#aro!master

[quietwingsinthesky]

on that topic, both the doctor and the master are aromantic as well. they have a QPE. queerplatonic enemyship.

[leonardburton]

the thing is. juno & nureyev's relationship has been such a major guiding thread throughout the podcast and the major drive of season 5, and the fandom has built itself so much (as fandoms often do) around shipping the two of them.

and yet nureyev doesn't show up at all in the last episode! or, he does, but it's only implied (for all we know it could be like. alessandra strong)(i know it's not but it would be really funny) and we don't hear his voice.

and it's so important to me that despite the room that their romance has taken in the plot and in our hearts, his absence reinforces that the point of juno steel's story wasn't a lady getting his man, it was about learning to grow as person for himself and for his friends (and not just his love interest), and it was about finding his footing in life and being at peace with himself and his place in the world. and he did! his growth and relative serenity is so apparent and just. a balm to the soul

and the fact that his man is back is just a nice add-on, not a necessity for his happiness

[kermit-coded]

forgive me, i'm only on episode seven of fantasy high freshman year, but fabriz has bewitched me on the sole premise that i think it would be very funny if riz was fabian's bi awakening. like riz does some dope shit with his gun or is rambling about clues and fabian goes "oh shit".

[aquaticaeronaut]

This idea has been plaguing my thoughts. Eels.

[julienbakerstreet]

Certain Sherlockians: Sherlock Holmes isn’t queer stop saying he’s queer he’s totally heterosexual he just hates women!!!!

Also certain Sherlockians:

The Sherlock Holmes Gazette - Issue #3 -November 1991 to February 1992 - x

[specialagentartemis]

something I see a lot, and feel like I have to remind myself regularly not to fall into the trap of:

It’s easy to relate to a character. It’s easy to see yourself in them, to see them as Like You. There’s power in that.

But I’ve met several people now who’ve gotten really angry and upset with me for not liking their fave, or for having a very different interpretation of the character than they do. People who relate so hard to a character, project so hard onto a character, that me not liking them, me acknowledging that the character is a villain, or me just having a different interpretation of that character’s relationships and motives, feels like an attack on them as a person—and they respond to me as such.

I’ve seen it happen enough that I try to consciously remind myself. Other’s people’s interpretations of a character are not an attack on me. I know who I am and that will not change if other people are wrong about have a different perspective on my favorite character.

[s0ull3ss-p3rs0n]

Anyways

My contribution to pride month or smth, my favorite triple-a creatures

[pridebicons]

aroace fubuki pride icons

happy birthday fubuki clockford!!! (6/10)

like/rb if using + credit

[wackpedion]

drew the girls for aro awareness week :3

[tears-are-in-your-eyes]

Slip your hand into mine

Press a kiss to my temple

Let me hear you laugh

Let me feel your life

Slipping through the cracks of time

Maybe we can escape time

Run in a field somewhere

I suspect it to be peaceful

To hear the sound of a trickling creek

To feel the ground beneath our feet

Somewhere away from the pressure

Away from the hatred

Slip your hand into mine

Let me hear you call my name

Breathless from laughter

Breathless from love

[quietwingsinthesky]

the master having the very normal and relatable aromantic experience of seeing the doctor fall in love with human companions, wondering how he could ever think they’re more important than his friendship with the master, and concluding that the only logical step from here is to kill them.

[wazzuppy]

aroace jay icons

give credit if using

[yellowocaballero]

I said a little bit about this in a comment a few hours ago (hey kenny) and I actually really felt like saying more.

For all that gay people/Tumblr people/AO3 peope/waves hand are really, really into found family they are actually pretty allergic to conceptualizing familial relationships outside of nuclear family roles.

I see a billion posts on Tumblr about how friendships can be just as important as romantic relationships, if not more, but nobody ever actually writes the friendship as important as a romantic relationship. Or friendships are interpreted as romantic, or friendships are sidelined for the romantic relationship. It's always a weird disparity between what people say are important and people actually find important for me.

So when we do step out of romantic relationship and into gen relationships, we typically enter the trope world of #foundfamily. But the same kind of flattening of characters for the sake of shoving them into yaoi ghost archetypes honestly also really happens with family relationships.

There is always a dad. There's always a mom. There's always siblings (frequently the canon female love interest). Maybe an uncle? Ex-wife if we are feeling sexy that day.

I really rarely see people interested in #foundfamily relationships outside of those boxes. It is overwhelmingly, entirely American-centric. There's no recognition of the unbelievable diversity and breadth of human relationships, or the very many ways there are to love somebody. In fanfic, if there's a much older male character emotional close to younger characters, he's dad mode. And the relationship then follows the character and story beats of the father-child relationship intended to draw out those fuzzy family feelings. Damn, I read found family stuff to get away from the intense claustrophobia of the fandom's favorite ship, I'm not here to get family yaoi ghosted here too.

I think you can create a very unique and engaging relationship if you're wiling to engage with the unknown and uncomfortable. Make a path without the paint by numbers story beats and character arcs. Please stop letting tropes rule your writing instead of construct it.

Write stories about love. Write relationships about loving each other. Just start from there, and don't worry about anything else. Create a relationship that is its own. Let it breathe. It can stand on its own two feet. It'll be a richer relationship and a richer story.

[kassgender]

perhaps .. krampy cattails aroweird icons .. …

AROWEIRD Krampy Icons - Cattails: Wildwood Story

The flag used is this aroweird flag! Krampy is a wonderful character from the game Cattails Wildwood Story -- a game I myself have already sunk many hours into. Please consider checking out the game and supporting the devs! I love this weird nonbinary cat (technically canonically a they/them, but like -- every cat in Cattails is a they/them. these cats do NOT have genders).

[your-blorbos-are-queer]

master chief from the halo games is caedsexual* and requisromantic** (headcanon)

submitted by @mronion

*caedsexual describes an individual who lacks sexual attraction due to past trauma

**requisromantic describes an individual who lacks romantic attraction due to some form of emotional exhaustion

[kuri-crocus]

A David Tennant boyfriend for a Michael Sheen character Masterpost

Lucian (Underworld)

Martin Whitly (Prodigal Son)

Aro (Twilight)

Roland Blum (The Good Fight)

Miles Maitland (Bright Young Things)

Bill Masters (Masters of Sex)

Joe (Gallowglass)

Thorne Jamison (Laws of Attraction)

Tony Blair (The Deal)

Colin Lawes (Heartlands)

Robbie Ross (Wilde)

Harry Jones (Dead Long Enough)

Malcolm Howe (Apostle)

Wesley Snipes (30 Rock)

William Boldwood (Far From The Madding Crowd)

Tony Towers (Last Train To Christmas)

Slavkin O'Hara (Jesus Henry Christ)

Austen Blume (Home Again)

The Bat (Slaughterhouse Rulez)

Steven Arthur Younger (Unthinkable)

Bonus: Aziraphale

David's masterpost

This is not supposed to be the end! Make a request which character to do next ^^