hey, question. Ive been out of homestuck fandom for a while- where does kankri say he’s aro? Ive checked in the openbound transcripts and havent seen anything and the homestuck site itself suuuucks rn so im just wonderin. ty if you know!
Easy. He explicitly puts himself on the spectrum here, no Alloromantic/Allosexual (especially at the time) would be apologizing for perpetuating Amatonormativity, and the "celibacy" thing was a common Aphobic joke at the time. The Alpha Troll segment also came out during a point in Tumblr's history where AroAce people were massive targets, and we were made into total jokes by Allos who refused to understand us or take us seriously. Kankri's existence is an example of this.
He's an Aphobic Caricature, with all of his ties to Aro/Aceness being made into a joke. Considering this, I think it's only fair to make him actually, fully AroAce, especially given the fact if this was a parody of literally any other marginalized group - especially one within the LGBT community - people would be accepting him as being wholly a part of that group, and taking his orientation seriously. I am 100% of the belief that any argument to the contrary is just blatant Aphobia.
Homophobic caricatures are common. They are, within fandoms, accepted as fully gay, and their gayness is taken seriously. Transphobic caricatures are common. They are, within fandoms, accepted as fully trans, and their transness is taken seriously. So on and so forth. The fact that Aros/Aces are seemingly excluded from this ruling of reclamation is entirely unfair, and reflective of the fact that fandoms are loudly, objectively hostile to the existence of Aros/Aces. Fandom's main interaction with Aro/Ace existence is total erasure - the most common response to the idea of a character being Aro is "Aros can date just like normal people, too!", and Aces get "Asexuals can have sex just like normal people, too!".
Kankri being AroAce is explicit. His existence as someone on that spectrum is canon and textual. He identifies that way, and his writing is very obviously intended to make a mockery of - for lack of a better term - total AroAces. Ergo: Kankri is AroAce, and denial of this is Aphobic.
Hopefully this helps! Have a nice day. o7
















