*Me pulling out my aroace flag and waving it aggressively before anyone accuses me of speaking over aroaces even though I'm an aroace selfshipper because apparently that's fucking required.*
Selfshipping aroace characters isn't erasure, they still exist as aroace canonly and it's not the fandoms job to hold strictly to canon. It's not an individual artist's job to not DARE draw anything sexual or romantic of aroace characters.
"But it feels like erasure to see porn of an aroace character. We don't get to have aroace characters often, and I want to hold on tightly to their canon." That's not erasure, the character is still 100% canon aroace in their media. Stop trying to shame or put down people for you being uncomfortable.
Selfshippers (or shippers in general) are NOT responsible for keeping to canon. They are NOT required to leave aroace characters alone because "if you do you're erasing aroace representation." It's not erasure to make porn or romantic works with aroaces characters, because it's not the fandoms job to hold to canon. It's not aroacephobic to adore these characters in non canon ways.
Anyone telling you that you're committing erasure is bullshit and detractors know it, fandom policing to ensure no one touches the aces or the gays or any other canon sexuality that's not straight, it's fucking garbage.
ITS NOT FANDOMS JOB TO BE CANON. ITS NOT A SELFSHIPPERS JOB TO BE CANON. FANON FANART DOESN'T ERASE A CHARACTERS CANON.
Drawing aroaces as anything other than aroaces doesn't make you bad nor are you horrid for enjoying it. You're not erasing their canon because the canon still exists.
Again. That canon still exists, it's not erasure to do something non-canon with your selfshipping. You're not a bad person for going against canon sexualities.
And I'm absolutely going to continue smooching and cuddling and holding my aroace F/Os because it absolutely makes me irrationally happy to have canon aroace characters. <33333 and sometimes I wanna date and fuck em.
-Sincerely, an aged selfshipper that hates the rise of fandom purity policing
*aggressively waves my aroace flag as a selfshipper to ward off evil purity spirits trying to control fandom.*
Fictosex/rom is on the acespectrum btw thank you go drink water!!!!
