectrum!

Asexual Advice: an advice blog for asexuals, (with links to similar blogs for other orientations)!

Asexuals Anonymous: an advice blog for asexuals!

Asexual Helper: an advice blog for asexuals!

Ask an Asexual: blog for asking questions about asexuality!

Ask a Demisexual: an advice blog for demisexuals, other asexual-spectrum people and anyone else!

Confessions of a Demisexual: a blog about being demisexual, which also offers advice!

Demigray: a blog for demi and gray-asexual people, which also offers advice!

gray-demiromantic: a blog about gray and demi romanticism, which also answers questions!

Lithromanticism: a blog about lithromanticism, which offers advice!

Queerplatonic and Aromantic Advice: a blog that offers advice about qp relationships, qp partners and the aromantic spectrum.

Non-Tumblr Sites (both aromantic and asexuality sites listed)

Acebook: an asexual dating and social networking site!

Ace Fet: a forum for asexual and aromantic fetishists. Also has a tumblr.

ace_fic: a livejournal asexuality fanfiction comm!

Ace Ideas: a youtube vlogging channel about asexuality! also has a tumblr.

Acetronauts: a youtube vlogging channel about asexuality! They also have a tumblr.

are:UK: a UK organization for asexuality education, media representation and providing resources. Also has a tumblr.

Arocalypse: an aromantic forum! They also have a tumblr here.

Aroplane: a forum for aromantic-spectrum people!

Aromantic Asexuals: a forum for aro aces!

Asexualitic: an asexual dating site!

The Asexual Agenda: a blog which promotes asexual blogs, shares links and discusses a deeper wide variety of asexual-related concepts. Also the home of the monthly Carnival of Aces!

Asexual Archive: another very comprehensive blog about ‘all things ace’!

Asexual Awareness Week: the official website for Asexual Awareness Week! They also have a tumblr!

Asexual Explorations: a site which promotes the academic study of asexuality! It provides many good links and resources to this end.

Asexual Groups: a reference blog to find asexuality meet-ups and communities!

Asexuality Meetup: list of asexuality meetups!

Asexual News: a site for asexuality news and opinions. Includes a huge list of links and resources, and also merchandise.

The Asexual Stories Project: a place for any asexual-spectrum person to submit their stories about their experiences with any aspect of their asexuality!

AVEN: probably the best-known asexual site on the Internet. I’ve heard some not-so-great things about the forums, but the rest of the site has a large list of links, news, a wiki and other things to check out! They also have a tumblr.

Card House: an asexuality forum!

Demisexuality.org: a website all about demisexuality! (with a very useful links page!)

Kik Messenger group: not really a site per se, but directions for how to join a Kik Messenger network/group for asexuals who would like to chat! According to the post: “Kik Messenger is a free anonymous messaging app that is available on multiple smartphone platforms.”

New England Asexuals: website for the New England Asexuals!

Partnership for Asexual Visibility and Education: an organization focusing on asexual activism!

Other Useful Links

30 Day Ace Challenge

15 Day Aromantic Challenge

ace-muslim’s asexuality resources page!

Anagnori has a lot of useful links, essays, guides and resources on their page!

asexual and aromantic resources

Asexual Essays: tumblr user swankivy’s extensive list of her awesome essays on asexuality!

Asexuality-Armadillo’s Resources Tag: lots of good resources, lists of blogs and lists of links to all kinds of useful things here!

Asexuality Exist’s Resources Page

Asexuality Masterpost full of useful stuff to buy, find, read and link to!

Asexuality and Race Resources

Advice for non-ace partners of asexuals

AVEN’s relationship faq

FAQ for doing research on asexuality!: a very helpful set of explanations from Asexuality Studies on how to conduct research on asexuality for a class, just to find an article, or anything else!

Global media coverage of Understanding Asexuality: ace-muslim’s list of media coverage of Anthony Bogaert’s book around the world!

How to Have Sex with an Asexual Person

A list of non-English-speaking asexuality groups/links/resources!

Linkspam for people giving ace advice by queenieofaces!

linkspam on aromanticism by queenieofaces!

linkspam on asexuality and sex-aversion/repulsion by queenieofaces!

linkspam on demisexuality! by queenieofaces!

linkspam on greyness: by queenieofaces!

list of aromantic and/or asexual books

list of asexual-friendly colleges

On asexual/non-asexual relationships

Intro to Asexuality Studies: a helpful list of starter links and resources for those who want to study asexuality!

K-pop songs that aren’t romantic or sexual!

Pairingless fic rec list

Religion and Asexuality Overview

Resources for Aromantic Non-Asexual people!

Metapianycist’s list of aromantic resources!: links to aromantic-spectrum and queerplatonic resources blogs, visual resources and aromantic tumblrers!

Resources for Ace Survivors: resources for asexual-spectrum survivors of sexual violence and people who want to support ace survivors!

Resources Post: a list of resources from the blog Asexuals_Anonymous!

writing asexual characters links!

also check out my (House-of-Ace’s) list of tags! The resources, community and links tags might be good places to start!

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here are some more links for anon!

[malfoys-pixie]

Love this list (also reblogging for my own purposes so I don't lose it)

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Protect asexuals with autism

Protect asexuals with personality disorders

Protect asexuals with mood disorders

Keep ableism away for this community.

[asexual-representation]

Books by ace-spectrum authors with ace-spectrum main characters

When it comes to asexual representation in books, I’m most interested in reading ace main characters written by ace authors. Ace side characters are always great, but I really love getting the ace character’s point of view, and I believe authors who are ace themselves are best equipped to pull that off realistically. Thinking about this, I ended up making the following list of all the books/series I could find that have an ace-spec MC (or at least a point-of-view character) and were written by an ace-spec author. Click the links for more info and discussion. If you know of any I missed, I’d love to hear about them!

Blue Steel Chain by Alex Beecroft

Deadly Sweet Lies by Erica Cameron (two POV chars; one is ace)

Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari (two ace POV chars)

Coffee Cake by Michaela Grey

After I Wake by Emma Griffith

The Chronomancer Chronicles (series) by Reilyn J. Hardy

The Bone People by Keri Hulme

The Shape Shifter Chronicles (series) by Lauren Jankowski (multiple ace chars)

Candy Land by Lissa Kasey (multiple POV chars; one is ace)

Model Citizen by Lissa Kasey

The Faerie Godmother’s Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

A Promise Broken by Lynn E. O’Connacht (a secondary POV character is ace)

Kanaan & Tilney: The Case of the Arms Dealers by Jenna Rose and Katey Hawthorne (one ace author) (two POV chars; one is ace)

All for the Game (series) by Nora Sakavic

The Asexual Equation by R.J. Seeley

Ely, Jesse and Robin’s Guide to Asexuality by R.J. Seeley (all three MCs are ace)

From Under the Mountain by Cait Spivey (multiple POV chars; the MC is ace)

Yash and Ryo Lost in the Milky Way by Barbara G. Tarn (one of the two MCs is ace)

I’m also posting this list on a static page, and I’ll be updating it there as I find more books/more are written.

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“Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what.”

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[malfoys-pixie]

This is so true! I have been a member of this community since it opened, and I hope I will always be a member until the day I die.

You can find me as BlackPixie over on HPFT #hpft

[harrypotterconfessions]

[meggonagall]

I feel this so hard.

[sugar-and-spite]

seriously before the age of 18 your child can NOT PHYSICALLY OR LEGALLY PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES your job is to be their sunlight, their support, their food and water, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO GROW. your job is NOT TO BECOME THEIR JAILOR. when you remove your child’s autonomy and privacy, you are subjecting them to severe emotional damage. THIS IS ABUSE. think of your family as a government system. provide for your citizens as they need, set rules only when necessary. would you want your government to monitor your communications and personally chastise you for minor transgressions? no? then DONT DO IT TO YOUR CHILD. they are not your property. they are a child. they deserve to be treated with RESPECT AND LOVE. and if you can’t do that for them, if you can’t be everything they need without being a burden, then you SHOULD NOT HAVE A CHILD.

[officialqueer]

Asexuals are rad, pass it on.

[malfoys-pixie]

So true.

[acedana]

PSA education about asexuality will not push young lgbt youth into the closet or into hiding under the guise of being asexual. Asexual education will help young aces realize who they are. It will save aces from years of feeling broken and wrong and hated. It can save lives.

When people say that ace education hurts gay youth, I see another flaw in the system. Lgbt+ education should be as inclusive and accepting as possible, with information to help clear up confusion and to encourage being true to yourself!

Please don’t blame an entire community for the actions of a few individuals who abuse the power of education.

[malfoys-pixie]

Hey all! Im back for a post on one of my favourite things to do, SWIM! In Australia summer is here and temperatures have already reached 40C!...

I wrote this post late November last year, and Part 2 will be coming out shortly on HPFF!!

[malfoys-pixie]

Life is meaningless.

Life is meaningless. Ambition is meaningless. Money. Fashion. Fame. Fortune. Knowledge. Everything is meaningless.

Want to know why?

It's because once we die, all we know is gone. We are gone. Forever. Sure, all the things we had will still be there. But we will not have it with us, nor will we definitely have it in another life.