so i woke up to the whole ordeal with it being confirmed that alastor is aro/ace and i wanna put in my two cents before i return to my regularly scheduled bullshit:
on the positive side, i like that he’s aro/ace! it’s nice to see rep as an aro/ace person and i already connected real well to alastor being ace since he’s the first character i’ve been actually comfortable expressing my asexuality through like... ever
on the downside, tho, there’s gonna be a lot of fallout from this info being thrown out there and i’m kinda upset about the illustrator/artist revealing it in the way they did on stream. people already were weaponizing alastor’s asexuality to attack people for shipping him with angel (cause “lulz ya can’t ship the ace guy with the slut ya filthy animal” 🙄) and now that’s just gonna make people double down and attack shippers even harder
the silver linings i can come up with tho is that there’s still a chance for alastor to change and for development to happen to his character. the show hasn’t even started yet, after all! yeah there’s a lot already in stone behind the scenes, but there’s still changes being made as time goes on, so don’t lose hope that something can still change.
the other thing is that, hot take but: aro/ace is a fucking spectrum. SHOCKING I KNOW. not every aro/ace person is gonna be the same in how they see things and what they like. think of it as one person who’s really into brunettes/brunets versus another person that prefers redheads! it’s similar to that. we know alastor is touch averse, but there’s still a lot of possibilities, guys. don’t close yourself off so easily and let people spout off a definition just to try and control you and what you like. fandom is supposed to be fun and if someone is gonna hate you and shit on you for what you prefer, block em. it’s not cowardly in the slightest to curate your own online space so fuck anyone that tries to control you and straight up block on sight. don’t give them the time of day or even acknowledge them cause no matter what they’re gonna continue to attack and just feed off the attention from any and all answers you give them.
so stay safe guys, happy shipping, and you’re all valid no matter how you wanna ship cause it’s fiction and fandom is meant to be for fun, not activism
sincerely, an aro/ace radiodust shipping asshole










