#it's not that there are no aspec characters in soulmate content its that the world around soulmates is inherently against aspecs in general

[redysetdare]

Soulmates are inherently amatonormative and it's so wild how many people refuse to acknowledge that and instead go around trying to "make it more inclusive" which mostly just leads to then forcing aspec characters into a amatonormative narrative.

[nulliustram-webfiction]

Over the last two weeks, I've put up four pilots. Now, you get to vote on which idea continues to be refined into a free web series. Below the poll, you will be given the title card/cover for every one of these five options, along with a link to the free public pilot, a brief 'elevator pitch', and what I enjoy the most about each series. Donate to my ko-fi or my patreon, and you will have access to all sixteen extra chapters.

Creature Watching

Its pilot (Rest Stop) is on tumblr.

Churyl is the perfect city. If you don't look to deep into it. People from all around the world come to see what lies under the surface. And they never come back alive... Lots of uncanny valley stuff. Not outright scary all of the time, but just plain. Weird. Deals more with supernatural and folklore elements.

EndWalkers

EndWalkers already has one volume out on RoyalRoad, with more than 100k words, which you can read here.

An action-packed story of a group of people jumping from apocalyptic dimension to apocalyptic dimension, playing out a video game in real life. With the first volume drawing to a close, the daily update schedule will be slowed down to a weekly one if it does not win this poll. There is a shapeshifting gay AND trans Muslim catboy (mecore) and Book 2 is in a world torn apart by a war between ravens and octopi, its great.

Key Mates

Chapter One is on tumblr.

Anne and Flynn are discovered to be psychics. Except instead of any actual fun superpowers, they have the power to pick out a key that the other is thinking about or in contact in. People romanticize it constantly, but its useless in every way. Except for a heist. NOT a dig at romantic soulmate tropes, though they are referenced. I'm simply having fun with the implications of having a force that ties you together. How you would navigate relationships with other people and yourself too.

Tumble Dried Pirates

Pilot is now live on tumblr

Xara is from the modern era, and a passionate advocate for freedom of information and archiving of content. You know... Piracy. When a dryer machine at her local laundromat spits out Elizabeth Carnegie, a pirate from the Golden Age of cut-throat violence and smuggling, she isn't prepared for her. Or the team of time-travel police who have now put a target on her back. Yes. They are lesbians. With a time traveling dryer machine. Also, classism!!

Surviving Nulls

Pilot is live on tumblr!!

Nulls are monsters that feed off the magic of humans, sucking away until nothing is left. And Priscilla Farooq, widely regarded to have no talent for art, magic, or sport, finds herself in the unique situation to be the only one to stop it. Even if she thinks she's a little bit of nothing herself... This was written specifically to be an aspec fantasy. Priscilla is aplaroace. She simply doesn't feel any kind of love. And that's okay, even if it takes her time to come to terms with it. There are more aspec characters, too, showcasing the entire spectrum, and just queer people in general. Main character's atheist, but lots of Muslim relatives, and some Jewish side characters, some pagan, it's a mixed bag. This is also the only other series that will be posted on RoyalRoad, with more than daily chapter updates.

That's all! Consider donating if you're interested in reading more. ko-fi | patreon

[exmortia]

Tag list for blog navigation:

Main relationship tags:

Shadowgast (Essek x Caleb) Clayleb (Caduceus x Caleb) Widofjord (Caleb x Fjord) Widomauk (Caleb x Molly)

Shadowmauk (Essek x Molly)

Claymauk (Caduceus x Molly)

Fjorclay (Caduceus x Fjord) Fjorester (Fjord x Jester) Fjolly (Fjord x Molly)

Beaujes (Beau x Jester) Beauyasha (Beau x Yasha)

Poly relationship tags (current):

Claylebmauk (Caduceus x Caleb x Molly) Widojessek (Caleb x Jester x Essek) Shadowidofjord (Essek x Caleb x Fjord) Widofjolly (Caleb x Fjord x Molly)

Platonic tags (in progress - only a few examples are listed here, but all character interaction tags will be alphabetical):

Artagan & Jester Beau & Caleb Caduceus & Fjord Caleb & Nott Cree & Lucien Essek & Jester Fjord & Nott Jester & Kiri Molly & Yasha

Miscellaneous tags:

m9 (mighty nein group art) tts (tomb takers group art) Scenery (detailed backgrounds) Polymorph (transformed characters) Gif warning (gif art) Animation (animated videos) Comic (sequential art) Fic rec (fics, ficlets, and blurbs) Modern au (anything with today's tech) mlm (steamy mlm art) wlw (steamy wlw art) het (steamy mlw/wlm art) Meme (reference humor) Text (not art, can be quotes, humor, speculation, analysis, etc.) C1 (campaign 1 art) Meta (game mechanics, fandom, or the DM) Facecam (the actors)

(Content warnings):

cw: alcohol cw: blood cw: bones cw: death cw: disability cw: drugs cw: guns cw: scars

AO3 bookmark tags:

Relationship tags First kiss: What it says. First time: As in sex. Established: Established relationship. Fluff: No plot just happiness. NSI: No sexual intimacy or kissing. D/s: Dominant/submissive dynamic. Gentle dom: A personal favorite kink that gets its own tag. Pwp: Porn without plot aka. smutty one-shot. Breakup: They break up but get back together (I wouldn't bookmark it otherwise I swear). Slow burn: Many chapters of romantic tension before the glorious payoff. Fade to black: Smut scenes are implied, not depicted.

Timeline tags First meeting: Set when the m9 first arrive in Roshona. Mid-obann: Set during the Angel of Irons arc. Post-nicodranas: Set after the m9 discover Essek's betrayal. Aeor: Set during the Eiselcross arc. Endgame: Set after the epilogue (c2e141). Postwar: Involves Essek visiting the empire pre-epilogue.

Character interaction tags are alphabetical and are only used when the story focuses on them (e.x. "beau & caleb", "essek & verin")

Miscelaneous tags [Character] pov (e.g. "Caleb pov" or "multiple pov") [Character] injury (e.g. "Caleb injury") [Character] polymorph (e.g. "Caleb polymorph") Abusive [Character] (e.g. "abusive Dierta") Manipulative [Character] (e.g. "manipulative Essek") Aspec [Character] (e.g. "aspec Essek") Student [Character] (e.g. "student caleb") Professor [Character] (e.g. "professor caleb") Modern AU: Set in our world. Disability Hurt/comfort Angst Slice of life: Similar to "fluff" but without romance or intimacy. Magic: Focuses on interesting magical stuff. Culture: Focuses on cultural differences and/or Kryn society. Timeskip: Skips a large period of time or relationship development. Nonlinear: Scenes and plot aren't linear. Child oc: The characters have a kid. Party: I love fics with parties so there’s a tag for it. Soulmates: For soulmate fics.

[kitsu-katsu]

Wanna add a similar trope that's SO hostile to aros:

Hanahaki aus

I hate them so bad

Because everything in them goes like:

"Oh no!! MC loves X! And now they'll PAINFULLY DIE if X doesn't love them back!! X must love them back now to save them or it'll be their fault <3 The other alternative is MC PAINFULLY GIVES UP THEIR ABILITY TO LOVE! FOREVER! I can't think of anything more horrible!! Most people in that situation would simply keel over!!"

Sucks so fucking bad

Rancid trope

Soulmates are inherently amatonormative and it's so wild how many people refuse to acknowledge that and instead go around trying to "make it more inclusive" which mostly just leads to then forcing aspec characters into a amatonormative narrative.

[that-disabled-princess]

#Like no allowing QPRs into ur soulmates stories does not fix the core issue #you just put QPRs into a amatonormative role that the story relies upon #no saying friends can be your soulmate isn't inclusive it's still putting aspecs into an amatonormative structure #Soulmates at their very core are inherently amatonormative. they do not work if they aren't #you trying to force aspecs into the mold of soulmates will never fix the main issue. #it's not that there are no aspec characters in soulmate content its that the world around soulmates is inherently against aspecs in general #it's not that Aspecs don't show up. it's the fact the universe itself is inherently hostile to the idea of aspec people #it's the fact that the reason aspecs dont show up is because it goes against what the soulmates trope dictates to be true #the soulmate trope erases us from existence completely. because no matter what we will never fit into it's ideal narrative.

Tags from OP.

And not to mention aplatonic, afamilial, anattractional, and all other A folks! And polyamorus people? They shouldn't have no be tied to one specific person either! No one should! The soulmate trope is so fucking aphobic! It's built on amatonormativity! I am begging y'all to acknowledge this.

Soulmates are inherently amatonormative and it's so wild how many people refuse to acknowledge that and instead go around trying to "make it more inclusive" which mostly just leads to then forcing aspec characters into a amatonormative narrative.