#aromantic!deceit

[justjanusthings]

aro pride! :)

every day of pride, we're going to be celebrating with janus. textless version under the cut - feel free to use for your own purposes, just like/reblog if you do :)

[janus-cadet]

First ask of the month, asked on my Instagram account : Janus Sanders, with the aromantic flag!

I'm quite happy with the design, for once! It looks very saturated on my phone, but it was pretty on my computer, ahah.

I hope you like it ;) as a Janus and an aro myself, I felt personally concerned by it!

[a-small-batch-of-dragons]

Erudite | In Your Own Time

Hi, I absolutely loved Erudite!!! If you're taking requests at the moment, I'd love to see a continuation of it where Virgil (or Patton, Janus or Remus) makes it obvious that they've been flirting with Logan, and he tells them he's not interested in that way and comes out to them as aromantic (preferably with the 4 of them being supportive and reassuring him they'll still want to hang out with him now they're in a relationship) – stormofstarlight

Read on Ao3 Part 1

Warnings: internalized arophobia

Pairings: NONE WE ARE ALL PLATONIC HERE BABEY

Word Count: 2502

As soon as Roman opens his door, he stands aside to let Logan in and closes the door firmly behind them.

"They won't stop," Logan grits out, adjusting his tie over and over again until he's more just pulling on it but he can't stop because his chest won't stop twitching, "they just—I can't—I don't—"

"Easy," Roman murmurs, taking him by the hand and leading him over to the bed, "hey, hey, just come sit with me for a moment, okay?"

Logan collapses to the bed in a thoroughly undignified heap, letting Roman coax him into a floppy cuddle. Hands run through his hair as he squeezes his eyes shut, fumbling to put his glasses on the nightstand so he can freely bury his face into the crook of Roman's neck. Roman hushes him with a seemingly limitless patience, breathing slowly and steadily as a gentle reminder. The mass of frenzied energy in his chest starts to slowly unravel.

"Please—my chest—can you—?"

Roman works a hand between them to rub gentle circles into his chest again and Logan whimpers from the relief of it.

"Oh, you're alright, Logan, it's okay." Roman's lips press chastely against his forehead. "I've got you, okay? You're right here with me. Everything's okay. You're okay. Shh, shh, that's it…just get it all worked out, okay? I'm right here. You're safe."

He is. He is safe here. Roman is right, he is safe here, everything's going to be okay. Roman understands and he's holding him gently and he can just—just—

Another kiss pressed to his temple. "You're alright, Erudite."

Logan shatters.

He loses track of time almost instantly, just curled up against Roman. Everything fades into a confusing swirl of soreness and euphoria, the faint pain in his chest not enough to drown out how good it feels to just let it go. And Roman stays with him for all of it, just rubbing his chest and kissing his hair and letting him be a complete and utter mess right there, on the bed, without any need for him to do anything other than feel. A luxury he would have denied himself and been all the lesser for it.

After a long, long time, he presumes, he sags against Roman, exhausted. Roman offers a small water bottle that he sips from gratefully.

"That seemed like a lot, Erudite."

"It was," he croaks, "I'm…thank you."

"You're very welcome. I'm glad you came." Roman kisses his cheek again and takes the water bottle. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"Yes."

"Okay. Do you want me to ask questions like last time?"

"Please?"

Roman smiles, brushing a tear from Logan's cheek. "Does it have anything to do with what we talked about last time?"

"Yes."

"Are the others flirting with you again?"

Logan rounds his shoulders. "I don't think it counts as flirting."

"Let me rephrase: are they doing things to playfully squabble for your attention and get all pouty when you don't give it to them?"

"…yes."

Roman's chuckle is enough to coax the smallest smile back to his face. Roman sees it, of course, and nudges him gently. "Is that what's making you so upset?"

"In a way," he sighs. "I don't…I don't want to not spend time with them anymore, but when they keep—they just—"

At his groan of frustration, Roman tugs lightly on his sleeve. "Is it that they don't know that you're aromantic, or you still feel as though their affection isn't for you?"

"Both?"

Roman nods sympathetically. "Do you think it would be helpful to talk to them about it?"

"But what do I say? 'Hi, I'm aromantic, I feel like you shouldn't be giving me affection?'"

"Is that true?"

"In some ways, yes. But I can figuratively see Patton's face if I said something like that to them and—"

"Yes, quite." Roman winces. "I can see it too. Yeah, maybe…maybe not that."

"Do you have any suggestions?"

"Well, do you think you'd rather come out to them first, or tell them that they're making you uncomfortable by flirting with you first?"

"Aren't the two of them connected?"

"Well, yes, but them being connected doesn't mean they have to be simultaneous. I came out to Remus before I came out to the others—actually, I don't know if I'm fully out to the others, now that I think about it." He gives himself a shake. "But this isn't about me. I—do you think you would be okay with them knowing you were aro?"

Logan sighs, leaning back against Roman. Roman lets the pause hang in the air. "I don't know. I don't want them to look at me any differently."

"Of course not," Roman says softly, carding his hand through his hair again, "I understand. Maybe you could tell them that you'd like them to stop flirting with you?"

"But them flirting—I don't know if it's flirting. And they're—they—is it wrong that I like having them want to spend time with me? Or that they want my attention?"

"No, it's not bad."

"What if I ask them to stop and they don't do anything with me anymore?"

"I don't think that'll happen, Erudite."

The name sends a small jolt of warmth through him. "But I don't think I know the difference. What if all of their attention feels wrong?"

Roman's quiet for a moment.

"Sorry."

"No, no, don't apologize. We're just talking. It's okay. This is complicated. It's hard, and it's not—I don't think any of the things we could say, any of us, will completely make these feelings go away. That's not your fault, that's just how feelings are."

"I know," Logan grumbles, "it's the worst."

Roman chuckles again, the feeling reverberating through his chest. A small smile comes to Logan's face. "It is the worst, you are absolutely correct."

He toys with a loose thread at the end of his tie. "Does that mean I should come out to them first?"

"This isn't a binary answer, Logan—"

"Boolean."

"This isn't a Boolean answer, Logan, there are more than two options. You can also just tell them that things feel different now that they're in a relationship."

Logan frowns. "But it's not my relationship."

"That doesn't mean the dynamics of all of us aren't changing. It's going to feel different for everybody, not just you. That's not an unreasonable thing to bring up. Like—okay, imagine there's a pool of water and there are…oh, god, how many of us are there?"

"Six."

"There are six buoys floating in the pool. The ripples are going to all interact, right?"

"Yes."

"Now if we tied four of them together, or the four of them were connected in some way, that would change the ripples, right?"

Begrudgingly, Logan can admit to himself that it's a very solid analogy. He mumbles something to that effect as he curls up a little more. Roman kindly refrains from teasing him about it.

"It's different. It just is. It makes sense that things are going to take some getting used to for all of us. It's not your fault that you feel a certain way about it, even if you're happy it happened in the first place."

"I know, it's just…"

"Yeah," Roman agrees quietly when he can't quite finish it, "it is."

"Will you be there," he asks, turning to look up at him, "when I tell them?"

"Of course I will, Erudite. Of course."

In the end, it comes up in a rather roundabout way. Patton ordered a deck of pride-themed cards and they all decide to play a game with them. But first, they have to take the time to appreciate the quality of the artwork, and so they lay them all out so they can see them in their full splendor.

"These are sick," Virgil mumbles, looking at the array of cards spread out in front of them, "where did you say you got these from?"

"Well, they were only pre-order when I bought them—"

"Shit."

"Language, kiddo, but I can send you the link to the seller's website?"

"Yeah, gimme that. Maybe there's a way to get a hold of them."

"Why does this one have frogs?"

"Because frogs are awesome, Janny," Remus cackles, looping one arm around Patton's shoulders and pulling him in for what is probably supposed to be an affectionate side hug. "Aren't they?"

"Aww, that's so sweet, Remus!"

"Yes," Janus says, trying for his normal wry sarcasm and missing by quite a distance, "yes, it is."

Logan shuffles a little and Roman presses their shoulders together. He takes a deep breath in and out. He can do this.

"Ooh, hey, you know what'd be fun?" Virgli rubs his hands togheter. "Everyone pick the one you like the most."

"Frogs!"

"Remus!"

The carefully arranged cards scatter as Remus all but dives for the frog one, only caught by Janus quickly wrapping his arms around the exuberant green blur. Patton shakes his head fondly and places the gay pride card with the frogs on it in front of Remus. Remus squeals gleefully and snatches it up.

"No eating, Remus!"

"I won't, I won't, they're not mine."

Janus chuckles as he picks up the bisexual pride card. "Oh, Remus. We can make one you can eat later."

"Really?"

"Sure."

Virgil rolls his eyes as he puts the demisexual pride card in front of himself. "You're just encouraging him, you know."

"Oh, of course."

"I'll take the rainbow pride one, if no one else wants it?"

"All yours, Padre."

Patton claps his hands excitedly and picks it up, settling it in front of himself with a little wiggle. "This was a great idea, Virgil, they're all so pretty!"

"Right? I'm definitely stealing this deck from you at some point."

Where in the past that might have turned into a lecture about asking permission to joke that it wouldn't be stealing if Patton let him take it, instead is just another fond roll of his eyes. "Roman? Logan? Which ones did you two pick?"

Logan glances down at Roman. Roman gestures for him to go first. He looks at the pile. He could just take the asexuality pride, that would be the safer option.

It would.

But he hears Roman's soft voice calling him Erudite in the back of his mind and he makes his decision, reaching instead for the aroace pride card. After a moment, Roman picks up the aromantic pride card and puts it in front of himself.

"I don't think I know those," he hears Patton say, "what are those ones?"

"Aromantic," Roman says, leaning against Logan's side. "Mine's aromantic."

Remus wiggles an arm free from Janus's embrace to give Roman a high-five. "Hell yeah, bro. Lolo's got—did you want to say it?"

"You can."

"Lolo's got aroace."

"Oh. So…is that aromantic and asexual?"

"Yes, it is."

"Oh. That's…cool."

Virgil snorts, reaching over to give Logan a pat on the shoulder. "Tone, Pop Star."

"Oh, no, not that I don't—I didn't mean it like that," Patton says quickly, "I've just never seen that one before!"

Logan nods. He swallows the lump in his throat and reaches blindly for Roman's hand. Roman squeezes it back. "What game are we playing?"

"Right." Virgil sits up taller. "So, it's called Kings in a Corner and we all have to promise we're not teaching Janus how to play Spite and Malice."

"Oh, that doesn't seem fair."

"No, no, I agree with this assertion, we will not be teaching you that game."

"Yeah, you'd take it too seriously."

"I would not!"

"We all know that's a lie."

"Hey, L?"

Logan turns. Virgil jogs up to him as the rest of them clear away the last of the cards. "Yes?"

"Are you—that was your way of coming out to us, right?"

"Yes, I had intended it to be."

"Well, um, thanks, for that. I, uh, I'm glad you felt like it was safe enough to do." Logan just nods. "I, uh, guess you figured out we've been…flirting with you, huh?"

"I did, yes." No need to mention that Roman helped with that.

"We, uh, I'm guessing you'd rather we…didn't."

"I think so, yes. I don't…feel comfortable with it."

"Yeah, I figured." Virgil shuffles a little back and forth in the hall. His hands twist into the pockets of his hoodie. "Just—you know that we still care about you, right?"

"Are you referring to the aftermath of me coming out, or the recent relationship the four of you have entered?"

"The, uh, the second one. We do—I—okay, I'm just gonna ask this." He takes a deep breath. "Does this have anything to do with why you asked me to get Roman when you had that nightmare?"

Logan blinks. "When did you lot get this perceptive?"

Virgil shrugs, offering a sheepish smile. "I…may have gone to ask Remus what was happening—"

"Why Remus? What does Remus have to do with anything?"

"'Cause he's the one who's always rambling about how much he loves spending time with you."

"He what now?"

"C'mon, L, you know he adores you. Not like that, but he—you two just get each other, you know? So yeah, he likes talking about it." Logan is still reeling from that as Virgil keeps talking. "So I asked him if you were upset or something and he said that he—he didn't know, for sure, but he said it was something that only Princey would really understand and when you, uh, you both chose aro cards and I sort of…put it together."

"Your logic is…impeccable."

"Coming from you, that's high praise." Virgil shuffles a little closer. "Look, I know this is gonna be weird for a bit while we all figure this out, you and Roman too, but I—you know we still care about you. We still wanna help you and spend time with you. I'm not saying that to be like 'hey, you shouldn't feel weird about it,' you can absolutely still feel weird about it, just—yeah."

"I understand. Thank you, Virgil."

Virgil nods. "I'll tell the others to back off about the whole flirting thing, but I'll let—you should be the one to decide when to tell them the rest."

Logan bows his head and Virgil grins, going off into his room. Logan watches him go before going into his own room, shutting the door. He just stands there for a moment, letting himself be. Virgil's words ring in his head along with another shudder of the warmth he feels when Roman calls him Erudite. He smiles.

In his own time.

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[hpowellsmith]

Play Royal Affairs - Out Now!

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As the middle child of the Queen of Westerlin, you’ve led a sheltered life in the palace, but now you must spread your wings and prepare for your royal responsibilities with a year at the exclusive Archambault Academy.

Everyone knows your name, everyone has an opinion on what you do, and everyone views you as the face of the new generation of royalty. Your every move is reported in the press, a word from you could make or break a teacher’s career–or the fate of the school itself. You’re being courted by every club and social group on campus; and there are countless students who would love to be in your orbit.

In luxurious armchairs behind ivy-covered walls, you and your fellow students debate political theory—but outside, real trouble simmers across the realm. There are activists fighting to open voting rights beyond the aristocracy, and you can use your influence to sway the government’s decision in either direction. Relations are growing increasingly uneasy with your country’s neighbors, and there are conspiracies around every corner. Why is your mother whispering behind closed doors with the Prime Minister? Have the leaders of the protests really disappeared? Which allies can you trust? There are some secrets that only your royal authority can uncover.

Will you honor centuries of royal tradition and follow the path that your mother the Queen has laid out for you? Or will you be a force of change, leading your country in a new direction as you break free of a lifetime of expectations?

Oh, and speaking of expectations—there’s also the foreign royal that your mother wants you to marry. Who is in your class. And who happens to hate you.

Play as male, female, or non-binary; gay, straight, or bisexual; monogamous or polyamorous; asexual and/or aromantic.

Find love and/or friendship with your free-spirited childhood companion, a firebrand radical, a dreamy dancer, a financier haunted by tragedy, your devoted bodyguard, or a rival foreign royal.

Cuddle and train your pet: a horse, dog, or bird of prey.

Put on a lavish play, become a sports star, or run Student Council; and represent Archambault Academy against its rival Gallatin.

Become your classmates’ confidante and help them solve their problems—or make those problems worse.

Embrace your royal responsibility and carry on your mother’s tradition—and perhaps even take your sister’s place as heir to the throne.

Forge a path to the future by supporting revolutionaries’ calls for change, or stamp out the movement with scheming and deceit.

When this tumultuous year ends, will you be Archambault Academy’s crowning glory?

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[deconstructthesoup]

I've been thinking about this lately, so, here's my Slay the Princess ships and why I ship them:

Witch x Damsel, aka Sleeping Briars: There's just something that's so compelling about the two "fairytale" vessels---aka, a witch and your classic damsel in distress---who can both lead to some of the most romantic routes in the game. The dynamic between a devious little prankster who has serious trust issues and can't let anyone get close as a result and an adorable sweetheart who trusts everyone and falls in love way too fast is really interesting to me, and I think they'd actually be pretty good influences on each other.

Adversary x Razor: Two ladies who love fighting, bloodshed, and pain in general? The potential is right there. They're different enough that there's some dimension, but they're similar enough that their dynamic would be killer. Literally.

Spectre x Stranger: Honestly, I just think that they're both very charming and would probably get along really well, but there is something to be said about them being the two Vessels you get when you don't really give the Princess a chance---either if you kill her without hesitation and get Spectre, or if you refuse to even meet her and get Stranger. They're both lonely and scattered, and maybe they'd find something in each other.

Thorn x Wild (Wounded): There's something really sweet and intimate about two people who've hurt and been hurt finding comfort in each other. Idk, I think it's nice.

Burned Grey x Drowned Grey: It's... it's right there. The duality is right there. The wedding gown and the funeral gown, the fire and the water---it's right there.

Prisoner x Skeptic: This is really the only Voice/Vessel ship I've got on my list, and it's because in my opinion, it's the most grounded. Prisoner is arguably the most human out of all of the vessels, and Skeptic's whole thing of picking things apart and looking at everything from a different angle feels like a pretty reasonable response to the insanity of the construct. Her cynicism combined with his suspicious attitude could make for a really interesting dynamic, and I think they'd balance each other out well.

Contrahero: Come on. Come on. They're perfect. The first time I saw the Stranger ending, my head was already buzzing with "they're staying in the cabin? Together? Married couple! Married couple!" thoughts. I'm far from the only person in the fandom who sees how amazing the dynamic of the intrepid knight and the goofy little jester is.

Smitten x Cold: The dynamic between the dashing romantic who lives off of passion and feeling and the tired and quiet soul who seems to have cut himself off from emotion altogether is too compelling to ignore. The tension just writes itself.

Stubborn x Opportunist: While these two seem pretty different at first glance, I think the fact that both of them are voices who don't know when to quit speaks wonders as to how they might bounce off of each other. One of them solves problems through fists and fighting and the other solves problems through words and deceit---and I think that creates a pretty interesting duo.

Huntcheat: @tai-janai got me hooked. It's actually pretty damn adorable, I dunno what else to say.

(Also, Nightmare is aromantic in pretty much every one of my AUs, and Paranoid is aroace more often than not)

[rjthirsty]

Introducing RJ!

Hi, y'all. I'm RJ. On this blog you'll find an extreme thirst for 2D men, my abnormal life, art I enjoy, and my writing. I also reblog anything I'm interested in. #SorryNotSorry, you get all my love in one place. This is an adult blog, so expect everything to be M-rated and higher.

About me

I go by RJ Mercy on Twitch, Blusky, and ko-fi. On Ao3 and Tumblr, I'm RJ Thirsty. Get it? I thought it was funny.

I'm the creator and lead writer for Doki Doki Digest. All related socials can be found on my carrd.

I'm just your neurospicy NB aromantic friend who thirsts, streams, and writes fanfic and other otome-related content.

I'm chronically ill, which I forget new people don't know. Sometimes I'll talk about it because it's part of my life, but it's very normal for me to be sick. Four years and counting.

I play mainly otome games. I play mainly on mobile, but also on Switch and PC.

I'm obsessed with the Ikemen Series.

If you're interested in what's in the mind of a simp, I'm pretty friendly, but lacking in conversational skills. Asks are open.

If you like what I do, send me a ko-fi. I've started a membership system on there, and commissions are available through kofi.

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#rjthirsty deceit and decay - A Gilbert-centric (IkePri) dark fic (In Progress)

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Masterlists & Fanfic Under Cut

Ikemen Prince Fanfic Master List

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Other Writing

The Loss of Youth (Kasey [oc] - IkePri) - Mature, CW = Lots!

Flashes in Time (Kasey-centric [oc] - IkePri) - A Series of Drabbles, Angst

Kasey's Hobby (Roderic/Kasey [oc] - IkePri) - NSFW

Perfect Distraction (Okazaki/AFAB!Reader - Collar x Malice) - NSFW Commission

A Man Only You Know (Yanagi/AFAB!Reader - Collar x Malice) - NSFW Commission

Drowning in Desire (Nicola/AFAB!Reader - Piofiore) - Mature Commission

Bouquet of Obsession (Nicola/Lili - Piofiore) - NSFW Commission

Shackled to You (Nicola/Lili - Piofiore) - NSFW Commission

Pegging Morax Headcanon (Morax/AFAB!Reader - WHB) - NSFW Commission

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Ikemen Prince - All Main Routes - Chevalier Sequel - Licht Sequel

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[thedisabilitybookarchive]

Disability in Books: International Asexuality Day

[ID: A poster. Large black text reading "International Asexuality Day" is in the centre. Above it, to the left, smaller black text reading "Disability in Books". The background is a straight diagonal version of the Disability Pride flag. In the upper right corner, the logo for the Disability Book Archive. In the lower left corner, the Asexual Pride flag. /end]

[ID: The same poster. The flag and logo have shrunken slightly in size. The title has been removed, replaced with two book covers and some text. The first cover is for "Asking For A Friend" by Ronnie Riley and is in the upper left hand corner. Black text listed next to it reads "Middle-Grade", "Contemporary", "Anxiety, ADHD", "Additional Biromantic Rep", and "June 2024 Release". The second cover is for "Deathless Divide" by Justina Ireland and is down the lower right side of the poster. Large black text listed next to it reads "Young Adult", "Historical, Horror, Fantasy", "Amputee", "Additional Bisexual Rep", "Zombies", and "Series". /end]

[ID: The same poster. The book covers and text have changed. The first cover is for "Hazel's Theory of Everything" by Lisa Jenn Bigelow. Large black text listed next to it reads "Middle-Grade, Young Adult", "Contemporary", "Wheelchair User SC", and "Additional Questioning and Aromantic Rep". The second cover is for "Learning Curves" by Ceillie Simkiss. Large black text listed next to it reads "New Adult, Adult", "Romance, Contemporary", "ADHD", "F/F; Fat Peurto-Rican Lesbian MC x Panromantic Asexual MC", and "Novella". /end]

[ID: The same poster. The book covers and text have changed. The first cover is for "Our Bloody Pearl" by D. N. Bryn. Large black text listed next to it reads "Adult", "Fantasy, Romance", "Paraplegic, PTSD, Sign Language, Vitiligo", "Additional Non-Binary, Transgender, Agender and Aromantic Rep", and "Series". The second cover is for "Tarnished Are the Stars" by Rosiee Thor. Large black text listed next to it reads "Young Adult", "Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Romance", "Heart Condition", "Additional Aromantic, Lesbian and Queer Rep", and "Space". /end]

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A small collection of books featuring disabled asexual characters in honour of International Asexuality Day!

Every book on this list features 1 or more asexual main characters. Honourable mention for the City of Spires series, which features a large cast of aspec characters, alongside characters who are deaf, have memory loss, PTSD, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and a main character with a condition that dulls his senses.

[ID: The same poster, with no text, showing 3 book covers. The books are "City of Strife", "City of Betrayal" and "City of Deceity", all by Claudie Arseneault. /end]

Books on this list:

♠ 'Asking For a Friend'- Ronnie Riley ♠ 'Deathless Divide'- Justina Ireland ♠ 'Hazel's Theory of Evolution'- Lisa Jenn Bigelow ♠ 'Learning Curves'- Ceillie Simkiss ♠ 'Our Bloody Pearl'- D. N. Bryn ♠ 'Tarnished Are the Stars'- Rosiee Thor ♠ 'City of Strife'- Claudie Arseneault ♠ 'City of Betrayal'- Claudie Arseneault ♠ 'City of Deceit'- Claudie Arseneault

Happy International Asexuality Day!

[thechurchoftheradiodemon]

Fandom, especially the Hazbin fandom, has a huge problem with treating fanon like a gold standard for canon to reach, and visa versa (with people getting up in arms about canon-contradictory fanworks). So, people act betrayed when popular headcanons do not become a reality. Queerbaiting is definitely an issue, but not every unfulfilled wish is deceit. Whatever happens happens.

Someone else said something like this in my comments. I actually totally agree, we have to be able to differentiate canon from fanon, and respect both things for what they are. In the end, fanon is there so we are able to explore, have fun and experiment with art and stories. Canon is there to give us THE STORY to enjoy from the beginning.

I think I did not explain my self very well in that post, but I agree that the queerbaiting accusations are unfounded. I do not believe them and I do not support them. Fantheories are not the law, no matter how much the fandom likes them. In this specific case, Alastor is canonly Ace, not Aro. It has not been canonly rejected that he could be Aro, nor confirmed.

We'll see where the show takes us in that regard (I think s2 will be key), but my fantheory is that he will not be confirmed aromantic (though maybe in the spectrum). But who knows! I for one will enjoy it all the same. We will have fanon to explore alternative representations no matter what.

So lets have fun and respect each other!

[chaosmagetwin]

Hello! My name is Halie (Pronounced Hay Lee), my pronons are She / It, I'm 31 years old, I'm pansexual normally(but right now I’m Asexual. Not aromantic though!) but a bit demi with it, and this post is about who I am! While I'm here, if you're a terf, go away <3 If you're a minor you're on thin ice, just DNI. Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother flirting atm, but if you feel the need, just come into it with literally 0 expectations of a response. There's a solid 75% chance I'll delete or ignore horny posts, even if I do like you. That said, feel free to send prompts of any kind into my box, especially for stories of some kind. The weirder and more genderfucky, the better.

Owner is @thewhorehome Love you Daddy <3

These're my gender graphs. I would love to consolidate them all into one graph, but IDK what program that would be or what that would even begin to look like considering how many variables there are, so, ya know, I did my best. These are not gender graphs that are a "one size fits all", they are mine. If you feel like associating with them feel free, but if you want to know why [Insert gender thing for you] isn't on here, it's because I have no opinion on it, don't know it exists, or don't think it applies to me! I associate with demons a lot (as the graph says) but I recently discovered that the type of demon I am is the Acedia Demon, or Noonday Demon. Aka, the demon of depression. Basically, I murdered the host of this body and replaced him. Now I’m making it my own body. I strongly feel like I’m not the original host, but I have access to those memories.

Now for a little bit more about me. CW: my BDSM test, A master list to my different writing projects, some selfies (SFW only), and maybe a few other things.

It's funny, a year ago that "Dominant" was at 7%, and switch was sub 20%. Sadist was also at a sub 20%, and voyeur was... sub 40% I think? I've gone through some things, most of which is from one off dates.

Now, for the Master list! If you're from The Old Times (there's like.... 4 of you, idk if you're even real, but w/e.) you MIGHT recognize this. It's been 8 million shwillion years, and I've decided to update. Don't go thinking that this means this blog is going to go and get serious though.

First up, the major projects!

Do not read this on phone. The footnotes DO NOT WORK in a decent manner. I'm sorry.

Layla is a transgirl space scavenger mechanic, an anarchist from Mars where Hypercorps run everything, and she's just hit a minor jackpot; an empty cargo ship filled with material that can not only earn her a lot of credits, but also reputation. There's just one problem; there's no pilot, there's no destination, and there's nothing to indicate what really happened.

Set in Eclipse Phase (A Transhumanist Sci-fi TTRPG), Hive's Story is a horror, about the scariest parts of being early in transition; not knowing who you are, or who you'll become, and how people abandon you. It's still a work in progress, naturally.

Charm used to be human... before she died, anyways. She's wound up in another world, and she feels different, but it's difficult to say how exactly! She doesn't remember NOT being a Hellsworn, even in her old life, but there weren't exactly Hellsworn there. She's lost, confused, and worse, she seems to be hated by anyone who isn't a hellsworn as well, and now she's being forced into the slums outside the city! Slums that are roiling with deceit, and love, and a fomenting rebellion that major players in the slums are trying to prevent. But she's not the only one who's been isekai'd; John's still trying to run the rat race; he figures he can start small, just be a mason, try to live a quiet life. He didn't think he was interested in a loud life... but something is wrong. He was doing that in his last life... and died for it! He's alone, surrounded by people who tolerate and use him, but he doesn't know what to think anymore.

Hellsworn Charm is a story about a girl on an upwards trajectory from the bottom and finding a ceiling of oppression, and about a man who is on a downwards trajectory from... well, not the top. Both struggle with their lack of purpose, but where one gets a support network, the other does not, and the two's trajectories are on a collision path. The story is more world-building than plot, and once i realized I didn't really have one, it sputtered out.

Next up, some minor projects! Some have been dropped, some are still being worked on.

This post goes into what what it is, as well as explains where it's from ^.^

WHEW. The OG. The one that... almost started it all. There were a few versions of AOM before this, but goddamn, this is the one I put the effort into. It's got some notes in it from when I was trying to rework it, which I still might do, but this version is better than the newer one, even still.

I still want to work on this one, tbh. It's a story about an apocalypse of magic (AOM), with the main character, Rhea, waking up in a hospital, having survived a magical plague in 2020 (I swear, I wrote this in 2012 or something, cut me some slack) that turned her into a Kitsune, and her brother into a Giant. At first, it's all about survival. Later, it's about realizing the depravity of humanity.

The other OG. Lesbians witches who hate each other, and also have to deal with their country falling apart. One is the princess, the other a rebellious peasant. I used prompts to get started on each part.

Honestly, don't know that I'll ever pick this one up again. I like their dynamic, but the world just wasn't it, I think. I've tried reworking it, like, 4 different times.

My very first ever long story, and also my longest even now. Almost 90 pages! I got so far! And god, my pacing was terrible. Fun though. It's FILLED with my annotations.

Aisleigh is a very poor woman who just got invited to Chile to go to a very rich mans party. She gets experimented on midway, and it goes from "Poor girl being uplifted to high society" to "kind of super-hero origin story, except she's now a brilliant fox girl". Listen, young Halie was cooking, but she did NOT know what she was doing.

A super hero origin story, except in this one, the main character began to lose her emotions. Can't really talk much about this one, pretty sure I was writing it while feeling dysphoric and worried about the apathy that was consuming my life :)

That's pretty much all of what I'm willing to share from my projects these days, but I've got a few more I'm still working on. I may add more to this over time. As of September 2024, these projects are a Mecha story, a post apocalypse mage who is so lonely she's disassociating, and whatever else happens to catch my attention.

Anyways, here's me

Also, since I'm here, I might as well talk about what I'm even into, fandom / hobby wise (besides writing)

In no particular order

She-ra, House, The Owl House, Sewing, Music, Signalis, Art (even if I can't draw y.y I love looking at it), Cooking (Is there greater joy than cooking for people and making a delicious meal? No.), TTRPG's, RP, FF14, Metroid (I've never played a single game of it, but I love Samus and always have and always will), Halo (I had every book at one point), Starfinder (I have a lot of books! I'm still trying to collect them all. Don't get to play it much though y.y), Eclipse Phase, Homestuck, and Traveller's Tale! I also love astronomy, the deep ocean, spiders, castles, knights, witches, dolls, empty spaces versions of those a little bit, fashion, goth fashion and especially pastel goth, and some others but that's all I can think of.

Thanks for reading!

[choiceofgames]

New game! Royal Affairs by Hannah Powell-Smith, author of Crème de la Crème

New game! "Royal Affairs" by Hannah Powell-Smith is now available on Steam, iOS and Android. It's 40% off until April 6. Please reshare this with friends!

Return to the exclusive boarding schools of “Crème de la Crème”—this time as a royal! Work hard, study hard, and play hard as a royal in training at the exclusive Archambault Academy. Will you rule the roost, or be a royal disaster?

https://www.choiceofgames.com/royal-affairs/

Royal Affairs is a 437,000-word interactive novel by Hannah Powell-Smith, set in the world of "Crème de la Crème." It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

As the middle child of the Queen of Westerlin, you've led a sheltered life in the palace, but now you must spread your wings and prepare for your royal responsibilities with a year at the exclusive Archambault Academy.

Everyone knows your name, everyone has an opinion on what you do, and everyone views you as the face of the new generation of royalty. Your every move is reported in the press, a word from you could make or break a teacher’s career--or the fate of the school itself. You’re being courted by every club and social group on campus; and there are countless students who would love to be in your orbit.

In luxurious armchairs behind ivy-covered walls, you and your fellow students debate political theory—but outside, real trouble simmers across the realm. There are activists fighting to open voting rights beyond the aristocracy, and you can use your influence to sway the government’s decision in either direction. Relations are growing increasingly uneasy with your country’s neighbors, and there are conspiracies around every corner. Why is your mother whispering behind closed doors with the Prime Minister? Have the leaders of the protests really disappeared? Which allies can you trust? There are some secrets that only your royal authority can uncover.

Will you honor centuries of royal tradition and follow the path that your mother the Queen has laid out for you? Or will you be a force of change, leading your country in a new direction as you break free of a lifetime of expectations?

Oh, and speaking of expectations—there’s also the foreign royal that your mother wants you to marry. Who is in your class. And who happens to hate you.

-Play as male, female, or non-binary; gay, straight, or bisexual; monogamous or polyamorous; asexual and/or aromantic. -Find love and/or friendship with your free-spirited childhood companion, a firebrand radical, a dreamy dancer, a financier haunted by tragedy, your devoted bodyguard, or a rival foreign royal. -Cuddle and train your pet: a horse, dog, or bird of prey. -Put on a lavish play, become a sports star, or run Student Council; and represent Archambault Academy against its rival Gallatin. -Become your classmates’ confidante and help them solve their problems—or make those problems worse. -Embrace your royal responsibility and carry on your mother’s tradition—and perhaps even take your sister’s place as heir to the throne. -Forge a path to the future by supporting revolutionaries’ calls for change, or stamp out the movement with scheming and deceit.

When this tumultuous year ends, will you be Archambault Academy’s crowning glory?

[ludwigoat909]

So about gay kazui theory.

I personally think aroace Kazui makes more sense than gay Kazui imo. I can def see that he has shown no attraction to women, but I feel like if he was gay, they would've some hints about him being specifically interested in men (like idk show us him thinking about men, or show us the face of that fishermen bestie of his). Also, I don't agree with the argument that he is a green apple due to his temptation simply being "different" because this is the same argument people had against cheating theory, which was that the apple should've been red if he did a crime of love and temptation. I think the fact that his apple is green could be both a reference to that painting but also the fact that he shows no attraction for love of sex like the rest (+geen is the main color of the aromantic flag which in the flag represents a lack of romance).

In addition, there's also the chorus: "Love and destiny = crap" + the "that sticky sweet substance" following the "Smash, shatter it bye bye bye"

Doesn't sound like a man all in for romance does it?

But also the most intresting is the last one "Loving affection (minus) love, it's tacky that two way deceit" which implies he tried to look out for love and affection WITHOUT "love" love, but struggled for it.

I think Kazui simply wanted to marry his wife because he liked the idea of comfort marriage would give him. He liked the affection that would come with it, but he didn't like the part that somehow involved romantic love.

This is also something that can be seen in the line "I wanted to be loved just like a cat."

Now I don't know you but I don't think being loved just like a cat is something that would sound romantic to people (at least I hope not), and I don't remember Kazui ever asking for a fursuit, so it soynds to me the man just wanted to be taken care of just like someone would with a cat.

[clndstn-headmates]

haii !! i was wondering if you could just do as many demon slayer headmates as u can ? transids , xenogenders , and neopronouns heavily encouraged !!! please do make sure to include mitsuri and zenitsu , other than that any important (non - demon) characters are okay !!! tysm 🍡💞💞

realized that i did include some demon characters, feel free 2 ignore those. there will be two more reblogs with the rest of the characters, hope u enjoy, feel free 2 change anything! esp cuz idk this show that well lol... ^^;

-Mod Andrew

NAMES: Mitsuri Kanroji, 甘露寺 蜜璃

AGE: 19

PRONOUNS: she/her, lo/loves

GENDERS: transfem, g♡rl

SEXUALITY: bisexual, aceflux

SOURCE: Demon Slayer

SPECIES: human

ROLE: romanticist

TRANSIDS: transBPD, transbipolar, transyandere, transshyer, transOLD, wiseyoungsterage, transimmortal, transmarried, transgoddess

CISIDS: pale skin, pink/green hair, green eyes, Japanese, Demon Slayer, Love Hashira, autistic, ADHD, OCD, hyperromantic, strong, athletic, enthusiastic, innocent, loving, romantic

PARAS: hebephile (🍒��), pedоphile (🍍🍸), lоlicon (🐰🎀), shоtacon (🍯🐻)

APPEARANCE:

NAMES: Zenitsu Agatsuma, 我妻 善逸

AGE: 16

PRONOUNS: he/him

GENDERS: cis guy

SEXUALITY: bisexual, aroaceflux

SOURCE: Demon Slayer

SPECIES: human

ROLE: anxiety holder

TRANSIDS: nullanxiety, transstrong, transdating, transgrооmer, permasuicidal, transkitsune, nullshy, transconfident, transpopular, transwomanizer

CISIDS: pale skin, yellow/orange hair, brown eyes, Japanese, Demon Slayer, anxiety, depression, ADHD, BPD, nervous, desperate, determined, powerful, nihilistic

PARAS: hebephile (🍒🍸)

APPEARANCE:

NAMES: Tanjiro Kamado, 竈門 炭治郎

AGE: 15

PRONOUNS: they/them, he/him

GENDERS: proxvir, nonbinary boy

SEXUALITY: aromantic, asexual

SOURCE: Demon Slayer

SPECIES: human

ROLE: protector, caretaker

TRANSIDS: transHashira

CISIDS: pale skin, maroon hair, maroon eyes, Japanese, Demon Slayer, scar, ADHD, OCD, neurodivergent, determined, hard-working, kind, gentle, honest

PARAS: none

APPEARANCE:

NAMES: Nezuko Kamado, 竈門 禰豆子

AGE: perma12, chrono14

PRONOUNS: it/its, she/her, flor/floras

GENDERS: juxera, nonbinary girl

SEXUALITY: cenelian, quoiromantic, asexual

SOURCE: Demon Slayer

SPECIES: HtDtH (human to demon to human)

ROLE: littlex

TRANSIDS: forceddemon, permakid, agestuck, transnonverbal, transmuette, transimmortal, permamuzzled, transflowerpupil, lоliflux, transimouto

CISIDS: pale skin, black hair, pink eyes, Japanese, PTSD, autistic anxiety, amensia, memory loss, low empathy, ASPD, kind, protective, brave,

PARAS: demonophile (👿), AAM (🧸)

APPEARANCE:

NAMES: Shinobu Kocho, 胡蝶 しのぶ

AGE: 18

PRONOUNS: he/him, she/her

GENDERS: bigender, boygirl

SEXUALITY: lesbian, darcian, aroflux, mollsexual

SOURCE: Demon Slayer

SPECIES: human

ROLE: anger holder

TRANSIDS: butterflyage, transbugwinged, transcuteharmful, transinnocentharmful, permafacade, lavenscentian, lycheescentian, plumscentian

CISIDS: pale skin, black/purple hair, purple eyes, Japanese, Demon Slayer, Insect Hashira, ASPD, bipolar disorder, PTSD, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, calm, deceitful, resentful

PARAS: sadist (👊)

APPEARANCE:

NAMES: Inosuke Hashibira, 嘴平 伊之助

AGE: 15

PRONOUNS: they/them, it/its, he/him, rot/rots

GENDERS: boything, boybeast

SEXUALITY: aromantic, bisexual

SOURCE: Demon Slayer

SPECIES: boar therian, demihuman

ROLE: anger holder, NPD holder

TRANSIDS: transspecies, transhalfboar, transfighter, transHashira, transacuti, transcannibal, permabloodstain, permabloodyteeth, transferal

CISIDS: pale skin, black/blue hair, green eyes, Japanese, Demon Slayer, ADHD, NPD, dyslexia, egotistical, combative, prideful, boastful

PARAS: autozооphile (⚙️🐾)

APPEARANCE:

[ruk0l4]

There's more sugar in my body than there is blood

More poison in my mind than there is thoughts

More smoke in my lungs than there is air

More cuts on me than i can feel pain

lightheaded, empty, filled to the brink

it fucks deeper and harder than any dick

How would you know, virgin mary, untouched, pure all that shit

How would you know never hight, never been through anything

No problems, no money, no crisies

no hobbies , no one to see, nothing to be

Your words are empty, your mind fixed

Your body full, healthy, no indicators of deeper things

No sickness in your mind, no diagnosis

you make yourself crazy, lazy, hazy

cosplay as a martyr, as troubled, as messy and clean

lying, deceitful bitch with nowhere to run

nowhere to hide, be, no passion inside

Look around see how it's done

Good, honest people waisting their time trying to see inside an empty mind

empty sould, heart, no love, no feelings, no sympathy

no recolection of how it's like to really be

If emotion was real, where would it be?

If love was for me, how would it feel?

I clean up nice, nice tits, ass, hair to waist, waist to hips, hips to legs

open legs, mouth, heart, eyes and yet no ex

no one to want no one to flex

only me in the room, room in your hands

hands in my mind, throat, stomach, my sex

they don't exist, not here, nor there

A whore, lesbian, aromantic, antisocial,

inhuman, involountary, undead

try to reach out with no prevail

try to reach in there's nothing there

[hpowellsmith]

Wishlist Royal Affairs on Steam - out early 2023!

Return to the exclusive boarding schools of Creme de la Creme - this time as a royal! Work hard, study hard, and play hard as a royal in training at the exclusive Archambault Academy. Will you rule the roost, or be a royal disaster?

Royal Affairs is an interactive novel by Hannah Powell-Smith, set in the world of Creme de la Creme. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

As the middle child of a royal family, you've led a sheltered life in the palace, but now you must spread your wings and prepare for your royal responsibilities. Term is about to begin at Archambault Academy and it's time for your big entrance.

Everyone knows your name, everyone has an opinion on what you do, and everyone views you as the face of the new generation of royalty. You’re being courted by every club and social group on campus; and there are countless students who would love to be your friend - or more.

Meanwhile, outside your school’s ivy-covered walls, trouble simmers across the country as activists fight to open voting rights beyond the aristocracy. You can use your influence to sway the Parliament’s decision - but in which direction?

Will you flaunt your fame, or retreat from the spotlight? And if you do seek publicity, will the papers love you or despise you? Will you honor centuries of royal tradition and follow the path that your mother the Queen has laid out for you, or be a force of change, leading your country in a new direction as you break free of the expectations laid on you all your life? How will you navigate intense family ties and political upheaval to come out on top?

Oh, yes, and there’s also the foreign royal that your mother wants you to marry. Who is in your class. And who happens to hate you.

Play as male, female, or non-binary; gay, straight, or bisexual; monogamous or polyamorous; asexual and/or aromantic.

Cuddle and train your pet: a horse, dog, or bird of prey.

Put on a lavish play, become a sports star, or run Student Council - and bring fame or disrepute to your school.

Help fix your classmates' problems, or make them worse.

Make a savvy political marriage, fall in love with the wrong person for the right reasons, or make friendships that will last for life.

Help rebels work for a different future, or stamp them out with scheming and deceit.

Will you embrace responsibility or forge your own path?

[casino-au-eggman]

Welcome to the Strawberry Casino!

Art by @/tunesofanarchy

This is a blog for all things related to the Casino Eggman and the alternate universe he lives in. It will mostly compile posts, concepts, art, and fic from other blogs but there may be exclusive original posts from time to time and asks are open here too.

AU is 18+ for themes of violence and explicit content.

About and tags navigation guide below:

Get to know Casino AU Eggman before you continue!

Art by @/creativelychaotic and Adam Bryce Thomas!

Name: Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik (didn't get his doctorate!)

Age: 56-58 (in timeline AU takes place)

D.O.B: May 6th 1946

Sexuality: Gay gray aromantic hypersexual

Height: 6’ 1"

Weight: 382 lbs minimum - 550 lbs maximum

Occupation: Owner of Strawberry Casinos global chain, owns multiple other companies and invests in a number of different things like clubs, bars, theme parks, studios, etc, too. Secretly a mob boss, terrible crime happens behind the scenes

Favorite food: Strawberries, candy, cake, donuts, junk food, fast food, anything sweet and sugary

Accessories: Heart shaped glasses, gold tooth, cigars, golden and gem jewelry, short neat polished nails, the color pink, strawberry scent, anything love heart and strawberry related

Personality/defining traits: Deceitful, manipulative, dangerously charming, flirtatious, perverted, wealthy, evil, greedy, lustful, and passionate.

Loves: Casinos, strawberries, modern Egg, Zobotnik, King Shahryar, (various versions of Eggs dimension hop to him!) Sonic, Tails, sex, money, alcohol, food, luxury, being a sugar daddy, fashion, crossdressing (forcing others to dress up for him), jewelry, cute things, Chao, murder and violence, scamming and backstabbing lol

You can see more art of him here!

Tags navigation guide:

Main tags:

#about him (for learning about Casino Eggman)

#concepts

#fics

#asks

#reblogged 

#og post

#ns4w

#modern eggman (posts including main universe Eggman)

#boom eggman (posts including Boom Eggman)

Shipping tags:

#shipping

#self ship

#casino x boom

#casino x modern

#casino x modern x boom

Enjoy your stay!

[unveiledveins]

frank grillo, homosexual, cismale + he/him → isn’t that giovanni d'angelo? i’ve seen them hanging out with the vampires. i hear they're nine hundred & ninety three, but they’ve only been in alexandria for a hundred years, on and off. they seem to be charming & intelligent, but also cunning & deceitful. 

GET TO KNOW THE MUSE

Name: Giovanni D'Angelo

Nickname(s): Gio, Van, Boss, Master

Age: 993 (but looks early-to-mid fifties)

Date of Birth: October 31st

Zodiac: Scorpio

Place of Birth: What is now Italy

Race / Ethnicity: White (Italian)

Gender: CIS-Male

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexual Orientation: Homosexual (though may or may not have fucked Eve)

Romantic Orientation: Aromantic

Species: Vampire

FAMILY

Progeny: Forty-Seven

APPEARANCE

Height: 5'11

Build: Athletic, Fit

Hair Color: Black with some streaks of grey

Eye Color: Brown

For as long as he can remember, Giovanni has always wanted more out of life. As an orphan on the streets of what is now Italy, the young man had watched as children fought and struggled to get even a scrap of food and that only those that were bigger and/or stronger were able to fill their stomachs and well... Giovanni knew that he didn't want to go to bed hungry, but he also knew he wasn't exactly the biggest of kids... So he had to be the smartest, the fastest, and the toughest. Working hard to ensure that the other kids wouldn't walk all over him, he wound up crafting a knife that he used to stab the biggest kid, telling him that the next time he tried to come after him that Giovanni would stab a vital organ... And from then, the kids in the orphanage knew now to mess with him.

But he got a thrill from that, a taste of darkness, and he wanted more. With his knife in hand, he began to wander the streets at night, looking for easy targets that he could easily rob - and rob he did, as he was quick enough to get out of the way of their sword swings and small enough to maneuver around them to get them right at a major artery, and they'd wind up handing him all of their gold. Of course, he didn't share with any of the other kids, and none had the balls enough to come up to him after he had threatened the biggest kid, but he soon found that, eventually, he would target the wrong person. Or the right person, depending on who you ask - and he'd say it was definitely the right person.

He was in his early fifties, still working the streets despite having made enough money to buy himself a forge, when he had targeted an aristocrat that he knew would be a very lucrative get. It turned out, though, that aristocrat was a vampire and that man wound up finding promise in the man and instead of downright killing him, he fed him some of his blood before doing so. When he awoke, Giovanni was no longer human... He was a vampire.

If you had to ask him, that's when his life truly began. Walking the road alongside his maker for the first decade, Giovanni was eager to get out and do more and be more, but his maker tried to urge caution and told him that sometimes it was better to simply live among the humans and go unnoticed. This was not something that Giovanni wanted and, eventually, he wound up killing his own maker before setting out on his own.

Throughout the nearly millennia he has been alive, Giovanni has wrecked havoc across the globe and has even sired a vast number of vampires that have gone on to follow his footsteps in making their mark on the world. While he has gone on to be the faceless leader of the Italian mob, that has even bled into the United States, and even the real king of Italy and most of Europe, he knows that some of his progeny also hold similar positions of power and he couldn't be more proud. Of course, it was part of the reason he had sired his progeny - because they all showed promise, they all seemed to share his sentiment in that the world was their oyster and they just needed to claim it.

Alexandria has been one of his homes for the past century, as the vampire always finds himself coming back to make deals with other creatures - mostly other vampires and witches, as they are the one species that he respects the most above the others - and to open up a club that not only caters to the mature taste of the people there... But to some of the darker tastes, as well, for those that are brave enough to enter the basement. Don't worry, though... everyone down there consents to being fed from... And some can even be... persuaded to be afraid if you, like him, prefer the taste of fear when you feed.