#aroace-spec

[aroace-ed]

every so often, i think, and it might be so selfish of me, but i crave to be someone's first choice. i want to be the person that someone sees fun things to do and their first thought is to ask me to go with them. i want someone to be willing to inconvenience themselves a little bit sometimes for me as i would do for them. i want to be looked at in a list of people and to have someone pick me out of all of them. i want to be held at the same level as a romantic partner in terms of effort and closeness. i want someone to want me as much as i want them, even though it's not in a romantic sense. i want to be important to someone.

[tomatoandeggs]

Why do people find the need to invalidate aro/ace characters' identities just because they want to ship or simp for that character

As someone on the aroace spectrum, I've only ever seen allos mention the spectrum and microlabels to use as loopholes to ship. They also dont use queerplatonic relationships right. I am not against these bc i identify with aro and ace microlabels and i like to see microlabels and queerplatonic relationships getting recognized properly but not as loopholes

Its like me shipping a gay and lesbian character and calling it queerplatonic as an excuse

Its aphobic and arophobic. Especially when the character shows no interest, and even disgust, at romance and sex

Why do we, the aromantic and/or asexual community, excuse nsfw/ship drawings/fics? It wouldn't fly if you made ship art or fic of a gay and female character, so why does it fly to make an aroace character allo or sexualize them? We deserve respect

Idc what your headcanons are. It still upsets me as someone on this spectrum who uses microlabels

I just had to get my thoughts out

[fleeglefazbeagle]

New pfp, folks!

Flags: Paragirl, nonbinary, mingender, xenogender, soft butch futch, tomboy.

Hearts: Pan, uranic, aroace-spec, panplatonic, demiplatonic, demisensual.

Symbols: Fictionfolk, autism.

[a-specimen]

YOOOOOO-

Max heeere! I was doing some personal research and I found this ^ flag! BRO. This is apparently a lesser-known demiromantic, demisexual flag. I've seen many variants of the demi-aroace flag, but this one is so PRETTY! I've never seen it used before, does anyone here use it? Is this official? Pls, we gotta make this flag known XD.

[tertiary-attraction-culture]

Aroace-spec tertiary attraction culture is basically feeling the same attraction as alloromantic and/or allosexual people, so they tell you what you're feeling is "romantic" and/or "sexual" because...They internalised wanting someone to spend all your time with as "romantic".

[hancrow]

when you’re aroace but fictional characters exist

[b4ck-fr0mthe-de4d]

Made this thing yesterday, cuz I'm aroace-spec and wanted a cool flag like the aro-spec and ace-spec flags. Any thoughts fellow aroaces?

[charlie-lottie]

Demiorchidaroace / Демиорхидароэйс

Or just: Dechidaroace / Дехидароэйс

[ Created by me ; Can be used ]

Demiaroace + Orchidaroace

— A term for people who do not experience romantic and sexual attraction until an emotional connection/attachment has been formed with a specific person. But they won't want a romantic and sexual relationship.

Демиароэйс + Орхидароэйс

— Термин для персон, которые не испытывают романтическое и ексуальное влечения до тех пор, пока с определенным человеком не сформируется эмоциональная связь/привязанность. Но они не будут хотеть романтических и сексуальных отношений.

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