#aroace saiki k

[bloodredfountainpen]

Ok so you know how Kusuo Saiki is aromantic and asexual? I also think he’s some flavor of gender fuckery. Think about it. He cross dresses for the sole purpose of getting cake, and uses this female alter ego on the regular. A 100% cis person would not do that. (At least, I don’t think so? I don’t know that many cis people, so I could be wrong). My personal hc is that he’s agender and apathetic about it. Transitioning would be a pain in the ass, and he doesn’t feel like something other than a boy sooooo. But also, even when he’s in his female alter ego, he doesn’t feel like something other than a girl soooooo. Anyway rant over.

[tdlosk-confessions]

i love love LOVE headcanoning saiki as aroace like yeah!!!!!!!!! that guy in the show who says he's uninterested in romance despite his many potential love interests, including the most beautiful girl in the school??? he's still uninterested by the end of the series!!!! it's such a win for me as an aroace person to see his disinterested approach to romance and sex just never waver throughout the series, even as his tsundere tendencies break down more and more when it comes to his friends. so many shows/movies/etc would see this as something to be "fixed" when the perfect love interest comes along, but not saiki k!!! it just means so much to me <3

also, to me, saiki is exactly the kind of aroace representation i wanted. like i feel like there's two extremes of canonical aroace rep i see, where on one hand you have characters who are canonically aroace, but it'll either be mentioned once or confirmed off-screen, and then it doesn't actually affect the character at all. which feels a little bit too little, or like it doesn't matter... and on the other hand you have characters for whom their aroace identity is the whole focus of their story and character arc. and i guess this is good? but it can feel a little bit too on the nose? at least, to me? er, anyway.... saiki, even though he's not canoncially aroace, sits in this firm middle ground where his lack of interest in romance and sex is important and you get to see it sort of "at work" rather than just hearing about it once, but of course this isn't the Whole focus of the story. i also just find him and his relationship to romance and sex ("don't want it, never have, don't try and convince me that i should because i just don't") personally relatable which is nice.

ANYWAY SORRY FOR THIS LONG PARAGRAPHS BUT i get so excited about his adventures in avoiding romance because he's my absolute ideal kind of aroace rep... even if his identity isn't canon. to me it doesn't even matter that him being aroace isn't canon because whatever he has going on still represents my OWN aroace identity so well. anyway you can pry aroace saiki from my cold dead hands <3

[Confession 185]

Aahh real!! I've always appreciated the aroace Saiki hc too because it just feels.. natural? (I think that's how to describe it)

Like he actively shows signs of him being aroace through dialogue and actions but its never said actually or spelled out in front of your face which I like cause it kinda feels like show, don't tell

But yeah aroace saiki is pretty cool :)

[risesthenight]

LOUD REPOST!!!!

“Aroaces can still date/have sex” do you non-aspecs actually understand and respect that or do you just want an excuse to ship canonically aroace characters?

[jollywasnthere]

Am I the only one who noticed this? I think Mao Mao also fits in on the aroace part, what other characters fit in?

[d3ad-squid]

Every single fucking time… can’t you allos just be happy with what you’ve got????

[flygutzz]

Saiki's pocket ripped! What a disaster!!!!!

[thearoaceshark]

@fallenrain40

Are there ships with Lilith? I can honestly see her being sex/romance neutral or even romance-favorable, but I can't imagine her LOOKING for a relationship, nor her on a ship. Not saying this to offend the ships of course.

For Peridot, I haven't seen Steven Universe, so I don't have a valid opinion. But I've seen people call her a "lesbian" and I'm like "I thought she was Aroace, right?" And yes, she's aroace, and being called a lesbian regardless of whether she's romance-neutral or favorable, or if she likes girls in a certain way, is annoying and a little aphobic.

I don't know Mousefur so I don't have an opinion either. But yeah, a lot of aroace characters are left as an interpretation of the fans or the creator saying "I honestly can't imagine this character having sex." In some of these cases in which the creators say this it is because the characters usually fall into a certain stereotype, they are people with few social skills, or they show repulsion towards other people/physical contact/coexistence with others (not sexual contact, physical contact in general, or coexist with people of the opposite sex (this last one is also because of sexism)), for example L from Death Note, or Jotaro from JJBA (although Jotaro does appear to be asexual and sex-repulsed, he ended up having a daughter so the show could have another season).

Again, I don't know the character Mousefur and I'm not saying that is the case for her (I can't do that because I don't know her), this is just a criticism of something that I see happen a lot, that because a character is a certain way the creator ends up saying "I honestly can't imagine them having sex", but they never dare to specify that they are asexual. And also notice that when they say this they don't mention anything about romance, maybe they are afraid to say that they don't imagine them being in love either.

Now, there is a character who is so obviously aroace, and I could spend hours talking about why. Saiki Kusuo. Like, it's SO obvious, the creator doesn't even need to confirm it or hint that he is, HE IS AROACE. But I think at the same time, they are afraid to say that it is aroace (by "they" I refer to the creator, and the editorial, and whoever who was behind the production of the manga), because for the part of not feeling sexual attraction they make excuses like "he can't see the beauty of people because he has x-ray eyes" or "seeing naked bodies is not It's the big thing when you see them every day because I see through their clothes," and ridiculous excuses that I THINK contradict each other a little. For romance they say things like "he's not interested in romance" or "he avoids relationships because he doesn't want his secret to be discovered," and to me that's like saying "he just hasn't fallen in love because of his powers". Lie, he hasn't fallen in love because he is aroace as fuckn't!!

(It's not the only queer lavel Saiki falls into, he's also trans-coded, but again I think they were afraid to say out loud that he's trans. It's a little unfair, like, Saiki is so queer-coded but they never confirm or talked about him being queer but they make some excuse as to why he is like that, probably to not upset the fans who don't like that or don't like queer headcanons. Not cool, but we, queer people know the truth).

Oh well, sorry if that's a lot of text, lately I feel like shouting out all the Aroace characters I know and talking about them non-stop, and I take advantage of every opportunity I get. Specifically I wanted to talk about Saiki being Aroace because he is Aroace but the fandom can't handle that. I love him, he's special to me, he's like me but with friends and psychic powers.

Anyway, if anyone took the time to read this, I hope you liked reading my thoughts on this <3

"But aro/ace people still can date" THAT IS NOT A VALID EXCUSE, MUCH LESS IF THE CHARACTER SHOWS REPULSION TOWARDS THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIPS.

"But the creator said we could ship him with whoever we wanted, it won't be canon anyway" OF COURSE SHE DOESN'T BOTHER THAT YOU SHIP HIM BECAUSE 1: IT BENEFITS HER BECAUSE IT ATTRACTS SHIPS FANS. AND 2: SHE DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

"We have not deleted the representation, it is still there, it is canon in the show. We just want to have fun, the things the fandom does do not have to be faithful to the canon and do not affect the canon" SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN. IN THE FANDOM THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM THE AROACE SPECTRUM AND IT ANNOYS US THAT WE CAN'T ENJOY A CHARACTER THAT REPRESENTS US JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN ENJOY THE CHARACTERS WITHOUT SHIPING THEM. ALSO IF YOU CAN'T WRITE CHARACTERS OR RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE NOT ROMANTIC/SEXUAL OR THAT ARE NOT FAITHFUL TO THE CANON THEN LET ME TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE A VERY CLOSED MIND AND YOU'RE LACK OF IMAGINATION. THERE ARE ALSO MANY CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOT AROACE THAT YOU CAN SHIP, WHY DO YOU CHOOSE THE ONE WHO IS AROACE?!! US AROACE PEOPLA ALSO WANT TO HAVE FUN, WE ARE ALSO IN THE FANDOM, AND WE ENTERED THE FANDOM EXPECTING TO SEE THAT THEY RESPECT THE ORIENTATION OF THE CHARACTER AND REFLECT OUR OWN EXPERIENCES IN HIM, BUT WE FIND OUT THAT THEY DON'T GIVE A SHIT, AND WE FEEL BAD WHEN SEEING THAT YK. IT'S THE SAME SHIT AS MAKING A GAY CHARACTER STRIGHT.

"I'm dating someone who is ace/I'm on the aroace spectrum/I'm ace/my partner is on the aroace spectrum and in my opinion there's nothing wrong with shipping him" ...REALLY? JUST. REALLY?! LOOK AT ME IN THE EYES AND TELL ME YOU'RE NOT A TROLL, BECAUSE SERIOUSLY. FOR THE ARO/ACE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THESE COMMENTS LET ME TELL YOU THAT YOU LOOK LIKE THOSE HOMOPHOBIC GAY WHO INSULT THEIR OWN COMMUNITY FOR THE APPROVAL OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE.

"If they want representation so much, why don't they make their own content and their own shows with Aroace characters?" ...YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS EITHER. YOU ARE A TROLL, RIGHT? AND IF YOU'RE SERIOUS... DO YOU THINK IT'S THAT EASY TO MAKE CONTENT (BOOK/COMIC/TV SHOW/MOVIE/ETC)???

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OH AND I FORGOT THE WORST ONE, SORRY.

"Aro/ace people can also want and be in a romantic/sexual relationship, you are erasing people from your own community just because you don't want us to ship it" ...FIRST OF ALL DO YOU THINK AROACE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THOSE RELATIONSHIPS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH YOU USING THEM AS A CHEAP EXCUSE? YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE, YOU JUST CARE ABOUT YOUR DAMN SHIP, STOP USING THEM AS AN EXCUSE. AND SECOND, I THINK YOU HAVE A VERY ALTERED PERCEPTION OF REALITY, BECAUSE THE ONE WHO IS ERASING AND DISRESPECTING THE AROACE COMMUNITY IS NOT US, IT IS YOU DAMN IT.

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PEOPLE ON THE SPECTRUM GET VERY EXCITED WHEN WE SEE A CHARACTER THAT REPRESENTS US, AND I THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO GET ANGRY IF WHEN WE ENTER THE FANDOM WE FIND THAT PEOPLE DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE ORIENTATION OF THE CHARACTER AND SHIP HIM, AND TO GET WORSE THEY GIVE US SO BAD EXCUSES OF WHY WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS PERFECTLY FINE. LOOK, DON'T YOU THINK THAT IF AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THOSE SHIPS THEN THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG? NO? HAVE YOU NOT THOUGHT ABOUT IT? THEN YOU NEED TO CHECK YOUR HEAD TO SEE IF YOU REALLY HAVE A BRAIN!!! IT'S SEEMS YOU HAVE IT OFF BECAUSE IT IS NOT WORKING.

AND YES I'M TALKING ABOUT HAZBIN HOTEL AND ALASTOR BUT THIS ALSO HAPPENS WITH MANY OTHER AROACE CHARACTERS (UNFORTUNATELY). AND IT'S SO FRUSTRATING. DO YOU SERIOUSLY THINK THAT REPRESENTATION HAS TO BE JUST THE CANON OF THE SHOW? DON'T YOU THINK THAT AS A FANDOM YOU SHOULD MAKE THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN THE FANDOM FEEL COMFORTABLE BY RESPECTING THEIR ORIENTATION AND MAKING FANFIC AND FANARTS ETC THAT REPRESENT THE CHARACTER AND HIS IDENTITY?

(AND THOSE OTHER CHARACTERS I MENTIONED ARE NOT CANONICALLY AROACE, BUT THEY ARE EVIDENTLY CHARACTERIZED AS SUCH, BUT THE FANDOM MAKES THE EXCUSE THAT "THEIR ORIENTATION IS STILL NOT CANON" TO SHIP THEM EVEN THOUGH IT IS EVIDENT THAT THEY ARE AROACE AND THEY REPUDIATE SEX AND LOVE. AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A CHARACTER CHARACTERIZED AS AROACE WHO IS CANONICALLY AROACE AND SHOWS REPUDION TOWARDS SEX, THEY CONTINUE LOOKING FOR EXCUSES. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL?! IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO RESPECT THE AROACE COMMUNITY??? )

[zonaraze]

unfortunately the kubokai brain worms are taking over

[aceinsearchofspace]

We need more comedies like Romantic Killer and Saiki K where the plot revolves around the main character actively avoiding romantic interactions and still not being interested in a relationship by the end. It's just so funny and one of my favorite tropes.

[floralcavern]

Aromantic and/or asexual characters

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New addition!

[cammy-mcspammy]

you can guess who my favorite characters are

I remember being OBSESSED with them back then both platonic and romantic 😭😭😭😭

[somie]

God's favorite

Extremely sus that teruhashis color scheme is the same as the oriented aroace flag color scheme...

[iamlivinginsideyourwalls]

Edit: Did I put the thumb on the wrong side.... Oh my God....

[luchicm04]

AROACE ICONS 🤍💞 PT. 2

lk / rb + credit if using

[mayzuu]

Little Saiki K doodle to brighten the day… spot the aroace flag!

🧡💛🤍🩵💙

[secretlyhuntokar]

saiki k is not canon aroace :)

what's this then