#aro blog

[kickedoutofthecommunity-aces]

All my lovely people, please know that I'm literally just one person. There's no team and no plan. This is kinda just me, blogging into the dark, seeing what comes back.

[batri-jopa]

I love my life highly satisfied just being myself

(Check the OTHER VERSION too✌️)

[stardink]

"I don't know if they understand that sometimes, I'd just like to stay the same."

[raavenb2619]

I’m not sure when exactly this happened, but I think it’s clear that the aro community really is a community, now.

For the longest time I’ve felt like we were still in stasis, not quite there; a proto-community, yes, but not quite a community. But we have more history now to lean back on, more of each other to talk to and laugh with and cry with and learn from. More people that’ll go forward and make a part of modern aro history. More people that believe us, believe in us, will stand with us if we ask them.

I wouldn’t consider myself an aro elder yet, though each year I’m surprised at how long aromanticism has been a part of my life, how long I’ve been free of doubt or insecurity about my aromanticism, how far we’ve come since I was questioning. Then again, when I was questioning, some of the people I looked up to for guidance were probably close to the age I am now, so I might be there sooner than I think.

And, I’m so so hopeful for all aros, young or old, new or not, because we’ve come so far. Day by day, progress is slow (and yes, it’s unfair, it should be so much faster), but looking back it feels fast. We are our own role models, the people we look up to for guidance. We carve our own path through life, making things up as we go. I used to find that terrifying, because I had no idea what the future would bring. But it’s actually amazing, because I can ignore all these silly “rules” and guidelines about what my life should be, and instead ask, “what do I want my life to be?”

Younger me, you have no idea how awesome your future is gonna be. I’m sorry about the pain and hardship you’ll go through first; it won’t be fair and you shouldn’t have to deal with it. But you’ll make it through, and one day you’ll be me. I can’t wait for you to get here.

[dead-dog-delirium]

Listen I know Charles has his earring on the Straight side, but have we considered this man absolutely cannot tell his left and right apart??

[romance-evil-aro]

romance repulsed aros and romance favourable aros are both cool and valid but because i never see anything about us: shoutout to romance indifferent aros. romance neutral aros. aros who just couldn't care less. aros who have a conflicted relationship with romance. aros who are fine with romance in some contexts but not in others. aros who don't mind romance when it's not amatonormativity being shoved down their throats. aros who haven't yet figured out their feelings about romance. aros to whom romance is Just Something That Exists. y'all are rad as hell and it's okay not to 'pick a side'!!

[heartless-aro]

There’s no tumblr experience more aspec than having to go to the search bar on someone’s blog and search “asexual” or “aromantic” before following to make sure they weren’t Like That about aspecs back in 2016

[eldritch-emojis]

aro | ace | aroace

Microsoft Dragons!

[altschmerzes]

if you are aromantic and have Tried To Exist In Fandom Spaces you may be entitled to financial compensation-

[aromantichc]

Aromantic Character of the Day (22/8/24) is....

Grace Chasity (Nerdy Prudes Must Die - Starkid) !

@kairithemang0 headcanons Grace as aromantic!

[winecovered]

　⟢　Overloving　𓃉

A term for when one's attraction is too much, and extremely overwhelming. This could make one not want to / have an aversion to acting on it.

　— Requested by anonymous .

[hellsite-detective]

hello all! Hellsite Detective, P.P.I. here!

tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, that day in which couples gather together and express their love for one another! now, i know i talk about being a lesbian a lot on here, but now there is a much more pressing matter revolvin’ around this fateful holiday…

see, i’m also aromantic and asexual. that’s not somethin’ i mention often simply because it doesn’t come up too much, but! this means i have a duty that i must see to and im spreading the good word so that all other aros, aces, and aroaces can participate!

…ahem…

MAKE AROACE TREND ON VALENTINE’S DAY AND TAKE BACK THE HOLIDAY WOOOOO

[dailyjermasparkle]

call me a triple A battery the way i'm on the Ace, Aro, and Autism spectrum

[aroace-spec-empire]

*AroAcespecs your Denmark*

Denmark doesn't need to know that I aroace spec'ed their flag ;}

[buddys-ramblings]

Why is it that, without fail, on every aspec positivity post, there’s always someone who says “actually this post is offensive to allos, herpa derp!” No, it isn’t. It’s just not about you.

[anistarrose]

feel like my headcanons for gender-nonconformity amongst Tres Horny Boys often fall just a little to the left of usual fanon — by which I mean, I see Taako as androgynous more so than feminine, and see Magnus as the one who's feminine, but in ways that he mix-and-matches with masculine elements too. and of course, the distinction between any of these things is a social construct, and is probably best thought of as revolving around individual intent — but that's how I like to conceptualize them conceptualizing it, you know?

this is probably better explained by example. to me, the typical Taako outfit is going to be something like those long flowy pants that are indistinguishable from a skirt at a distance, but with occasional real skirts in the rotation too (just to keep them guessing). while the average Magnus outfit involves multiple earrings (the dangliest ones that wouldn't be a hazard in a fight), pink nail polish, and a pair of cargo shorts. pure chaos that only he could make work. then in the meantime, Merle has never in his life even seriously contemplated gender presentation at all — if he puts flowers in his beard, that's 'cause it brings him closer to Pan and he happens to think these colors look nice! no reflection given and no reflection needed on any cultural concepts of masculinity, and whether or not he aligns with them.