#aromantics

[bisonmax]

good afternoon to aromantics and aromantics only

[neptune-scythe]

I bring a certain repulsed aroace vibe to the fandom that most people don't appreciate

[mothshrub]

I really liked how ISAT worked Mirabelle's whole deal with aromanticism/asexuality into the story. Like--it's not just a blink-and-you-miss-it one time mention. I can hear people I know in how important romantic relationships are to the people around her and how she feels they're supposed to be for her. I can hear these people in how appalled she is at the idea that her earrings could potentially be a cultural sort of preparation for married life later. I can also hear them in how charmed she is by reading fictional romances, even if some parts don't connect for her, because so many aces and aros still enjoy reading smut and romances. She and Isa gush about helping that bonded house-person deliver that bond-earing thing! It's different for each person, but sometimes stories can have enough comfortable distance in them that it's possible to enjoy things you'd hate trying to actually live out yourself. At the same time, though, when she finally talks about romance and having kids herself--I haven't seen this everywhere, but sometimes I have, and sometimes people just fucking know concretely and completely that something will never appeal to them, and that's familiar too, and...

Just--I really like it, because it's such a seamless part of her, and learning about how she's struggling to make herself tackle the idea of dating like it's some kind of personal moral test, a mandatory phase of pious life--she's rung really true in lots of ways as a religious character, but this one rang especially true there too, right down to how she was trying to find good sides to it. 'Oh this one looks... nice...' she says, trying to find the least destructive gravel-sandwich to eat.

Mirabelle you're wonderful.

[isabellascarlett1]

Getting angry at someone for disliking Valentine’s Day is incredibly amatonormative behavior that normalizes the idea that everyone has to enjoy romance in a specific way.

This is both anti-Aromantic & ableist towards Neurodivergent folks who experience romance differently.

[dapperghst]

What does romantic attraction even feel like?

[acexualien]

This is giving me major aro vibes 🐸💚

I really hope no one takes this in a mean way??

[officeobject]

Rags to ritches, I'm getting platonic bitches.