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shippy-from-apocalypse · 2 years ago

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Soulmates can be Fun and they have some REALLY creative prompts, that being said they're usually not my Cup of tea

I get frustrated because they have SO MUCH potential (and when they're really explored it can make GREAT stories) but mostly it stays surface level

Curious, I haven’t really seen any real trend among aspec people and the ship tropes they do like, however I think I kinda seen a trend in what they dislike. So in the tags tell me if you’re aspec (ace and/or aro) and if you dislike soulmates, and I mean the most straightforward romantic non subverted kind (but if there are versions you like feel free to elaborate)

#i mean the idea of soulmates can be cute #but usually nah #i really don't like suuuper conventional soulmate ideas?#if im reading fic i usually exclude the soulmate AU tag #but like if someone whose taste i trust sends me a soulmate fic i'll read it #HOWEVER #i really do eat up the concept of soulmates as like #In every Universe we chose to be together #or maybe the whole You complete me because we are the best versions of eachother when we are together #so i guess i like soulmates just not the specific There is one person who you are destined to love (here's a physical manifestation proof #i get the appeal tho #it just gets kinda ruined for me the moment it's hinted as ''it's bound to happen here's an outside force to show you how much it's fate''#does that make sense?#that being said subversive soulmate ideas are THE SHIT #soulmates but they MAKE EACHOTHER WORSE? OHOHOHO #soulmates but they choose to not end up together??#I WAS READING THIS FIC ONCE AND IT WAS HINTED THE MAIN CHARACTERS WERE SOULMATES #(they can't be sure because plot shenanigans)#it's not just about that the fic but by the end they find out they were in fact NOT soulmates #and they chose to tattoo their soulmate mark thingies on eachother??? THAT'S PEAK ROMANCE RIGHT THERE #im ace but not aro #(btw i have read few published books with soulmates as well but the ones i did were boring as all fuck #also when they make the person without a soulmate to be sad and miserable? big nope #i have read exactly one good thing with this and it was my friend's story #but the whole point was the character to have an arc realizing she Didn't need a soulmate and that her life was fulfilling as it was #it's funny because said friend Didn't even know back then she was aro years later after she came out we were looking back on this #she went all Wait Hold On A Second Now #the writing is kinda wonky but it still holds up well enought jfjskdjs

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