#Romantic Orientations

[larkspur777]

The Librarians: Romantic Orientations

Eve – pan or bi Cassandra – confirmed pan/bi in both the show and this interview Jake – it’s complicated (see my other post: Is Jake Stone from The Librarians queer?) Ezekiel – at first I was getting aroace spectrum vibes from him but it seems he has a thing for pixie-like women with short hair such as Sylalandria and Cindy

In conclusion, everyone is pan/bi except Ezekiel who could still be on the aroace spectrum.

[burning-thistles-bt]

Pride icon anon again, would you mind making a (no/minimal spoilers) list of the identities? I'll definitely do the suggested characters, but I'd love to do more than them. That even included the bad characters (including the likes of Thistlestar himself)

Here you go! This is ripped straight from our spreadsheet of the characters. No spoiler characters though!:

Firestar Bisexual

Sandstorm Bisexual

Lightningfur AroAce-spec Lesbian

Fury Lesbian

Copperleaf Demiromantic Panromantic

Dawncloud Graysexual

Creekflower Heterosexual

Oliver Heterosexual

Longtail Heterosexual

Airleap Transmasc Intersex Queer-Questioning

Cinderpelt Bisexual

Lizardflight Lesbian

Elderpaw Transfem Demigirl Lesbian

Mistlepaw Butch Lesbian

Cliffpaw Polyamorus Omnisexual

Snowpaw Heterosexual

Onewhisker Omnisexual

Frostfur (Comp) Omnisexual

Redtail Gay

Runningwind Gay

Lionheart Pansexual

Tigerstar Bisexual

Whitestorm Heterosexual

Brindleface Aromantic

Swiftbreeze Aromantic

Adderfang (Closeted) Femboy Heterosexual

Spottedleaf (Closeted) Lesbian

Thistlestar (Comp) Bisexual

Grasswhisker (Closeted) Asexual

Bubbles Genderfluid Trixic

Rocket Nonbinary Demiboy

Opal Nonbinary Demigirl

Oat Gay/Aromantic

Sootkit Transmasc

Ravenwing Demiromantic Gay

Barley Gay

Feathercloud Gay

Brackenfur Heterosexual

Sorrelkit Bisexual

Stormpaw Bisexual

Rowanpaw Trans Masc

Tawnypaw Heterosexual

Bramblepaw Demiromantic Demisexual

Tulippaw Gay

Missingheart Pansexual

Blossomtail Gay

Badgerfang Gay

Swampfur Bisexual

Lynxpaw Demiromantic Asexual

Cherryfur Abrosexual

Darkstripe Gay Bi-Curious Femboy

Graystripe Heterosexual/Gynesexual

Silverstream Heterosexual

Gremlin Bisexual Nonbinary She-cat

Scraps Pansexual

Night Pansexual

Storm Asexual Gay

Scourge Aromantic Nonbinary Tom

Tallpoppy Polyamorus Pansexual

[clanofjones]

Warning: Rant Ahead

OK.

I'm aceflux (meaning I jump around on the asexual spectrum) so it is time that I give my own TedTalk to y'all.

I really, really, really (infinetly) hate having to explain asexuality, demisexuality, greysexuality, and being aceflux to virtually everyone but my IRL friends.

But you have all probably read a Tumblr rant on this already.

So I'll rant about the underappreciation of people who are homoromantic, biromantic, panromantic, omniromantic, aromantic, and just about all the other romance-oriented sexualities under the sun.

Lots of people don't know they exist. Hell, I didn't know these orientations existed until I did an art challenge last June for Pride. I did a little digging after the fact and discovered that there were all these romantic orientations that existed.

I was shell-shocked. At the time, I identified as strictly asexual, but within a few weeks (and a buttload of self-discovery) I felt that the labels of aromantic and asexual applied to me.

Over time, I realized that this was a midway point for me, and I am aceflux and omniromantic.

(If you already know what Omniromantic means, you can skip the bit in purple)

Omniromantic meaning I am romantically attracted to all genders, but gender plays a role in attraction, wheras with panromanticism, you are attracted to all genders without gender playing a role in your attraction to them.

This was still a very important period of my life and self-discovery journey in general because I was very new to the LGBTQIA+ community, and wasn't half as aware of other orientations as I am now. However, this is an example of how underappreciated and underrepresented these romantic orientations are.

You can chalk it up to my seemingly one-track mind, but it's also due to the apparent static-ness that I was aware of. I thought that if you were asexual, you were either aromantic or heteroromantic. (I think that's the term)

I wasn't aware of the aceflux orientation until about two-three months ago. I was only made aware of it when I saw it on a social media account, I googled it, and I had a big-brain idea moment. Aside from that euphoria you get when you identify with an orientation, I also wondered, "If aceflux exists, then there has to be more romantic-specific orientation as well, right?"

Obviously, I was successful, but I also want to raise awareness of the existence of these orientations in case it helps anyone else :>

If you read this all the way through, you deserve this:

Dang. Ron Swanson's proud. Noice.

This has been my TedTalk.

[larkspur777]

Is Jake Stone from The Librarians queer?

This isn’t something I’ve seen anyone else mention but that whole arc about him having to hide a part of himself from his dad felt a lot like a queer metaphor to me. His interest in women seems genuine but I think it’s possible he could be pan/bi. There was also that interesting speech in Rule of Three about how no one beat him up for liking poetry because he wore his “costume.” So who knows, maybe this is a case of comp het. Jake grew up in a southern state (Oklahoma) where there was probably a lot of homophobia.

Jake’s dad: “Unless they’re handing out degrees for digging holes and chasing women, you ain’t much of an expert on anything, son.” And also. “Only thing he could wrap his head around is a football playbook.”

That’s the version of Jake that his dad knows. The version that digs holes and chases women and likes football. But that’s not the real Jake, or at least, not all of him. Jake didn’t want anyone back home to know the side of him that likes art and poetry and literature. Dead Poets Society has been thought to have a queer metaphor in a similar sense. JAKE EVEN MAKES A DPS REFERENCE IN SEASON 3.

There’s also THIS quote that Jake said. Which was about something else but I just think it’s funny he was talking about metaphors.

[genderqueerdykes]

is bullying, abusing and chasing aromantic and asexual people out of the community actually helping anyone? is it helping trans people get binders or breastforms, or find surgeons, or connect with other trans people? is it helping mspec people figure out that being attracted to multiple genders is normal and okay? is it helping lesbians and gays find each other? is it helping intersex people learn more about their conditions?

it's not. it's not helping anyone else get the resources, support and help they need. all it's doing is denying a huge chunk of the community their right to have the same things we have and want. it's not helping a single soul. it's not making it easier for anyone else to get what they need by removing these groups of people, because as queers, we all have different needs. we are here to help each other. the point of community is to help.

if you refuse to help one or two specific types of members of your own community, you are prejudiced and you are the one being disruptive to the unity and functionality of the queer community. you are the one causing problems- not the aromantics, asexuals and other aspectrum people.

[radiomogai]

[PT: Sherbet Queerplatonic. End PT]

@daybreakthing

Sherbet Queerplatonic

I made this flag a long time ago and posted it on my old account (maisy-the-trans-mouse, it still exists but I don’t use it at all) but since I’ve updated the meaning behind it a little bit with the help of some really cool peeps in a server I want to post it again.

Sherbet Queerplatonic(relationship) is a soft type of queerplatonic attraction/relantionship, like an aspec version of being in love (specifically for arospecs). A sherbet qpr is when you love and adore your qpp(s) so much and you’re just so soft when you think about your them!! It’s very intimate in an emotional way and it’s just overall very sweet! 

A sherbet aro could also refer to an aromantic/demiromantic/greyromantic person who wants to be in a (possibly committed & long-term) romantic relationship. 

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Colour meanings;

pastel reddish orange - that warm feeling you get when you talk/spend time with your qpp(s) 

 pastel yellow - soft platonic love 

 white - unfiltered and pure admiration for your qpp(s) pastel

 turquoise -  friendship, emotional balance and serenity

[lonelyzarquon]

[areyouthisidentity-polls]

Are you...

A-spec, or the a spectrum, is an umbrella term that encompasses both the asexual and aromantic spectrums and the many sexual and romantic orientations that are part of them.

[noballoonsinspace]

felt like I was forgetting something about tomorrow but then I remembered oh yeah kind of a big day how could I forget

Happy Dracula eve!!!

[chaoticrei]

So, I'm genderqueer, I use any pronouns, I have a preferred name, I want to be born a girl 60% of the time, we could say that I'm trans right? Not a trans girl, because I don't identify as and because my gender is fluid. But I am trans. Can I say that I am T4T? I love trans people, and being surrounded by them makes me feel accepted. I feel ill at ease when I'm around cis people, they make me feel uncomfortable with my gender identity, and that's why I want a trans partner. It's not mandatory ofc, it's just a preference, but my question is: can I say that I'm T4T?

[sygneth]

Things are starting to get awkward hehe

Part 5 of of Holmes' collage adventures

Chapter 1: part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 5 - part 6 Masterpost (Index) AO3

[radyo-kabaw]

THE LEGEND OF TINAMNAN GABE

-as recorded in Negros Oriental and Siquijor Island: Legends, Beliefs and Folkways (ed. Caridad Aldecoa-Rodriguez)

I changed Eyo's name because the nature of legends and folktales is that when you retell it, you end up leaving your own fingerprints on it. altho the real reason I changed his name is that I have an idea for a longer story that spans a few centuries that starts with this legend, but I need to do some more research before I really get into it, so for now this is just a standalone comic bc I really like this story :)

[queerliblib]

do you have books about trans men of color? Written by trans men? Asking cause I can never find books with trans people in them, let alone written by them, and it's especially hard to find books about & by trans men, especially trans moc. (Also, I've never once seen a book about a straight trans man, which idk I always feel nervous asking about cause "erm straight ppl can't be queer" or whatever but I want to see some trans het and T4T books)

Anyways, sorry for the bother but I need some new books to read and I've decided to be self indulgent this time around

oh please don’t apologize, you should absolutely be self-indulgent! these (as far as our research shows) all have trans moc main characters and are primarily by trans moc (with a few non-binary authors of color)

Freedom House by KB Brookins (poetry)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (YA)

Black on Both Sides: A racial history of trans identity by C. Riley Snorton (non-fiction)

We See Each Other by Tre’vell Anderson

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (YA)

The Passing Playbook by Issac Fitzsimons (YA)

& here are a few more titles from our wishlists that we hope to buy in the future, just to give you a few more ideas

Pretty by KB Brookins (memoir)

Outside the XY by Bklyn Boihood (anthology)

Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku (manga)

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar (adult fic)

as for trans het or t4t, caveat that the authors & characters here aren’t necessarily POC but I wanted to still give you a few options!

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (trans femme)

Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander (t4t)

A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee (trans masc)

Stay Gold by Tolby McSmith (trans masc)

[bones-ivy-breath]

There is nothing mysterious or natural about authority. It is formed, irradiated, disseminated; it is instrumental, it is persuasive; it has status, it establishes canons of taste and value; it is virtually indistinguishable from certain ideas it signifies as true, and from traditions, perceptions, and judgments it forms, transmits, reproduces. Above all, authority can, indeed must, be analyzed.

Orientalism by Edward Said

[radiomogai]

[ID: one flag with 7 stripes. the stripe colours from top to bottom are dark purple, dark plum, magenta, pink, magenta, dark plum, and dark purple. in the center of the flag is a upside down heart with a diagonal cut through the heart. one half of it is white while the other is black. end ID.]

ID by @idescription

OBSESULAROMANTiC: a romantic orientation in which the lines between a romantic relationship and an obsessionship are often blurred for the user. This may even mean that the person in question cannot differentiate between them at all.

(This is generally intended for neurodivergents, persodivergents, psychotic-spec, and so on individuals.)

[I have no motivation for the ID, if someone would like to make one, I will reblog it. If not, I will try to eventually get around to it if I remember.]

[namedvesta]

— Lawrence Alma-Tadema, A Priestess of Apollo (𝟣𝟪𝟪𝟪)