Lights, Camera, Aro! by charcharcharace
Summary:
An aromantic actress is conflicted over how to engage with a romantically coded improv challenge.
Word Count: 1885
Category: Short Stories
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Literary
CW: a ghost, pressure.
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Carnival of Aros Round-Up from October 2020: Prioritization
The October 2020 Carnival of Aros theme, “Prioritization,” hosted by @jay-aro, was a powerful one, and inspired many thoughtful responses - on the priorities of using different labels, on coming out, on using different community spaces, on getting married, and more. However, a roundup of all the submissions was never collected. Though I was not the host of that month’s Carnival, I thought it was a shame to see so many great entries languish, so here they are rounded up together for the first time.
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Michelle (Quiet ‘n’ Queer): Why identifying as aromantic is important to me (as a 36-year-old woman)
As I get older, it’s my aromanticism that makes me feel queer in the world. My peers, siblings and cousins are coupling up and settling down, and here I remain, steadfastly single.
Allos (menacingaro): COA 10/2020: Identity Prioritization
As someone who prioritizes my aromantic identity over any part of my sexual orientation and sometimes my own gender mayhem, I often find myself in some level of… I wouldn’t say conflict as much as I would say difference from most of the rest of the lgbtq+/queer circles I interact with.
Coyote (theacetheist): Not a Priority
This post, too, is about priorities, but to be more specific, it’s largely a post about deprioritizing. It’s post about my decision to deprioritize the romantic orientation model, and it’s a post about quoiromantic aces like me being deprioritized by a community that likes to claim us, and it’s a post about why getting hitched (as in married) is a logistical priority for me in way that has nothing to do with what gets prioritized in aro community discourse. It’s about politics and it’s about financial insecurity and it’s about the thought of dying. It’s about saying, and being, not a priority.
Kate (venatrixlunaris): Being Asked to Prioritize
I can't "prioritize" one orientation, my aromanticism or asexuality, over each other; that's not how I understand my own experience. And finding spaces like PillowFort and the ace blogosphere that don't ask me to, that give me the space to figure out how to talk about it, has been liberating. I have yet to find any aro spaces that allow me the same feeling of freedom to be my whole self.
HM (drivingthesehillsaway): Carnival of aros submission: October 2020
I’ve only had this label for a few months, but it’s so important to me. When I first discovered that I was asexual, I inhaled all the content I could find. But when I discovered that I was aromantic, I was running out of content very quickly.
aro-and-ace-memes-thoughts: Carnival of Aros October 2020: prioritization
Shifting my prioritization to aromanticism and engaging more with the aromantic community was very positive to me. The main focus on the aro community isn’t much “having sex without romance” (or like, isn’t comparable to the alloace focus on the ace community), but more the fact that we have few or no crushes, that is what we all have in common.
Sennkestra (nextstepcake): Identification For Whose Sake
In particular, my relationship with aromanticism is complicated by the fact that I prioritize my aromantic identity in community and activism work largely for the sake of others, and only secondarily for myself.
CharCharChar (charcharcharace): Internalized Arophobia: Be Nice
I realized prioritizing aromanticism (and becoming happier by shaking off my internalized arophobia) was something I wanted to do - but not yet. Self-growth isn't a race. There isn't a cut off date.
Briar Fenrirsbur (keeperofmykeys): Deprioritization
While I can find words to label my experience of romantic attraction and sexual attraction (and I have been able to use varioriented descriptions in the past), I don’t have a sense that my identity is split, really. I did the Questioning and the bi/pan/poly/omni ‘what am I?’ cycling when I was younger, and the simple answer is that I’m not straight.
Autumn (arias-hollow): Carnival of Aros: Prioritization
I'd say that my aromanticism has actually become increasingly important over time, as I used to be unsure if I was really aro/if knowing my romantic orientation was really important back when I only id'd as asexual, but now it's the identity I think about the most.
totakeke-mori: Carnival of aros 2020, prioritization
I think best of my aromanticism because it helped me put a word on what has always defined “me”.
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If I missed yours, let me know - and be sure to check out the July 2021 Carnival of Aros prompt, “Education”!
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Human = ( X - Y ) / Z by charcharcharace
Summary:
A poem about human essentialism
Word Count: 129
Category: Poetry
Theme: Humanity
Language: English
Genre: Poetry
CW: Mentions of essentialism and touches on dehumanizing ideas
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Syrinxian Diamond: Chapter One by charcharcharace
Summary:
After a heist gone wrong, our hero is caught up in an interdimensional prophecy that just may bring them answers to the questions they don't know how to put into words, a feeling of difference, of not feeling right acting how they're supposed to act - but what other way is there to be?
Follow our hero through desert ruins, the Wild West, a royal ball, and of course, a midnight trip to the library.
Word Count: 2539
Category: Novels/Novellas
Prompt: Hope
Theme: Fantasy, Ancient World
Language: English
Genre: Portal Fantasy, Heist
CW: Unsupportive sibling, chapter one features the absence of knowledge of aromanticism, and doesn't feature aromanticism directly.
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Superheroes Inc. by charcharcharace
Summary:
It's time for your first day as the Supervising Hero Response Manager at Superhero Incorporated, the largest collection of super heroes on the US West Coast. It's a big step up from your last job managing a team of five up-and-comers out of Chicago to supervising a nearly a hundred teams.
Your priority, of course, is choosing which of the 12 big league heroes to have Shadow teleport to high crisis events.
Word Count: 3000
Category: Games/Interactive Stories
Prompt: Future
Theme: Sci-Fi
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
CW: Death, Bigotry
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AroWriMo 2021 Roundup
Here is the compilation of all 48 works submitted to AroWriMo 2021!
We have a lot of variety this year - short stories, poetry, non-fiction, a play, song lyrics, a zine, flash fiction and some novel/novellas! Check out the impressive writing collected here and support the writers themselves - links to their other sites/accounts are included where possible. Give them a look/follow, and share the works you really enjoy!
Thanks to all who submitted and shared for a wonderful AroWriMo 2021, and I look forward to doing it again in 2022!
Play/Script
Leaving: A (very) Unfinished Stage Play by charcharcharace (blogspot)
Post, direct link (blogspot)
Summary:
A fractured personal narrative on entering and leaving an unhealthy relationship and the pain of being aromantic without that knowledge.
Word Count: 1200
Theme: Humanity
Language: English
Genre: Personal
CW: Depression, manipulation, unhealthy romantic relationship, processing self-blame
Novels/Novellas
Syrinxian Diamond: Chapter One by charcharcharace (blogspot)
Post, Direct link (blogspot)
Summary:
After a heist gone wrong, our hero is caught up in an interdimensional prophecy that just may bring them answers to the questions they don't know how to put into words, a feeling of difference, of not feeling right acting how they're supposed to act - but what other way is there to be? Follow our hero through desert ruins, the Wild West, a royal ball, and of course, a midnight trip to the library.
Word Count: 2539
Prompt: Hope
Theme: Fantasy, Ancient World
Language: English
Genre: Portal Fantasy, Heist
CW: Unsupportive sibling, chapter one features the absence of knowledge of aromanticism, and doesn't feature aromanticism directly.
Oh, the truth shall set you free by @amanita-cynth
Summary:
“I know exactly four things about Alway.” She said wryly. “She’s 23, a genius, she keeps at least three feet between her and other people at all times, and she can root out the truth like nobody else.” Of course, coming from another profiler, such an assessment carried a lot of weight. Eden Alway, the newest member of an FBI profiling unit, is odd even by their standards. But as they begin to pry more into her life and struggle with some of what they find, her past is racing to catch up with her and drag them into the storm that was her life. Featuring misunderstandings, odd behaviour, the constant problems of amatonormativity, and a rapidly escalating series of bizarre problems that they are in no way qualified for but definitely isn’t magic.
Word Count: 11000
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships, Self-reliance
Theme: Fantasy
Language: English
Genre: Crime, portal fantasy
CW: Romance, Violence, Gore, amatonormativity, religious imagery, mild body horror later on, currently a WIP
Lyrics
Embers by @clad-in-sunshine (Wordpress, Twitter)
Post, Direct link (tumblr), Direct link (wordpress)
Summary:
I’m terrible at picking titles. But I have been enjoying writing songs, and this is one I wrote for AroWriMo and the Valentines theme of ‘Love, Romance and Friendship’ at my local folk club. The middle part is entirely uninteresting to me, so this is more about love and friendship than anything else, and the various forms that can take.
The tune is called 'Midnight on The Water'.
Word Count: 479
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships, Self-reliance
Language: English
Genre: Singer/songwriter, Folk
Games/Interactive Media
Superheroes Inc. by charcharcharace (blogspot)
Post, Direct link (blogspot)
Summary:
It's time for your first day as the Supervising Hero Response Manager at Superhero Incorporated, the largest collection of super heroes on the US West Coast. It's a big step up from your last job managing a team of five up-and-comers out of Chicago to supervising a nearly a hundred teams. Your priority, of course, is choosing which of the 12 big league heroes to have Shadow teleport to high crisis events.
Word Count: 3000
Prompt: Future
Theme: Sci-Fi
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
CW: Death, Bigotry
Comics/Zine
My Aro Heart: A Zine by charcharcharace (blogspot)
Post, Direct link (blogspot)
Summary:
A short zine about loving the aro community.
Word Count: 50
Language: English
Genre: Zine
CW: Love (non-romantic)
Flash Fiction
#3 by @fuckin-fudge-nutter
Post link, Direct link (google docs)
Word Count: 304
Prompt: Future
Theme: Defying Expectations
Language: English
Genre: Realistic Fiction
CW: Mild internalized arophobia
A Moth And No Flames by @voidpunk.kenku on Instagram
Post, Direct link (toyhou.se)
Word Count: 337
Category: Flash Fiction
Prompt: Hope
Language: English
Genre: gaslamp fantasy
CW: insects
Future by 27twinsister on Ao3
Post, Direct link (Ao3)
Summary:
Hikari would be alone forever. He liked that idea. The note contains my headcanons for Hikari and what the words mean.
Word Count: 146
Prompt: Future
Language: English
Fandom: Ressha Sentai ToQger, Nonomura Hikari
Genre: Character study
CW: None
Loveless by 27twinsister on Ao3
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Summary:
Takeru and Akari love each other (not like that, this is genfic). Mentions “ love potions or something” in one line.
The note contains my headcanons for Takeru and what the words mean.
Word Count: 231
Prompt: Romo/loveless
Language: English
Fandom: Kamen Rider Ghost
Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural, hurt/comfort
CW: None given
Music by 27twinsister
Post, direct link (Ao3)
Summary:
Shinnosuke didn’t like silence. He liked being in an environment with other people, or with background noise. That only caused a bit of trouble at home once he lived with Kiriko.
Word Count: 223
Category: Flash Fiction
Prompt: Music
Language: English
Fandom: Kamen Rider Drive
Genre: Character study
CW: None
Freedom by 27twinsister
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Summary:
Eiji likes his freedom.
The note contains my headcanons for Eiji and what the words mean.
Word Count: 140
Category: Flash Fiction
Prompt: Freedom
Language: English
Fandom: Kamen Rider OOO
Genre: Character study
CW: None
Mirror by 27twinsister
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Summary:
Tsukasa doesn’t dwell in any world. He just stays for as long as he needs.
The note contains my headcanons for Tsukasa and what the words mean.
Word Count: 223
Category: Flash Fiction
Prompt: Music
Language: English
Fandom: Kamen Rider Decade
Genre: Character study
CW: None
Hope by 27twinsister
Post, Direct link (Ao3)
Summary:
Haruto is nervous about coming out.
Word Count: 150
Category: Flash Fiction
Prompt: Hope
Language: English
Fandom: Kamen Rider Wizard
Genre: Character study
CW: None
Self-Reliance by 27twinsister (Ao3)
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Summary:
Tsubasa likes to be alone. The note contains my headcanons for Tsubasa and what the words mean.
Word Count: 161
Prompt: Self-reliance
Language: English
Fandom: Mahou Sentai Magiranger
Genre: Character study
CW: None
Non-Romantic Relationships by 27twinsister (Ao3)
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Summary:
Jiro doesn’t know if his relationship with Yuki is romantic. But it’s special to him. The note contains my headcanons for Jiro and what the words mean
Word Count: 209
Prompt: Non-Romantic Relationships
Language: English
Fandom: Dogengers
Genre: Character study
CW: Romance mention
Non-fiction
Thursday Thoughts: AroWriMo Week 1: Romo/Loveless & Future by @sophieakatz
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Word Count: 562
Prompt: Romo/Loveless, Future
Language: English
CW: Romance mention
The Future Is Arospec by aceofarrows
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Summary:
This blog post talks about the nature of romantic attraction, why getting rid of amatonormativity is a worthwhile project, and how arospec people can help bring this about by getting involved in political activism and queer liberation.
Word Count: 800
Category: Non-fiction
Prompt: Romo/loveless, Future
Language: English
CW: None
Freedom and Music by @nzcienif
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Word Count: 488
Prompt: Freedom, Music
Theme: Defying Expectations
Language: English
Genre: Non Fiction
CW: None
Link: https://nzcienif.tumblr.com/post/642572547990421504/arowrimo-week-2-freedom-and-music
Promo: https://nzcienif.tumblr.com/
The Demand for Freedom to Be Oneself by @graces-of-luck
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Word Count: 363
Prompt: Freedom
Theme: Defying Expectations
Language: English
Genre: Narrative
CW: None
Thursday Thoughts: AroWriMo Week 2: Freedom & Music by @sophieakatz
Post, direct link
Word Count: 647
Prompt: Freedom, Music
Language: English
Genre: Non Fiction
CW: None
Defying expectations by @aallotarenunelma
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Word Count: 986
Prompt: Hope, Mirror
Theme: Defying Expectations
Language: English
Genre: Essay
CW: Romance, Amatonormativity
Aro Visions and Hopes by @penandquillcafe ( @aroacechillzone )
Post, Direct link
Word Count: 729
Prompt: Hope, Mirror
Language: English
Genre: Nonfiction
CW: amatonormativity, arophobia, loneliness (metaphor)
Thursday Thoughts: AroWriMo Week 3: Hope & Mirror by @sophieakatz
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Word count: 201
Prompt: Hope, Mirror
Language: English
Genre: Non-fiction
CW: Romance mention, Sex mention
Relationship Anarchy and Hugs by charcharcharace (blogspot)
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Summary:
Applying relationship anarchy to family relationships and hugs.
Word Count: 522
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Theme: Defying Expectations
Language: English
Genre: Non-Fiction
CW: consent issues, boundary breaking
Thursday Thoughts: AroWriMo Week 4: Non-Romantic Relationships & Self-Reliance by @sophieakatz
Post, Direct link (tumblr)
Word Count:
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships, Self-reliance
Language: English
Genre: Non-fiction
CW: Romance mention
Poetry
Untitled by @brilliantsnafu
Post, Direct link
Word Count: 38
Prompt: Romo/loveless, Future
Language: English
Genre: Nonfiction
CW: Bigotry, arophobia; amatonormativity
Little Boxes by anon
Post, Direct link (Google docs)
Word Count: 456
Prompt: Freedom
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Poem/non-fiction
To My Dear and Loving... by @writingthingsilike
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Summary:
A poem about being aromantic but still wanting a life partner
Word Count: 165
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Non-fiction
CW: None
AroAce by Catolica (Ao3)
Post, Direct link (Ao3)
Word Count: 254
Language: English
CW: Choose not to use warnings
icarus' stone by @franzimaya (@witchreyna on Twitter)
Post, direct link
Word Count: 199
Prompt: Freedom
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Poetry
CW: Grief
The End of the Rouse Family Tree by @turnovers-and-coke (@arbys-chocolate-turnover, Wattpad)
Post, Direct link
Word Count: 144
Prompt: Mirror
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: poetry
CW: None
Care, uncoupled by @graces-of-luck
Post, Direct link (tumblr)
Word Count: 149
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Theme: Humanity
Language: English
Genre: Free Verse
CW: Romance
Human = ( X - Y ) / Z by charcharcharace (blogspot)
Post, Direct link (blogspot)
Summary:
A poem about human essentialism
Word Count: 129
Theme: Humanity
Language: English
Genre: Poetry
CW: Mentions of essentialism and touches on dehumanizing ideas
Short Stories
Chasing Shadows by @secret-arrow-man
Post, Direct link
Summary:
A questioning aro discusses relationship problems with an old friend.
Word Count: 660
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Fiction
CW: Romance, Alcohol mention
My Valentine by @bimboztown on twitter
Post, Direct link (Google docs)
Word Count: 305
Category: Short Stories
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Coming of Age
CW: Suicide attempt mention
Made on the Shore by @clad-in-sunshine
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Summary:
Cora had never had much interest in people, and had chosen to live alone on the shore for years by this point. When a ship sails close, she has to deal with both her interest in it and the Captain’s interest in her. Based on the song ‘Fair Maid on The Shore’.
Word Count: 2129
Prompt: Romo/loveless, Future
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Fiction, Ambiguous historical fiction
CW: Romance, Guns, Alcohol
What is given by @amanita-cynth (Ao3)
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Summary:
A short exploration of a woman helping a traumatised, adopted girl come to terms with her newfound freedom.
Word Count: 5645
Category: Short Stories
Prompt: Freedom, Music
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Mildly Science Fiction
CW: mentions of human experimentation
Lady in the Mirror by @amanita-cynth (Ao3)
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Summary:
Everyone knows the story of the lady in the mirror. How she picks those she appears to is unknown. What she offers and why it is offered is similarly a mystery; those few that have interacted with her and speak of it are reluctant to share details. Maybe that is why the stories are so well-known, so far-travelled. The mystery calls to people and they want to believe they can solve it.
Word Count: 1799
Prompt: Hope, Mirror
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
CW: None
Lights, Camera, Aro! by charcharcharace (blogspot)
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Summary:
An aromantic actress is conflicted over how to engage with a romantically coded improv challenge.
Word Count: 1885
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Literary
CW: a ghost, pressure.
Dark secret love by @aallotarenunelma
Post, Direct link (part a), Direct link (part b)
Summary:
What if an aspec Wicked Lawless Love MC was paired with the incubus Sascha?
Word Count: 6941
Language: English
Fandom: Wicked Lawless Love (Lovestruck app), Sascha Orosco x MC (Suna)
Genre: Fantasy
CW: Death, Romance, Sexual content
Thought That Cupid Shot Me With Love But It Was Only An Aro by @entity9silvergen (Ao3, FF.net)
Post, Direct link (Tumblr), Direct link (Ao3)
Summary:
Soulmates were supposed to be the other half of your soul. Your one true love.
Ino always dreamed of finding her soulmate. Sai never wanted one.
Still, they cared for each other so they were going to make it work. Somehow.
Word Count: 10000
Prompt: Romo/loveless, Future
Language: English
Fandom: Naruto. Characters: Sai, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi
Genre: Friendship/ Relationships
CW: Mentioned Canon Death, Minor Aphobia
Mosaic by @entity9silvergen (Ao3, FF.net)
Post, Direct link (tumblr), Direct link (Ao3)
Summary:
We are just mosaics of everyone we love and that mosaic shows everyone we love how beautiful they are. Bean doesn’t think she can love like everyone else but maybe that’s okay.
Word Count: 2000
Language: English
Fandom: Disenchantment. Characters: Bean
Genre: Friendship, Self-Reflection
CW: Internalized arophobia, some self-deprecation, sex mention, drug mention, mention of canon interspecies relationships in fantasy setting
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29230041
Promo: entity9silvergen on Ao3, FFN, and tumblr
We Dance To Fast Music by @entity9silvergen (Ao3, FF.net)
Post, direct link (tumblr), direct link (Ao3)
Summary:
Zuko didn’t like to dance. Neither did Mai. But Ty Lee did and they’d do it for her. Fortunately for them, Ty Lee cared about how they felt and wanted to show them just how wonderful music could be. All Zuko and Mai knew were slow dances, the things of ballrooms and romance. Ty Lee only knew the dances of friendship, freedom, and fun.
Word Count: 8000
Prompt: Freedom, Music
Language: English
Fandom: Avatar The Last Airbender. Characters: Zuko, Mai, Ty Lee, Sokka, Suki, Aang, Katara, Toph
Genre: Friendship
CW: None
Oblique by @entity9silvergen (Ao3, FF.net)
Post, Direct link (Ao3)
Summary:
Unable to experience romantic attraction, Remus feels incomplete. Unable to feel sexual attraction, Roman feels less than. Maybe as the King, they decide, they will feel whole again. Their partners and friends, however, know this isn’t the solution and seek to help them realize there’s nothing broken about them before it’s too late.
Word Count: 12000
Prompt: Mirror
Theme: None
Language: English
Fandom: Sanders Sides. Characters: Logan, Patton, Roman, Virgil, Nate, Remy, Emile, Seth, Toby, Janus, Remus, Unnamed Orange Side, Romulus, Dragon Witch
Genre: Friendship, Hurt/ Comfort
CW: Romance, Sexual content, Violence
He Is Mild And He Is Meek by @entity9silvergen (Ao3, FFN)
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Summary:
He is mild and he is meek, he is Momo and he is what I seek. Suki always wanted three things in life. One was to become a professional soccer player. The second was to live in a cute apartment filled with succulents. The third was to get a cat. Momo probably wasn’t anyone’s first pick as a pet but Suki was determined to get this cat to love her as much as she loved him. If only he’d accept he had a home now.
Word Count: 6500
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Language: English
Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender. Characters: Suki, Momo, Sokka, Aang
Genre: Friendship, Hurt/ Comfort
CW: Mention of sex, non-excessive swearing
sick of all those love songs (sing to me about my friend on the moon). by nwhrs
Post, Direct link (Ao3)
Summary:
Johnny has always tried to follow the game, Ten has always stood out like a sore thumb, Chenle has always been quite vocal about himself, and Jisung really has absolutely no idea just what is going on (or does he?). And this is just a little part of their story.
Word Count: 16413
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Fandom: NCT // Park Jisung, Zhong Chen Le, Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul | Ten, Suh Youngho | Johnny
Genre: Slice of Life
CW: Romance, Discussions of romance & amatonormativity
he loves you (he loves you not) by @ternaryflower53
Summary:
"Who's your companion?" the man asks.
"This is Jango," he says, not adding his last name. They have a false one, a name Jango sometimes uses in undercover missions when he doesn’t want to risk being recognized as the Mand’alor’s son, but better if they can avoid using it. "He's my husband."
The man frowns down at his datapad, then looks up to study Jango. "I wasn't expecting you to come with a partner, Master Jedi."
or, jangobi fake dating au, but make it aromantic.
Word Count: 6270
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Language: English
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jango Fett)
Genre: Fanfic
CW: Romance, fake/pretend relationship, request to be in a romantic relationship that gets shut down
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AroWriMo Week 4 Roundup
It’s the end of the last week of AroWriMo, and time to put all the great works in one place. Read through the other submissions, and support the writers where you enjoy their content!
Play/Script
Leaving: A (very) Unfinished Stage Play by charcharcharace (blogspot)
Post, direct link (blogspot)
Summary:
A fractured personal narrative on entering and leaving an unhealthy relationship and the pain of being aromantic without that knowledge.
Word Count: 1200
Theme: Humanity
Language: English
Genre: Personal
CW: Depression, manipulation, unhealthy romantic relationship, processing self-blame
Novels/Novellas
Oh, the truth shall set you free by @amanita-cynth
Summary:
“I know exactly four things about Alway.” She said wryly. “She’s 23, a genius, she keeps at least three feet between her and other people at all times, and she can root out the truth like nobody else.” Of course, coming from another profiler, such an assessment carried a lot of weight. Eden Alway, the newest member of an FBI profiling unit, is odd even by their standards. But as they begin to pry more into her life and struggle with some of what they find, her past is racing to catch up with her and drag them into the storm that was her life. Featuring misunderstandings, odd behaviour, the constant problems of amatonormativity, and a rapidly escalating series of bizarre problems that they are in no way qualified for but definitely isn’t magic.
Word Count: 11000
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships, Self-reliance
Theme: Fantasy
Language: English
Genre: Crime, portal fantasy
CW: Romance, Violence, Gore, amatonormativity, religious imagery, mild body horror later on, currently a WIP
Lyrics
Embers by @clad-in-sunshine (Wordpress, Twitter)
Post, Direct link (tumblr), Direct link (wordpress)
Summary:
I’m terrible at picking titles. But I have been enjoying writing songs, and this is one I wrote for AroWriMo and the Valentines theme of ‘Love, Romance and Friendship’ at my local folk club. The middle part is entirely uninteresting to me, so this is more about love and friendship than anything else, and the various forms that can take.
The tune is called 'Midnight on The Water'.
Word Count: 479
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships, Self-reliance
Language: English
Genre: Singer/songwriter, Folk
Comics/Zine
My Aro Heart: A Zine by charcharcharace (blogspot)
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Summary:
A short zine about loving the aro community.
Word Count: 50
Language: English
Genre: Zine
CW: Love (non-romantic)
Flash Fiction
Self-Reliance by 27twinsister (Ao3)
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Summary:
Tsubasa likes to be alone. The note contains my headcanons for Tsubasa and what the words mean.
Word Count: 161
Prompt: Self-reliance
Language: English
Fandom: Mahou Sentai Magiranger
Genre: Character study
CW: None
Non-Romantic Relationships by 27twinsister (Ao3)
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Summary:
Jiro doesn’t know if his relationship with Yuki is romantic. But it’s special to him. The note contains my headcanons for Jiro and what the words mean
Word Count: 209
Prompt: Non-Romantic Relationships
Language: English
Fandom: Dogengers
Genre: Character study
CW: Romance mention
Non-fiction
Relationship Anarchy and Hugs by charcharcharace (blogspot)
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Summary:
Applying relationship anarchy to family relationships and hugs.
Word Count: 522
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Theme: Defying Expectations
Language: English
Genre: Non-Fiction
CW: consent issues, boundary breaking
Thursday Thoughts: AroWriMo Week 4: Non-Romantic Relationships & Self-Reliance by @sophieakatz
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Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships, Self-reliance
Language: English
Genre: Non-fiction
CW: Romance mention
Poetry
Little Boxes by anon*
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Word Count: 456
Prompt: Freedom
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Poem/non-fiction
To My Dear and Loving... by @writingthingsilike
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Summary:
A poem about being aromantic but still wanting a life partner
Word Count: 165
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Non-fiction
CW: None
AroAce by Catolica (Ao3)
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Word Count: 254
Language: English
CW: Choose not to use warnings
Care, uncoupled by @graces-of-luck
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Word Count: 149
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Theme: Humanity
Language: English
Genre: Free Verse
CW: Romance
Human = ( X - Y ) / Z by charcharcharace (blogspot)
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Summary:
A poem about human essentialism
Word Count: 129
Theme: Humanity
Language: English
Genre: Poetry
CW: Mentions of essentialism and touches on dehumanizing ideas
Short Stories
My Valentine by @bimboztown on twitter
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Word Count: 305
Category: Short Stories
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Coming of Age
CW: Suicide attempt mention
Lights, Camera, Aro! by charcharcharace (blogspot)
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Summary:
An aromantic actress is conflicted over how to engage with a romantically coded improv challenge.
Word Count: 1885
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Literary
CW: a ghost, pressure.
He Is Mild And He Is Meek by @entity9silvergen (Ao3, FFN)
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Summary:
He is mild and he is meek, he is Momo and he is what I seek. Suki always wanted three things in life. One was to become a professional soccer player. The second was to live in a cute apartment filled with succulents. The third was to get a cat. Momo probably wasn’t anyone’s first pick as a pet but Suki was determined to get this cat to love her as much as she loved him. If only he’d accept he had a home now.
Word Count: 6500
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Language: English
Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender. Characters: Suki, Momo, Sokka, Aang
Genre: Friendship, Hurt/ Comfort
CW: Mention of sex, non-excessive swearing
sick of all those love songs (sing to me about my friend on the moon). by nwhrs
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Summary:
Johnny has always tried to follow the game, Ten has always stood out like a sore thumb, Chenle has always been quite vocal about himself, and Jisung really has absolutely no idea just what is going on (or does he?). And this is just a little part of their story.
Word Count: 16413
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Fandom: NCT // Park Jisung, Zhong Chen Le, Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul | Ten, Suh Youngho | Johnny
Genre: Slice of Life
CW: Romance, Discussions of romance & amatonormativity
he loves you (he loves you not) by @ternaryflower53
Summary:
"Who's your companion?" the man asks.
"This is Jango," he says, not adding his last name. They have a false one, a name Jango sometimes uses in undercover missions when he doesn’t want to risk being recognized as the Mand’alor’s son, but better if they can avoid using it. "He's my husband."
The man frowns down at his datapad, then looks up to study Jango. "I wasn't expecting you to come with a partner, Master Jedi."
or, jangobi fake dating au, but make it aromantic.
Word Count: 6270
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Language: English
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jango Fett)
Genre: Fanfic
CW: Romance, fake/pretend relationship, request to be in a romantic relationship that gets shut down
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AroWriMo Week 3 Roundup
Time to reflect on the submissions from week 3. Here are the great works you submitted!
Short Stories
Lady in the Mirror by @amanita-cynth (Ao3)
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Summary:
Everyone knows the story of the lady in the mirror. How she picks those she appears to is unknown. What she offers and why it is offered is similarly a mystery; those few that have interacted with her and speak of it are reluctant to share details. Maybe that is why the stories are so well-known, so far-travelled. The mystery calls to people and they want to believe they can solve it.
Word Count: 1799
Prompt: Hope, Mirror
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
CW: None
Oblique by @entity9silvergen (Ao3, FF.net)
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Summary:
Unable to experience romantic attraction, Remus feels incomplete. Unable to feel sexual attraction, Roman feels less than. Maybe as the King, they decide, they will feel whole again. Their partners and friends, however, know this isn’t the solution and seek to help them realize there’s nothing broken about them before it’s too late.
Word Count: 12000
Prompt: Mirror
Theme: None
Language: English
Fandom: Sanders Sides. Characters: Logan, Patton, Roman, Virgil, Nate, Remy, Emile, Seth, Toby, Janus, Remus, Unnamed Orange Side, Romulus, Dragon Witch
Genre: Friendship, Hurt/ Comfort
CW: Romance, Sexual content, Violence
Flash Fiction
Mirror by 27twinsister
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Summary:
Tsukasa doesn’t dwell in any world. He just stays for as long as he needs.
The note contains my headcanons for Tsukasa and what the words mean.
Word Count: 223
Category: Flash Fiction
Prompt: Music
Language: English
Fandom: Kamen Rider Decade
Genre: Character study
CW: None
Hope by 27twinsister
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Summary:
Haruto is nervous about coming out.
Word Count: 150
Category: Flash Fiction
Prompt: Hope
Language: English
Fandom: Kamen Rider Wizard
Genre: Character study
CW: None
A Moth And No Flames by @voidpunk.kenku on Instagram
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Word Count: 337
Category: Flash Fiction
Prompt: Hope
Language: English
Genre: gaslamp fantasy
CW: insects
Poetry
The End of the Rouse Family Tree by @turnovers-and-coke (@arbys-chocolate-turnover, Wattpad)
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Word Count: 144
Prompt: Mirror
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: poetry
CW: None
Non-Fiction
Defying expectations by @aallotarenunelma
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Word Count: 986
Prompt: Hope, Mirror
Theme: Defying Expectations
Language: English
Genre: Essay
CW: Romance, Amatonormativity
Aro Visions and Hopes by @penandquillcafe ( @aroacechillzone )
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Word Count: 729
Prompt: Hope, Mirror
Language: English
Genre: Nonfiction
CW: amatonormativity, arophobia, loneliness (metaphor)
Thursday Thoughts: AroWriMo Week 3: Hope & Mirror by @sophieakatz
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Word count: 201
Prompt: Hope, Mirror
Language: English
Genre: Non-fiction
CW: Romance mention, Sex mention
Novels/Novellas
Syrinxian Diamond: Chapter One by charcharcharace (blogspot)
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Summary:
After a heist gone wrong, our hero is caught up in an interdimensional prophecy that just may bring them answers to the questions they don't know how to put into words, a feeling of difference, of not feeling right acting how they're supposed to act - but what other way is there to be? Follow our hero through desert ruins, the Wild West, a royal ball, and of course, a midnight trip to the library.
Word Count: 2539
Prompt: Hope
Theme: Fantasy, Ancient World
Language: English
Genre: Portal Fantasy, Heist
CW: Unsupportive sibling, chapter one features the absence of knowledge of aromanticism, and doesn't feature aromanticism directly.
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Week 1 AroWriMo roundup
Here are all the wonderful works submitted for week 1 of AroWriMo!
Poetry:
Untitled by @brilliantsnafu
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Word Count: 38
Prompt: Romo/loveless, Future
Language: English
Genre: Nonfiction
CW: Bigotry, arophobia; amatonormativity
Short Stories:
Chasing Shadows by @secret-arrow-man
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A questioning aro discusses relationship problems with an old friend.
Word Count: 660
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Fiction
CW: Romance, Alcohol mention
Made on the Shore by @clad-in-sunshine
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Cora had never had much interest in people, and had chosen to live alone on the shore for years by this point. When a ship sails close, she has to deal with both her interest in it and the Captain’s interest in her. Based on the song ‘Fair Maid on The Shore’.
Word Count: 2129
Prompt: Romo/loveless, Future
Theme: Choosing to be Yourself
Language: English
Genre: Fiction, Ambiguous historical fiction
CW: Romance, Guns, Alcohol
Dark secret love by @aallotarenunelma
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Summary:
What if an aspec Wicked Lawless Love MC was paired with the incubus Sascha?
Word Count: 6941
Language: English
Fandom: Wicked Lawless Love (Lovestruck app), Sascha Orosco x MC (Suna)
Genre: Fantasy
CW: Death, Romance, Sexual content
Future by 27twinsister on Ao3
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Summary:
Hikari would be alone forever. He liked that idea. The note contains my headcanons for Hikari and what the words mean.
Word Count: 146
Prompt: Future
Language: English
Fandom: Ressha Sentai ToQger, Nonomura Hikari
Genre: Character study
CW: None
Loveless by 27twinsister on Ao3
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Summary:
Takeru and Akari love each other (not like that, this is genfic). Mentions “ love potions or something” in one line.
The note contains my headcanons for Takeru and what the words mean.
Word Count: 231
Prompt: Romo/loveless
Language: English
Fandom: Kamen Rider Ghost
Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural, hurt/comfort
CW: None given
Thought That Cupid Shot Me With Love But It Was Only An Aro by @entity9silvergen (Ao3, FF.net)
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Summary:
Soulmates were supposed to be the other half of your soul. Your one true love.
Ino always dreamed of finding her soulmate. Sai never wanted one.
Still, they cared for each other so they were going to make it work. Somehow.
Word Count: 10000
Prompt: Romo/loveless, Future
Language: English
Fandom: Naruto. Characters: Sai, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi
Genre: Friendship/ Relationships
CW: Mentioned Canon Death, Minor Aphobia
Mosaic by @entity9silvergen (Ao3, FF.net)
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Summary:
We are just mosaics of everyone we love and that mosaic shows everyone we love how beautiful they are. Bean doesn’t think she can love like everyone else but maybe that’s okay.
Word Count: 2000
Language: English
Fandom: Disenchantment. Characters: Bean
Genre: Friendship, Self-Reflection
CW: Internalized arophobia, some self-deprecation, sex mention, drug mention, mention of canon interspecies relationships in fantasy setting
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29230041
Promo: entity9silvergen on Ao3, FFN, and tumblr
Flash Fiction:
#3 by @fuckin-fudge-nutter
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Word Count: 304
Prompt: Future
Theme: Defying Expectations
Language: English
Genre: Realistic Fiction
CW: Mild internalized arophobia
Non-fiction:
Thursday Thoughts: AroWriMo Week 1: Romo/Loveless & Future by @sophieakatz
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Word Count: 562
Prompt: Romo/Loveless, Future
Language: English
CW: Romance mention
The Future Is Arospec by aceofarrows
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This blog post talks about the nature of romantic attraction, why getting rid of amatonormativity is a worthwhile project, and how arospec people can help bring this about by getting involved in political activism and queer liberation.
Word Count: 800
Category: Non-fiction
Prompt: Romo/loveless, Future
Language: English
CW: None
Games/Interactive Media
Superheroes Inc. by charcharcharace (blogspot)
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Summary:
It's time for your first day as the Supervising Hero Response Manager at Superhero Incorporated, the largest collection of super heroes on the US West Coast. It's a big step up from your last job managing a team of five up-and-comers out of Chicago to supervising a nearly a hundred teams. Your priority, of course, is choosing which of the 12 big league heroes to have Shadow teleport to high crisis events.
Word Count: 3000
Prompt: Future
Theme: Sci-Fi
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
CW: Death, Bigotry
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My Aro Heart: A Zine by charcharcharace
Summary:
A short zine about loving the aro community.
Word Count: 50
Category: Comics
Language: English
Genre: Zine
CW: Love (non-romantic)
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Relationship Anarchy and Hugs by charcharcharace
Summary:
Applying relationship anarchy to family relationships and hugs.
Word Count: 522
Category: Non-fiction
Prompt: Non-romantic Relationships
Theme: Defying Expectations
Language: English
Genre: Non-Fiction
CW: consent issues, boundary breaking
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Leaving: A (very) Unfinished Stage Play by charcharcharace
Summary:
A fractured personal narrative on entering and leaving an unhealthy relationship and the pain of being aromantic without that knowledge.
Word Count: 1200
Category: Play/Script
Theme: Humanity
Language: English
Genre: Personal
CW: Depression, manipulation, unhealthy romantic relationship, processing self-blame
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