#arospec sora

[sorikufeels]

alternate versions of the soriku icons i posted here!! i rambled a bit on the other post about my headcanons for them too lol

please like/reblog if you use! :)

[rolaplayor101]

After searching about, I've found others who've had and thought about the same issue that I did, which is that the Kingdom Hearts fandom has a HUGE amatonormativity problem. Which, yeah, most fandoms do, but the difference here is that the KH fandom is pretty small, which makes it way more prevalent.

There's a good amount of people who think Sora is aroace, grayromantic, or alloromantic asexual, but they keep it to themselves for risk of being harassed by shippers. They have to protect themselves with "aphobes DNI" on the few posts they do post about it. They have to continuously reblog their own art or go to a confession blog to lament about it.

And it's sad! This is saddening! And the thing is, I do ship SoRiKai. At least the minimum amount, enough to be fully invested in what's going on in canon. Because, canonically? They do care about each other intensely enough to usually go beyond the bounds of typical friendship. Especially Sora. The way he thinks, the things he does, it's all so grandeur in comparison to the things people do in real life for their friends. He flat out says he wants to be with Riku and Kairi forever in one of the first games.

The problem is that people still think being aroace means being apothi and aplatonic, but that's not the case. Sora feels platonic attraction so quickly, frequently, and intensely that it even puts off new characters he meets in the game. He's affectionate, uplifting, and confident(most of the time). But people can't see aroace people as a whole as anything but negative and loveless. Which is just plain not the case for all of us. Aspec people post about the different ways aspec people think all the time! It's mostly the only thing in the aromantic and asexual tags, and I frequent those a lot! So I'd know!

This is an issue thats brought up over and over and over again, and it's that being aroace-- feeling exactly zero romantic or sexual attraction-- does not mean you also feel zero platonic or queerplatonic (or sensual or alterous or any tertiary) attraction. It does not mean you can't feel attraction that is just as intense as allos feel romantic or sexual attraction. Sora has always attributed his strength and confidence to his friends, to his heart that belongs to all of his friends. He feels platonic attraction so intensely that it literally powers him up. It's the main theme of the entire Kingdom Hearts franchise.

Saying that Sora feels queerplatonic attraction towards Riku and Kairi does not mean he'd feel any less than if he were romantically and/or sexually attracted to them.

Thinking that queerplatonic and/or platonic attraction is less than romantic and/or sexual attraction is incorrect, aphobic, amatonormative, and exactly contrary to what Kingdom Hearts the franchise is partially trying to do.

Kingdom Hearts normalizes healthy, platonic, life-long relationships, which wasn't well represented in the early 2000s. Most media represented friendships as on the back burner, especially when pit against romantic relationships. Affectionate arospecs watched shows and movies when they were younger seeing the main character dismiss their friends, grow out of them, or outright hate them, and then have their problems be solved by a romantic partner. Toxic or unhealthy friendships (and also sibling relationships) were the norm, so having Kingdom Hearts, and a few other media I can't think of right now, be made where there's no romance outside of background characters and established ones fron Disney Movies, and where friendship is treated as equal and as the most important, was revolutionary.

Tons of Shounen anime do this, too. Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist, Hero Academia, most sports anime. Then there's other stuff like most magical girl anime, Soul Eater, Little Witch Academia, Promised Neverland, Lucky Star, Baccano, most Miyazaki movies. A lot of popular anime are popular because people love the friendships between characters. And I bet most people in Kingdom Hearts love it specifically because of the friendships too. They like that they're friends. Because their friendships are wholesome, and healthy, and good. They make us feel good. KH isn't "Queerbaiting"(which is only ever brought up for mlm ships and never for aspecs or wlw) for having Riku and Sora care about each other and get along. Just because pop culture has forced f/m relationships start specifically because a girl and a boy get along(if even that happens), doesn't mean that all characters in all media that get along are romantically into each other. Both of those are bad and thinking that its not is a double standard. Platonic chemistry and romantic chemistry are not the same (even if pop culture media continue to try and make it seem like they are). But so many posts trying to prove Sora is actually canonically secretly in romantic love with Riku and Kairi only have evidence of him just being his regular old self, doing things he canonically sees as platonic-- things that are platonic.

It's not an issue of people headcanoning Sora with romantic/sexual attraction (or otherwise) for the other characters, it's about the harassing of other people that it's canon and the blatant aphobia and amatonormativity. All that's canon right now is that Sora cares about his friends, which includes Riku and Kairi, and the fact that I got so much negativity back for saying he's aroace and feels queerplatonic attraction for them only proves that some people in this fandom think aroace people can't care about anyone strictly because they don't feel romantic or sexual attraction. The aphobia in the fandom needs to be addressed, and the aspec content should be allowed to be post freely without push back.

TLDR; Once the main Kingdom Hearts fandom stops seeing every little interaction between certain characters as canonically romantic, it'll finally be a more open and healthy community that people won't be afraid to engage in.

I want this to be helpful to read and for someone to learn something. And if aphobia shows up again, maybe take that person to the side and say that's not cool? Defend us aspecs, please? Cause all that..really makes me feel bad about and put off Kingdom Hearts completely. (And again! I ship SoRiKai! But people that don't ship it shouldn't have to go through this either!)

[aro-sora]

Terms (in case you aren’t familiar with some)

Aromantic: the option for strictly aro, not experiencing any romantic attraction

Demiromantic: not experiencing attraction until a strong emotional connection is formed

Grayromantic: feeling attraction is in the “gray area” (ie, low amounts, rarely, or in specific circumstances)

Frayromantic: attraction fades once a strong emotional bond is formed

Cupioromantic: not experiencing attraction but desiring a romantic relationship

Lithromantic: experiences attraction but does not want it reciprocated

Quoiromantic: not romantically categorizable (ie, can’t tell what romantic attraction is, unsure about experiencing attraction, not feeling attraction is relevant)

Recipromantic: only experiencing attraction after knowing it is reciprocated

Desinoromantic: not feeling “full-on” attraction or romantically loving someone/only “liking” someone

I wanted to include so many more like heartless/loveless/lovequeer/romo favorable/romo repulsed/etc but couldn't fit them 😭 Let me know if you have specifics!

This is For Science so please reblog for a bigger sample size 💚

[verathena14]

pride month lesgoooo!

updated soriku pride headcanons because the last time i talked about them was last year and they have CHANGED.

sora: aspec (arospec, demiace) gay, trans boy (he/him) riku: also aspec (demiaro, demiace) gay, trans boy (he/they)

[starlover2]

Gender and sexuality HCs for some of the ninjago characters bc I'm crazy

Cole: Gay and polyam Kai: Bi, polyam and the bitch is trans Jay: He's trans and he's pan Zane: Ace and pan Nya: Bi Lloyd: Arospec, specifically demi-romantic Skylar: Trans and pan Pixal: Straight Akita: Aspec and grey-romantic Geo: Gay Wu: Ace Garmadon: Bi FSM: AroAce Morro: Unlabaled Ronin: Omni Sora: Trans and bi Arin: Straight WyldFyre: Lesbian Euphrasia: Omni

[small-world-au]

Sora looked at Jasper sympathetically as he places his hand on top of his.

Sora: “No…I don’t believe there’s anything wrong with you…if there’s something my mother taught me…was that everyone is like a flower…different…but also beautiful in their own way. Love can mean many things…platonic, familiar, and romantic…not everyone’s going to feel the same type of love…and that’s okay! Your different…that’s a blessing…even if you don’t think it is. Romance…it’s just one type…it doesn’t have to necessarily apply to everyone…you love others in a different way, and that’s fine!”

Sora gently hugs Jasper.

Sora: “You love others your own way…please don’t be ashamed of it…”

(NOT A SHIP! THEY ARE BROTHER FIGURES!)

[open rp]

"Ah, shit. Today's an exhausting day.."

[He stretched his legs as he sat on the rug. He pulled out a single fried fish and began chewing on it.]

".. I just noticed that almost everyone'a got somethin' they're after. Sora with Stone.. Bailey with Pebble.. Hell, even Finn with Vinnie-"

"....is something wrong with me? I didn't have any crushes on the little time i've spent being alive. Is it some sort of illness, some sort of.. magic, perhaps??? The fuck is wrong with me, isn't everyone born with the ability to love romantically??????"

[He internally panicks a bit inside, but on the outside he's just wearing his usual, emotionless expression, and just eating fried fish.]

[Seems like the former rich person has some internalized aphobia he has to deal with.]

[blacklegsanjiii]

Ah ! I’ll go by Wine then ✨

That’s kind of unfortunate but also insanely funny to me, the siblings have to go through the typical arospec experience of not rly knowing how to identify romantic feelings and being super oblivious to flirting and the like… and god forbid they ask Sanji as the most “normal” sibling, either. He probably has an insanely rose-tinted view of the whole thing and his waxing poetic about how wonderful love is wouldn’t be good as teaching material at all, it’d just be like reading one of those romance books again. They’re on their own, because asking their parents is also embarrassing as hell!! Their adventures are going to be fruitful for sure if they hope to learn anything the not-awkward way.

Though also side note I feel like Reiju pulls the most. All of them are attractive in their own right but Reiju is a pretty lady with a gentle confidence to her that knows how to make you feel special in conversation even when she isn’t completely aware she’s doing it. It drives women crazy . When all of them have a better gauge of this romance stuff they keep complaining to her. She stole all their game. She should share some of her mystique with the class since she has so much. They get kinda too dramatic with it.

- Wine :]

Welcome wine! But yeah, there's five kids who all call their parents gross when they get those particular looks or Mihawk pays Sora those specific words that make her flush. When the kids are out and about and being flirted with no one really understands what's going on, except for Mihawk, Sora, and Sanji. The kids will all be out and about in, hear me out, numbered tank tops that show a lot of skin. You know they're all built and Sanji's three patterned soulmark on his shoulder that creeps up his neck is on display. Also you know it was Yonji who convinced them to wear these and have them made.

Of course they're all being flirted with and Sanji returns it in kind while his siblings are all confused. He explains but it is rose tinted glasses, maybe because he grew up with his parents and has a soulmark. They probably ask him about it once, individually and Sanji talks about it like it's so cool and nice and it sounds cool but they also just....don't get it. They read books on the subjects. Mihawk noticing and just bringing home more. Books about sex, sexuality, gender, soulmates and marks. And of course there are romance books too and comparing notes. Of course if Mihawk or Sora offer any help or conversations the four of them scream and run.

Of course when they feel confident enough to start flirting or flirting back Reiju does pull the most and has the most game. She is drowning in people but she also only acknowledges flirting when she wants to. Her brothers, minus Sanji, all ask for advice. So she gives them what works for her but honestly? They can never match her because of that confidence you mentioned and most of the time she doesn't know she's doing it. That's part of why Perona goes so hard with flirting with her during the time skip because they would mesh so well if Reiju could like stay aware of the flirting. Mihawk and Sora are trying not to laugh at her dismay because they know how difficult they're children can be but also it's really funny.

It'd also be spectacularly hilarious if 124ji mention off handedly that his swords remind them of Sanji and before further explanation can be given they are crying about missing their brother. Sora really asks them, her twenty year olds, if they think it's appropriate. They cry harder in response about him being missing and missing him.

[fictionkinfessions]

lgbt canons YAYAYAY

i was aro for a lot of them! alloaro as sanya, aroace as sara, i think demiro for sunny, and arospec for almost all the rest of them. i was also non-binary for the cast majority of my lives, i think sara and hajime are the main exceptions there [sara i was more fem-aligned and hajime i was a binary trans guy]. my attraction usually skewed towards guys and non-binary folks, too. i was a lesbian exactly once, as sora... oh, and i was polyamory in most of my lives as well, even if i was in monogamous relationships a fair amount.

i love being aro i love being trans i love being kin and i love YOU, YES YOU, THE PERSON READING THIS!!!!!!!!!! anon OUT

- #🥀☔️🥀 [feel free not to use any character/source tags for this one, btw!]

x

[arospecfanworksweek]

AFW Round Four Masterlist

We had sixty-five entries this year, nearly double the last round - huge thanks to all who participated! If anything is missing or miscategorized or otherwise incorrrect, please don’t hesitate to let me know. (Note: these are all linked to the AFW reblogs rather than the original posts for purposes of TW and organizational tags.) That's all for now, and see you next year!!

No Theme Arospec Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora: demiromantic, aromantic spectrum, arofriend, cupioromantic, heartless aromantic, aroace, aroallo, grayromantic, aromantic "Stolen Moment" Alice in Borderland fic by @angstsplatter "True Love" Jumanji fic by @angstsplatter Alloaro Riku edits by @aro-sora Parallels gifset by @hyperfixation-or-death "You are not alone" Kingdom Hearts/Parasite Eve/NieR/Theif fic by @haveievermentioned

Day 1: struggling with one's identity / non-SAM aro DC Legends of Tomorrow fic by @lovelessfirst "Scabs" Buffy the Vampire Slayer fic by @angstsplatter Leonardo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fanart by @pileofpawns Non-SAM aro Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora "harpstrings were made for plucking" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate Original moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming Non-SAM aro Círdan The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili

Day 2: pride in one's identity / loveless aro Carpenter The Silt Verses fanart by @artsying-ifer "this last formulated thought has been spinning around in my head: i am enough. i am heartless and i am enough." Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate Original moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming "Arrows in a Quiver" The Magnus Archives fic by @rayneing-on-your-parade Loveless aro Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora Loveless aro Findis The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili

Day 3: facing arophobia / aroflux "On Top of Everything Else" Star Wars fic & moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming Aroflux Tycho Celchu Star Wars moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming Aroflux Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora Aroflux Vána The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili "this time, time, time" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate

Day 4: educating others and/or oneself / frayromantic "o, eurydice: return to thy tomb & slumber" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate Frayromantic Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora Frayromantic Curufin The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili Lithromantic & frayromantic wolves coloring page by @corelliaxdreaming "Friends of my Heart" Kingdom Hearts fic by @aro-sora Frayromantic Tommy Fuller Off the Map moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming

Day 5: aro stereotypes / lithromantic Aro stereotypes edits by @corelliaxdreaming "woman, life, freedom" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate Lithromantic Kingdom hearts logos by @aro-sora Lithromantic Finrod Felagund The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili Lithromantic Miraculous Ladybug fic @lovelessfirst Lithromantic & frayromantic wolves coloring page by @corelliaxdreaming

Day 6: meeting other aros / aegoromantic The Grimrose Girls edit & fic by @arojenniferwalters Aegoromantic Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora Aegoromantic moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming Aegoromantic Finduilas Faelivrin The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili "the vanity of adoring love, but not oneself adoring" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate

Day 7: Free Day Aspec Teen Wolf giftset by @kyanitedragon Teen Wolf edits by @kyanitedragon: 1, 2, 3, 4 Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora: lovequeer, alternate lovequeer, lovequeer aro Parallels aesthetics by @hyperfixation-or-death Arospec Disney ladies icons by @corelliaxdreaming "for me" Sk8 the Infinity fic by @tellmewhatyouc Soft romo Ilmarë x Arien The Silmarillion moodboard & poem by @arofili Aromanticizing the entire cast of BBC Ghosts edits by @babygirljulianfawcett "imtinan" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate

[haveievermentioned]

What are your headcanons for arospec Sora? or any other character you want to talk about!

While I believe every character outside of the Disney confirmed couples is aro ace... I think Sora is best read as Aro Ace. I think Sora just... doesn't understand the difference between like him and Goofy and Beauty and Beast. They are all just really good friends. Everyone is a friend, and Donald and Goofy's teasing just goes over his head and is annoying. Of Course Kairi is a friend why... why are you acting like anything is different? Sora has a really loving heart so he does so much for his friends. As much as he can. I think that can end up biting him. (I'm writing about that in Quadratum's Crossing!) Sora just... loves everyone. Everyone is his best friend. He is so tired but he can't stop because of it. He's in a situation where if he stops, if he stops caring, if he stops loving, if he stops making friends, then universe dies. And with that, it all gets a bit... perfunctory. Can you really love someone platonically if their existince is relying on you making sure they exist even if they don't know it? Aro Ace!Sora is the perfect Sora because Kingdom Hearts is a series about Friendship and platonic love. Romantic Love is only for when they are retelling the Disney stories. (Seriously, Cloud, Leon, Cid, Zack, Setzer (sort of), etc all have romantic interests in FF and the closest we get to romance in KH is Cloud being awkward around Tifa and Aerith) And Sora being Aro Ace means he is the fulfillment of this. He can only understand friendship, no one has clarified this for him. Of course he wants to be together forever with his friends (he misses the paopou's romantic implications and connotations), of course he wants to save everyone, they are all his friends! Why doesn't the bad guys get that? I've just lost the plot on this ask but just, TLDR: Sora being Aro Ace and befriending everyone is full theme of Kingdom Hearts.

[aureiki]

Yuzuru, Chiaki, Sora? :0

Yuzuru

Sexuality Headcanon: Omni!

Gender Headcanon: cis male

A ship I have with said character: it should be rather obvious.. midoyuzu

A BROTP I have with said character: I like yuzuru and tori :)

A NOTP I have with said character: ibayuzu if it's romantic /lh idk they work better as like frenemies in my eyes

A random headcanon: probs still has a lot of habits from his time in camp idk if it's canon aside from his like thrill for fighting (in gang at least) but yea

General Opinion over said character: I used to not care about him like AT ALL .. embarrassingly enough I grew to like him more after I found out ab mdyz (which was out of random chance but that's a topic for another time unless u all wish to know) my thoughts on yuzu went from "who?" To "oh I like him :)" to him being like my top 3 fave akdjsjf

Sora

Sexuality Headcanon: aroace spec :)

Gender Headcanon: demi boy!

A ship I have with said character: Sorakasa.. torisora.. hinasora.. they should all hold hands I think

A BROTP I have with said character: him and the rest of switch + his roommates !!

A NOTP I have with said character: dunno I don't rlly mind

A random headcanon: does little dance motions as a stim I suppose bc I do it

General Opinion over said character: LOVEE HIM I love everyone in switch <3 he's such a silly guy and I adore him he deserves the world

Chiaki

Sexuality Headcanon: arospec bi!

Gender Headcanon: idk but he's transmasc affirm

A ship I have with said character: chiakana :3 not too big on these but I think they're neat; chiashu, chiakao

A BROTP I have with said character: him and kuro r bros in my eyes also him and ryusei juniors ..

A NOTP I have with said character: ... Would u he shocked if I told you I really dislike midochia LOL

A random headcanon: undiagnosed audhd type of guy I think he would wear those shaped sunglasses except they're not sunglasses they're his normal reading glasses

General Opinion over said character: cool guy that I like a normal amount (truth) he's just funny I find him super entertaining im not toooo into chiaki but I get the appeal

[sorikufeels]

hi i made some soriku pride icons based on the headcanons i have for them! i also have alternate versions that i’ll post separately where i adjusted the colors of the characters themselves to reflect the colors the flags!! i had a lot of fun with these so if anyone wants them with a different flag id probably be down to make that!

please like/reblog if you use! :)

edit: alternative versions here!!

i’m gonna ramble a bit about my headcanons below the cut lol

for sora:

i see sora as pansexual and arospec!!

as an arospec person myself i relate a lot to what sora says in the character files about not really getting love so i hold him being arospec very near and dear to my heart!! i think differentiating different kinds of love is confusing for him and i don’t know where he falls on the spectrum (and i don’t think he does either!!) but he’s somewhere along there so that is why i used the arospec flag!!

that being said, i do think he experiences attraction to some degree and i don’t really see gender influencing his attraction at all so i hc him as pan. bi could also work but i personally identify more with pan and love to project lmao

for riku:

i see riku as gay, demisexual, and trans!!

riku has only really shown real interest in sora throughout the whole series (since him being like “i’ll share the paopu fruit with kairi” was a way to get under sora’s skin) so we’ve only seen him as attracted to a guy so that’s why i see him as gay! also his whole interaction with shiki in dream drop just fucking screamed that he’s gay and please get this girl away from him oh god

i don’t have a reason for hc’ing riku as demi i just feel like the vibes fit lol

i am a riku is a trans man truther!!!! i don’t really have a canon supported reason for this either i just love the headcanon that he’s trans. you know for a fact he wears his binder way too long bro someone tell him it’s bad for him please

also i have the trans flag for both of them above, but im really only hard set on riku being trans. however, t4t soriku is very sweet and i love it so much 🥺

anyway rambling over, thank you for reading lol

[rolaplayor101]

Aspec Sonic week compilation for Arospec Awareness Week (in the order I made them)

Once again, thanks so much for creating this fandom event! Ive been STARRVINNG for aroace sonic content @mageofcolors

Buy most of these on Redbubble! Emergency Commissions open! Don't ignore my DNI! Reblogs are better than likes!

[aro-sora]

I'm very much a platonic paopu enthusiast but for the sake of this singular post let's interpret it as romantic bc I just realized the only time Sora ever initiates is with the cave drawing when he's alone and doesn't have to say anything out loud. very arospec of him

[a-tale-of-legends]

Gijinkaverse ( hoenn edition) Things I've thought about

Erise ( Amber's Gardevior) and Wally's Gallade ( have yet to give him a name) Being related! Either their brother n sister or cousins. ( i should note this isn't canon yet, just an idea i had)

Romantically speaking, Sora( Swellow) and Vex (Mawile) are planned to be a couple, and I've reaallllly warmed up to the idea of Tomoko ( Manetric) and Fang ( Mightyena) becoming a couple as well.

^ i've played around with the idea that Esme and Caspian could be a couple, but 1) that would feel like everyone needs to be a couple and i don't want that 2) I feel like caspain is arospec, and just in general doesn't really see romance like the others do ( though, tbf, Vex and Sora's view on romance is sparring with each other lmao). Esme is kinda vague on how i see her with romance in general, but i have more fun thinking about her friendships with the others than whatever romance she could have.

I have fully committed to Mirage being the baby sister of the group lol. She's Esme's little sis and they love each other very much.

I haven't fuuuullly thought out the other members, but I know for a fact that Caspian is the healer of the group. I mean duh, i said his family are famous clerics, but like. Yeah. He's a healer boy(?).

Brew ( Amber's breloom) might have an arc of coming to terms that he can't always plan things out, that he is impulsive. He was upset that he evolved, but not bc he wanted to wait for spore bc if he really wanted to wait for it, he would have. No, he evolved bc he wanted to, he wanted to get stronger, and that bothers him.

Erise feels....complicated, about wearing skirts and dresses. Things that mimic them are fine, but outright wearing them feels....off? I need to think of her backstory more, but maybe it has something to do with her family. Hmmmmm.

In general I'm gonna need to think of the backstories for these guys. I already shared a few, and Caspian's is the one that is arguably the most fleshed out.

....Okay i know I said I didn't want to couple up everyone but. You know the Ninetales I caught? So, his name is Spirit ( Name will change) and backstory I have for him is that he helps maintain the peace within mt.prye as a shaman or sorts, right? The idea for him is that he's a bit hot headed, but has a good heart.....and he's crushing really really really hard on that buff medicham girl at the monastery. Jock girl and her nerd bf. I don't know if this'll be canon but. I just thought it was funny. Esme can just call the medicham girl and whatever Spirit was nagging about is gone lmaoooo.

Okay that's it! Hope it was a fun read.

[pridewishes]

faggot flag + akatsuki switch and bees . Go

thanks babe! uhhhh

keito - nonbinary (would be happier as transfem) aroacespec gay (she/he/they)

kuro - trans guy gay (he/it)

souma - nonbinary mlm (he/they/sea)

natsume - trans guy aroacespec bi (he/they/sin + other like demon/witch/shark themed ones)

tsumugi - transfem nonbinary bi (they/she/he/ae/clove)

sora - nonbinary gay (no or any pronouns + mirrored pronouns) and hoards xenogenders

rinne - nonbinary gay (he/bee)

niki - transfem nonbinary/genderfluid gay (she/he/they)

himeru - agender arospec bi (no pronouns or it/he if needed)

kohaku - nonbinary bi (he/she)