#ehhhhh whatever

[eevee-on-keyboard]

guys. i've just had an epiphany.

my whole life, whenever i had feelings for someone, i always wondered whether what i was feeling was romantic attraction or not. people would say "oh it's when you want to date or marry someone". and because i don't want to do either of those things with anyone, i always wondered if i was maybe aromantic or something. but i still feel strong affection for my crushes, and i still want to be close to them.

and yet i don't want to date them. i don't feel any connection to that concept, it sounds very wrong somehow. marriage? going on dates? holding hands? ew. no. very uncomfortable, very wrong.

eventually, i gave up on questioning or attempting to label my romantic orientation. i came to the conclusion that i would never know whether i was experiencing romantic attraction or not. that whatever i was feeling, there was no way for me to label or understand it.

but the issue wasn't the romance part. it was that i'm not. a human.

aromanticism? nope. just therianthropy.

i don't want to be someone's boyfriend or husband. i want to be someone's mate.

i realized that i only feel comfortable in romantic situations, if i'm an animal. it was all just species dysphoria. doesn't matter whether the other party is a human, or some other kind of sentient creature (likely another pokemon since i am a pokemon therian). i like the idea of. like. snuggling up with another creature. grooming each other's fur. making a den together. establishing our territory. animal things. animal love. or maybe it could be a human too. probably my trainer or something. either way. i do like romance. a lot, in fact. just as long as i can be myself.

my lack of attachment to the concepts of dating and marriage, it was all because those are Human Things. fuck. everything makes sense now. yall have no idea how revolutionary this is for me. the amount of time i've spent pondering this. the confusion, the discomfort i couldn't quite name the source of...

and yeah, turns out i'm just allo. but i couldn't be happier to have finally figured it all out.

[pikahlua]

What do you think of there never being a chapter titled "Deku vs Kacchan 3"?

I think if Horikoshi doesn't wanna make the best manga ever of all time that's his business and anyone else who wants me to tell them how to best end their manga is welcome to send me money for my advice.

Also, it's still a good fanfic opportunity up for grabs there.

[micahrats]

He could rip me apart tbh

[reagantheteenagewitch]

i simply do not understand the assertion that ilya is the more interesting character......like im sorry bad boy man whore with a sad childhood and/or abusive dad and a secret heart of gold is such a common romance character trope rr literally used it AGAIN in the same book series lmao. like it or not shane actually does bring something new to the table in regards to being a romance book character. unless of course you means hes more interesting to you because hes the white one. which is what a good portion of yall mean if were being honest here

[redtem21-artpage]

Fire-fist and Straw hat

[sushiisiu]

like personal art but woo me and the bestie

[chewwyfruit]

Am I dumbfounded when I slip?

[overdramaticemotions]

If I produce 5-6 reference sheets each day I should be able to make one for every single one of my OC's. And I totally won't get burnt out to the point where I don't even wanna do ArtFight anymore.