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triptychofvoids · 8 months ago

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another question, but would the doc know his own sexuality? you headcanon him as aroace (i could be mistaken but eh i'm pretty sure he's aromantic as well as ace) but does he know? if not then i think it's funny giving him pins of flags and he's like "thanks!! uh..what does this mean, exactly?"

ah!! very good question!!

the first definition of asexual we have comes from 1897, the term aromantic did not really arise until 2002, and the aroace flag as we know it was not created until 2018! so if you were to hand him an aroace flag he would not know what it meant until you explained it to him, nor would he actually refer to himself as aroace. regardless of the time period however, he would know his own preferences and experiences even if he didnt have a term for it.

#oughh and dont even get me started on what i could say about internalized aphobia................ because i do have many thoughts about it #and before anyone asks. doc is it weird talking in third person #you get used to it #so not really #its kinda fun sometimes! you should try it #anyway #isnt it wonderful that we have to power to invent terms for things so that we can all understand the world a little better #and isnt it equally as wonderful that you can label yourself however you want #including not even using labels at all of you dont want to!!!!!!#so cool to me #the doc is in #replies from the void #tf2 #aroace

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