#watch all the people in the notes tag this as asexual/aroace

[wren-kitchens]

romance repulsed people of tumblr, if people were to tag romance in the same way they would tag sex/nsfw stuff what would be the best tag?

please rb i’d like for a lot of people to see this so they start tagging stuff as romance if they otherwise don’t (the question and poll are mostly window dressing icl)

[olderthannetfic]

The ace asks about how asexuality and being aromantic is increasingly seen to mean "has sex and romance like a normal person" reminds me of the time I accidentally deeply angered an author. She had the tag 'asexual character' in her fic's tags, but since it's a 300k word long fic involving a lot of characters, it wasn't clear who that referred to right away. I left long comments on each chapter, talking about what I liked, sections that hit really hard, lines that I loved, etc., as I always do. (I like to ramble IRL and I can't turn it off even online.) At the halfway point of the fanfic, during a long comment about the OCs that helped flesh out the oft-mentioned but barely explored organizations and companies in the world of canon, I said that I hoped This One Specific OC or That Other Specific OC would turn out to be the asexual character, as I saw in them echoes of myself and a friend of mine (we're both ace).

She had never responded to a comment of mine before, but she did for that one... to yell at me about how the main character OC was aroace, actually. This was apparently supposed to be obvious since the word ace was used in the tie-in prequel fic, which I had held off on reading because the author's note mentioned it would have spoilers if you hadn't read the whole main fic. The character in question has a relationship not remotely different from any of the cishetallo or cisqueerallo relationships presented in the text. She develops a snarky sarcastic friendship with someone she finds visually beautiful and impossible to look away from, gets to know him a little, watches movies with him, they get into urban fantasy danger which they help each other through, they fuck and do so extremely regularly, and she has past exes who she also did all of this with.

And I was, apparently, a bigot with internalized aphobia and negative attitudes towards women who have sex because I didn't look at her and go, "Ah, yes, an aroace!" She informed me I was forcing unrealistic stereotypes no one adhered to onto ace people by thinking aces had to be a certain way and by refusing to see that

Her angry reply was so long it took three AO3 comments to send to me, and it didn't really make me convinced I'd misread the situation. It just made me convinced this wasn't an author I wanted to read more fic from, because 1. this is a lot of anger, holy crap and 2., I really think this is an excusable mistake on my part. I saw no signs this character was in any way different from any other couple in the fic beyond that she and her love interest didn't get to know each other's backstories as much and instead bonded more through experiences they shared, which in my opinion is not something that can be linked to any sexuality or lack thereof.

I feel like there's a moral in here. Like, authors, as a fellow author, I get that it sucks when someone else doesn't see the characters like you do, or misses something you thought was clear, etc. I get that it's frustrating. But don't rip into someone who's been gushing about every chapter of your fic individually just because they didn't catch one thing. I failed to realize one character's sexuality. That's not the same as hating you, the character or the writing.

Mostly I remember that incident as the day I stopped asking questions in my long comments. A sea of gushing does not make up for a mistake and the best way not to make those is to not ask if a tag relates to a character or line.

--

Oof. I mean, sure, there's a diversity of experience. Everything is a spectrum. Yada yadda. But if two labels become entirely indistinguishable, what's the point of even having them, much less getting mad when people can't spot the difference?

[muppetjackrackham]

🦁🏴‍☠️ · she/they/any · aroace · borderpolar · 25 writer, artist, dumbass

formerly asexualromanroy/austinbaldler/feydfuckernation

partners in crime: @allthemidnightmemories @cutienerd13 @dreaming-of-hope @humanoidrangoon @slimepuppied

co-conspirators: @austinbutlermischief @gggoldfinch @itey @lindszeppelin @wondrousashes

DISCLAIMERS

PERMANENT SEMI-HIATUS DUE TO WORKING FULL TIME

aroace posts tagged under aceposting (for general asexual posting) and aceposting* (for aromantic specific posts to denote the difference between aro and ace posting)

prefers not to interact with minors but will make exceptions on a case by case basis

currently raising two baby kittens on top of a full time job so my time is very limited at the moment

i am disabled and reserve the right to make jokes about my own experiences regarding my disabilities and diagnoses. several of them are still heavily stigmatized and i do not appreciate—nor will i tolerate—jokes at my expense about them. this includes intentionally shitty comments about people like kanye west (bipolar) and amber heard (borderline personality disorder). you can be highly critical of abusive people and their actions without resorting to ableism and contributing to the stigma surrounding these types of diagnoses.

if you're aphobic get the fuck off my blog lmao

currently watching: black sails s4 currently listening to: chappell roan, epic the musical, ozzy osbourne, prince currently playing: genshin impact, wuthering waves campaign(s): misfits and magic

notable hyperfixation(s): black sails, dan stevens, dimension 20, epic the musical

credit(s): austin butler shannara chronicles s2 gifs, the boys screencaps, jack rackham flower crown icon by @sirtadcooper, russian doll black sails edit by @johnsilvers, flint meme by @0ur-diabolikal-rapture, various psds used in edits by @jaynedits & @peripsds, imaginary friends by ravenorlov, and psd 108 by @venuscommissions

all triggers are tagged using a "trigger warning cw" format.

THIS BLOG IS RUN BY A CSA AND ABUSE SURVIVOR. DO NOT COME TO MY BLOG DEFENDING NEIL GAIMAN AND HIS ACTIONS. (NOTE: THIS BLOG IS NOT A SPACE FOR TERF/RADFEM IDEOLOGY IN RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGATONS SURROUNDING NEIL GAIMAN)

UPDATED 9/14/2024

[thedemises]

. . . PEOPLE I'D LOVE TO GET TO KNOW BETTER!!!1! :O

contains! . . .  get to know me a little better! :D, don't whine about the word "sex" normalize it already 😒, a mention of the Tragedy Of The Andes, nothing really too serious! :D notes! . . .  tysm for the tag, my best buddy ring @ringdabel!!!!!! 😭😭 I was going to post this WAY earlier but forgot about it so- 💀 (oh and, I have an ao3 account now >:))) i use the same username as the one I have rn-)

LAST SONG : Farben by Orange Sector.

► Farben is quite a great German song I stumbled upon on YouTube while scrolling for a video to watch out of boredom. I truly recommend listening to it! man, do I love songs from other countries...

FAVORITE COLOR : any shade of any color!

► im sorry I just CAN'T choose a color when all of them are sooooo pretty!!!! 😭😭😭 I mean, most of the them... some are just kinda not my vibe 😃 like neon yellow or hot pink- but honestly, any shades of blue and green are my personal favorites :]]

LAST MOVIE : Alive (1994, Adventure/Thriller Film).

► I watched it by myself cuz my mom REFUSES to watch it bc it's based off an actual incident that happened and it contains acts of cannibalism- I don't remember much of it?- but I assume I enjoyed it, oh and I also watched the documentary(?) of the Andes Plane Crash Incident and it was great (pls don't think of me as a weirdo- I just like watching real crime/murder/etc. documentaries sometimes 😭)

SWEET/SPICY/SAVOURY : any flavor for me really! depending what I feel like tasting rn.

► any flavor is fine with me and I love all of them! I can't really pick what kind of flavor if I was told what kind of flavor would I eat for the rest of my life- spicy is really good depending on the food!! :D

RELATIONSHIP STATUS : Single and ain't looking for anyone 🔥🔥

► I'm aroace y'all if you didn't really know?- (aromantic asexual) which means I really am not attracted to anyone romantically or sexually! I hope you respect that (plus my mom forbids me and all of my siblings from dating anyone 💀 (not that'd i would actually date or have sex at all)

LAST THING I GOOGLED : yokai that sucks blood.

► pls don't ask. :,) the only explaination i could give is that i made a few ocs inspired by yokai- plus i think it'll be kinda cool to make a yokai oc who sucks blood for a possible scenario- but maybe that's just me :,)

CURRENT OBSESSION : Creating OCs.

► okay so- I've gotten a little too carried away when creating OCs cuz now I have like 82 of them and 47 other side OCs.. 😓😦 but am I gonna stop? no! :D i love creating OCs either having different nationalities, ages, genders, traits, appearances, names, origins, and etc.! though I probably wouldn't be using like,, half of them for something, I just think they're neat! :DDD there's probably nothing stopping me from doing this! and if you don't like it, just go on about your day and ignore this!! :DDDD

tags!!! . . .  @gummyshark-soda, @starracoonagain, @freelyhappycycle, @trashiest-person

[gemstarstarlight]

I posted 996 times in 2022

That's 996 more posts than 2021!

61 posts created (6%)

935 posts reblogged (94%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@taketwoinink

@9-circles-of-l

@venusqq

@skyisverybored

@jinxneedssleep

I tagged 978 of my posts in 2022

Only 2% of my posts had no tags

#mentality love - 150 posts

#*checks for cameras* - 139 posts

#aroace - 117 posts

#asexual - 115 posts

#pretty pictures - 110 posts

#aromantic - 96 posts

#reblog for posterity - 92 posts

#ace - 87 posts

#aro - 74 posts

#philosophy takes - 66 posts

Longest Tag: 137 characters

#i am forever and always a humanities nerd who actually wanted friends but did not want to fit in and generally didn’t like people who did

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Them: I’m in love with you.

Me: No you aren’t you don’t even know me you absolute dingus *whacks over the head with a baseball bat*

24 notes - Posted September 1, 2022

#4

Matthew Mercer as a robot is about the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.

27 notes - Posted October 5, 2022

#3

So, I’m watching EXU Calamity.

And I am going to discuss major spoilers, so be aware.

I was FURIOUS when Laerryn cast Blight on the tree. To me it seemed so obvious that it was a protection against something that to destroy it without any attempt to figure it out first was unconscionable.

And I realized I was angry. And I couldn’t figure out why.

Because it’s a story! A great story, a beautiful story, a moving story, but a story nonetheless. Why did I care so much about Laerryn’s choice? I’m normally pretty good at getting invested in a story but not letting it emotionally affect me. I don’t cry in movies. I suspect when I finish episode 4 I’m not gonna cry when everyone dies.

But I was so angry at Laerryn I had to pause the episode and do something else.

Why?

I’ve done some thought, and I think I know why.

Deeply connected to and caring of her work, above relationships. A deep desire to leave a mark on the world, to be remembered after leaving this earth. Talented and, more importantly, aware of her talents. Clutching to her work, her abilities, thinking, “It was worth it, it was worth it, it has to be worth it.” The people she’s left behind. The loves that she lost. Showing people that she cares through her abilities more than what they actually want from her (to stay, to be available, to need them). And worst of all, that single-minded drive that wants to get the most of what she needs and excluding everything else.

I saw way too much of myself in Laerryn Coramar-Seelie. And I’m not sure I loved what I saw.

If I had been in her shoes—me, who ditched my family and friends to see the world, have always been looking for more in life than simply what works, who feels fundamentally different from most people, who truly deeply cares about others but somehow can never put them above my own dreams and hopes, which is the very definition of love in most books—if I had been there, would I have done any different?

Or would I, too, in my own hubris and desperation, made the choice that seemed most right to me, and so completely missed the point?

I think I was angry because I wanted her to make the right decision, and when she didn’t, I felt afraid.

30 notes - Posted August 2, 2022

#2

Wereanimals that aren’t just wolves. The leader is a WereTiger.

I am living.

35 notes - Posted November 11, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Okay, I’m not one for crackships as a general rule, but Fearne and Chetney are too batshit insane hilarious to not get behind. An almost-canon crackship that references Hulk and Black Widow. The wildest will-they-won’t-they between two weird old people. A 100+ year old hippie faun druid and a 400+ feral gremlin werewolf with really strong Chihuahua energy. God bless.

730 notes - Posted November 4, 2022

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[crying-in-converse]

I posted 297 times in 2022

That's 297 more posts than 2021!

97 posts created (33%)

200 posts reblogged (67%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@henrythepug

@ketterdam-snack-bar

@yesterdayorcenturiesbefore

@oblivious-aro

@paqerings

I tagged 109 of my posts in 2022

#aroace - 23 posts

#taylor swift - 15 posts

#ace - 13 posts

#taylors version - 13 posts

#aro - 12 posts

#song reccomendations - 10 posts

#aro pride - 10 posts

#give me song recs - 10 posts

#asexual - 10 posts

#song recs - 9 posts

Longest Tag: 92 characters

#no i am not one of those girls who simp over the once ler i just really like the lorax movie

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

"I don't dress for women, I don't dress for men

lately I've been dressing for revenge"

is so aroace coded

45 notes - Posted November 15, 2022

#4

open pinterest, make a moodboard out of the first nine pictures that show up, and tag your mutuals!

I was tagged by @yesterdayorcenturiesbefore and @henrythepug <3

tagging @paqerings @tea-time-with-dragons @king-crocodile @ketterdam-snack-bar @cheesepizzabro

80 notes - Posted November 26, 2022

#3

i need to lock myself in a dark room to go on tumblr and watch wednesday and read solitaire

88 notes - Posted November 30, 2022

#2

reading radio silence has really helped me realize just how amazing and needed platonic friendships are. romance is every where and it just feels so refreshing (especially as an aroace) to read a book where the two main characters have such strong purely platonic love for each other. I just want to shout out all of my friends because you mean more to me than anyone or anything else in this world.

116 notes - Posted November 23, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I honestly do not get non- aspec people.

how do you not need to become friends with the person you date first? like doesn't that make sense? so you can find out the type of person they are and if they truly wouldn't hurt you?

im just confused, like its so easy for u to just become friends first, before anything else.

126 notes - Posted December 10, 2022

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[maya-chirps]

I posted 428 times in 2022

29 posts created (7%)

399 posts reblogged (93%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@/thekawaiibutterflygirl

@/appleflavoredkitkats

@/redstonedust

@/staffs-secret-blog

@/adhbabey

I tagged 424 of my posts in 2022

Only 1% of my posts had no tags

#reblurb - 197 posts

#reblog - 191 posts

#lgbtqia+ - 47 posts

#ukraine - 28 posts

#russian invasion - 23 posts

#goncharov - 22 posts

#standwithukraine - 22 posts

#aro - 21 posts

#russia - 21 posts

#ace - 21 posts

Longest Tag: 137 characters

#then again this creator straight up gas a pro-ussr banner that features the eastern european hetalian characters in full ussr flag shirts

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

These fucking elections are a fucking mess.

5 notes - Posted May 10, 2022

#4

I wanna write something related to the elections right now especially considering my family history with the Marcoses, but I can't on account of my medical condition. I'll write it one of these days though.

5 notes - Posted May 11, 2022

#3

Being aromantic is tough, especially in a love-obsessed society and culture, but I feel so grateful to have lucked out with my mom.

I mean, yeah, she still says things like "You'll never know..." but she says it in a less adamant way that definitely doesn't imply that she doesn't believe me when I say it to her. I overheard her talking with my aunt saying that she was glad that I wasn't interested in relationships and both of them seem so understanding of me being aro.

She sometimes just randomly tells me stories of relatives and friends she had that lived fulfilling single lives in order to cheer me up when I lament amatonormativity and loneliness, and perks up whenever she hears real people who share my experience too!

Recently, I've noticed that she likes telling me about characters in the shows she watches that she thinks I'd relate to, and excitedly tells me when a character comes out as ace or aro or aroace.

Just- I'm so lucky to have my mom.

26 notes - Posted November 2, 2022

#2

As much as I like the people firing the gunshots to keep rent low and purity twitter away from tumblr with cringeposting that would make 2012 blush, I feel like it's weirdly equally effective to just show them the cemetery at our backyard and be honest with how tumblr really runs right now since it's also driving those twitterinas away. Like, keep posting cringe of course, but I don't think they'd like us regardless of the amount of superwholock we bring back.

29 notes - Posted November 10, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Being asexual is actually super fucking awesome in that there's so much diverse experiences within the community and they all subvert society's expectations in some way.

Like it's honestly so awesome that all of us have this unique view and relationship with society that adds more to known conversations and topics that most people may not even have cross their minds.

I just think it's so fucking cool and we should celebrate these diverse experiences more.

259 notes - Posted October 29, 2022

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[aceoffangirls]

I posted 425 times in 2022

That's 415 more posts than 2021!

67 posts created (16%)

358 posts reblogged (84%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@thearoaceplantmom

@daylightsimon

@delusional-mess

@arguablysomaya

@shmaroace

I tagged 113 of my posts in 2022

#asexual - 38 posts

#aroace - 36 posts

#aromantic - 34 posts

#lgbtqia - 28 posts

#ace - 21 posts

#asexuality - 21 posts

#cupioromantic - 15 posts

#aro - 15 posts

#aromantic spectrum - 14 posts

#heartstopper - 11 posts

Longest Tag: 136 characters

#anyone have any good merlin fics where the knights watch all the times merlin almost died as well as all the times he cried i need angst

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Soooo I made another meme

641 notes - Posted August 5, 2022

#4

Happy Ace Week to all my fellow Aces, here is some garlic bread

1,092 notes - Posted October 24, 2022

#3

Can someone make a quiz for ace and aro spec people to tell if they are having a crush or alterous attraction to someone, because I like need help.

1,109 notes - Posted July 29, 2022

#2

You know I think aces are the most chaotic as we basically

Just want to eat cake

Just want to eat garlic bread

Just want to eat really anything

Want a dragon

Plan world domination because we are immune to the human desire of sexual attraction and will soon rule the world and steal everyone's cake and garlic bread

Forget we are asexual because we found someone pretty and go through the realisation for the fifth time that week, that yes sexual attraction is a real thing that people experience

1,293 notes - Posted September 30, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL ASEXUALITY DAY

Happy Ace day to all my fellow Acespecs

To the Asexuals, Demisexuals, Greysexuals

To the Aceflux’s and cupiosexuals, 

To the lithosexuals, fraysexuals

To all those on the ace spec that I haven't listed 

To the sex favourable. the sex indifferent, the sex repulsed

To those who are acepec: arospec, hetero romantic, bi romantic, homo romantic, pan romantic 

To those still questioning or confused 

To all those who are apart of this community (sorry if I did not list above)

You are all valid and beautiful. 

Happy International Asexual Day 💜 🖤🤍

7,177 notes - Posted April 6, 2022

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[corelliaxdreaming]

Dear Yuletide Writer

First of all, thank you! I'm pretty easy to please, and I can't wait to see what you come up with for me.

Secondly, I'd love to receive treats from anyone! I forgot to put this in my sign-up, so I hope this counts too.

I'll list my general likes and dislikes, though there are a small number of exceptions in my notes for specific fandoms.

Likes:

~any genre, hard fluff to hard angst

~any rating

~hurt/comfort, especially emotional

~anxious and/or depressed and/or PTSD-suffering characters + supportive partners/friends who are always there for them even if they don't quite understand what they're going through

~porn with feelings

~aromantic spectrum characters, asexual spectrum characters, and/or queerplatonic relationships. I'm aroace and in a QPR myself, so I have a lot of these types of headcanons.

~“unconventional” relationships in general (coparenting while not being involved romantically/sexually, aroallo or alloace relationships, platonic life partners, being close friends with an ex, polyamory, etc etc)

DNWs:

~noncon/dubcon/cheating/violence between requested characters

~amatonormativity (the idea that romantic relationships are more important than other kinds, the assumption that all people desire a romantic relationship and would automatically be happier with one, sort of a form of arophobia)

~compulsory sexuality (the assumption that all people desire sex and would automatically be happier than without it, sort of a form of acephobia)

Now for specific fandom notes:

We Are A Picturesque Small Town And We Refuse To Be The Setting For Your RomCom - Rachel McKenny

(Chet Anderson, Medical Practitioner, Lumber Industry Professional, Billionaire – My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice))

I just love the aromantic vibes this one gives off with all the townspeople being so fed up with romance. What if this in fact a town full of arospecs? Perhaps someone comes there looking for romance and finds about this other way of living. Or perhaps a “couple” (or moresome) from the town follows the steps of one of those stereotypical romance storylines, but they’re really in a platonic/queerplatonic relationship? Would especially love to see Chet show up as aromantic and be totally done with the shenanigans as he prosecuting someone for their crimes.

On the other hand, I can see this turning Twilight Zone-esque. Perhaps there literally can’t be romance past the borders of the town. How and why? What happens if someone with romantic feelings enters? (If you choose this, please be careful not to make it arophobic. For example, no insisting/inferring that not having romance in their live is inherently sad/pathetic/unfulfilling/etc for every single person.)

In either case, it would be super fun to see appearances of some of the little details like the specific businesses (especially the combo ones) and literal holidays mentioned in the piece.

Pocahontas (Disney Movies)

(Mrs. Jenkins, John Rolfe, Pocahontas, John Smith – My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags; or it may use exceptions I explain in the form)

For this one, please include Pocahontas and the Johns; Mrs. Jenkins is fun but optional. (Though they're no nominated, appearances from any of the animal characters would also be enjoyed.) Despite knowing it's based on history, I've always been kind of bummed Pocahontas ended up with Rolfe instead of Smith. But last time I watched, I was struck by how much I liked the idea of them as an OT3. Each pair has a fun dynamic between them, and this way, everybody “wins.”

As a side note, I know these movies are based on some contentious real history with all the sharp corners Disney sanded off. I'm not ignoring that, but I am just looking for something set in this fictional version.

Snuggly Pup Palace (Podcast)

(Listener | Pooch Palace Visitor, Heather, Sam, Daisy – My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice))

I just want to see something more in this setting with the same sort of chill vibe. Maybe just a slice of life of how the Pooch Palace runs. Maybe a continuation or sequel of the sleepcast itself. Maybe a bit of expansion on Sam and/or Health and how they came to work here and what they think of it. Daisy might be my favorite fictional dog; what an absolute sweetheart.

FAITH (Airdorf Video Games)

(John Ward, Father Garcia, Amy Martin – My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice))

For this fandom specifically, canon levels of violence/gore are fine, even between the requested characters. Religious content is also fine, but please nothing overtly preachy. I'm not religious, and I'm not looking to be converted.

John is my favorite here. My Type when it comes to characters is very much “guy who tries so hard to do the right thing and suffers for it and is kind of a real kicked puppy type.” So just, I dunno, anything kind of about that? Or maybe what happened to him after the game? I don't recall which ending is meant to be “canon,” but I like the one where Garcia basically becomes his mentor. I like that take on their relationship, but I'm also not opposed to shipping them. (Big fan of John's more-or-less canon bisexuality.) I'm also a little fascinated by John's relationship with Amy and how easily she forgives him toward the end of the game, even after everything. How did she reach that point? And how much must that have thrown him for a loop?

Merge Mansion (Video Game)

(Maddie Boulton, Rufus, Emilio Costa, Roddy Took – My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)

I know Maddie never realizing that the guys are coming on to her is an ongoing joke, but it really reads are her being aromantic/arospec to me. I'd love to see some exploration of that. Maybe she doesn't know it yet herself? Maybe she talks to Rufus about how she just doesn't understand?

If not, sort of anything that's just fun and light related to this game and not featuring Maddie romance would be great. Maybe something based on one of the events or areas. I know the actual merge gameplay doesn't really convert to real life, but seeing some of those objects might be fun.

Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles (Song)

(Eleanor Rigby, Father McKenzie – My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice))

I don't get out much musically, so I've just heard this song for the first time relatively recently (specifically the Cody Fry version) and was kinda fascinated by it. What is Eleanor's story? Does McKenzie really give sermons to an empty church? What is their relationship (now romantic/sexual please!) How lonely are they really? My brain likes the idea that Eleanor might be aro/arospec and alone by choice. (And if you wanna go weird, some dark corner of my brain likes the idea of her face in a jar being literal.)

[arielsojourner]

I posted 1,752 times in 2022

That's 869 more posts than 2021!

22 posts created (1%)

1,730 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@broosepayne

@masteroffoolhardyplans

@bonesbuckleup

@spongebobssquarepants

@lillytalons

I tagged 22 of my posts in 2022

#moon knight - 5 posts

#marc spector - 4 posts

#steven grant - 4 posts

#aroace - 3 posts

#asexual - 3 posts

#khonshu - 3 posts

#vader strikes back - 2 posts

#luke and vader save the galaxy - 2 posts

#layla - 2 posts

#youtube - 2 posts

Longest Tag: 67 characters

#this is reigniting my love for ancient egypt from my 7th grade self

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Palpatine: My job is to carry out Senate policy.

Padme: Even if you think it is wrong?

Palpatine: Well, almost all Senate policy is wrong but it is frightfully well carried out.

20 notes - Posted March 5, 2022

#4

Did I stay up way late to watch ep 2 of Moon Knight? Yes, yes I did and it was so worth it!

28 notes - Posted April 6, 2022

#3

Thoughts on rewatching Moon Knight Ep 2 (this time not tired and past midnight)

SPOILERS!

1. Is it just me or when Steven wakes and “opens up” the three pane mirror . . . does that mean he keeps that mirror closed regularly? He has a mirror you have to “open?” I don’t know about you but I don’t have mirrors that open or I keep closed.

2. When getting fired and the boss mentions doctors there is such a defeated look in Steven’s face and then when he sees the brochure . .  I think he’s maybe been there before, had the “doctors” talk before. 

3. God, he talks to the statue man because that’s the only person who LISTENS when he talks. Everyone else ignores, goes away, isn’t interested, belittles him. His only listener (and he mentions that when he looks at the doctor brochure too, that they look like they’re “good listeners”) is a living statute. WTF. This is so so sad. And just having that listener, non judgmental who doesn’t run away or shift expression gives Steven hope.

3. Steven’s “mm-hmm” after Layla says that he is talking to his mom again. Like he’s starting to second guess that too now along with everything/one else.

4. What does it say about the alters if Steven is learning French and Hieroglyphics, things Marc’s wife knows and/or likes/loves. Can the wants and wishes of one alter influence the desires and/or skills of another alter in a system?  Can the things they love about other people become things that other alters embrace? And Layla thinks Marc is playing games with her, sharing knowledge with her about both things when she’s the one who knew that, not Marc. You can see she is feeling a bit pissed but also thinking, what is he playing at?  She huffs a laugh when he praises her knowledge of unilaterals because it is so absurd that Marc keeps playing these games, “pretending” to be this Steven. Why is he praising her? Clumsily flirting with her? Great scene. Great acting all over her body language. 

5. “I would never divorce you.” The earnest words of a man who realizes he DOES have someone in his life, somehow; through all the madness, there is someone there and she knows French poetry like he does and knows her unilaterals and he is CHARMED and he is not letting her go, not if he can legally help it. Awww!  And Layla is just . . . WTF? What does this mean? Divorce papers but unsigned? The accent? Pretending not know? Learning French AND ancient Egyptian? Steven and Marc are the embodiments of mixed messages here. 

6. What I think is strangely hilarious is that Khonshu talking to Steven and saying things like “I am real justice” is like an ordinary person waking up one day and Batman (and I know that Moon Knight is NOT Batman, this is just comparison) is visible and audible only to that person and it is Batman as like a two dimensional character telling you to do things in the name of justice. OMG, realizing he has alters, seeing jackals that don’t appear on camera, meeting his “wife”, realizing he is estranged from his own mom (she never calls back!), finding out that everyone almost EVERYONE is a member of a cult (like invasion of the body snatchers style terror there) everyone is in on it, no one is safe, not even the police, AND he has an ancient Egyptian god that only he sees around him insulting him talking about vengeance . . . no wonder he thinks he’s going mad. Marc is just one thing in all of this. 

7. I don’t know much about Marc’s character so far from the show (no one does, we only have 2 episodes so far) but we know he is concerned about protecting Steven (and giving Steven his props for the punch) and protecting Layla and ordinary citizens (makes sense if he is ex-military) and coming to an end of his servitude to Khonshu, but I think that if Arthur is right, that Khonshu goes for people with a strong moral conscious it is STEVEN’s conscious that attracted him to offer a deal to the dying system.  Like it was Steven who Khonshu sensed as having the moral compass and strength of conscious to be his Fist but now that he has the body, the god mistakenly sees only Marc’s physical strength and military skills, missing all that Steven (and other alters? Jake?  I don’t think the Dylan date was Marc btw, that was totally Jake), brings to the table. Then he does start to perhaps see it, when Steven speaks his mind and is not swayed by Harrow, which is why Steven gets his own suit! Which is why Khonshu allows him and orders him to “Summon the Suit!” when he is falling. Khonshu is still a bastard though, but then most gods are capricious bastards and he will only admit that Marc is “worth protecting.” 

8. I love how when that first cultist grabs Layla Steven hits him saying “get off! get off!” 

9. The scarab must be given. It cannot be taken. Magical rules established. Harrow claims to be a former Avatar of Khonshu. Ammit had at least one avatar who held the cane before Harrow. Ammit was betrayed by one (her first?) avatar. Unclear if Harrow is her avatar or not. Perhaps he could become it if he finds her tomb?

10. The Calvinistic, “saved” ideology (Some are saved, some are damned and it is known before you even are born or commit any crime), and the idea of the day of Ammit’s judgment (Revelations anyone?) in what Harrow says . . . interesting how many parallels to Christian ideologies are in there and clever. Explains how his cult has spread so far and wide. His ideas are easy to swallow when they are mirrored in the West’s Christian ideologies and common tropes and myths. 

11. Great use of sound and showing how when both Marc and Layla are yelling at him in the evil magician’s man cave, that his ears just start ringing and then go muffled. And just like reflections and upside down POV shows how (possibly) unreliable Steven’s sight is (his ability to discern reality) (or conversely how his POV, skewed though it is is MORE accurate), the playing with SOUND goes to the thing about listening. No one listens to Steven. But then Layla gets it and finally uses his name. This is not a game. Steven hasn’t been playing. 

12. “How long you been doing this?”  “I don’t know.  Long time. Long time.”

So this is NOT new and not “brought on by Khonshu” which I’ve heard some youtubers’s mistakenly claim. Nope. This is DID and Marc has been aware of this for a long time. 

13. Khonshu threatens Marc that he shouldn’t want to part ways from him because you “may not like my next candidate” and indicating “she” is near and dear to him but wouldn’t it be a trip if in the end Marc ends the deal and Khonshu promises Layla is safe from him only for Khonshu to claim Steven or Jake or another alter? 

14. The ruined room in Egypt. Reflective surfaces smashed or knocked over (the lamp, the chair? the plate, the mirror cracked and covered). Steven is not stopping. 

15. I love how Egypt is not SEPIA toned or washed out with orange/brown filter! Yes! Thank you! I see blues and greens and reds and whites. 

16. End credits and the new song. LOVE The images.

33 notes - Posted April 10, 2022

#2

My spoiler free reaction to Moon Knight before the end credit scene:

My spoiler free reaction to the end credit scene of Moon Knight:

Also Layla is awesome.

54 notes - Posted May 4, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Is Koisenu Futari, the new JDrama with two AroAce main characters my new obsession? 

Yes, yes it is.

2 episodes in and I already think there are some beautiful lines that should become ubiquitous in the aro/ace community including, but not limited to:

“I like crab” to communicate, yes I will meet your family who has allo expectations of everyone you meet to support you.

“Building/having your castle” to mean creating your adult life with the things you want in it that do not automatically have to follow an allo or heteronormative pattern of romance, marriage, kids.

“Would you become a family with me?" is such a beautiful phrase to reflect a desire to connect with one another that has nothing to do with romance and/or sex unless the parties so choose.

Seeing the “merit” of one another. Having you in my life means I don’t have to be “lonely alone.” It means I can avoid the “nuisance of the neighbors” and it means that it is worth the effort to make udon for breakfast.   I don’t even know what udon is but it sounds wonderful.

References to the “hamster shirt” as shorthand for I find X type of physical contact not to my taste.

I hope these and other bits of beautiful dialogue become as meaningful as cake and garlic bread and dragons to us all.  What ones did you see/hear that spoke to you?

65 notes - Posted February 19, 2022

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[alien-ally]

I posted 398 times in 2022

That's 398 more posts than 2021!

61 posts created (15%)

337 posts reblogged (85%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@shmaroace

@wannabehuntress

@aro-aro-aro-ace-ace-ace

@kissimirrit

I tagged 354 of my posts in 2022

Only 11% of my posts had no tags

#aa mine - 181 posts

#reblog - 112 posts

#aromantic - 94 posts

#aro - 54 posts

#aroace - 34 posts

#aplatonic - 31 posts

#loveless aro - 25 posts

#loveless - 24 posts

#asexual - 23 posts

#ace - 19 posts

Longest Tag: 132 characters

#not at me imagining getting married and leaving home and sharing a bed with an absolute stranger and finding it absolutely repulsive

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Signs you are aroace:

- perpetual boredom

- you have an eye for quality

- you struggle to make posts like this

(unreliable source suggests 89% accuracy)

18 notes - Posted July 1, 2022

#4

Perks of interacting with aspecs online:

- You can talk and have fun without being worried of unflattering advances

- There’s an automatic solidarity established 

- +1 new ally attained 

- You can be nice and compliment each other without the worry of it getting mistaken as flirting

- A kinship you rarely (or never) find irl

(feel free to add more >.<)

28 notes - Posted May 8, 2022

#3

Peace

So I see tumblr has been giving me daily prompts as part of the mental health month so thought to post a little entry:

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about”

- Rumi

Peace is that I think. When you’re able to lie down on that metaphorical grass unrestrained. It’s the serenity that comes with knowing that you or someone has got you. Hence, it can be found in crisis too I believe. It’s feeling all the weight disintegrate from your mind loosening the taut braincells. Peace is the small smile that grazes your lips on a nice dewy morning. Peace is knowing you’re on the right path🤍✌🏽

74 notes - Posted May 3, 2022

#2

Koisenu Futari

Finished watching koisenu futari. The moment I saw it on tumblr I knew I had to watch it and to no one's surprise it has been life-changing. Representation wise and story wise it just kept getting better all the way. I had a smile on my face throughout, while different emotions flickered in my eyes.

Within 4 hours, they tackled so many of the jabs aro/ace and loveless people get, it got sort of overwhelming. And the fact that they did it without being insensitive towards any of the downplayed identities. Without using the ‘we can still feel xxx love' or 'we can still form xxx relationships’ to validate aspecs. Cause no matter where you lie on the ace/aro/apl spectrums, you shouldn't have to be redeemed. The variety of interpersonal relationships portrayed was just chef’s kiss. The entire scene of Sakuko in the aspec club. How one pair of people only called each other when they needed help and still referred to each other as family. Seeing that made me incredibly happy, as an aplatonic that desires some form of a comradeship. Reminded me once again that it’s okay to work out something out of the norm, as long as it’s comfortable for me and those involved.

Personally, as someone with zero allies in real life, I've depended solely on myself for reassurance. So it gets exhausting. Terribly so. Figuring out that you greatly differ from the majority at a young age and battling the perpetual estrangement that follows. Realizing that apart from my family and a few friends no one might ever get to see certain sides of me. Only to get heart broken by my parents who may never truly understand me. For all the times I felt hopeless, every night I spend scrolling through tumblr and aven forums unable to fall asleep. All the instances I thought of coming out to my brother and parents, except dint because I was waiting to reach an age at which my words would hold more credibility. Dealing with the incessant triggers strewn around carelessly. For every single time I felt compelled to justify my experiences and orientations, my right to know myself, when my touch-aversion and lovelessness felt like a disability. The sheer horror and befuddlement that crept up to me while watching the news, finding out about the monstrosities that happened to young girls , children and women. None of it comes from trauma, but without me knowing, at some point, being this way became my trauma. All of it has been portrayed awesomely by this show. It reminded me that although it may seem that way for now, I'm not alone and will eventually find more people like me.

I enjoyed all the characters in the story cause despite their initial bad responses towards their beliefs getting challenged, they were willing to learn. Willing to accept even if they dint necessarily understand. Some even eager to learn more (spoiler: Kazu). But most importantly watching this made of realize just how many tropes could come up if we experimented with aroace characters. We only get crumbs of representation but just IMAGINE the countless plotlines and relationship dynamics we could come up with for aspec characters!!! Including the fake dating trope, lovers to realizing you're aspec to becoming allies trope and so much more. There is so much waiting to be explored. I'm tired of watching people marvelling about love. Now can we please explore lovelessness? I tell you IT'S JUST AS EXTENSIVE as the mighty love itself.

This is probably my hundredth time editing this post. I just can’t finish expressing what I feel about this. Each time feels as though I’m missing out on something. The ending was the most best and perfect ending to ever exist. In the end, home is just somewhere you can return to, someone you can split chores with, someone that motivates you to try out intense recipes (cause when you get to share the food you make is when you reach true content of a successful recipe), someone to help you with your vegetable garden and house maintenance. Someone you can go shopping with. It’s literally anything you want it to be. A family (subject to change) is what you want it to be.

The many times the words aromantic and asexual was shown on screen was simply immaculate. Each and every word uttered by Takahashi deserves a separate frame. From his dream of building a vegetable kingdom to his eccentric udon making tactics. Plus yes, his love for crabs. Can't miss out on that. Sakuko's amiability, love for long coats and Kazu's neverending absorptivity topped off by Maya's affection for pandas.

I give this show an absolute 10/10. Someone is saying we should replace 'sending love' with 'sending cabbages' among aroaces omg that sounds amazing.😭 Underrated vegetable cabbage supremacists please gather around immediately

Okay I'm finishing off, as for my last words: Yeah. People who can't fall in love exist. I'm one of them. But that's not the point. The point is

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89 notes - Posted April 9, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

So I'd changed schools this year (junior in highschool), and just a few days ago i overheard a couple of my classmates talking about the lbtqia+ community and asked them if they knew what the 'a' in the acronym stood for, the first answer was asexual, to which i proceeded to tell em it stood for aromantic, agender and some other a-specs, from how they were so eager to learn i went 'wanna know a fun fact?' and came out to them as aroace (later greyapl as well). They told me that now that they know, it kind of made sense lolol. And today in the break while i was reading my book they came up to me asked how their favorite aroace was doing :/ and what my fav flag was

Today again, in the bus i asked another one of my classmates if she knew what the 'a' in the acronym stood for, first answer was agender, i was totally blown away, went woahhhh and proceeded to say what else it stood for. Then. . . she said at one point she thought she was aro. At that point i was enchanted, I Am Aromantic! i told her. we talked about it for a bit, when i discovered and identified with the terms etc. until my stop came. I told her how important that conversation was for me cause I'd never spoken about it to people irl, much less even meet people who knew the terms. She said she was touched. I said, no I am touched.

If those two interactions dint light up my entire car ride (yeah someone has to pick me from the bus stop, school bus sucks ); back home, rest of the day, coming weekend, next week and possibly this entire month. One of them is bi and another bi questioning (the one who questioned being aro). For once, perhaps the first time, to be myself, even if i wasn't trying to be anything else, to have people know, perceive me for what i am, i dint know what sort of weight it had on my shoulders until it was lifted away. Awesome people exist, just met some the past couple weeks and now will always remember these encounters as my first major coming out (i had already to my friends but this one felt different). I was overcome with so much elation, relief, happiness, joy, satisfaction, bliss, peace i wanted to scream it out. So here it is, it's not that hopeless after all

528 notes - Posted August 6, 2022

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[phecdasolar]

I posted 5,325 times in 2022

That's 1,759 more posts than 2021!

121 posts created (2%)

5,204 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@phecdasolar

@blitzy-blitzwing

@the-king-of-lemons

@l-art-stuff-l

@quiznak-ofgrayskull

I tagged 735 of my posts in 2022

#i speak - 174 posts

#rottmnt - 76 posts

#toh spoilers - 76 posts

#save rottmnt - 58 posts

#save for later - 36 posts

#the owl house spoilers - 35 posts

#lego monkie kid - 33 posts

#important - 29 posts

#liveblogging - 27 posts

#nwh spoilers - 26 posts

Longest Tag: 137 characters

#bill then proceeds to keep watch over this odd but adorable kid and if anyone asks this is all part of a plan for a bigger betrayal later

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Six eared Macaque? I’m sorry do you mean

✨Axolotl Monkey✨

77 notes - Posted March 18, 2022

#4

I wish all the Twitter Dream antis a very death is too kind a fate for you

(^^) <3

90 notes - Posted October 2, 2022

#3

WHOOP WHOOP

We’re doing great guys! But sad news for Twitter, it’s no longer trending in the US :( not even anywhere in the top 30.

Like I said, we’re doing a fantastic job here but we need to focus on getting Rottmnt trending back on Twitter because unfortunately if I’m being honest, that’s where it’s gonna be noticed more.

We pride ourselves on being that one site that everyone thinks is dead or won’t touch with a 50 ft pole but this is the one time that it might do us more harm than good :(

We need to bring the fight back to Twitter.

147 notes - Posted August 9, 2022

#2

Heyo hermitblr/mcytblr I request any fics you have of Mumbo Jumbo absolutely destroying Samgladiator <3

Like full on just obliterating him

Physically, mentally, psychologically, etc I just want to see the feral, protective rage of Mumbo unleashed on this guy when he finds out what happened to Grian during YHS

The fictional people please, I feel like I need to specify this anywho thank youuu

157 notes - Posted July 7, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I showed my mom the Jaiden Aroace video, bc awhile back we had a conversation about that stuff and she really had no idea what any of that was and didn’t really get it and I’m not exactly aro or ace so I couldn’t really explain it her all that well :/

So I saw Jaiden’s video and was like; Hey, this is a perfect opportunity to help mom understand it better with someone who is actually capable of explaining it better than I can!

And she did have a few questions and opinions about it but she reacted really positively to it! I asked her after we watched the video if she understood it all better and she said yeah, it helped her a lot!

So if my White Christian Mom can understand Aromanticism and Asexuality and react to it in a largely positive way, then there is literally no reason you aro/acepobes out there can’t :P

315 notes - Posted March 22, 2022

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[proud-aroace]

I posted 56 times in 2022

That's 56 more posts than 2021!

26 posts created (46%)

30 posts reblogged (54%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@aroaceconfessions

@aro-aro-aro-ace-ace-ace

@aroace-people-are-lgtbq

@fuckyeahasexual

I tagged 26 of my posts in 2022

#aroace - 17 posts

#acearo - 15 posts

#asexual - 13 posts

#ace - 12 posts

#aromantic - 11 posts

#aro - 11 posts

#aromantism - 10 posts

#aro pride - 10 posts

#actually asexual - 10 posts

#aspec - 7 posts

Longest Tag: 91 characters

#all this time i was disgusted with even the idea of romance in pop culture and in real life

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Maybe its an aro thing but unpredictable kissing scenes when the enemies are attacking them is the worst way the writers destroy the entire movie for me.

24 notes - Posted February 14, 2022

#4

As an aroace, I'm not a big fan of romance or drama, especially high school drama. But Heartstopper was exceptional.

It was beautiful.

It felt real.

It represented the struggles of the whole LGBTQIA+ community amazingly.

Long story short. It's AWESOME.

P.S.- I'm still not over this show. Waiting for season 2 eagerly.

31 notes - Posted July 20, 2022

#3

Finished HEARTSTOPPER yesterday night and cried the entire rest of the night. Well, gotta say pretty good rest I got from that without sleeping.

Anyway, AMAZING CAST and WRITING is just flawless. A must watch.

40 notes - Posted July 16, 2022

#2

I found out that I'm aroace during lockdown. And I was happy and confident AF about my identity. But then the lockdown was over and I entered first year of college and thus met a lot of new people and therefore I realised and noticed quite a few things that made me happy and sad at the same time:

1. That I was much more confident in talking to boys (which I wasn't in high school for some unknown reason).

2. That people, who DESPERATELY wants to be in a relationship, does exist (till high school it was a lot less). And they think that everyone will get into a relationship eventually because people have "needs".

3. I sometimes feel sad that I'll lose my friends because they all value their relationships over friendship. Now giving importance to your partners is great but please don't give any less importance to your friends.

This has been a vent session. Thanks for reading.

51 notes - Posted July 2, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Hey Awesome Asexuals, I found a great resource for y'all.

99 notes - Posted April 30, 2022

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[brensquared]

ended up glancing through the clay/leb search on twitter and everything was dated from 2019 or 2020, and was suddenly reminded how as soon as it was made clear in canon by caduceus himself and by taliesin, people respected that caduceus is asexual(/aromantic) and basically stopped shipping him?? dont get me wrong im sure theres still stragglers out there holding onto their cad ships, or reworking them to fit with his orientation, but it was just overall a pretty remarkable thing to see happen

its especially interesting (at least to me) how a lot of aspec people clocked cad as being aspec as well, far before it ever came up in game; in particular, I always recall an essay written by @otdderamin (in august 2018!) going over episodes 28-32, where they accurately read between the lines and saw that cad was aroace as well

in the kindest way possible I find it interesting how aspec people recognize our own before allosexual people do, and how often it takes an aspec orientation being explicitly stated before people start to actually Take Notice. (granted im generalizing a bit here and implying that everyone who ever shipped cad is allo, and that everyone who thought he was aspec was Also aspec, which is a huge assumption to make; rather, I'm trying to use this idea to make a point about the ways ppl treat aspec characters.)

recently I saw a fic - which, admittedly, I didnt read - where the author wrote cad into a relationship, and mentioned in the notes how "cad can still be aroace and be in a relationship". I took their tags to mean some kind of queerplatonic relationship, and I genuinely dont think they meant harm or ill will; I also dont know if they were aspec themselves because, again, I didnt read it or look further into it. but that sort of phrasing, and that sort of idea, reminds me a lot of the subtle amatonormativity that heavily impacts aro people in particular. the idea that, even if a person isnt interested in Romance, they must still be paired off in some way, that even if they arent attracted to someone they can still be in a relationship. and that is true, and people exist who live that way, and all the power to em! but it feels somehow strange and inauthentic in this case, with this character, to put him into this sort of position - to me, at least.

ultimately this is all just one guy's musings, having watched and been part of the fandom before and after the orientation reveal. you may agree or disagree with me, and that's fine. i think more of a deep dive may be warranted to try and dissect the relationship between the CR fandom, caduceus, and shipping because I think theres a lot of interesting conclusions in there.

[socialdisease609]

Hey guys, GENUINE QUESTION here.

I know how quick people can be to get angry, so I wanted to say that first, I'm legit just wanting to learn.

There are people out there who are shipping Yelena and Kate, to which I myself have felt some good chemistry between them while watching the show.

Looking through tags and responses, I see a lot of people saying Yelena is aroace.

I googled this because I love to see comic issues where things are made canon because these are milestone moments, and I'm a collector of such moments.

However, all I can find is that the co-creator said Yelena is "more likely to be asexual."

It says here that "Yelena's asexuality has never been explored in any media." and that only the co-creator just shared her (edit: I googled Grayson due to a comment and turns out this article sucks even more because not even the writer knew Grayson was a woman 🙄) personal thoughts.

Once again, I'm not trying to negate representation, I'm just wondering if this is yet another instance of Marvel being too afraid to make it obvious.

I feel Marvel has a reputation of "making both sides happy" by keeping everything so vague that people looking for representation see something but the bigots who hate diversity in comics are still clueless enough to enjoy themselves.

For example, in the X-Men comics, people saw wlw subcontext in Kitty Pryde's friendships. Prime examples being Illyana Rasputin (Magik) and Rachel Summers. One of the most well-known Xmen writers, Chris Claremont once said that he saw Illyana as Kitty's first love and to him, Rachel was her True Love. However, Marvel only bothered to show Kitty having canon romantic and sexual relationships with any and every Peter in the world. Granted, Kitty was created in the 80s and things were different and many decades had to go by before Marvel finally let her be known as bisexual (THIS YEAR) by having her kiss another woman in a panel. But we haven't seen anything else after that, and there was no revelation of a more-than-platonic relationship between her and Illyana or Rachel, despite Claremont's vision, aside from a "gal pal straddle" and eye contact across a room lol

And speaking of Illyana, people have started to say Marvel has made her a canon pansexual because she offered to "make out" with three different types of individuals pre-fight, but many say its not clear and can just be taken as weird pre-fight taunting, not representation.

I mean, they also just recently officially stated Mystique and Destiny are married.

Basically, I think I just needed to get my frustration at Marvel off my chest.

Writers SAYING things and Marvel DOING things aren't always the same it seems because writers can give us crumbs all they can, but Marvel gatekeeping indisputable representation will always be in the way.

I know we all feel like things SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE plainly stated for them to be true, but I feel like Marvel really, really needs to do it. Because if the audience doesn't know as a whole, it feels like a secret. It doesn't feel like they care about different communities, it feels like they're too afraid to actually stand up, and I'm really tired of it 😫

And I think, honestly, most of it has to do with characters who are women. Because Marvel most likely believes that these characters need to remain "sexually available" to the Dude Bro readers out there who will flip their shit and foam at the mouth when they learn a fictional character wouldn't be interested in them (even though like.... they're fictional, you never had a chance lol)

On a less rant-y note lol, if the basis of Yelena's asexuality is from Devin Grayson's words, wouldn't that mean that she could still be romantic? Asexuality doesn't always partner with being aromantic, couldn't people ship her romantically and still respect her asexuality?

[gay-otlc]

Keepers Of The Chaos (3)

Summary: Tam, Linh, Dex, Keefe, Biana, and Fitz are part of the tiny fandom for Keeper of the Chaos, and Tam and Linh’s podcast convinces some of their other friends to watch it as well. The group finds themselves strangely invested in this show, where students at Tumblr High School who work together to write about an elf named Sophia, cause incomprehensible chaos, and fight their rival Pinterest High School.

Content warnings: Cursing, religion (Jewish Vackers), and Amsterdam (just in case, I know that was stressful for some people).

Word count: 1621

Notes: Most of the episodes are just events stolen from Lynn's roundup, Dex's memes are here

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The life of an amateur meme maker on dumbles dot com was a strange one, that was for sure. After finishing xyr favorite show- Ze-Ra: Monaerchs of Powhir- for the third time, Dex had searched for another show to fill the void in xyr soul. Biana recommended this show called "Keepers of the Chaos" and described it to xem. Xe was doubtful at first, but after watching the first episode, xe was hooked.

Xe used to not have many friends at xyr school, so xe did what every neurodivergent queer teen would do- made an account on dumbles dot com. People seemed to like xem- or at least, they liked dizznee-plus's memes and edits of Ze-Ra characters. Even after Dex befriended xyr squish, Fitz, thons sister, Biana, and aer girlfriend, Sophie, xe continued making content on dumbles. Around that time, the Ze-Ra fandom started dying off, and xyr memes started getting fewer note

In a sudden, two am burst of inspiration, Dex made edits of some of xyr favorite characters, like Ref, Akki, and Rose, with their respective pride flags (all of them bi) over them, and captioned it "we must be gay." The post blew up, or at least, what could be considered blowing up in Keeper of the Chaos's tiny fandom, and that was how Dex found xyr calling as an amateur meme/edit maker for KOTC.

History had been repeating itself, with the KOTC fandom starting to die off, until it was revived by an announcement from creator Saturn Nolastname- a season two would be released soon. Frantically, Dex made a meme about season one episode two, with the car salesman meme. Xe edited "chaos keepers" onto the car salesman, "the rarelynoticed" on the car, and "this bad boy can fit so many stripper outfits into it."

That had been... an interesting episode, to say the least. The chaos keepers had been talking about the antagonists of "Sophie and the Dark Duck"- a rebel group called the Rarelynoticed. In the information packet they'd been given, it was confirmed that the Rarelynoticed wore black cloaks and armbands, but no other clothes had been mentioned. Somehow, the chaos keepers came to the conclusion that the Rarelynoticed really wore neon pink leotards and green stripper heels, then drew this idea.

Needless to say, the Tumblr staff did not let them write that into the book. Nor did Lynn, the unofficially chosen leader of the group. Unfortunately for her, this didn't stop the chaos keepers from drawing more of these- or the fandom from making a ton of memes. In addition to the car salesman meme, a post with Drake saying no to "wearing normal fucking villain outfits" and yes to "leotards and stripper heels" gained popularity within the small fandom.

Though nothing could match the absolute shock of seeing the Rarelynoticed stripper outfit for the first time, Dex decided to rewatch the episode anyway- it was funny to see the chaos keepers freak out, and maybe xe could get some good screen captures. The good Saturn Nolastname indulged xem, and xe captured an excellent scene of most of the chaos keepers either laughing or screaming at the Rarelynoticed stripper outfits, with Kimber- one of xyr favorites- sitting on the side, explaining to Juno and Kaitee why Bianca Cracker was bisexual.

Xe went over to dumbles, posted the picture, added an image description, and captioned it "Live photo of me not caring when my friends talk about sex/romance." Xe chuckled to xemself- this really was how it felt to be aroace. Xe tagged it as aromantic and asexual as well, since dumbles added flag colors. Smiling, xe went to go check xyr notifications.

Xyr jaw dropped when xe saw that @lordofthesnuggles- Fitzroy (Dex didn't know thons middle name) Vacker thonself had liked and reblogged all three of xyr memes, even adding compliments in the tags! Xe'd had a bit of a platonic crush on Fitz for... a really long time, but xe always felt too awkward to talk to thon, so it was nice to see that thon appreciated xyr humor.

Feeling energized- and excited to procrastinate on xyr math homework- Dex went to watch the next episode: Dark Duck Is Jewish Now. Being Jewish xemself, this was a really funny episode to xem.

Lynn had been writing a sort of spinoff- it would be called fanfiction, but it was for her own story- about some of the Dark Duck characters celebrating Christmas, and added a throwaway line about Bianca and Finn Cracker celebrating Hanukkah. Then, her fiance, Shai, had taken that idea and run with it, writing a list of ideas about what would happen if the Cracker family was Jewish. Hir friend Sam had jumped on the idea, and soon they had abandoned writing the actual Dark Duck in favor of writing a story about Jewish Dark Duck characters. Some of the other Jewish chaos keepers, like Ref and Cat, helped out.

To be honest, it kind of surprised Dex that no one had made a joke about the Jewish Crackers just being matzah, so xe supposed xe would have to be the first.

Xe posted that observation, quickly getting a like from Fitz- which made xem smile. After a few minutes, Dex posted another meme: Shai and Sam standing in front of a door with a sign that read "elves don't have religion," and them saying "This sign won't stop me, because I can't read!"

It was accurate.

While that episode was great for Jewish representation, and funny, the Banana Noir episode was just plain weird.

It focused less on the Dark Duck than most of the other episodes, and was more about the crazy interactions of the chaos keepers. The episode was named for Banana Noir, who was really Cat Noir, but in a banana suit. Banana Noir was the son of Mellie, who looked like a shark, and Nora, who had platonically married faer. The mothers tried to arrange a marriage between him and Akki, who loved the side characters of the Dark Duck series. However, Akki wanted to marry Amelia. After a lot of shit that basically no one understood, Banana Noir's attempts were thwarted, and Lynn officiated the wedding between Akki and Amelia.

Yeah, Dex had no idea what the fuck was going on either. Xe'd watched an episode of Twins of the Chaos and a youtube video by arsonpog analyzing the Banana Noir chronicles, as it had been dubbed by the chaos keepers, and both expert opinions seemed to agree that Saturn Nolastname and the rest of the writers had probably been on crack when they made that episode.

The next episode made slightly more sense, though it was a low bar. After taking a break from the "official" Dark Duck story, the chaos keepers began collectively writing a Cinderella story about the characters Sophia and Bianca. People weren't allowed to be queer in the official story, but the chaos keepers still wanted to have fun with their obviously gay characters.

Even to the viewers of the show, who only received secondhand information about the Dark Duck characters, knew there was no way any of them, let alone all of them, were allocishet. The exact identities weren't entirely clear- when Dex had made edits of the characters' official art and xyr headcanons for their pride flags, a few people had disagreed- but both the chaos keepers and the fandom knew that despite what Shannon said, Sophia and Bianca were in love, and their Cinderella story should have made it in to the official Dark Duck story.

While excerpts of the Cinderella story were quoted in the show, most of it was left unclear, so Biana had taken it upon aerself to write aer own version of it. Dex was expecting an update later  that day, actually, or maybe the next. Ae wasn't always 100% reliable with aer update schedule. Still, Dex looked forward to when it eventually did come.

After the brief calmness from the Sophianca Cinderella episode, season one episode six, Amsterdam, exploded back into chaos. A few of the chaos keepers decided to discuss a fake scene in the book in which crazy shit went down, with the scene supposedly being located in Amsterdam. It had never been written and was never going to be, but everyone discussed it like it was real. Some of the highlights involved all the Dark Duck girls having swords (and the chaos keepers being gay for them), and a speedboat chase scene through the canals. Fitz had a popular theory that the chaos keepers would actually travel to Amsterdam in order to commemorate this crazy part of their lives. Almost as popular as that was a meme Dex made, with a man labeled "chaos keepers discussing amsterdam" and gesturing feverishly to a wall covered in papers and red string.

Of course, episode seven (Dark Duck Disney) was chaotic too. Everything was chaotic with this group, it was in the title. Shannon announced that the winning Dark Duck story would be adapted into a Disney movie. After past experience with terrible book to movie adaptations, the chaos keepers panicked. They panicked so much that it became major news within their school, which until then, had been largely ignoring the chaos keepers. Once the discussion about the movie settled down, they talked a lot about how in awe they were that their Dark Duck shenanigans were trending within the school.

But of course, none of that compared to the last episode of the season...

Dex changed xyr profile picture to include an ominous pair of teal eyes and sighed.