#ace rep

[chronicallydragons]

THE @queerliblib HAS CHILD OF THE DRAGON ON LIBBY!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[lemvoxxie]

Alastor is good ace rep

Isn't it fucking crazy that the best ace rep I've ever seen in media came in the form of a fucking deer who eats people? Because I think it's crazy.

Hi, I'm your friendly neighbourhood aroace, here for another ace Alastor yap sesh! Grab a chair, get comfy, and grab a snack, why don't you?

I know Vivzie said she is excited for Al's journey about his sexuality, because it is something he doesn't quite realise about himself yet, and I think that is beautiful. But there is something that people have pointed out, that I really thoroughly enjoy about Alastor's character.

He may be asexual, but he does not refrain from weaponising sexuality to get what he wants.

This spits in the face of the absolute heaps and I do mean heaps of works out there infantilising asexuals. I do not need to see anymore uwu baby asexual characters who are just so innocent, or feel so uncomfortable with anything sexual that they must be protected at all times.

No. Alastor is a grown ass man. Furthermore, he is a very dangerous man. Not for all the power he possesses, but for all the ways he has learned to sweet-talk himself in and out of situations. He is manipulative, observant, always two steps ahead if he can help it. And yes, he will use whatever tools he may have at his disposal to get to his end goal; even if that means flirting with the enemy.

When he is kidnapped, most characters aren't concerned for his safety, simply for the fact that Alastor has never shown himself to be in need of said concern. He is The Radio Demon, the most powerful sinner in hell, who also just so happens to experience little to no sexual attraction. This is not something that makes him burst into flames as soon as sex is mentioned in any capacity.

He may not be interested, sure, but that does not make him clueless. I'd think it an insult to his intelligence, that anyone would assume him to be, tbf. This man survived for as long as he has by being observant, cunning and sneaky.

He recoils from Vox's touch. Yep. He doesn't like being touched, that was a behaviour he exhibited throughout the series, it's not new. When he first meets Lucifer, he shakes his cane, not his hand. Does not mean he's above utilising allure to play with Vox.

This little dickhead spent an ENTIRE SEASON showing us how much he does not care what he has to do to get where he wishes to be. He doesn't care who gets hurt, so long as he comes out on top (pun intended HAH) . So yeah. Love this little cunt.

I love that he's terrible. I love that he's not interested in sex, but knows other people are, and he exploits what he sees as a weakness. I love that he is so openly uncaring about that aspect of himself. I love that this may still be a journey for him to go on as he slowly makes connections. I think we may see more interesting and very real asexual experiences from Al (like the confession scene with Vox), and I cannot wait for them.

That being said, if people want to headcanon him as demi, I don't see an issue with that! I love seeing Al get dicked down, lmao.

Toodle-oo!

[trashpeddler]

i love that olric is non romanceable, i love him so much he is my best friend in the world, i don't need to date him

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

🖤🩶 ACE WEEK 🤍💜

QOTD: What’s your fave book with ace spectrum rep?

For this year’s ace week I’ve put together a list with books from all kinds of genres for you to choose a new read from!

Please note that with some of the series, it’s not made apparent that the character is asexual until a later book but I have only included the first books.

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Romance:

- Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun

- Someone Like You by Kayla Faber

- Kiss Me, Maybe by Gabriella Gamez

- A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles

- Upside Down by NR Walker

- Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall

Fantasy:

- The Court of Dreams by AJ Nora

- City of Strife by Claudie Aresneault

- A Crimson Covenant by Aimee Donnellan

- The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by EM Anderson

- The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

- Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Sci-fi:

- The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz

- The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso

Graphic Novels:

- Les Normaux by S Al Sabado & Janine Janssen

- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

- Paper Planes by Jennie Wood (YA)

YA Contemporary:

- Sad Girl Hours by Anna Zoe Quirke

- Loveless by Alice Oseman

- The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor

- Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp

YA Fantasy:

- A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth

- The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman

- The Siren, the Song and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

- The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

YA Horror:

- The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

- Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews

[alastorfanclub]

When your two favorite characters become best friends 💗

[ciralys]

Ace rep and the "kiss" controversy

I always found comfort in the Aziraphale/Crowley relationship. They love each other deeply, and they don't need to kiss or hold hands for that. The only time they do kiss is disastrous and is stated, by the one who wrote it, to not be a romantic gesture but an attempt to reach out. Yet that doesn't stop them from saying stuff like "the only thing I want in the universe is you and you're the one making me complete". And that's so, so very important to me. 

We're told so often that to be real, a romance needs kissing and sex. My first serious relationship fell apart because I didn't feel comfortable with sex, and my then-boyfriend told me that "a relationship is like a table and sex is one of the table legs" (quoting here). I thought I had a problem. At that time, I searched for and read a lot of fics portraying canonically ace-coded characters, especially in the Good Omens fandom (including the great ao3 fics by the ace writer IneffableDoll) and the Sherlock Holmes fandom, and it helped me feel like I wasn't abnormal. 

I feel that, too often, a fictional (or non-fictional) relationship is deemed "complete" or "finally starting" when the characters do kiss. I realise (with a little bit of horror) that I'm now expecting kissing as a show of sincere love in fictional works and, like everyone here, I was expecting a kiss in the finale (with some resignation). Because that's how it's supposed to go.

So I'm so, so very glad that we didn't have one. I understand that some people can be disappointed, because we like to project our own expectations about relationships onto others. I do that too. But Aziraphale and Crowley have never, in canon, shown any inclination towards sexual matters, and that never prevented them from having a comforting, secure relationship. Not kissing in the finale doesn't mean that they're dysfunctional, or that their love isn't as legitimate.

So yeah I know it's a heated debate rn. I've never received hate on the internet so I hope today isn't the day it starts. But I wrote this because their relationship was and is so very important to me, and I do think that ace rep matters for a lot of people that are not often heard.

[memento-morri-writes]

As an aroace person, the single thing I want to see more in terms of rep is characters who are just... naturally sex-repulsed. Aka, there's no trauma, no history of assault or abuse or torture or whatever. They are just sex-repulsed and always have been and always will be.

And, crucially, for this to not be treated like a Big Deal / not be seen as Weird. Maybe it's just a couple of lines, one brief scene, but it's brought up and stated, and that's it. I wouldn't mind if it's referenced more that once (in fact, I would like it), but I want the narrative to be normal about it. No one tries to "fix" them. They're not the butt of any jokes about being prudish or whatever. Sex just grosses them out, and the world keeps turning.

[junebugsinmay]

cursed to want to care for people but i end up being so awkward that those people are now dealing with psychological pain on top of whatever was bothering them in the first place

martin blackwood core, poor dude just wants to force feed his friends tea.