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Izzy introducing his partners

Izzy: This is Ed, my captain, the man I’ve dedicated my life to. And this is his boyfriend Stede Stede: I’m your boyfriend too, Izzy Izzy: This is Sam, my husband. He’s dead Sam: Quit telling people I’m dead Izzy: Sometimes I can still hear his voice Izzy: And this is Jack. He's the human equivalent of a cockroach but he's got a massive dick and eats pussy like a champ

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I was vaguely looking for labels (some acespec, some not) that might fit because I did not understand what I was feeling. But then Yasmin Benoit (asexual activist) made a post on Instagram about aegosexuality and it just clicked. I did a lot of research on it and the other labels that tend to go with it, and yeah.

So, it was sort of both. I was trying to find something I might relate to to help me understand, but ultimately it came down to following a queer activist and being in that space to come across new identities.

Okay my asexual brethren, this is for personal research: Reblog this or comment with your asexual microlabel / asexual spectrum identity and whether you found this label after already being in queer spaces (like tumblr) or through specifically looking up asexuality / your experiences

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I have been screaming about this for years!!

I think when the conversation about banning plastic straws first started I did some research on it and found it was something like plastic straws made up 0.03% of plastic waste and fishing nets was like 40% (you can fact check me on this. It was years ago, my memory is not that good). There is nothing more to this than pure ablism. And if I’m completely honest, even if plastic straws had more of an environment impact, I wouldn’t care. We have consistently used and abused our planet to make shit easier for ourselves, but the second disabled people require something as almost a basic necessity, it’s all about our planet over their needs.

It’s performative activism and as OP said, it’s not about the straws. It’s about disabled people constantly having to prove their disability and people still doubting them and preventing them from using the tools that they require.

I will never shut up about this and I’ll never stop being angry about the whole thing.

being aware of the impact of things we can often not think about (like straws) is important if we’re to make strides on environmental preservation 

that does not eclipse the importance of being aware of how it impacts disabled people. they’re both conversations we need to have

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Maybe I’m biased and therefore blind to it but I just saw someone say that Izzy telling Ed to not go after Stede in Calypso’s birthday was terrible advice. I’m not going to pretend here that Izzy is a beacon of wisdom all the time but I mean he was right? Ed ignored him, went after Stede, and then ended up doing something he wasn’t ready for and getting quite upset over it. And yeah it was nice of him to want to check in with Stede after it all, but I think the idea that Stede wouldn’t have been able to cope with it is a disservice to him (and yes I get the point that just because he can deal with it by himself, doesn’t mean he has to)

Idk, I just think that out of all the bad advice Izzy has given out, giving Stede a bit of processing time doesn’t seem like the worst one. Especially since Izzy had been spending more time with Stede and possibly got the inkling of how Stede was going to react

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God, I forgot about that.

It also means Bexley returned to the universe, knowing the risk of ageing, for whatever reason, only to be blown up.

And he was wearing Dave's clothes... where did he get them? Was this after the boys lost Red Dwarf and were on Starbug? Did he return to try and see his mother?

Um okay so I'd never paused and read all of the text at the beginning of s3ep1... Jim and Bexley grew to be 18 in 3 days??? I knew they went back to Deb and Arlene's universe but not because of that!?

So no Dave learning to be a parent? No Uncle Arnie helping the babies sleep with his holo light? No fashion shows where the Cat dresses the boys up?

18 years in 3 days? So what? Babies and toddlers on the first, kids and preteens on the second, then teenagers on the third??

The absolute cowards to not let them develop loving, caring relationships with the twins. To only let Dave hug and kiss and touch other humans for 3 days before he has to send them away. This is killing me

3 days... they only got 3 days with the twins... bastards

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Um okay so I'd never paused and read all of the text at the beginning of s3ep1... Jim and Bexley grew to be 18 in 3 days??? I knew they went back to Deb and Arlene's universe but not because of that!?

So no Dave learning to be a parent? No Uncle Arnie helping the babies sleep with his holo light? No fashion shows where the Cat dresses the boys up?

18 years in 3 days? So what? Babies and toddlers on the first, kids and preteens on the second, then teenagers on the third??

The absolute cowards to not let them develop loving, caring relationships with the twins. To only let Dave hug and kiss and touch other humans for 3 days before he has to send them away. This is killing me

3 days... they only got 3 days with the twins... bastards

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I think a lot of micro-labels under asexual are really personal too. They don't just explore who (if anyone) you're sexually attracted to, but also how you interact with sex. Telling someone I'm aego and then having to explain what it means sometimes feels like sharing something that they don't really need to know

Yo my aegosexual bretheren, am i the only one who just says "Im ace" instead of saying "Im aegosexual" because more people know what ace is and the only people who know what aego sexual means is other aegos,

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Smutty fanfiction is so great, I wish sexual attraction was real

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Sometimes I think I'm going to die thinking about one of my shows. Like maybe if I'm on my deathbed and I know it's going to happen, I'll think of one last scenario to comfort me. And sometimes I wonder who it will be...

I know the answer. It'll be Red Dwarf. And I'll weep over the tragedy.

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I do find people attractive but i’m just not attracted to them.

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Today started out a not so great day because I wanted to do things and I didn’t and I was colder than I have been in a while and it was on and off raining which I don’t like. But then I got to leave work early and the sun had just set and the sky was clear and blue and the moon was out and I was listening to an album my friend recommended and when I walked under a lamppost it lit up and, sure my nose was cold, but the ends of my cigarette warmed my fingers. Something something about Autumn and something something about not every day ends as it starts and bad days can become good days.

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Oh when you're 15 and unknowingly ace and think you have some sort of moral superiority over your peers having sex

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Can’t ever read a normal ofmd fic. There’s always someone pissing.

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I tried to make a playlist for CJ because he's living in my head rent free and it's just turned into a collection of the sluttiest county songs. The vibes are there but I fear I'm listening to too much Wheeler Walker Jr

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SEX 👎

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Was thinking of something important, things derailed, and now Izzy is demiromantic in my head

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Never really understood the whole "I love this character - I'm going to torture them" theme in fanfic until ofmd

Izzy Hands deserves all the love and tenderness and care and soft things in the world... someone beat him up for me