The more I participate in this fandom, the more I am convinced that NONE OF YOU KNOW WHAT BEING AROACE MEANS.
I see so many posts saying "Why can't we have an aroace Grace? Why does he have to be shipped with everyone?" I also see a lot of people saying that a Grace in a ship is a Grace that is not Aromantic and Asexual.
So, apparently, none of you know what those words mean. Let me teach you.
Aromantic: Someone who does not experience romantic attraction
Asexual: Someone who does not experience sexual attraction.
Aroace: Someone who does not experience either romantic or sexual attraction.
Things Aroace people cannot do:
Experience romantic attraction
Experience sexual attraction
However, everyone in this fandom seems to think that being aroace means that you're sex-repulsed, or against the idea of having a partner entirely.
Y'know what this falls into? "Aroace people can't experience love." Which is SO MUCH WORSE than the aroace "erasure" you've been complaining about.
Sex does not require sexual attraction, only arousal. Y'know what can be arousing? Touch. Kinks. Consensual sexual touch cause you Wanna Have Sex and the arousal comes mid way. Saying that you need to be attracted to someone to enjoy sex is like saying you need to already know the game to enjoy playing it. Also, you don't have to orgasm to enjoy sex. Sometimes its just fun and feels good.
You don't have to be romantically attracted to someone to want to spend the rest of your life with them. You don't have to be romantically attracted to someone to enjoy kissing them, holding them, dancing with them, being domestic with them, or making them happy.
Aroace people can love deeply, and extremely. The ONLY thing that is different is the attraction. Some aroace people ARE sex-repulsed, and DON'T want partners, but to say that either we need to conform to the emotionally distant expectations of 'friendship' or we're not aroace anymore? It's bullshit.
Aroace people can fuck if they want to.