I've had an unfathomably stressful weekend among my right-wing maternal relatives. Naturally, I'm celebrating my escape with a poll!
I like to headcanon a bunch of my faves as ace or grey-ace, sometimes with reasons that make sense to other people, sometimes out of pure projection (I'm a grey-ace lesbian myself, and this bleeds out into my fandom tastes!).
Pick a character to imagine as ace/grey-ace
Luke Skywalker (in the Star Wars original trilogy films specifically)
Charlotte Lucas (in P&P the novel specifically)
Every male character in Middle-earth (in Tolkien's versions)
Spock (Star Trek TOS & ye olde ST films only)
Romanadvoratrelundar I (Doctor Who TV season 16 only)
Athena (Classical Greek literature, though Roman lit's Minerva is, too)
Anakin Skywalker (in the Star Wars PT & OT films & Rogue One film)
Fitzwilliam Darcy (P&P the novel only)
Emelye (The Canterbury Tales)
Tar-Telperiën (Tolkien)
Moiraine Damodred (Wheel of Time)
Cassian Andor (Rogue One film only)
Voting ended onJan 6, 2025
REMINDER that this isn't (necessarily) a vote for your favorite character, or even your personal favorite-of-all-time ace headcanon. Vote for the character on this list that you would most enjoy imagining as asexual or grey-ace. Feel free to add details about your headcanons for your choice, though!
Details for mine specifically:
Luke Skywalker - aro-ace, misunderstands his natural rapport+psychic bond with Leia as attraction in part because he's never actually experienced real attraction and never will.
Charlotte Lucas - ace lesbian.
Men in Tolkien - grey-ace or ace, depending on the instance (I was tempted to exclude a very few specific individuals like Finwë, Samwise Gamgee, and Eöl, but it was inconvenient, and honestly, I still feel the Tolkien default for dudes is grey-ace).
Spock - gay grey-ace outside of pon farr scenarios (he hates the prospect of pon farr with T'Pring for multiple reasons! he's also aggressively disinterested in Mudd's women, the lady sexbots in "Shore Leave," etc, for ... uh, also multiple reasons).
Romana I - grey-ace.
Athena - very aggressively 100% aro-ace, can and will strike down anyone who doubts this.
Anakin Skywalker - Padmésexual.
Fitzwilliam Darcy - grey-ace, has been slightly attracted to people before, but rarely and not very strongly, until Elizabeth upends his entire experience of sexuality in the space of about 2 weeks. His own feelings only get (far) more intense and foreign to him from there.
Emelye - aro-ace. Rarely have I more strongly wished I could free someone from the story they're trapped in.
Tar-Telperiën - aro-ace, will bring the full weight of royal power to bear on anyone who has a problem with it (following the example of her lesbian great-grandmother Tar-Ancalimë, but refusing to marry at all. goodforher.jpeg)
Moiraine - grey-ace & lesbian. Yes, I know Jordan wants me to believe she's into Thom. je refuse
Cassian Andor - grey-ace, and near the "fully ace" boundary. He's mostly into Jyn and very surprised (and initially dismayed) about it.
Character(s): God, Gabriel, Original Angel Characters, Original Demon Characters, Robert “Robbie” Ross
Tags: Rape/Non-con Elements, dubious theology, Aziraphale's True Form, religious trauma, Found Family, Goats, BAMF Aziraphale, Crowley Whump, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fighting, Torture, Revenge, Monsters, Escapes, True Love, Miracles, Angst with a Happy Ending, Gabriel is a Missing Stair
Summary: Touch-starved and traumatized, Aziraphale must navigate the turbulence of his new life with Crowley. Every new relationship has it's ups and downs, but rarely does a break-up literally mean the end of the world. With help from above and below, Aziraphale and Crowley find healing together, and take their first steps into a brave new world of their own design.
More seriously, all of Ovid’s maidens devoted to Diana are making me think of The Canterbury Tales and Emily’s prayer to Diana:
Chaste goddesse, wel wostow that I
Desire to ben a mayden al my lyf,
Ne nevere wol I be no love ne wyf.
I am, thow woost, yet of thy compaignye,
A mayde, and love huntynge and venerye,
And for to walken in the wodes wilde,
And noght to ben a wyf and be with childe.
Noght wol I knowe compaignye of man.
(Chaste goddess, well you know that I
Desire to be a maiden all my life,
Never would I wish to be beloved or wife.
I am, thou knowest, yet of thy company,
A maid, and love hunting and venery,
And walking in the wild woods,
And not to be a wife and be with child.
I would not wish to know company of man.)
Emelye in the Canterbury Tales is both one of Chaucer’s most underwritten women and most relatable:
Chaste goddesse, wel wostow that I
Desire to ben a mayden al my lyf,
Ne nevere wol I be no love ne wyf.
I am, thow woost, yet of thy compaignye,
A mayde, and love huntynge and venerye,
And for to walken in the wodes wilde,
And noght to ben a wyf and be with childe.
Noght wol I knowe compaignye of man.
