#asexual raphael santiago

[merlot-and-chardonnay]

*once again, this list is a little shorter compared to the other entries due to the chronic under-representation and often times Ace erasure in media.

Ace rep is as important as any other rep for the LGBTQIA+community.

[mylavellan]

Not a day goes by that I (an aromantic person) am not mad about the erasure of Raphael Santiago’s aromanticism in the Shadowhunters tv show.

[sapphirebluejewel]

[letika]

In The Shadowhunters Chronicles if you're a allo queer, you'll live a good, happy life with the person you love. You'll probably even get married. If you're a straight, you'll probably be fine, too. But if you're aroace/asexual/aromantic... die saving the people closest to you.

[send-up-my-heart-to-you]

happy asexuality awareness day to georgia warr, sunil jha, alastor the radio demon, raphael santiago, tori spring, isaac henderson, and all other aspec fictional characters who i cant name off the top of my head

[di-daynamic]

I'm really hoping for an aroace main-ish character in The Wicked Powers.

Don't get me wrong, I love Raphael so so much. After all these books we know he's incredibly loyal to his friends (Lily, Elliot, Magnus, Ragnor, Tessa) even when pretending not to be, but he doesn't exactly disprove the stereotype that aroaces hate all people and are rude and cold.

Not to mention he dies.

Julian is great demi rep, but I don't think this was ever explicitly mentioned in the books other than the 'I've never been attracted or attached to anyone not Emma' bit?? Which is pretty clear, but could still be the whole in love since we were kids thing.

I used to think Matthew was a little aro coded - the falling in 'love' with people I can't have thing, how quickly he moved on from Lucie to Cordelia, how he genuinely liked being unattached while in clubs - but yeah, since we're getting a romance story for him that isn't true.

So! I'm just hoping a semi main character - maybe one of Dru and Ty's classmates, even Anush or Thais or Jaime! - is aro or ace or both and doesn't die and has great platonic relationships and doesn't scorn the existence of people other than them (even though I adore Raphael's attitude and empathize with him SO MUCH).

[cepheusgalaxy]

OMG I CMPLETELY FORGOT

SHOUT FUCKING OUT TO RAPHAEL SANTIAGO FROM THE SHADOWHUNTER CRONICS/THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS ON THIS VERY FINE DAY

[mirrorofliterature]

two steps to the left | 6.4k | raphael santiago character study | canon divergence | dimension travel | saphael | asexual raphael | rosa & raphael | rated: t

After surviving the Soul Sword Massacre, Raphael Santiago is pulled into another world and forced to watch himself live a life as a mundane. This Raphael is a law professor in Melbourne, has a close relationship with Rosa and is married to Simon Lewis.

It is the life he has always craved. It is the life he can never have. Still, it makes him rethink some things, like the possibility that someone would marry him despite his disinterest in sex.

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This is my second fandom trumps hate gift for 2023 @fandomtrumpshate, this time for @myulalie, a character study of Raphael Santiago taking place after 2x10 in Melbourne. I appreciate her patience and I hope people enjoy this!

[somerandomsilentbrother]

Shadowhunters AU

Shadowhunters AU where Magnus is a ex alcoholic who hasn't had a drink for months, but after a particular encounter with his ex-girlfriend he decides to go to a bar to drink, even though he had promised to quit alcohol. Before entering a seedy bar, he notices behind an alley a young Mexican guy, who didn't look older than 16 yrs old,and what worries Magnus is the fact that the guy is covered in bruises and lying on the ground, unconscious. For the first time in a long time,Magnus decided to help someone other than himself.

[saturnneedsspace]

Raphael our new Ace king!! We love you!

[biopsssihozz]

ace week art - raphael santiago

lack of ace representation makes me very sad, BUT RAPHAEL MY BBY YOU SAVE MY SAD ACE LIFE WITH YOUR EXISTENCE <333333

reference - official art

[everyoneislgbtpride-edits]

Raphael Santiago from The Shadowhunter Chronicles is canonically ace!!

[fallenrocket]

Got started on my International Asexuality Day post a bit too late. I'll post it today and go back and add pictures tomorrow (update: pictures and alt text added! Cue Todd Chavez-style "Hooray!") These are some of my favorite fictional aces, canonical and otherwise:

The Doctor (Doctor Who)

While we can’t ignore the factor that the Doctor is 1000+ years old and an alien, or the BBC’s old “no hanky-panky in the TARDIS” rule from the classic series, the Doctor is still one of my favorite aspec headcanons. I love that their romantic orientation and gray-to-ace-ness can vary a little with each regeneration, and I adore how much weight is given to the Doctor’s friendships.  The relationships between the Doctor and their companions are so always so strong, always take pride of place. In fact, if I ever have a platonic partner, I hope our relationship is a lot like the Doctor’s with Donna!

Varys (Game of Thrones)

Varys is notable for being one of the few canonical aces on this list that I didn’t have to seek out.  With most shows that confirm their asexual character’s identity onscreen, I’ve watched specifically because I heard it had an ace character, but with Varys, I was just watching an ordinary episode and he came out.  While it’s a brief scene, it’s a good one.  It handily addresses a few myths about aceness (if he’s not into men, he must be into women, “everybody is interested in something,” etc.) emphasizes that Varys being asexual predates his becoming a eunuch, and importantly, establishes that Varys 100% likes being the way he is.

Jughead Jones (Jughead)

I’m beyond thrilled that such an iconic, longstanding character has identified as asexual, and that it actually fits his 75+-year comic history.  More than that, I love that Jughead is a smart, funny hero who’s perfectly happy being ace—there’s only room in his heart for burgers, and that’s the way he likes it.  I also appreciate Jughead for being as flirting-illiterate as I am and, although I have issues with the arc overall, for giving me my first story about an ace trying to figure out how to turn down a date without hurting his friend’s feelings.

Todd Chavez (BoJack Horseman)

For other LGBTQ folks, stories about characters realizing their queerness, struggling to accept it within themselves, and slowly starting to come out are old-hat clichés, but for asexual characters, that narrative is still largely unexplored.  Todd is the first ace character I encountered who has a storyline figuring out his sexuality.  Even if other queer characters don’t need any more of these narratives, aces do—it was so affecting to watch someone on TV go through the same thing I did.

Voodoo Dunacci (Sirens)

Though she’s a relatively small character on the show, Voodo makes a big impact as an asexual character.  She’s unapologetically a romantic ace with no “hey, wait a minute!” moment as to how her romantic orientation reconciles with her asexuality.  Thanks to Brian’s curiosity/ignorance about aceness, we also get some real Ace 101 moments, like our triangle symbol, that pretty much never gets play in mainstream media.

Raphael Santiago (Shadowhunters)

When an asexual-coded character is in an ace/allo relationship, they and their partner can run into some issues when addressing the idea of intimacy: because they don’t have words to describe who they are, it’s difficult for them to talk about what they need.  Luckily, the show is overt about Raphael’s identity, and he has no problem explaining to Izzy that he’s not interested in sex (and that, like Varys, he’s always been that way—it had nothing to do with becoming a vampire.)  I like that he’s so comfortable in discussing it, and I love how his attraction to Izzy is so plainly romantic but not sexual; it’s beautiful to see.

Alice Johnson (Let’s Talk about Love)

Alice, my beloved! When I read Let’s Talk about Love, my overwhelming reaction was, “Can you have a crush on a book?”, and a lot of that is down to this utterly lovable character. I like that she falls head-over-heels for Takumi in such an asexual way, and I like that, as powerful as those feelings are, her close friendships are still just as important to her. Special shoutout to her being biromantic—most of the folks on this list are either aro or heteroromantic, and I love seeing more variation!

Krel Tarron (3Below)

Aroace-coded king (in waiting)! Krel is an alien, but that has no bearing on his orientation—both Aja and Varvatos have no issues with dating humans, while Krel couldn’t be less interested in the whole venture. I’ll love him forever for, “Ugh, dating! While you all mash faces together, I’m going to break the laws of physics!” Iconic.

Elijah (Big Mouth)

As an ace who was also raised in an evangelical Christian background under purity culture, I really appreciate Elijah as a character. He’s introduced on the show as a kid who’s super into church youth group, but over the course of season 6, we (along with him) slowly realize that he’s not “resisting the temptation” of sex, he’s just not interested in it. A couple episodes before the reveal, I started to suspect he was ace and was really happy to learn I was right! One moment that really hit me is when Elijah looks around the middle school where it seems like everyone is obsessed with sex and just sighs, “What am I even doing on the show?”

Frenchie (Our Flag Means Death)

Okay, so there’s actually nothing concrete I can say about Frenchie. There’s never a moment in the show where he brings up sex at all, where he’s confused by flirting, or where other members of the crew are wondering who, if anyone, he’s attracted to. But his vibes are just impeccably aroace. I can’t explain it, but if you know, you know.

Sarah “O” Owens (Sex Education)

Certainly not the most lovable character on this list, but a very interesting one. I like that O is kind of conniving and self-serving, and that she hurts others due to her own insecurities. And having an asexual sex therapist is a definite mood—the flashback of O’s “origin story” as a sex therapist is wonderfully done. Also, I appreciate that this is a show that’s introduced two different ace characters (Florence from season 2 being the other) who are in separate storylines in totally different contexts.

[beauty-marked-beauties]

Today's Beauty-Marked Beauty is: Raphael Ortiz Santiago from The Shadowhunter Chronicles

[keistance]

rewatching shadowhunters tv and though it has a special place in my heart among its many crimes i will never forgive them for erasing raphael's aromanticism

[icarus-enthroned]

omg raphael is ace

he continues to be my favorite