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LGBTQ+ folk what was your gender/sexuality pipeline?
#For me it was#Cis AroAce -> Cis Biromantic Ace -> Cis Bisexual -> Questioning Bisexual -> Genderfluid Bisexual#Technically still Aspec as I'm Placiosexual as well but people get too confused when I try to explain that#Idk in general my sexuality is really all over the place so its hard to completely set one label for it#also currently wondering if I might be Demiromantic#lgbtq community#lgbtqia#queer#transgender#transfem#transmasc#genderfluid#gender#genderqueer#nonbinary#bisexual#gay#lgbt#questioning#asexual#aroace#aspec#aromantic#demisexual#lesbian
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storytime invitation?? i guess thats what youd call it
how did you know you were aromantic/asexual/aroace?
i knew i was ace from the moment i learned what sex was, like ummm!!! you can keep that to yourself actually
i realized i was aro way later (after i made this post actually), after my first real break up and was kinda like.. that was NOT it???? idk my idea of romance has always been just cuddles and quality time and i realized that's not the same for other people ??? people actually have a DESIRE to kiss other people????? absolutely not.
#and no one has believed me since#i might also be trying to tell if I'M aromantic#asexual#aromantic#aroace#ace#aro#asexuality#aromantism#aromantic asexual#update: def aromantic..
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Being asexual and possibly aromantic but also being a huge shipper and hopeless romantic is such a wild experience ngl. I'm always freaking out about my favorite ships and giggling internally reading ship fics, getting invested in characters finally kissing or reading about their pining and their love and I think "I want what they have!!"
But then sometimes you have a slamming realization that your sweet shipping scenarios you imagine in your head look totally different irl and that you are extremely aspec.
One time I went down a YouTube rabbit hole and stumbled across Vsauce's "Why Do We Kiss?" video and let me tell you. When I saw that stock video footage of two people kissing each other I was a little flabbergasted lmaooo
#i mean this doesn't apply to all aspecs obviously but like#that stock video footage#they were kissing but it was more sucking each others faces and i was like wait#do people actually do this#lmaoo#it lowkey repulsed me oops#it hit me so hard but it also kind of validated my asexuality a bit too lol#ace#asexual#asexuality#aro#aromantic#aromanticism#aroace#this also may be because i dont watch live action shows or movies that much but still#does anyone else feel like this#ill be hardcore shipping something but i see one minute of irl relationship stuff and feel extremely disconnected#idk if im making sense#id like to hear some thoughts#might delete later but just wanted to get my thoughts out there#someone's probably said something like this before#edit: adding tags#yeah for me imagination of my ships kissing 👍👍👍💖💖#vs#footage of irl people kissing/live action kissing scenes 🫠#fandom#fanfic#fanfiction#my rambles
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Look like if I thought I could get away with it and if I was catholic or Christian or whatever I would definitely become a nun just to avoid the whole “you dating anyone?” “See anyone you like?” And the “so you’ve never dated?” Bullshit
#also I’m like#pagan#I worship a very specific set of gods#and goddesses and muses#and I don’t feel like spiting them#they might smite me#asexual#aromantic#aroace#ace#aro
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To all the girlies who watched at least one of these shows when they were kids/teens,
how hard did your queer awakening hit you?
#just asking#i mean girlies in the most genderneutral way#please Note that you could have watched both of these shows and still be straight#eah#queer awakening#ever after high#monster high#for me personally the realisation that asexuality is a thing hit pretty hard#queer#lgbtq+#lgbtqia+#mh#might be on aro spec somewhere too#also#✨women✨
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looking back on the fic I've written in the last few years and my own sexuality journey has made me realize that there is an argument that poly folk and ace/aro folk process love in a lot of the same ways, like the idea that you can have significant, life-defining relationships with different people and you get something important and sometimes even a similar flavor from each relationship but each one is still fundamentally different and significant in its own way and sometimes you don't want sex but you do want hugs and your partner may be having sex with their other partner but that does not make your relationship any less important because they come back to hug you and having more hearts bound up in your own is never a bad thing, because being loved no matter the form is never a bad thing, you are lovable and you can love so many people and having a heart overflowing with love for other people and things and the universe just means that you're healing and finding the people who fit you in whatever way that comes and there will always be someone cooking in the kitchen filling your heart and stomach no matter what and in this essay i will-
#listen writing fanfic has been so integral to me figuring stuff like this out#never would have thought that starting to write power rangers fic back in the day would make me realize that i might be poly or aro#can't tell which yet but it's reassuring nonetheless#shout out to the ships/fandoms that helped me realize this!#dead boy detectives#doctor who#power rangers#ofmd#stranger things#honestly even my non-poly fics for skam and merlin have lowkey polyplatonic situations going on#eleven x amy x rory#stoncy#jim x archie x oluwande#ivan x chase x riley#edwin payne#izzy x lucius x black pete#thirteen x amy x rory#power rangers dino charge#power rangers rpm#scott x ziggy x summer x dillon x flynn#chronicles of narnia#fanfic#shadowhunters#simon x izzy x raphael#ALSO NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT A LOT OF THESE FEATURE AT LEASE ONE ASEXUAL CHARACTER#the intersection of asexuality and polyamory means a lot to me personally#asexuality#polyamory
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On today's question of "Am I aroace or is my genderqueer identity inhibiting me from being able to see myself in a relationship since I will be viewed as "the girl"" OR "Am I actually non-binary or is my aroace identity distancing me from womanhood since society defines a woman's worth based on her relationship with men and if she doesn't have that is she really a woman?" And the answer is I have no fucking clue
#i identify as both aroace and non-binary but the doubt that I might be a straight cis woman haunts me every night#could also be the ocd playing baseball with my doubts so theres that#asexual#aromantic#ace#aro#aroace#aspec#non-binary#genderqueer#ocd
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whenever someone asks me for help or advice i want to beam all my lived experience and advice that helped me through it directly into their mind to try and spare them as much pain and stress as possible, but because i cant actually do that what ends up happening is i dump everything i know related to that topic hoping something helps them like
#and yes. i am the older sibling i am quite literally the guinea pig by birthright#its hardwired into me to make thing as painless as possible for my little brother that it ends up becoming a huge part of my personality#but i also have adhd so my version of advice is 'blurt out everything that might be even a little related to the situation#and pray that something sticks with them'#also like its hard to describe but sometimes you wont really get what someone means because its just the wrong person or wrong time#when i was a kid my dad would explain how to solve a math problem and i wouldnt get it until someone else explained it to me#and something *clicked*. and then when id tell my dad i learned smth new he'd say i LITERALLY said the same thing you just#werent listening or smth. but its not that at all.. i cant really know what its like for smth to click until it happens#i used to think i wasnt ace bc everything i saw talking abt asexuality didnt ring any bells until i found someone talking abt#something that i DID resonate with and then i went from there. so i guess what im trying to say its one thing to share what i learned#and another thing for someone to go through something or hear it from someone else to really get what i mean. shrugs#yapping
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Being asexual in a world of allosexuals sure feels like being a Beta in ABO society sometimes.
#asexual#asexuality#ace#ace memes#asexual memes#gray asexual#gray ace#graysexual#demisexual#aceflux#acespec#aspec#arospec#aroace#aromantic asexual#aromantic#aro#gray aromantic#gray aro#my stuff#like#i guess they're in heat again or something??#i don't get it but good for them i guess#also:#i know aromanticism isn't the same thing as asexuality but i thought y'all might relate too#let me know if you think i'm clogging the tags and i'll remove them!
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Hot take but the aggressive hardline separation of asexual and aromantic is actually EXTREMELY harmful to a lot of ace/aro people.
Angry rant under the cut
It's one to thing to go: "okay yes sometimes they go together but it's important to remember that for some people they can be different things and you can be one and not the other"
And go: "These are TOTALLY DIFFERENT 100 always separate there is no intersection EVER and if you DARE to be both then you have to piecemeal your identity to not uwu invalidate others(we do not care that we are invalidating you though lol) Don't you DARE ever experience them together you are CONFLATING"
It's like yall just want asexual to = alloromantic only and aromantic to = allosexual only.
You don't give a shit about aroaces, aces who aren't alloromantic but don't ID as aromantic or aros who aren't allosexual but don't ID as asexual.
The aspec community despises us. We get talked down to demanded to split our identities apart for your comfort. We can't exist in certain spaces because our presence there is a personal affront to allo-aspecs. Shout out to the alloaros that bitch about those disgusting aroaces just clogging up the aromantic tag ☺. Shout out to the alloaces who can still love and aren't totally heartless monsters 🥺.
Don't talk about ace shit in the aro tags, Don't talk about aro shit in the ace tags...what's that you're both? And can't neatly separate them and it brings you comfort to be able to discuss your whole orientation? SHUT THE FVCK UP YOU CONFLATING IGNORANT SHIT HEAD.
If you want to be in the aromantic community you have to leave your ace-ness at the door same for asexual community and disregarding your aromantism.
A personal example was an Aspec discord server I was in that had two media recs channels one for sex repulsed people and the other for romance repulsed. Now the issue came is that they didn't acknowledge someone could be both i.e both sex & romance repulsed/just looking for media that had neither sexual nor romantic content, what this lead too is that the romance free media channel was filled with graphic hookup erotica or sexually explicit songs and the sex free channel was just fade to black romance books 🙃...wonderful.
Or when polls/forms will ask you to pick your orientation but only things listed are het,gay,bi/pan yes even the ones made by aspecs, and what they actually mean is use the one that correlates to your romantic/sexual attraction...so fvck aroaces and non sam aces & aros?
And don't get me started on how you treat non sam aces & aros. You at least tolerate the self IDing aroaces, because they have the "curtesy" of separating themselves from the real proper aces & aros.(let's not question how many aroaces would prefer to just ID as just asexual or just aromantic but are forced into aroace identity because that would be "conflating" and they don't want to deal with the harassment).
"UwU don't say asexual when you actually mean aromantic" Some bitches don't use to SAM fvck off with allo-splaining my own sexuality to me.
It would be so much easier and save a lot of pain if yall just went : "asexual for some means no sexual attraction and it says nothing of your romantic attraction AND some people use it to mean no attraction generally". And "aromantic for some means no romantic attraction and it says nothing of your sexual attraction AND some people use it to mean no attraction generally" and "for some they are separated but others not so much as there isn't always a strict separation. Just be chill about it don't accuse people of being ignorant or conflating they know their identities better than you". But no ya chose violent aphobia instead.
But ultimately nobody cares because this shit is only harming the undesirable aces/aros the ones who are harmful stereotypes the ones that make you "look bad".
I know deep in my heart there are a lot of alloaces & alloaros that who would be happy if aroaces & non sam aces/aros didn't exist, there I said it. How can I not come to that conclusion when at every turn they shit on us. They talk about how the worst thing in the world is to be mistaken for one of us. That our representation is actively harmful.
A last parting spicy take it's either "asexulity and aromantism are full identities on their own and aren't modifiers" OR "actually neither asexual nor aromantic can stand on their own they need to be paired with another orientation and they actually are just modifiers" you can't have it both ways. 🤭
#asexual#aromanticism#aro#ace#non sam aro#aphobia#acephobia in the aro community#arophobia in the ace community#vent#i love how no matter what alloaces & alloaros can take a break from being aphobic to eachother and join forces where it really matters#being aphobic and hateful towards aroaces! I LOVE that aspec solidarity#the community also despises sex & romance repulsed aspecs but that's a rant for another day#also can we talk about how this has embolden full on allos to talk shit on aroaces??? excuse me???#when an allo bitch is talking down to you about how you're using asexual or aromantic wrong#bitch who the fvk are you? gtfo outta aspec spaces now interloper#aroace#non sam ace#I'm pissed so i might delete later lol#never forget the time on reddit i made a long post pleading with the community not to force the sam on all aces#and that non sam aces aren't ignorant or invalidating anyone and we should be shown grace and acceptance in the community#...only for an (allo?)ace to basically say it's my fault if people assume I'm alloace or accuse me of conflating if i ID as just ace#lol get bent#i just might start saying aces & alloaces/aros & alloaros#bc yall allo aspecs aren't the default ace/aro and it's time you learned that :)#you do not get to stomp over the “undesirables” and call it advocacy
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got curious is not being able to feel jealousy is just a me thing so
reblog if you vote pretty please
#xenon screams#poll#polls#asexual#jealousy#i thought they could maybe be connected because they're both emotiona I don't feel#neither of them make any sense to me#etc#i should mention that i am specifically apothisexual#meaning i am sex repulsed#like extremely#also i should mention that ive never felt any kind of jealousy#idk why#it's not like i don't feel any kind of anger#i think i might have anger issues actually
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I keep seeing posts where people are saying "Valentines doesn't effect asexuals!" "romantic relationships have nothing to do with asexuality!" And while i understand the point they are making is to stop conflating Aromanticism with Asexuality, it is still extremely annoying to find people don't understand the nuance that comes with asexualities connection to romance - because it DOES have a connection to it. It DOES have problems in relation to romance. To say it doesn't is ignoring a huge set is experiences that ace people face.
One of the most common experiences for asexuals is the struggle to be in romantic relationships because they are asexual. a lot of romantic relationships expect you to have sex. if you're someone who doesn't have sex then unfortunately that causes a lot of people to lose interest in you romantically as well.
There's also non-sam aces, and let me tell you it's so very strange to hear someone bring up non-sam aros but then ignore the existence of non-sam aces in order to prove some point of it somehow being ace peoples fault that aro and ace are viewed as the same. Some non-sam aces do not date either. they are still ace and they can still face similar problems to aromantic people because of that. they are still effected my amatonormativity.
Aces DO have connection to romance. Asexual DID have a reason to trend on valentines day along with Aro and Aroace. Asexuality is effected my romance and amatonormativity. Sop acting like it isn't. stop acting like aros and aces have absolutely nothing in common. We can work together and have similar experiences and still be seen as separate identities. there is overlap. stop treating this as black and white where one identity can only be effected by one kind of problem. It's naive at best and down right hateful at worse.
#text#aro#ace#aromantic#asexual#aroace#aspec#i might get hate for this one but as an aroace who for a while was a non-sam ace (before i found out about aro)#romance DOES effect aces#not in the same way that it effects aros but#treating aces as if they can never know or understand amatonormativity and have never faced similar issues? idk it's ignorant to me#some of the way ppl in the aro community talk about asexuality and aroace identities is just...idk frustrating#i understand the frustration on their end but also i need you all to not fall down the rabbit hole of becoming acephobic#and blaming ace people for all the problems that allos caused#and understand there is nuance to identities and just because someone is asexual alloromantic#doesn't mean they aren't effected by amatonormativity or that they have no issues related to romance at all#asexual and Aromantic are not the same thing but also stop acting like they have no overlap at all period#we used to help each other man. stop throwing some of us under the bus to try and make a point#romantic expectations are not an aro only problem
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okay so wrong fandom, wrong character, wrong everything but
asexual Newt Scamander
it just makes so much sense in my head, he’s ace but at first he doesn’t know it cause like he’s the type to learn how babies are made just because of magical creatures and he has a very scientific vision of it like it’s just a way of reproduction and he figures everyone feels like that and then one day queenie reads his mind and talks to him about this and he learns that a majority of people actually enjoy sex and the idea of it and oh he’s asexual
I hope this makes sense somehow
#Also I didn’t take time to like think further what I wrote so I hope there’s nothing someone might consider offensive#If that’s the case please tell me#newt scamander#asexual newt scamander#Why does this tag doesn’t already exist ?#Also newt is like my autistic baby (on the socially awkward part so there’s no competition with reg)#So I might do more posts about him#Cause what an icon#“She has eyes just like a salamander”
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The brain has been plagued with thoughts of ackar and mata nui romance hours, specifically mata nui only ever referring to ackar as a friend bc he values that friendship more than whatever else they might have and also he doesnt like any other term. Like, boyfriend is redundant, husband is incorrect and partner is too professional. He does also add adjectives like dear, beloved or sweet sometimes. first time mata nui calls him "my sweet friend" ackar almost dies bc thats most intimately fond thing anybody ever said to him
Im also thinking of my mata nui 3.0 thing where he has a fucked up long ass tongue and him shoving it directly down ackars throat bc he has a very loose idea of how making out works. when he finally pulls it back out and sees his friend sputter for air he goes oh no are you alright? and ackar is like (hoarsely, so aroused his toes are falling off) NEVER BEEN BETTER
#bionicle#mata nui#ackar#random talks#ackar is asexual af and uninterested in sex. to me. but also i think discovering a weird kink at 50 might have him reconsider Some Things#and the SECOND anybody whos teased him abt having a boytoy dares ask what that tongue do he will get the payback of the millenium#as he gleefully explains in detail What That Tongue Do to an audience of bastards who cant stop him bc They Fuckin Asked#i can imagine someone being confused by whatever they have going on and ask mata nui what ackar is to him exactly#'he is a very dear friend of mine' 'oh so its just a platonic thing' 'no' 'ah'
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A friend of mine is posting stuff on threads and I got it too so that I could read their funny little posts but I don’t feel super comfy to post completely open stuff there too cause I’m not out to like my family and stuff and it’s linked to my Instagram account (also I made it a private account which seems kinda pointless) and I realised that what they use threads for comes close to what I use tumblr for (just that me texts here are longer that a typical threads post seems to be) and that i actually would be comfy to show them my tumblr I think. Is this what having a friendship and being completely open is about????
#starrytalking#friends#like I mostly only post about queer stuff here and they are queer too and I would be comfy talking to them about stuff like that irl too#so I wouldn’t really care and they could read my posts and we could talk about them I guess#but the whole purpose of tumblr is that no one knows u so idk if I’d actually bring that up cause the no one knows u thing is what makes me#comfortable spill whatever#and also I had a phase where I was reading fanfics and if that comes up I might be a bit uncomfy with that xD#but yeah it’s cool that I don’t feel like I have to hide anything from them is what I wanna say with this^^#aromantic#aro#asexual#ace#aroace#lgbtq+#queer#friendship
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just found out that non-aromantics actually have feelings towards the people they decide to have a crush on. Apparently it’s not like, “hmmm should I consider this person for dating? what are the pros and cons here?” Or like, “I want to be really close friends with that person” But it’s like an actual emotional response or something? An emotion that is different from the “I wanna be really close friends” emotion??
also I just figured out that I’m aromantic
#I’m also ace but I already knew that#Shout out to Jaiden Animations#Never would have figured this stuff out this quickly otherwise#asexual#aromantic#aroace#My first “crush” was Carmen San Diego#I was 18yrs old and that “crush” lasted 2 days#Turns out she wasn’t as pretty when she wasn’t wearing her signature outfit#I didn’t actually have a crush on her I just really liked her outfit#I think I just decided that “ya know I should’ve had a crush on someone by now kinda weird that it hasn’t happened yet”#And then I just picked the first pretty girl I saw#She’s animated so I guess that made it less weird than having a crush on a random stranger#But like there were no actual romantic emotions there#Didn’t know that there were supposed to be any but oh well#The whole “I wanna be really close friends with that person” thing really threw me off for a while#Cuz I thought that was what romantic attraction was#But apparently it’s not???#Too confusing we should just get rid of romance#Honestly my idea of the “ideal romantic/queerplatonic relationship” should have tipped me off sooner that I was aro#It was “a close friend who lives in the same house as me but we have separate bedrooms and sometimes we cuddle on the couch but not…#… always and we don’t hold hands or kiss or anything but we just act like really good but close friends because that’s what I think a…#… romantic relationship is two people who are really close friends”#might delete later I dunno just kinda rambling and I’m really tired
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