give me aro characters with complicated relationships to romance. give me aro characters who, despite knowing they're aro and will never reciprocate, like the affections of other people. give me aro characters who enjoy romantic attention because it gives them an ego boost, even when they're completely repulsed by the idea of actually ending up in a romantic relationship. give me aro characters who crave reassurance that the other person understands they're not leading them on, and who is still completely comfortable in their aromantic identity. give me aro characters with complicated relationships to romance
i think more people would benefit from an "i dont have to commit to this identity, if i ever change my mind, i dont have to identify that way anymore" approach to sexual/romantic orientation and gender identity
part of the problem with amatonormativity is that if you aren't interested in a long-term monogamous relationship people assume you will be a miserable empty incomplete shell of a person so you have to insist on your ability to be genuinely fulfilled by things other than marriage/monogamy/romance/etc. but at the same time society is shaped in a way where not being interested in those things can easily make you alienated, between marriage and reproduction being depicted as natural life stages that everyone needs to go through to be a fulfilled adult and it being considered standard to prioritize your romantic relationships over your platonic ones. and if you ever express loneliness or anxiety or guilt over this experience then people take that as proof that you just need to Find The One to make you realize that all your feelings and desires were actually just immaturity/fear of commitment/trauma this whole time and the societal norm IS the only way for you to be truly happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
from some of the comments i am seeing about having a hard time with fishing or wanting to fish in a specific way or looking for a white whale or wanting to skip the fishing and go straight to having a fish i feel i need to clarify the metaphor. this is not about the fishing itself to me as much as the fish. there’s this whole societal thing that pushes people to feel like they should be eating fish all the time and while fish are awesome for some people!! and while some people Want fish but don’t like the pressure about it!! i do not like fish i do not want fish and in fact i often feel as if i may exhibit an allergic reaction to seafood
more people could identify as asexual/aromantic if they not only knew what that label is but also knew about how wide the spectrum could be. because not every ace/aro person feels the same way and even people who DO have a general idea on what it means, could still be like "yeah no i cant be possibly ace/aro because i feel/do this and that"
it's a shame that the trope of a character who looks 12 but is actually 300 years old is usually just used for ick fanservice because on a paper i think the psychology of a person stuck in permanent childhood has a lot of interesting story potential. unfortunately i would not trust a fandom with that character with a 100ft pole.
The sad thing about Teru is that he does have free time, he could go to the park and the karaoke and night clubs, no one would forbid him after his work is done: He isn't a child anymore, nor does he have present parents to question why he came home late.
This picture always fuck me up, cause it feels like his attempt to do just that.
He is in his work uniform but his sword is bagged, he doesn't have to go anywhere. He even have a can of coffee so the plan is to stay awake after work, but despite probably craving to play in the swings for a while he doesn't look happy in the slightest: A swing isn't fun if you are too big to sit on it and there is no one to swing with.
It's just miserable compared to how fun normal kids playing on the swings must look:
His problem is that he tend to have free time when everyone is asleep.
It's one of the biggest reasons why despite the awkward vibes, and the inconvinient time, he tries to invite Aoi to hang out.
And there is no rush when he does eventually get her to play with him.
This time he isn't alone though, so he can have fun sleepily making candies in the dead of the night with Aoi.
Considering all this, it makes sense that on his free day, his first action wasn't to go to the arcade, it was to fetch people to go to the arcade with him.
This boy is so unbelivably lonely, he is starved for quality time.
and no one told me I haven't posted this thingie from january
(transcription below) go my timeskip teruaoikanes
1.
teru: oh by the way! did you two know that when you go to an ice rink, you must walk to the rink's center without any support and do three deep bows in the direction opposite to the current sun's position?
aoi: precisely three of them.
teru: exactly, that way, you can appease the ice spirit exactly, that way, you can appease the ice spirit for the time you're gonna skate, and it'll let you move on your skates without much trouble.
aoi: actually, this is the reason why beople throw that many gifts for figure skaters onto the ice - to help them collect decent offerings to the spirit, so it'll allow them perform difficult jumps without dire consequences.
teru: also, one more important thing! they say that bowing to the spirit at the beginning of an ice rink date can quarantee you not only a successful skating but warmth in the relationship overall!
aoi: right, I almost forgot that. that's because it can be touched by your care for your partner.
teru: he hasn't been doing that ever, has he? tsk-tsk, what an oversight.
2.
teru: how can one not know such a thing, right, Akane-san?
aoi: mhm, Akane-kun doesn't always have the quickest smarts, alas. but we're gonna forgive him, right?
teru: will have to! this time, we shall make an exception, alright.
actually fucking disgusting that glasses cost any money like if you actually think about it for more than a few seconds it is so unconscionably inhumane. this goes for things like insulin and mobility aids and hearing aids too ofc but fuck man, fucking glasses? the thing you need to fucking see? its genuinely sickening and inhumanly evil that those cost ANYTHING.
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