#aromantic-cactus

[freshie-owo]

HEHEHEHEHE kicking and giggling, I loved your response to the A/B/O verse of PBP and I’m extremely excited for what else you have planned for the story (including a rewrite you say?) and whether or not you do make an a/b/o ver, I’ll be happily reading anything Zenitsu & the uzuis centric.

(I may also do my own spin of the a/b/o idea or just Zenitsu Uzui in general, I mainly write for Sanemi & Genya on my ao3 but Zenitsu is so blorbo and I love the idea of him being blood related or somehow adopted by the uzuis. However of course I’ll be giving credit/the inspiration link to your ao3 and works because they quite literally are the main inspiration)

And YES !! Monthly reread, I’m not kidding when I say it’s my favorite Zenitsu fanfic ever. It’s genuinely so hard to find fanfics of him that cater to my taste and your entire work is just the equivalent of hitting diamonds in a mine for me. I remember this year when you updated I had the shittiest day at work and what was getting me thru is that I got the ao3 notif of the last update LOL I went straight into reading when I got home and then took a shower and ate.

Oh also side note — I really liked and am curious about the jealously aspect of alpha/father/pack leader tengen, Tengen’s jealousy has been hinted a few time in PBP, especially when Zenitsu talked about his gramps, and I find that so interesting since we see a Lot of Zenitsu’s jealously in the fanfic. Basically what I’m saying is that if you go the possessive/jealous papa tengen route when they meet gramps/jigoro I’ll go bonkers just because the idea of 31 year old tengen beefing with this literal old man is so funny to me and because he’s so much more like Zenitsu than he actually thinks. And I bet he would be tweaking on the inside seeing Zenitsu be so familiar and affectionate with someone who isn’t in their “clan”

But this is just me theorizing/rambling and I’ll love anything that you put out!!!!!!!! Thanks for answering my questions and I hope you have a great day/night.💚

I'm glad you liked it, it was tons of fun for me to speculate about too, so thanks again for the ask!! And yes, I have a rewrite planned for a different series of events, and eventually I want to write not a full chaptered fic, but a fic with scenes of how I imagine things would go for some parts of Zen's life if he grew up with his fam! Tho don't get too excited considering how slowly I've been working on the main fic lol 😅

And if you're inspired to do your version of Zen and the uzuis ABO style then you should do it!! As I'm sure you saw in my fic, I was totally inspired by @kuwajima's fic to write my own, so welcome to the "inspired to write about Zenitus and the Uzuis they are family ur honour because of another writer" club haha!! But I would say don't let being used to writing one set of characters stop you if you wanna try with a new character! You'll know what feels right to write (lol)!

And I'm so, so flattered you re-read that often and that the fic is so right for you - I know I go absolutely feral when I find a fic like that for myself! I feel like I'm not putting it into words well but I just. Thank you. Thank you for loving the fic so much and for telling me so. It truly means so much to me 🥹

I'm sorry you had a shitty day when that happened, but I am delighted that I could provide something to make your day even a little bit better :)

As for Tengen getting jealous of Jigoro. Well. 👀👀👀👀👀 <- me looking at the next chapter draft and my notes lolololol

(Tengen and Zenitsu please get your shit together for two seconds and see how you are similar instead of different pls and thanks if you did maybe this fic would have been a oneshot)

And thank you, I hope you have a great day/night too!!

[lgbt-aesthetics]

ID: Three icons with the alloaro flag as the background, and different cactus-themed emojis in the foreground. The first one is a cactus with small, white flowers. The second is a heart-shaped cactus, with a gold bow. The third is a sparkling cactus. End ID.

Pride 2024: AlloAro + Cactus Emoji Icons

Image Sources

Please reblog and credit me if you use!

[aro-culture-is]

Aro culture is my neighbors cactus growing through the fence

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[pet-a-cactus]

Some resources/media I found helpful in learning and accepting my own sexuality (bi-romantic asexual is the closest I can get for now, maybe it'll be different in the future?)

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How Bestselling Author V.E. Schwab Finally Found the Words to Come Out of the Closet (An coming out essay written by my favorite author VE Schwab, sharing her own experience of understanding her own sexuality. Very well written and encouraging to read)

Loveless by Alice Oseman (a novel about a girl coming to terms with her asexuality through trials and errors, it was messy but fruitful. The book that made me feel seen and I relate to the character's experience a lot)

Dating and Asexuality with Angela Chen | Sleeping Around (link to a YouTube video, an episode of a new podcast I'm starting to listen to where the host Alayna Joy talks about asexuality with Angela Chen, the author of Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex. This episode broke the thin line in my head and made me realize I am indeed ace, after years of questioning)

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen (I'm just starting to read the book, but I've heard great things about it. I'll come back to update after reading it)

Heartstopper (2022 tv show) & Heartstopper (graphic novel) by Alice Oseman (If you need relatable characters and wholesome loving embraces, you NEED to watch this show and read this book. The show and graphic novels have all kinds of POSITIVE representations. The original graphic novel is free on webtoon and tumblr. In the newest season there is a great conversation about asexuality from the character Issac, who is not in the original graphic novel. Instead, in the graphic novels, there is another great conversation about asexuality from the character Tori, which is not in the show)

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I know this isn't much and most of it is well-known, but I think they really helped a lot so I want to share! Feel free to reblog with any other resources you want to add, I'd love to learn more as well.

[pansexual-pied-piper]

[rusted-phone-calls]

this post is specifically dedicated to questioning aros btw. you are awesome

[we-were-made-of-stars-once]

*LAUGHS IN MULTISHIPPER*

Zelmer ”I think we should go now“

Ollie “Yee she’s not taking this well“

Uday “What do you mean he doesn’t want to be ship with me because of this ‘You work with my enemies’ bs”

Uday “We wear the same brand of turtlenecks….we were meant to be”

[george228732]

People are saying that aromantic/asexual guys aren't part of the LGBT community, and I must say that.

Yes? They do belong? Like, this shouldn't be rocket science, right? As an aroace myself, i think it's pretty obvious?

Anyways, we belong in there, if you think otherwise, go suck a cactus, sis.

[definitelynotgideon]

Everybody was out here like "oh here's my oc's reaction to the mansion exploding uwu 🥰✨️," so here's mine-

Just gonna tag a few people lmao I'm so sorry if you don't like being tagged tho just tell me I won't do it again

@risingscorchingsuns @real-genya-shinazugawa @rustizz @mandanator @iloveubepancakes @bishopinblue @uchu-no-bashira @photographicapparitions @aromantic-cactus @matthew-knyshait @rosalinastan1

I also did this one. For the times I will need it. 😆

[ackie-slays]

I was tagged by @yemaomeow to do this! Thank you!

Rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then, tag as many people as you have WIPs

I'm kind of boring and only have one writing WIP. But I have other projects! So I'll give them names too.

Here's what I'm working on:

# Wolf pt 2

# Lotus

# Strawberries

# Middle Earth

# Curse

Here's five mutuals! @risingscorchingsuns @mandanator @aromantic-cactus @uchu-no-bashira @real-genya-shinazugawa

[freshie-owo]

I’m rereading piece by piece because it’s legitimately the best zenitsu fanfic ever and I wish there were more concepts like yours where he’s the biological child of the uzuis, (which, *rolls up sleeves*) and I have a very weird and maybe stupid question to ask you, but had Zenitsu grown up with the uzui’s do you think his hair still would have changed to golden? And if so, what do you think tengen/the wives reactions would be to that since it happened during training.

Do you think that they would have pulled a sanemi and went “no son (brother) of mine will be a demon slayer” or do you think, and I’m gonna specifically say tengen here because as a male in a shinobi clan it’s different from him to his wives, would have still encouraged zenitsu to be a demon slayer as sort of a way to preserve/pass down the shinobi culture of like, “passing the mantle” or something like that? Because in your fanfic it appears Tengen still has this “clan” mentality that comes out more so when Zenitsu was still rejecting his family.

And in general, do you think zenitus’s character would differ much from the one we seen in canon? Personally I don’t think his tendency for over dramatics would change much, but I do see him having more confidence than the canonical zenitsu we see, because whether he still does Thunder breathing, or because he was raised by his family, sound breathing, he’ll have more arsenal to defend himself, and general shinobi training. And that’s still only if he uses 1 breathing form from either of those breathing styles.

I hope this question isn’t annoying, but I’ve had such Uzui Zenitsu brainrot lately and I’d love to hear your thoughts! And love the fanfic btw! This is me in no way trying to pressure you but I’m so excited for future chapters with Zenitsu in the city and the conversations the Uzui’s are going to have with jigoro/gramps! I’m even curious as to if Kaigaku will show up!

Hello! Thank you so so so much I'm so glad you like the fic ;-;

I saw your other ask, too, please don't apologize lol I am always down to talk about Uzui Zenitsu because I, too, have the brainrot about him.

So, I do think that Zenitsu's hair would still end up golden. I have, of course, thought about an au of my au where Zenitsu doesn't go missing and grows up with the Uzuis. In it, I think Zenitsu would struggle to pick up sound breathing (as a result of his response to Tengen's teaching rather than his capability) and would end up going to Jigoro to learn thunder breathing. But like you said, I think Zenitsu would still be dramatic and would, maybe not for the same reasons, end up in the tree and get struck, thus changing his hair colour.

I think Uzui and the wives would freak out, but as Zenitsu never went missing I don't think they'd be quite as protective as I've set them in Piece by Piece, so I think they'd probably go see him and entertain his dramatics (and Tengen would go "how could you let this happen" to Jigoro), but ultimately once they see he IS okay besides the hair, things would be okay.

As for becoming a demon slayer, I think Zenitsu would have wanted to become one because he wants to be like Tengen. He'd still be afraid, but I agree that he'd be more confident. However, I think he would feel some pressure to be as impressive as his parents, and his drive to be a slayer would come from trying to achieve that rather than it stemming from Jigoro (though he would still, after meeting and training with him).

I think Tengen would be torn. Again, if Zenitsu hadn't gone missing, I think he'd be a little different, too. In Piece by Piece he's learning and growing alongside Zenitsu, and if Zenitsu hadn't gotten lost I think Tengen would have gotten to the point he is in my fic earlier and, as a result, be more mature and level-headed and less bogged down in the teachings of his past.

I think Tengen would be proud of Zenitsu for following in his parents' footsteps, but wanting Zenitsu to have a better - and likely longer - life than most demon slayers can achieve. But because Tengen doesn't want to control Zenitsu's life as his own father controlled his, I think Tengen would not want to tell him no/forbid Zenitsu from becoming one. I think Tengen would try to be supportive of Zenitsu and set him up for success via demon slayer and shinobi training (with the wives' help, of course), but, whether Zenitsu knows or not, he would also support Zenitsu if he chose another path.

As for Zenitsu, I absolutely think he would be more confident, but I think his confidence would be the type where he would come on strong and then it wanes the longer he's in a given situation, and then the dramatics come up per usual. They might be toned down a little, since his parents would probably try to temper it as he grows up, but I don't think he would be all that different. I do think he'd be spared from girlfriend debt, though, because I think Tengen would discourage him from dating until he's an adult lmao.

He'd definitely have shinobi training (started young but not as young as Tengen), but I don't think he'd be at the same level as his parents when they were his age, because I think they'd let Zenitsu pace himself and take time to pick up skills. I think he'd struggle with sound breathing but pick up more thunder breathing forms - and then I think, in a moment where he's down to the wire, he'd manage to pull off a sound breathing form by accident, and then he'd only have that one in his skill set.

I still don't think he'd learn all the thunder breathing forms in this situation, but I feel like he'd be better equipped to pick up more.

I hope all this make sense lol, many of these thoughts have been in my head for a while and I definitely just blurted them out in this reply. Sorry if this has been in my inbox for a long time - I'm usually on mobile and it never tells me when I get asks.

Thank you again for the ask, for your kind words about the fic, and for reading! I'm excited to get more chapters out :)

[losergendered]

ID: a set of 18 images in 9 pairs. each has one image of the listed stardew valley character, with a white outline in front of their corresponding flags, and a second image which is a blank flag splice. END ID

Haley from Stardew Valley is a transfemmasc autistic intersex datesime mean lesbian with AvPD, HPD and impulsive BPD! She uses she/he/it/cactus/sun pronouns and co-designs some of Elliott's drag looks with hym using Emily's sewing machine!

Emily is a selkiegender autistic hyperromantic intersex duogender transfemneu polygender ambiamorous unlabeled sapphic with disquieted BPD and schizophrenia! Hx uses hx/it/they/eye pronouns and is in a long-distance romantic relationship with Sandy!

Elliott is an agender transfem bigender lesbian with chronic migraines! He uses hy/they/he pronouns and participates in drag!

Sandy is a genderfluid intersex lesbian who uses it/star/cactus/shx pronouns! Shx is in a long-distance romantic relationship with Emily!

Abigail is a sorrobride transxeninemasc biromantic abrosexual boygirlthing with PTSD, depression, dyslexia and AvPD! He uses he/xe/she pronouns!

Marnie is an aromantic selkiegender sapphillean who uses they/he pronouns! He also has arthritis and narcolepsy!

Shane is a nonbinary gay trans man who uses he/him pronouns! He canonically struggles with alcoholism and depression!

Sebastian is an objectum vampiregender transmasc hyperrose gay man with motor tics, OSDD-1a and AsPD! They use he/vamp/kill/slaughter/they pronouns!

Maru is a stargender oldwebpartygender aroace hyperrose genderweird lesbian with DPD, PPD and bipolar disorder! They use shy/they/glow/star pronouns!

For anon!

[kordbot]

So- Hacker is aromantic.. and hes okay with kissing in a romantic way? lowkey feels.. weird...

wym? there is no such thing as kissing in a romantic way... whether something is romantic or not depends entirely on the intention of the people doing it. if you mean the courier & hacker thing i can guarantee you that there is not a tiny bit of romance between them [and sicc can confirm this too]. ALSO. ALSO. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS AROMANTIC IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN / ENJOY ROMANTIC ACTIVITIES. action =/= attraction. thank you for your patience and if you consider these facts and still decide to be an arophobe go fuck yourself with a cactus and get the fuck away from my blog. thanks

[curious-sootball]

Hello! Congradulations, you have found my blog. This is its masterlist of tags and rules - I will greatly appreciate it if you read the whole post and comply. So,

• This is my main (and only) blog. Everything I reblog goes here, because I don't want to juggle managing a bunch of sideblogs. (Tfp fantasy au sideblog is a shared blog, it is currently inactive). Please use tags for navigation, I tag vent posts, nsfw and gore (both when I post and reblog, although i don't reblog vent posts)and I assume you know how to filter tags/content.

• I'm an aromantic asexual. I'm not interested in random sexting or online dating; unsolicited flirting and/or aphobic BS will get you blocked.

• My art tag is sootball_draws , although I only made it this year and haven't retagged all my art with it yet. Searching for fandom specific tags(e.g. "hollow knight" or "hk [character's name]") or "traditional art" on my blog will also help you find my art. My au-specific tags are vigilante tiso!au, tfp fantasy!au and playing around with tma fears in ga'hooleverse. Those are aus that I specifically helped to create, other aus aretagged with what creator named them (e.g. boatem knights au, the magus archives au).

• If you follow me and you have a blank/unfinished-looking blog(e.g. default icon/pfp, one of the default header images, white main theme, no name/description), I will block you and report you for spam because you look like a porn bot(if you want details on why people are blocking porn bots so much here, search "the bot plague", but long story short - they use actual people to look legit and spread malware-filled links). This isn't twitter or facebook or insta or tiktok, you can't make a blank lurker account. Seriously, there are multiple easy-to-find guides on how to customise your blog, just type "tumblr etiquette" into tag search. If you still have a blank blog by this point, you get the bot treatment.

• If you go through my account spam liking my art and art I reblogged without reblogging anything in turn, you might also get blocked! Depends on how annoyed I am with you. This isn't me begging for numbers - if I don't want to share an art piece, I just don't post it! I share my art with the fandom because I want to bring joy! Tumblr isn't twitter, tiktok or instagram - likes are private bookmarks!!! Liking things without reblogging leaves a message that you enjoyed something, but don't want it to be known, like you're a victorian era married gentleman who doesn't want to be seen entering or leaving a brothel. Most tumblr users don't check the "likes" folder on other blogs, so no one sees things if you just leave a like on them. Reblogging is NOT the same as reposting, and whoever told you otherwise is a liar and an idiot: reblog is that tiny green recycle icon button next to like button. Reblogged post can easily be tracked back to the original poster by clicking on their icon, or you can tag it with "art by op" or "other people's art" on your blog to make it clear it isn't yours. I put time and effort into art I make - to see an equivalent of a bunch of "eh, cool, i guess" responses can be really disheartening. You're actively making fandom spaces worse when you do this. I have no patience for that.

• Should be pretty obvious, but racists/terfs/swerfs/all kinds of exclusionists/ai "art" supporters will be blocked on sight. I'm not giving you fuckheads a platform, go eat a cholla cactus.

[busyescapingreality]

My secondary Tumblr account(s)~

The Aromantic Cactus (I wish I could change which account is the main one because this should be my main, but I'm an idiot)

Anime as Text Posts (I post on this one the most lol)

Anime Headcanons Because I Said So (lol I'm finally adding this one to the list. I don't post much here, but every once in a while I will lol)

[onecuddlycactus]

Questioning if I'm aromantic once again

I enjoy romance and doing romantic things, but it feels like the attraction isn't there?

I have desires to give and receive romantic affection but when I question if I have romantic feelings for someone that's when everything confuses the fuck out of me.