#aroace representation

[twomanyfandomshelp]

I really hope the success of Project Hail Mary can show Hollywood that (among many other amazing things this movie did) you don’t need to shoehorn in a romance subplot that adds nothing and would actually probably take away from the overall message.

So many other filmmakers would’ve turned Stratt into a love interest, and the fact that they didn’t is huge. Stratt and Grace can have a complex relationship without it having to be romantic or sexual in nature. They can just be friends.

To have an incredibly popular, successful movie that doesn’t have that, where the main character is largely headcannoned as aroace, is huge. Genuinely makes me want to cry with happiness.

[thegreendragongirl]

Rocky is very supportive of his friend.

Never used ibis before, that was interesting.

[lordofchips]

BloodyMary except they’re both aroace :)

[spinsterrants]

Hey happy pride month! aroace representation should be treated with respect and a readiness to learn from those who aren’t aroace themselves.

There’s this habit in fandoms that contain aromatic or asexual characters to go “aroace people can still be in relationships and have sex” and then disregard their entire identity. Because yes, obviously we can, but there is more to those actions and intent behind them, and it becomes a wildly different experience for all parties than it would with an allo couple.

It’s annoying as a aroace reader to want to interact with those characters and then constantly be reminded that no one cares about us. It’s always a “right person” or a “learning intimacy” or changing their identity entirely, even when it’s canonical. And it becomes a running joke to me that when an aroace character is close to someone in media, their identity goes completely out the window in the eyes of the fandom. Because to be happy you must be in a romantic and/or sexual relationship, and they’re not allowed to be single.

It’s important to me that people understand this, obviously as an aroace person myself, but also because the perpetuation of acephobia and arophobia spurs from misinformation and misunderstandings. It also doesn’t help allos that we keep putting relationships above everything else, because then no one can be single and happy.

Im also not saying that you can’t ship aroace ppl with anyone else that is not my intent, just be more aware of if you’re accidentally perpetuating homophobia against the aroace community.

Its just stupid ig im posting this at 1am and may very much regret it in the morning

[moonprismpower456]

Ace and Aro people fighting about who gets more representation is so funny girl we’re fighting over like who gets to keep SpongeBob lmao💀

[sleepdeprivedcinnamonbun]

Can we take the noble gases as aroace culture cause like they already have a full shell of electrons so they don't really react with stuff and they have super low boiling points and are generally chill guys and don't react with other elements cause they're already satisfied with the electrons they have so they don't need to are yall hearing this please

[aro-ace-culture-is]

Aroace culture is ‘This show/book/game has great aroace rep!’ And it’s NEVER THE MAIN CHARACTER.

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[gloomy-girlypop]

Wild Kratts: The Danger Of Love - THE END (1/2)

My dear readers suffering over the ending: Me, having the time of my life as a writer because I can finally reference my favorite Wicked song:

All joking aside, pumpkins, we're in the first part of the finale. It's been a long road to get here, and we still have the final part to go, which will tie up the most important loose ends. I'm looking forward to it, and at the same time… I think I'll miss this story a lot, mainly because of the good times chatting with you all in the comments, the plot twists... God, I sound like I'm going to die and like I'm not going to keep writing. Stop with the drama, Gloomy, you not dead- you still will write- there's enough of that for the guys already. Anyway, as always, here's the previous part, and goodbye...

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