#arobaiting

[aro-ace-culture-is]

Aro/ace culture is being devastated at the fact your favorite character who had so many implications of being aro/ace in the early days of the source material has now been written into (checks notes) a plotline where he’s now in an implied straight romantic relationship and is a father of four

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[minimosquitogirl]

another pride month another year of me shaking my fist at arobaiter extraordinaire vivienne medrano

[aro-absol]

Getting arobaited is so frustrating.

Sometimes, when I start watching a show or film or reading a book and there's a character I instantly feel a connection to. They feel so aromantic to me. They're completely uninterested I romance, can't contribute to romantic discussions and feel uncomfortable when someone insinuates they may be romantically interested in someone. They're proud to be single and try to free themselves of the amatonormative values their social circle imposes on them. Often, they are career driven, socially awkward and their most important relationships are with their friends. So, I get emotionally attached to them because I relate to them and naturally, I headcanon them as aromantic because that makes sense, right?

But I just KNOW that's gonna change as part of a character arc. At some point, an ex partner or a former unrequited crush is gonna show up and we find out the character is just bitter and afraid to be vulnerable because they have been hurt before. Or maybe their arc is about opening up and living happily and freely, and of course, that includes being in a romantic relationship. Ican feel it coming, so instead of fully focusing on the plot, I'm just silently begging the writer like "please please not them, please just let them be" And I'm disappointed every time.

[aroaceconfessions]

i propose new terms: acebaiting, arobaiting, and aspecbaiting. for when a character is heavily aspec coded or implied and then they get a relationship in canon anyway.

[aroaceconfessions]

My favourite webcomic strongly implied it's main character is aroace in the last fifty chapters. I was so happy to finally have good representation, but in the latest chapter he suddenly declares he loves his sidekick. I feel so betrayed. It doesn't make sense! He never showed any interest in his new boyfriend until now! I can't even complain in the comments or other fans will say I'm homophobic.