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I don’t know how popular this take is, but I have to say it.

I think Jayce has always had more asexual vibes than Viktor.

I’m not saying he didn’t enjoy himself with Mel, I’m pretty sure he did, Jayce likes to please his partners and we all know that. But she was always the one initiating seductive/sexual acts in the relationship, while Jayce seemed much more interested in cuddling and acts of non-sexual intimacy and affection. (And I think this is what a lot of people picked up and why they don’t think Jayce really liked her or why some people wonder wether Jayce even truly likes women)

As an asexual woman myself, there is something about Jayce that always resonated with me, and I think Jayce would make such great ace rep, because he’s the opposite of all the stereotypes about ace people: he’s extraverted, conventionally attractive, emotionally open and has physical touch as his main love language. I want more of that, please.

Anyone else with ace spectrum Jayce headcanons?

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Why I Headcanon Belle from Beauty and the Beast as Asexual

Some of you seeing this post may be thinking 'But how could Belle be asexual when the whole point of the movie was her falling in love with the Beast?' Just for clarification, asexuality and aromantic mean different things. Someone who is asexual feels little to no sexual attraction, wherein someone who is aromantic feels little to no romantic attraction. That being said, upon rewatching Disney's Beauty and the Beast several times, it's come to my attention just how little signs of sexual attraction Belle conveys throughout the film, and being ace myself, I find how much I relate to her now that I have a better understanding of my own sexuality.

At the beginning of the film, it's established that Belle is not really interested in finding a relationship with anyone in her village. She is an introverted bookworm, and she has a hard time connecting with the other villagers. At the same time however, she's happy just reading her stories all day and helping her father in his shop. She's expressed a longing for a connection (but not neccasarily of the romantic/sexual kind) in her song 'Belle' and the reprise.

There is also the subject of Gaston. Gaston has been established to be the most handsome man in the village, and all the women want him. All except Belle. Not once during any of Belle's interactions with Gaston did she show any signs of attraction towards him. Only disgust and annoyance. The closest sign of 'attraction' on Belle's end was when she admitted to him being handsome, but only as a followup to what her father said about Gaston, and immediately rebuttled with a clear "He's not for me." Additionally, there was an exchange between the three blonde women that Belle must have something wrong with her for not being attracted to Gaston (a common thing allos have said about ace people BTW).

Now you may be thinking 'so she wasn't attracted to Gaston, but what about the Beast? She eventually falls in love with him, so she must've had some form of attraction right?' Those of you who think this forget that the whole point of the story was that Belle falls in love with the Beast DESPITE his looks. When she first meets him, she's repulsed by him, even going so far as to say that she wants nothing to do with him. It isn't until the Beast begins to show his true kind self, that she begins to form a connection with him. During the song "Something There", when Belle and the Beast begin to form a true friendship, she sings the lyrics 'True that he's no Prince Charming' meaning that she still does not find him physically attractive. She follows the lyrics with 'But there's something in him that I simply didn't see.' This shows that although she still finds his appearance jarring, she realizes that he is more than what he appears to be, and so her budding attraction towards him is not physical/sexual, but rather platonic (at least at this point in the story).

As established at the movie's prologue, the Beast's curse can only be broken when he learns to love someone, and earn that person's love in return. Belle and the Beast's relationship continues to grow throughout the film, but Belle does not truly realize she loves him until the end of the film, when the curse finally breaks. Before that point, her feelings for the Beast were platonic, and she refers to him as her 'friend' various times beforehand. During the scene when she does confess her love for him, it was after he had risked his life for her, and after he had spared Gaston when he had tried to kill him. Belle had fallen in love with the Beast because she was attracted to who he was, not what he looked like. Even after the curse had broken, and he had transformed back into a handsome prince, Belle looked more bewildered and confused upon seeing him rather than showing attraction to his new form. She had to look into his eyes to recognize that the man who stood before her was in fact the Beast she had fallen in love with. It was only then that she lovingly kissed him.

In conclusion, I believe Belle from Disney's Beauty and the Beast shows signs of being ace-spec (and possibly demiromantic since she had not fallen in love with the Beast until she had gotten to know him as a person). She showed no interest in the most sexually appealing man in her village, and instead fell in love after forming a true connection with someone who was not conventionally attractive. Thank you for reading.

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Including phykoha's tags.

"I'm a little tired of people headcanoning Donnie as Autistic and Asexual. I get it, I'm autistic and asexual, but people insisting that the "word of god" confirmed autistic character doesn't experience sexual attraction is infantilizing (and less important, but Donnie canonically has crushes on multiple female characters, he's literally the only character with a confirmed attraction, but people just can't be normal about autistic characters I guess)."

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Casey Jr. Has two moms, and that is Cassandra and April. Fight me if you disagree (edit: scratch that, three moms! Including Sunita)

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Ace and Aroace headcanons (part 2)

Mostly aroace headcanons in this part.

Amy from Looped is aroace

Brian from The Breakfast Club is aroace

Luc from Looped is biromantic ace

Maddie from Ever After High is on the aroace spectrum

Raph from Rise of the TMNT is aroace

Sticks the badger is aroace

Before the fourth Despicable Me, I saw Gru and Lucy as ace

For the first 99% of Sky High I saw Warren as a romance-repulsed aroace

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A pairing that you will never understand

(prompt 28 from this list)

I was surprised to find out that so many people shipped Beast Boy and Raven from Teen Titans. I didn’t sense any sort of romantic vibe from them in the original show and got the impression that Beast Boy was like the chaotic younger brother of the group. So, based on the original show, I don’t really understand where the pairing came from or why it suddenly became such a thing in the Go! series. (However, I have nothing against people shipping them since everyone interprets things differently and I know what it’s like to have ships that others view as sibling-like.)

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Eddie switching between two moods

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I just noticed the parallels between Sonic and Tails, and Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.  I forgot that Fluttershy was bullied. 😢

Also, Rouge reminds me A LOT of Rarity.

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These are some great explanations.  I had a similar thought about them wanting to project a certain image about themselves.  We have Madalena mentioning the stereotypically “feminine” things while Gareth mentions the stereotypically “masculine” things.  But it seems they don’t fit so neatly into those boxes after all.  And I think it’s really neat, having those background details with the food, to counteract the stereotypes in the song.  It’s been ages since I’ve seen the show but I don’t think I ever noticed about what they were eating.  Kind of makes me wonder what else I might’ve missed and what other subtle hints there might’ve been.

I think it’s also interesting when we factor in Princess Jubilee, who’s viewed as being “unladylike.” Her song is about how she’s “not like other girls” and the first line of it is that she eats meat. So, it seems like food in the Galavant universe does carry certain connotations with it, similar to our world. (Gareth’s hummus reminds me of this post here.)

So in the song “Let’s Agree to Disagree” (which is wonderful), Madalena and Gareth say sing

Madalena: I like eating lightly/ Vegan dinners nightly

Gareth: I like meat with extra meat

And I’ve always found this exchange a little bit weird, because on the few occasions we see Madalena eat – dinner with Richard and the chicken she has Gareth kill – she was eating meat. The only other time we saw Gareth eat was the hummus and carrots in season one. That’s pretty much the opposite of what they say in this song. It’s not like they invented a dichotomy fort eh sing, they just seemed to… reverse it?

But then I thought of something. Madalena says in “Joust Friends” that she “[tries] not to think to much about what [she is] eating,” and we know that there’s a shortage of vegetables in the Valencia after Richard’s invasion because he burned them all. So, what if Madalena does in fact prefer to eat more vegetables than meat, but she since she can’t after Richard destroys all the Valencian crops, she sucks it up and eats meat because she’s used to not thinking about it.

As for Gareth, I think that he probably does tend to eat more meat than not, but he does enjoy thinks like hummus (I mean, he makes it himself sometimes) but maybe he downplays it as part of his tough henchman image.

I still find those lyrics a little strange, because the thing with the chicken happens in that same episode… But maybe this is a bit of an explanation?

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In honor of ace week, I headcannon Madalena and Gareth as an arospec acespec evil couple and I love them. Look at me and tell me that Gareth "I prefer a keg of beer" Galavant (the TV show not the last name) isn't somewhere on the asexual spectrum. Listen to "let's agree to disagree," "what am I feeling" and "love makes the world brand new" and try to find any conclusion but that isn't Madalena's aroallo and Gareth's acespec.

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Wait, HOLD ON . . .  it sounds like Madalena is childfree?  That’s awesome!  More childfree rep in media would be great.

Galavant (2015)

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*Prays to Artemis and Hestia and any other aroace-coded gods that Sonic won't have a crush on Amy in the fourth movie.*

As I mentioned here, I think it'd be a huge step to have an aroace main character in a fairly well-known piece of media. I mean, when was the last time we had an aroace main character in a popular franchise? Or any franchise, for that matter? (SpongeBob is ace at least.)

Either we have shows like Riverdale that erased Jughead's asexuality or we have shows like Heartstopper where Isaac is a "glorified background extra." (According to this video. I haven't watched either of these shows.)

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(I'm new to digital art and this is my first attempt at drawing Sonic characters. I kind of lost the willpower to work on this but here's as far as I got.)

Maddie's love of yoga is rubbing off on everyone. Knuckles is doing "Warrior 3" and Shadow is doing "The Scorpion."

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Aspec Sonic week compilation for Arospec Awareness Week (in the order I made them)

Once again, thanks so much for creating this fandom event! Ive been STARRVINNG for aroace sonic content @mageofcolors

Buy most of these on Redbubble! Emergency Commissions open! Don't ignore my DNI! Reblogs are better than likes!

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I could see Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles liking Rise of the TMNT, while Shadow I think would prefer Wednesday (Netflix).

Some things I noticed in this new image from Knuckles...

Addams Family poster in Wade's old room!

Also, TMNT bedsheets and pillow case!