#hard to draw nema with a blush when her cheeks are already red lmao

[ask-impatient-samurott]

Blackjack: (to Nema) “Ah, hi! I hope this isn’t too weird. What made you realize you were asexual? How did it feel when you, ah, came to terms with it, for lack of a better phrase?”

[Nema]

"Okok, so. When I was growing up, many of the Pokemon at home were in, ahem, relationships with eachother, and my caretaker at the time, Kappa, occasionally talked about how pretty she thought women were.

"And, after I hit puberty, It got me wondering, "Hm. I wonder why I don't feel this way? Or don't want to do these things that the adults and other teenagers talk about?"

"The uh- horizontal tango never sounded appealing to me. Like, at all. But, every single person my age talked about it constantly. Even the teenagers at Anville and Mistralton City kept going on and on about it. But, I never felt the same. I was really agonizing over it. Wondering if I was some weirdo."

"I spoke about it to Kappa, and she said that I was probably Asexual and that my feelings were completely normal!"

"And, over time, I did fall in love and found a partner who respected my preferences. This also made me realize I wasn't Aromantic which, is a different thing... I think. But, I'm pretty comfortable with my Asexuality now, and it honestly makes me happy to be able to put a word to my feelings."

"Anyway, the point is that if you think that you are Asexual or under the AroAce spectrum at all, then that's totally okay! There is absolutely nothing wrong with you, and you shouldn't let dumb societal norms tell you otherwise!"

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