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The duality of "If you even imply that being aro or ace condemns someone to a sad and lonely life I will fucking fight you"

and

"being aro and ace is the most isolating thing I will ever experience"

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Regarding the discussion around the whole "aros can still date" phrase, I feel like I need to say something because I think some of the posts floating around on here are missing the point.

"Aros can still date" is a phrase we are spreading around to keep cupioromantics/romance-favourable aromantics from having their aromantic identity invalidated. Nothing more, nothing less.

While that phrase is something that protects cupioromantic and romance-favourable, it can also be used to invalidate other aromantic people. So, rather than discussing whether or not the phrase should be used, I think we should focus more on the context/situation it is used in. Because the way I see it, there are only very few situations where aromantics actually benefit from it.

Situations where you should remind yourself of "Aros can still date":

An aromantic person tells you they have a romantic partner

An aromantic person tells you they'd like to be in a romantic relationship

Situations where you should NOT say "Aromantics can still date":

Someone comes out to you as aromantic

Someone says they aren't interested in romantic relationships and don't want to date

Using it to justify your expectations on an aromantic person's love live despite them never mentioning any interest in dating

An aromantic person tells you that they are grieving their lack of romantic attraction

An aromantic person complains to you about amatonormativity/singlism

An aromantic person viewing their lack of interest in dating as a central part of their aromanticism

Literally any other discussion on aromanticism that isn't specifically about participation in or a desire for romance

Maybe this post is trivial, and everyone knows this already, but these discussions here on tumblr make it seem like some people aren't aware of this.

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the pitt is one of those television shows that did not exist prior to 48 hours ago but within the last 48 hours half of the people i follow on tumblr dot com have seen it

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Idk what it is about today but I’m missing Ms. Marvel by G Willow Wilson so bad today. Ms. Marvel (2014) if you even care

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Tbh "these characters are a package deal" is always fun. Platonic, romantic, whatever: it's fun. Where one goes, the other shall surely follow.

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A lot of leftist accounts are suspiciously quiet on the section 504 lawsuit, proposed medicaid cuts, and the "make America healthy again" executive order.

I know other leftists are not the enemy but if we don't have able bodied allies and general population support, there's no hope of pushing back against these ableist policies. These big accounts ignoring a massive minority at risk is scary. The current admin is the problem but there's no hope of a solution without allyship.

We need visibility. We need allies.

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Do you wish tipping didn't exist and people just got better pay instead?

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That’s the thing!!! He’s had an OP life-ruining murder machine in him for months at this point and “being comfortably middle class” is still the most power he can imagine!!

I decided to reread Blue Beetle (2006) and I forgot how much I love Jaime Reyes ♥️

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"If you *really* believed in direct action, you'd use Tumblr Dot Com to publicly talk about your involvement in direct actions more often" is something only frivilous people say and has no place here in the "thinking about what you just said for like 2 seconds before posting it" fandom

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okay so I'm having a debate with my flatmates

are these all different things and if so what do you call them

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Most of these parents have the vaccines. The adults were manipulated by junk science peddled by fellow vaccinated morons.

The children deserve a better life.

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to this day i cannot BELIEVE aang called up and blew off like nine avatars just because they didnt offer any vegan options to ending the war

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you can’t kill yourself, the music is about to switch from 4/4 to 6/8. the clarinets are just about to come in bro you can’t miss that

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Where’s that panel where he’s saying he can see infrared if he squints a little 😭

i really like the idea of jaime and khaji being two separate people within one body but sometimes i like to think that awareness bleeds together and and jaime feels what khaji feels and vice versa, and that jaime’s sense change and he can see new light spectrums and stuff

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Blue Beetle 2006 Run... Finished!

I just finished the Blue Beetle 2006 run and I loved it! +++ Spoilers for Blue Beetle 2006 run +++ The pacing was a bit hard to get into at the beginning with how fast it was. There was a lot going on that they were trying to cram and a lot of other stories, like Justice League and Teen Titans stuff, were happening at the same time so there were somethings I didn't quite understand. Still, I really loved it! I really liked Brenda and Paco's dynamic and was actually happy when they got together in the end! One of my favorite parts of Blue Beetle is the fact that he has his family. His mom, his dad, his sister. Growing up in a Latino family, family meant a lot, even if I didn't get along with most of my family. The family I did have means a lot to me. I also like how Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle is about community as well. I'm still reading the New Teen Titans 80's run which is going to take me... forever! 🥲 I'd started all of this because I'd seen a TikTok of Beast Boy in the Young Justice show acting depressed and decided to watch all of the DC animated shows just to see what was going on. That branched into me wanting to actually read the Young Justice comics and so much more. I'm so excited to see what else I learn and read on this journey! Overall, I'd rate it a 7/10!!! +++ In honor of me finishing Blue Beetle's 2006 run, here are some of my favorite moments from it! +++

The blond guy is Peacemaker and the Robin is Tim Drake during his time in the Teen Titans around 2006-2009!