#AroNeu

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self portrait????? dunno thought of shirt wanted to draw it

[fagdykemuppet]

ghoulette hcs 6/? (reposting some of the ones ive already posted just for cohesiveness)

(queer mist, transfem mist, aroneu mist, aro mist, trans mist, lesbian mist)

(please credit if used)

(@thebandghostofficial (hi))

[myoclonus-aro]

Hi all!

Sorry for the lack of activity in the past month. Tumblr falsely labelled my main as NSFW and despite my many appeals it won't go back to normal 😔 I've remade my main but since this blog is connected to my previous main, I haven't been able to access it.

I'm working on trying to make my new blog an admin so that I can still use aroneu bc it's a cool url and I like waffling about being aro. Until then, if you want to follow me somewhere I'll actually be active, my new blog is @teatual-backup and my discord server can be found here! It's not too busy and I have fun bots and dedicated channels for transgender and aro topics so give it a try!

Thank you!

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19 ✰ xe/xem or it/its or he/him ✰ autistic, dyspraxic and some kind of tics (???) ✰ UK ✰ aro

I'm autistic and some special interests are Nanbaka, tea, Stardew Valley, Jellycats, and learning (intellectual) disabilities! I'm also a first year uni student and post about that sometimes. Autism and dyspraxia have a big impact on how I study.

Run by a rad inclus and a transandrophobia truther.

Also check out my main @refrainboy and my aromantic blog @aroneu!

[nyotasaimiri]

Arc Two 122

(this is the last one I have fully written)

Despite the many batches Lumen had made, the muffins didn’t last long against her ravenous friends. Gizzie timidly offered to help wash up after, and joined Arrowmail at the sink when Nyota gave permission. Marcy tagged in to help dry things, though she had to let the others put things away in the higher cabinets. The rest of them settled around the kitchen table. The cozy atmosphere was still there, but a tense new undercurrent rippled beneath it.

“So,” Nyota said, voicing what they were all thinking, “let’s talk business.”

“Ya don’t need me lecturin’ ya again,” Lumen said, folding his hands under his chin as he leaned on the table. “I trust ya to keep that business a few more days out.”

“Correct. I still have to repair my gear and get rid of this cough. But,” Nyota looked over at Hadley, “I have a promise to keep.”

Hadley nodded, her expression oddly quiet. “We can’t put that off too long, can we?”

“You tell me. You know her far better than any of us.” Nyota studied her; she was nervous, under the calm, but it wasn’t fear. Something else lurked there.

Hadley sighed. “No, we really can’t. Like Danni said, he can only put her off for so long. And if she was already sending one of my brothers after your head, she’s pretty impatient. But you can’t just walk in there, either. I know, I know. We said you would. But she’s a wily old beast. Hates meeting anyone from less than the best spot. She’ll have a trap ready for sure.”

“I expected as much.” Nyota felt a little disappointed at being correct, but not surprised. “And I take it she would not appreciate if we draw notice to that.”

“Yeah, no.” Hadley shook her head. “We have to play along, at least a bit. She won’t try to hurt you when I’m close by, though. I’m her heir, whether she likes that or not. Can’t risk me jumping to your aid and getting caught in crossfire, or splitting the clan. Lots of them like me and all.”

Nyota nodded slowly. It wasn’t a plan, not by any count, but an idea was forming still. Better than just walking in and letting this Boss do what she liked with them. “Mihre,” she said.

“Eh?” The floran looked up, nictating membranes flicking across their eyes as if they were confused. They’d been pondering the coffee pot, apparently paying no attention, but Nyota knew they had been listening in.

She made eye contact, keeping her face as relaxed as possible with the thoughts whirring behind her eyes. “I am going to ask a favor of you, and perhaps your Greenfinger. I will repay it to your liking when this is done.”

They blinked twice, eyes widening. “No guarantee of nice play, for what we ask? This must be big favor.”

She smiled a little. “Big favor, and trust in Namina to warn me if you and your Greenfinger were not worth my trust. I will explain it in detail later. I need to work those details out still.”

Mihre thought about this, the entire crew staring at both of them in anticipation, for a good long minute. “Deal,” they said at last. “I will asssk Greenfinger, you tell details later. Not a bad thing, having a Protectorate favor in the pocket. Not bad at all, having ex-Miniknog, yes?”

Nyota’s smile thinned, but only from habit, not from offense. How odd that her past was a benefit now, instead of a threat.

“Fighting trickery with trickery?” Hadley said, filling the strange silence that followed Mihre’s acceptance. “Well, it’s not half-bad to try, but...” 

Nyota touched her arm, trying to reassure her. “I will be careful with it. As careful as I can be. I do not want to be their enemy. They’re your family.”

“Well, yeah. I know that. I mean--that’s not it.” Hadley leaned back in her chair, arms folded close around herself. “It’s just, all of you. I don’t want you getting hurt--you’re my family too.”

A moment of shock, but it was swallowed in a warm and gentle knowing. “So I didn’t imagine what you said, as Aroneus fell.”

Hadley blushed and curled in on herself more, mumbling, “I don’t know what you would’ve imagined...”

Nyota hummed, her eyes half-closing under the warm memory. “It’s not so important for everyone to hear, maybe,” she said, giving Hadley a bit of safety. “Nothing to dig into. But.”

Her face went solemn and serious, the warmth almost tempering the resolve inside her, as she placed a closed fist over her heart. “Hadley, I vow to do everything in my power to keep all your family safe from harm.”

Hadley nodded slowly and carefully, uncurling, like her thoughts were so heavy that they would make her fall if she moved too hard. “Everything in your power, huh? From anyone else... But from you, I’ll believe it. I’ll believe in you.”

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[a-romantic--aromantic]

neu aro flag inspo turned into a moodboard.

these are the images/color swatches used to originally design the neu aro flag. a lockscreen* size is under the cut.

*lhis was labeled as instagram story size. that means lockscreen, right? idk.

[beccapaintmore]

Hello all! I’ve been doing this project over on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BeccaPaintmore/status/1444700310262456333?s=20   please click through for full size images)  - Pride flags colour picked from Star Trek costumes! Suggestions of  costumes/flags welcome! I am aiming to do every flag, so watch this space :3 9/?  

[elsbookblorbos]

Reblogging this with some of my personal favorite aro blogs:

@aroneu Just a personal fav

@qpcultureis This is a good one for Queer Platonic Relationships. Which is a different kind of relationship outside of the Just Friends to Lovers pipeline

@arosuggestions They reblog aro memes that I like.

@ace-aro-queerplatonic-positivity QPRs but specifically with acearo homies. (Once again not ace I can't speak for ace experiences.)

@loveless-aro Some aromantics will categorize themselves as loveless. While the version of Al that you'd be writing might not fit in this box, but it's still something to check out.

@romo-aro-culture-is This might be a good resource for your specific idea. (They're inactive but there's still the archives.)

@aromantic-official Lots of resources.

@arosunflower Also just a personal fav.

about your post "shiping an aro/ace man with no regard(...)" post

I wanna start writing for Alastor but I don't really know what an aro/ace relationship looks like. Frankly (and this may sound stupid), I started re-watching all Ghibli movies bc if someone knows how to write meaningful platonic stuff is Mayazaki! Aside from that, to a certain extent, I think a relationship with him could be summarized as "more than friends, less than lovers" BUT idk if that's accurate, I still feel a bit insecure because I'm not aro/ace myself and wouldn't want to upset anyone. Would you happen to have any advice? :)

Ah, okay, I can only speak from my experience, and I'm not the only aromantic person in the world. And I am not ace, I'm pan. But I can try.

Aromantic is defined as "feeling little to no romantic attraction." I'm married. My husband is more of my best friend than anything, I feel very little romantic attraction, but he's one person that I have that tiny little kernel of romantic attraction in my heart for.

So yea! Your concept actually works really well. I would focus more on the platonic aspects of their relationship and why they enjoy being around eachother. What makes them want to do this?

For example, my husband is a hopeless romantic, and I want him to be happy. So, with a lot of the romantic things he wants, I do them because it makes him happy. From what I know about the ace community, some of them feel the same way about sex. I'd ask an ace blog if you can.

I hope this helped, but basically, focus on the friendship between the pairing. And why Alastor does things, is it because he has something to gain? Or does he just care about this person and want to see them happy. And remember, I'm not the only aro person in the world. My experience isn't the end all be all. We're all pretty friendly, tho!

[myoclonus-aro]

wild that aroneu is available as a url. pros of using microlabels ig

[mobblespsycho100]

we got canon aro lilith. now its time for canon aroallo/aroneu hunter

[nyotasaimiri]

Arc Two 102

(I think we finally hit the new stuff? Maybe?)

“Tell me about this Forge,” Nyota said. She was almost too tired to call the staff to her hand, but it still answered her in a flare of red light that made Gizzie flinch and gasp. The cold metal felt like part of her now. Had it always felt like that, or was it something that had changed in the fight with Aroneus?

Arjun nodded, adjusting his visor to knock off a last bit of frost. “Right. I’d love to take this thing apart, see what makes it work… But no one could put it back together after that. We made it this far, though. Might as well take something back with us, right?”

Nyota frowned. “What exactly are we taking, Arjun?” The warm air in this chamber stung and soothed her throat at the same time; her voice sounded terrible, she knew it.

He gestured at the anvil again. “These Builder’s Forges, they run on some strange, ancient energy source. Can’t translate the symbol for it. But my guess is that staff of yours, being so old, it might just do the trick. It won’t hurt the thing, at any rate.”

Nyota still hesitated. She had grown fond of the odd weapon from the depths of the Avian Temple. It felt like even more a part of her than her favored spear did, responding to just her thoughts. “You are certain about that?”

The old man nodded firmly. “I’m certain. These things can’t be used to break stuff.” He kicked the anvil lightly. “The Builders weren’t big on breaking things, for the most part. In the name and all that. They had tools to break down inert organic matter and remake it, if the notes were right. We’re not really sure how. But the Anvil can’t.”

Nyota took a breath and nodded. That helped.

Lana touched her shoulder. “Chin up, Captain,” she whispered. “It is not an experiment. No control, no variables. Not a lab coat in sight.”

Nyota paused again, just shook her head and laughed. “Only we would think of that,” she whispered back. But Lana was right. There was no need to fear the unknown this time. Lana just squeezed her shoulder and smiled.

Arjun nodded, pleased. “Just touch the anvil, ma’am. That should be all we need to see if it works or not.” He nodded again, hand to chin. “It’d be a miracle if it does work after all this time, no sense in getting my hopes up, of course. But trying can’t hurt.”

Nyota pushed all the possible ways that trying could hurt out of her mind. After all they had done together to get this far, she trusted Arjun. She felt herself waver with exhaustion as she lifted her hand.

Tarvei put a hand on her arm to steady her. “Maybe I should do this one, sis.” His amber eyes showed his worry clearly. Nyota’s tired mind realized her eyes had looked just like his, once, paler sclera and so open, so full of self. So free of the years of masks.

She smiled to reassure him and put her free hand over his briefly. “It’s fine. Just make sure I do not fall over. No, don’t argue. The staff is tuned to me already, so this saves trouble.” And she didn’t want him getting caught up in anything that might go wrong.

Vei frowned, but he bowed to her wishes. “Well, it’ll get you to nap sooner, I guess.”

Nyota laughed, stifled a hoarse cough, and touched the anvil.

Violet light flared around her, tossing her hair and gleaming in her eyes. Someone yelled—Arrowmail and Tarvei flinched back, Hadley and Lana reached for her. But it didn’t hurt. Nyota held up a hand and sparks collected in her palm like snow. The fiery aura settled down to a dull glow.

Nyota shook herself and tried to relax, visibly, and the doubt in their eyes faded just a little. It said something about all they had been through together, that no one questioned her judgment now.

Arjun grinned with fierce wonder. “Guess we finally know what happened to the weird purple energy from that old box,” he said. 

Lumen whistled and flickered with worry. “What’s this ‘bout weird energy? Well, darn silly question, I guess. Captain, last I checked, ya ain’t a novakid. What’re ya doin’ glowin’ like one?” 

“Eh, I think it’s nice on her,” Sonny told him. She sparked bright in the equivalent of a wink, even if her laugh was a little nervous still. “Right purdy lil’ light show.”

Arjun patted Lumen’s back, still grinning at Nyota. “Don’t worry about it. If she says she’s fine, she’s right. Damn, but I never thought… Captain, this is exactly what we were looking for.”

Nyota smiled back, light filling her eyes and dripping down into her hands. It was too overwhelming to speak, but she did not need to. Arjun took the lead. He guided her hands to the anvil, set the staff across it where it just touched her fingertips. 

“This was in Esther’s notes,” he explained. “The illustration was clear enough. You’ll be fine. These anvils were how they created their most useful tools.” 

“Perhaps even the artifacts,” Nyota murmured as some of the sheer force faded. “Arjun, you should record this. The Matter Manipulator has an option for that. The knowledge we gain from this could make everything worth it.” 

Arjun put a hand on her shoulder. “It’s already been worth it, Captain. But I don’t mind a bonus every now and then. Well, we’re almost done with this, then you can rest proper. Just touch the staff. The anvil will take it from there.”

[arrtypo]

Quoisexual has a lot of definitions but yeah, that's the one I use for myself. But ironically, identifying as quoisexual drove me to the nsam aro label. I like having the quoisexual label to express that disidentification, but at the same time, I disidentify with the idea of sexual attraction/orientation so much that actively labeling it, as quoisexual, makes me uncomfortable.

That's just my experience anyway, one I didn't think would happen. I don't mean to deny the usefulness of the term for anyone who wants to try!

Aroneu sounds cool, I'm down for that. I can see why unit aro can sound weird; if I think about it, it conjures up thoughts of... maths or military, ack.

But actually are their any alternative terms to “non-sam aro” that people are playing with right now? I know a lot of folks don’t like that phrasing to begin with and I would love to have a better word to use in posts and things.

[a-romantic--aromantic]

its super low quality but have an emoji that i made in 2019? just because it has the accurate neu aro flag colors :)

here you go! a neu aro heart emoji

[a-romantic--aromantic]

Hey! I just wanted to let you all know that I coined a new term! 

Neu Aro / Aro Neu for people who are neutral on allo or ace. It expands to either Neutro or Neutral, and it’s for non-SAM aros as well! 

The term is intentionally vague and doesn’t expand on what neutral would mean in this case. You can optionally expand it to neutrosexual or neusexual, if you do use the SAM and want or need that label.