#but like. the fact that zdarsky isn't even aroace himself made it so much more validating too
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if you're also interested in comics, legally obligated to give a shoutout to the 2015 jughead series for being the first aroace representation i ever encountered
(him being uninterested in romance had been a running bit in the archie comics since like the 80s, but that series made it explicitly and wonderfully canon with several storylines dedicated to it and a writer who's not afraid to joke about it)
Do you have any book (or show or movie) recs with asexual men? I feel like all the books with asexual characters I’ve read feature asexual women but no asexual men. Fiction or nonfiction is good. TIA!
ooo this is a great ask!! women are definitely more likely to be the ace rep in the books I have read!!
first off, How to Be a Normal Person by TJ Klune is fantastic. the love interest is a man and asexual. it's a mlm adult romance novel, very low stakes and I totally cried. I haven't read the sequel, but the main character is demisexual in that one and a man. bonus, TJ Klune is asexual himself and (if I recall correctly) The Lighting Struck Heart has a prominent asexual side character.
Ace by Angela Chen is a nonfiction book and she interviews many people throughout her books, and I distinctly remember her interviewing men, specifically talking to one about how his gender intersected with his asexuality.
I never finished Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor, but one of the three main characters was an aro ace teen boy. This is a scifi, set in space, YA novel.
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman has a major character who is a demisexual teen boy. It's YA contemporary. I also cried reading this.
Rick by Alex Gino is a middle grade novel about a middle school boy questioning his place in the queer community. Very sweet.
That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert is a contemporary romance and one of the main characters is a demisexual man falling in love with his best friend (who is a fantasy author). This was unexpected for me because I picked this up for the author, not the demi rep so I was over the moon.
side note, for tv shows, I've only watched Todd's ace clips, but there is a male character who realizes he is ace.
The podcasts A-OK and Sounds Fake but Okay both have interviews with ace men, so if you like podcasts, I would check those out as well.
#we do not talk about riverdale#but like. the fact that zdarsky isn't even aroace himself made it so much more validating too#he never joked about jughead's identity in a mean way only ever in a genuinely accepting and friendly way#but seeing him add author's notes in where he was both totally respectful of aspec people while also not being AFRAID of us#you don't notice how much you kinda gotta pick one or the other#either people are openly rude to you or they avoid you because they don't know how to be respectful so they decide to just not#to have jughead say something overexaggerated about how allo people are wasting all their time just kissing each other#and have him at the bottom of the page just write 'god i wish'#legit cried for like a day after finding that series#(and this was at the height of online ace discourse too so like. fucking lifeline no joke)
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