#waugh i have a lot of feelings abt this . . .

[mblue-art]

ough,,,, you givb me lust brainrot,,,,,,, hes jbust a littol guyTM,,,,

-juni

HECK yeah 🫶🫶🫶 good thoughts, i hope ! he deserves to be appreciated 💜

mme whne,when lust sans does anything that's so very him

(emoji src)

[skitskatdacat63]

Sometimes reading reviews of shows/movies with complicated/controversial characters makes me concerned at other people's lack of empathy. Or maybe I'm too empathetic 🤔

[vigilskeep]

maybe i stumbled into it by accidentally triggering her arrival super early but the uh early big durge moment landed much better with me this time

[unvergangliche]

study / one's time.

if frieren ends up actually enjoying you , remembering your 'time' as hers is nearly if not pseudo-immortality, essentially an immortal in a way , she will keep track of your far far more mortal time and celebrate it with awkward, fumbling gifts from her 'time' mixing with 'your time' and always celebrating it with a hamburger steak from eisen's recipe . because 'everyone who works hard is a warrior' and it's her awkward way , when isn't she really , of saying she appreciates you.

she appreciates your time, and the ability to live in it while still being completely isolated from ninety percent of people she'll ever meet. so your life and 'time' as it intermingles with hers before it 'ends' or you're someone else entirely like her, be it full immortal, or basically immortal though can still die (aka frieren ) she's aware of it now .

so she notices, she just won't tell you. she's weird. she's awkward. she's calloused and apathetic and caring and attentive. she's blunt and cold and warm sometimes . she's a complete contradiction of one thing against another but she's somehow all of these things and she's so fascinating . but yes hamburger steak if you get friendship points , but fern threw away the clothes dissolving potion, she's sorry ..

[victorborkowski]

i wish i was good at articulating thoughts because i've had a Lot recently thinking abt the Cycles of all the x-men students (when am i not thinking about this, though) and it's partially bc i started thinking about how it feels like with the fall of krakoa they're trying to yeet everyone back to that goddamn school, and thus i have been fearful of us getting another generation of students, because. Because. nobody talks! about the goddamn CYCLES!

[plutoons]

i think im getting sorta better at drawing them… hers them smiling casue they poriably dont do that much in a genuine way. Nywayyss i dont have a set design for them Yet. But i’m working on it + plus some other stuff but i want to do comprhensive research b4 i post or talk too much about any sort of world building or chracter development i need to do surrouned them and cotl world in general. But i have ideas i really want to flesh out and then make part of a coherent story/ sort of au It’s really funny to me. I dont even really Like The Game (at least. The gameplay. I might if i was able to stream/play it w the company of others but alone its just feel like repeatedly trying to bite a lemon and chew. If that makes sense. Just not my gameplay type i liek the platformer stuff) I HAVENT EVEN FINISHE THE GAME!! (I’m ok with spoilers though. Ive already seen some stuff and im not even mad abt them one bitt))) BUT the potential in the story is just So alluring to me. i know cotl is not That serious. I like how its cutesy to cover up some of the dark aspects of the game, but i think it goes too cutesy and then the darker aspects . Like the fact it revolves around a Cult and whatnot. Get ignored but it was the reason i was even intereted in the game at all. I need to, and actively look forward to, researcheing more about cults and everything surrounding it so I can educate myself a little more/learn soemthing new about something that affects a lot of innocent victims to it. Plus make an actualy story thats bulit on a good aount of truth cause it think its important. Esp regarding this subject matter in particular. This isn’t worded well or eloquently At All but want to get this out there so wuagh!!! Waugh!!!!!

[dustedbooksandreadingnooks]

:brain:- What's your best memory with them? Worst? <- Asking Kizuna about Keathan uwu :busts_in_silhouette:- What are they to you? <- Asking Keathan abt Kizuna uwu (Oh my god Discord you're THA WORST BROKE THE EMOJIS WAUGH)

Also Ilu owo. Gay.

What's Kizuna's best memory with Keathan?

I had such a hard time answering this because of this question lmao Kizuna has a difficult time tying specific memories to positive emotion about a person, they tend to blur together into his overall feelings about them. So it's not one particular memory, but the overlapping memory of the same thing happening over and over again that really leaves an impression on him. (It's much easier to ask what he likes most about a person.) For Keathan, I think it would be when they tell/read stories. Kizuna really likes listening to tales of adventure, of tension and resolution, with the good guy triumphing over evil, that sort of thing. (He likes Hero's Tales- who would've thought.) And Keathan is a masterful storyteller, so I think his warmest memories are of them telling stories while they're on the road and in inn rooms, with their stutter and all.

What's Kizuna's worst memory with Keathan?

I think it would have to be the events of the Keeper of the Lake, and what happened afterwards. Seeing Keathan drop after Midgar sealed away the blessing of light, and how after they woke up it was like they weren't the same person anymore. They'd just began to get closer, and all of a sudden Keathan couldn't remember much of anything. They were subdued, they apologized a lot, they didn't speak much otherwise, they lost all confidence in themselves and their abilities- it was like the person Kizuna liked had been taken. (He never forgives Midgar for this. He does NOT like him at all and is extremely bitter about it forever). I think Kizuna remembers this so strongly because it was almost like Keathan became tempered- and it triggered other bad memories. He becomes incredibly protective over them after this happens, and certainly helps take care of them- especially after the events of the Bloody Banquet where Keathan does make sure they get out and flee to Camp Dragonhead, where Keathan slowly starts to become themselves again. (The turning point in their recovery- And I could go into so much about why that happens, lmao). But. Yeah. Kizuna doesn't like remembering that happening to Keathan.

What is Kizuna to Keathan?

A treasured friend. Dependable, kind, convicted, honest(even if he doesn't think so), good(Especially when he doesn't think so.) Extremely capable, careless with himself. Incredibly, infuriatingly stubborn sometimes, like themselves. Someone they feel an intense kinship with for a multitude of reasons on top of being fellow Warriors of Light. They feel incredibly proud of him and who he's become. They never had a true mentor relationship with him, not like with Ishi- but they very much enjoy that they've been there for his journey of growth and delights in Kizuna depending on them/seeking them out for advice and letting them being a part of it. (Especially later, when he trusts them with his body to change it into what he wants it to be. They never lose sight of the weight of that trust. They know it's not something to be taken lightly coming from Kizuna.) As an aside, Keathan is actually one of Kizuna's biological parents. I don't know if they ever remember this or figure it out, because it doesn't actually matter to their relationship much.

[ichorblossoms]

aaaand 2+11 for yarrow.. i may come back for more ehee

thank the lord i saved these in my drafts with the questions still attached. king of being all like "i wanna talk abt my ocs waugh" and then basically going radio silent when people actually ask me things

BUT thank you so much for asking these are fun ones hehe love talking about yarrow and his subtle issues

2. Is your OC a loner or a social butterfly? Are they satisfied with how they come across to other people?

yarrow's absolutely social, but i wouldn't quite call them a social butterfly? (mayhaps a bee) as a doctor, their job requires them to talk and interact with people almost constantly, and yarrow's general politeness/demeanor allows people to relax around them, so a lot of people have the impression that yarrow's the chatty, sweet doctor. and that's not incorrect either! he's good at small talk and very positively embedded in rappock's community not only as a doctor, but a teacher (he tries to teach people as much as he can abt first-aid sort of stuff to ease his own workload), and ally to the mining union (meetings are often hosted at his place bc it's not owned by hayden mining co.), people love and appreciate him, and he likes it that way! he likes being valuable and helpful

that all being said, it can get exhausting and they often do spend their evenings alone and quietly, usually reading or tinkering with things upstairs or maybe taking a walk if the day's dust has settled enough. yarrow's got actual friends they hang out with too, and i wouldn't say he isolates himself from people, but he is lonely in his way. he wasn't born in rappock and came from the (still unnamed) city, so he can't fully relate to everything the people around him have endured their whole lives. he's queer and not hiding it but not making it obvious either; he passes fine which is great for him, but also he's not a cis man when nearly everyone thinks he is. he reassures people that he's doing fine before he actually realizes he might not be doing so hot, and while he doesn't quite hide how the winters affect him, the feelings are heavier when he's alone. yarrow wants to be known, but also can't bring himself to reveal certain things, so he just kinda. perpetually hopes someone notices and asks, but people don't have the time to be nosy when they have families to feed and debts to pay.

and grimm's not some instant solution to all of that either. it obliterates yarrows trust in it at least twice, but it knows it fucked up there, which sets off this chain of events of it going "the only way to make this better with him is to be vulnerable" (correct), then yarrow sees that vulnerability and thinks "it's only fair to exchange vulnerability for vulnerability" (less correct, but it works out). it's basically like. yarrow can pretty readily break down grimm's walls after a certain point in their p2 relationship (with some exepctions), but grimm can't quite bring itself to break down yarrow's walls for fear of "harming" him, so it's up to yarrow to open himself up or else he's gonna be hiding behind pleasantries and the assurance that he's fine all his life. if that even makes sense orz

11 was answered here, but essentially he believes there is an inherent "good" to people as a whole, and that he must put kindness into the world to receive it in turn (this will have no consequences on his self-worth at all)

it's this lopsided, sort of transactional view of the world? he's not owed anything, but he must do everything to deserve anything. i kinda touch on that above too a bit

on another note though, he does believe in love! it's something that makes life worthwhile in all it's forms and people are all we have in this world and so much of what he does comes out of love for people and what he does. it's not an unstoppable force, but he's seen and knows what it can inspire people to do. he's so angry in p3 because the people and town he loves have been repeatedly stepped on as if they were nothing, so when there's a chance to punch back he's gonna take it and he's gonna hit hard. aim to wound and maybe things will bleed out from there.

thank you for the ask!!!! and your patience augh i feel like i always partially answer the question and then end up rambling about something half-related but i have fun doing it so maybe that's all that matters? hee hoo

[lavendernlilac]

hmmm. What if the mating mark makes scar’s aphrodisiacs stronger? And of course grian already liked the taste before but maybe after a mark he wants it more? Like he finds himself wanting to taste scar more often idk

also “person A bosses around B in day to day but in the bed, B’s in charge” is one of my top tropes and it’s sooooo scarian 🙏🙏🙏 Tysm for doing her justice

idk if you’ve explained this already but do you know what scar’s full demon form is? I feel like grian is freaky™️ enough to fuck it

sorry for so many topics in one ask. I have many thoughts abt this au

wahhh no need to apologize for multiple topics!!! I for one love being asked multiple things hehe. and also I love hearing thoughts !!! so please feel free to ask away <3

the mating mark making scar’s aphrodisiac stronger waugh…. scar’s mark makes it a lot more potent to him…. rip grian 😔

that trope is very scarian !!! grian tries to hide it, but scar has a lot of power over him. and I def see grian as someone who keeps the position of power during the day, but when it’s just him and scar? he wants scar to be in charge of him, wants to give up control. or as scar so eloquently put it, have his thoughts fucked out of him. scar is the only person grian will let take the reigns <3

I do know what scar’s full demon form is!! there may be a wip on my drive involving it 👀 grian is 100% freaky™️ enough to fuck scar’s demon form. and he will

[stone-stars]

please do rant about naddpod music instrumentation O_O

waugh. okay!! so!!!!! the thing is emily talks abt this a lot on like, q+a's whenever she's asked. places (or arcs, which generally happen in A Place) tend to have unique sounds. she keeps instrumentation Very consistent. gladeholm has a lot of woodwinds and strings. for an example. since i was just listening to lucanus' song. or, hell uses a lot of metal instruments? like electric guitar.

if you gave me any song-- and i am insane, so like, i understand that my specific ability to do this is higher than most-- i could probably easily identify where it comes from (from the sound and not from just, knowing what the song is). the crick for example, has a lot of piano and this... stringy/vocal-sounding synth. and strings in general too. or like, there's a cluster of songs from the mushroom caves under galaderon that Sound like they're from the same place.

(this gets layered where also, sometimes, characters have very strong associations to instruments. a very, very specific example is sadie bellwater is piano. All of the sadie songs (young love, broken heart banshee, gunvar) are piano heavy. even the songs that weren't written for her that get used for her have piano focus. this does apply to pcs too. the hexbuds are vocals. specifically like a chorus of people singing? you can hear it on hexbloods centurion but it's on. all the hexbud songs. (centurions, tarragon's terrarium, winter sprite, hexbuds. vocals come in later on some songs). sometimes. it's also a specific Type of sound from an instrument. piano gets used a lot. telaine's is very regal, fia's is plodding, melora's is bright. (this means you can get things like a glittering reunion where even though melora Does have a piano association the piano is clearly telaine and the strings are melora. but i digress))

basically, when you look at it, one thing that makes naddpod music really strong is that it has such a strong sense of what a place Sounds like. if you return to that place, or a place like it, the music comes back. there's a reason the beastlands got feywild music, for example. or why eldermourne in general gets a lot of shadowfell music. characters From those places tend to have themes that often use those instruments. and like. idk, in a less objective sense... the sound of a place always really catches the vibes of it it. gladeholm feels like an elven city floating in the sky, tsunare feels underwater, frostwind feels like it's in the middle of the tundra. it's SO wonderful.

[mblue-art]

I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT THEY'RE CALLING LUST AND CROSS TO BEAT YOU UP FOR NOT CALLING YOURSELF COOL. SO I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE THEY DO.

Lust burst through the door without hesitation, nearly knocking it off the hinges if Cross didn't steady it immediately after.

"M, MY LOVELY DARLING, WHERE ARE YOU?"

"Lust, you don't need to shout-" Cross tried to get him to calm down, but the Lust Sans was on a mission.

"Now hold it just a minute-" Lust pulled away from Cross as soon as he got a glimpse of you. "M! I heard that someone was denying you of the obvious compliments that you deserve." He chuckled as if someone had said something amusing. "- and that someone was you." He quickly took your face into his hands, pulling it close to his, barely inches away as he looked into your eyes with a smoldering intensity. "But that can't be true, right? You? You? My amazing, stunning, and absolutely wholesome koala bear? Anything less than a compliment of perfection isn't allowed - especially not someone denying it, right?" He looked over his shoulder at Cross. "Right?" There uh... was a little bit of a threat behind that 'question'.

Although, it wasn't as if Cross would have denied it. "M-mhm." He replied, nodding bashfully as he crossed his arms and looked off to the side with a blush he tried to beat down. "Of course... she's talented, kind, and..." His blush deepened, as he fruitlessly grasped at his shoulder as if he wanted to pull his hood up to hide his embarrassment. "and beautiful." He whispered.

"I'm sorry, what was what?" Lust teased him, wanting him to clearly state his affection for her. "Speak up, Crossy~!"

"Beautiful! Okay?? She's blinding and - and yes, cool! Alright?!" He huffed, finally pulling his hood over his head to hide his blush. "I... wouldn't trade her for the world. She's... special." He admitted with a softer tone.

Lust simply nodded, turning his attention back to M. "Exactly. So, the next time someone calls you 'cool' or any other compliment you don't feel comfortable agreeing with so eagerly because you're far too humble, direct them to us, and we'll help agree with them for you, my dazzling gem." He placed an affectionate kiss to your cheek and even nuzzled it for emphasis. "Now come on! We're already here, we may as well get into a cuddle pile!"

HUH WTF WTF LYYYY AAAAAAA

HELP I HAVENT EVEN STARTED READING YET YOUVE ALREADY GOT ME SMILING LIKE A FOOL!!!1!1!1!! SHAKES MY FIST AT THE SKY

live mblue reaction (lots of screaming) under the cut (very much littered with cussing, tread carefully /lh)

I am going insane /j (HELP. L BUSTING THRU THE DOOR IM 😳😳😳 he is. . Strong 😳) (L and C interacting,, , oughf the dynamics, ,, ///////// my purble idiots i love them so)

oh Ly you are fucking killing me

(L!!! YOU SWEETHEART RRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHH)

WAAAA KOALA BEAR?!?!!?!?? ////////// (so true i would,, cling,,,)

I am hiding my stupid smile under my shirt collar ohmygoddddd

LMAO CCCCCC god god god i love them i love my skeleton bfs what the hell

llLOOOKING AWAYYYYY SCREAMS—!!!!! C!!!!!!!!

(c crossing hsi arms the pose THE POSE AAAA/////////)

(aha aheh eyyy i was about to say smt abt 'beautiful' but uh 🧍 LMAO)

(oh hes such a tsundere oh no oh no 💘💘💘) (your honor this is so funny we're both dumb tsunderes in love... i forget that hes a tsundere sometimes)

SHAKING. SHAKING AND CRYING AND SHAKING I

WWWwwwWwWwwWWWAAAAA THE WAY HE SAID 'SPEAK UP CROSSY' IM 😭😭😭💕

(hood up cross my fucming beloved ive only recently appreciated that adorable visual more about a month ago after rereading the xtale comic and rewatching the xtale eps with simp eyes i am <333)

WAUGH FUCKIN FUCKING HELL, C!!! /POS

UUEUEUUEEUUEUEUEUEUE CUDDLE,,PILE,, ,,

(ough L is so good..., ,L is so good i- he has my heart- BOTH OF THEM HAVE MY HEART-)

AGH!!!! WAILS thank you sm ly i feel,,, ,so loved,, ,im love,,, , my porble skeleboyfrwends,,, , /)/////(\;;

[kroosluvr]

im too shy to come off anon (we're mutuals!) but i resonated a loooot with your rant post about how like ..'passion' is being equated to deranged and all that and just..feeling a little isolated in a friend space by being made fun of for this one single interest that means a lot (i hope u hang in there though!! i followed u recently and im loving ur persona art!) its also been like that with (oldsona especially) for me and i totally get it 💔 still, i hope you're enjoying p2ep!! Soso good it changed the trajectory of my life and several others

UEUEEU omg thankyou so much though ;w; im glad it resonated,,, vigorous handshake,, we're in this together!!!!!

im so glad you like my persona stuff UWAAAA i got back into it recently after a big hiatus and ive fallen 10x as harder for the franchise (ESPECIALLY WITH OLDSONA OMG p2 is infecting my brain... QwQ it just hits so many good notes for me aaauawuaw EVERYTHING IS SO GOOD) like i always said p5r was my fav persona game (having only known 345 before) bc my favs(royal trio) are there but p2 is like. fucken RACING UP THE RANKS LIKE CRAZY it might even be my fav now..?!?!?! I SHANT SPEAK TOO SOON BUT............

EP IS SO GOOOOOOOD WAUGH its hard to say where im at bc honestly im a little confused too. O_O UM UM we were just in the underwater cavern place and killed guido+chizuru and escaped with tatsuya... but then the video cycled back to elly's route(?) bc before that it was nate's route? which im actually enjoying sm ,,, i love u elly,,,, when naoya showed up i screamed and i didnt even look into p1 yet. LOOKS AROUND\

BUTYEAH aldsjkwe help. im someone who jumps from interest to interest like crazy and i get real obsessed and just draw it nonstop until the brainworms go away..... i hate feeling self conscious abt it but i think like!! creativity and passion is a blessing so i try to combat it that way.. QwQ if it motivates me to keep drawing then all's well in the world!!!!

ANYWAY SORRY THIS IS REALLY RAMBLY BUT TY FOR THE MESSAGE!!! QwQ IM SO GLAD YOU ENJOY MY WORK!!!!

[skitskatdacat63]

I wonder if there's an ask game about past fandoms 🤔 I sometimes go back thru my old stories on my insta to re-live old stuff hahaha, it makes me think a lot

[juicezone]

Hi! I have come to use my “ramble about oc’s for free ticket” 🎟️

Mkay so going to talk about the four I drew and posted about today hope you don’t mind :3

Okay so Cassandra first. She definitely dresses up more shall we say risqué when it comes to Halloween. Her and Aqulia (I believe I have mentioned him before to you) always match outfits. Until she gets a little one who wants to dress up and go trick or treating. Then suddenly it’s planning about a hundred different mom and daughter duo costumes.

She drags Spurgeon along because to complete her vision for a costume someone has to play as a wolf.

Spurgeon is the definition of ‘dad who acts like he doesn’t care but cares far too much’ so he puts on this whole air of, I don’t want to come, just you two go, I have xxx to get done. But the moment Cassandra suggests getting someone else to dress up with them he’s suddenly free the whole evening. Cough cough Jealousy cough

And he would commit to playing the role of the big bad wolf, only to fail. Little sheep who just wants her dad. Yeah, there’s like zero fear whatsoever.

Candy bag getting heavy? No problem, just eat the treats as you walk. See? Problem solved.

And yes Zeep has a candy bar. His favorite are Twix. And he had to tag along too though he probably hides in the bag and only pops out once it’s too late for the group to turn back.

Anyways I love them a lot hehe. Fictional mom and dad who I spend way too much time thinking about and I’m kind of embarrassed to share because I never know how to talk about my oc’s

oh my god the planned costumes together i'll admit it makes me so so weak 😭 and pretending he's not interested at all until someone else could join and then being like UH ACTUALLY YK WHAT...

and thats so cute big scary wolf except the little sheep is like ":D HUGS!!" and being carried i love it....

and also im gonna agree w that!! you need the energy to keep going around to other houses too just saying!!! and there was definitely some smuggling into that bag for zeep until the coast was clear and Ohh nooo We're too far from home to turn back... what a shame.... (at least he fits the theme :P!!) also twix are good (<- used to eat them layer by layer |D)

ALWAYS!!! feel free to come ramble to me abt them!! golly knows half the time i post abt Bones its for me and not for my ocs and the other half IS for my ocs. and me also but WAUGH!! OCS AND FICT CGS/PARENTS I LOVE IT!!!! I LOVE THIS!!!!

[cherrirui-official]

OOOH HOW DID I MISS THIS WAUGH

And ofc! I'd love to share more, also @tenchikothefangirl ty for giving me an excuse to ramble abt my beach bros au more ahaha 😏

For the first part, yes! I'd like to think they talk it out, they live together so it's basically inevitable. Tho it would DEFINITELY take a lot of time to work things out... not bc they hate each other (FAR from it actually) it's just that, ya know, they didn't really leave on the best terms. I don't have that part fully thought out but they indeed do talk things out eventually.

Second, YES!!! 100 TIMES YES, John finds out that Bruce runs a business and is more than happy to help! It's gives JD stuff to do when he's not out exploring (cuz sometimes he goes out adventuring for funsies but he mostly stays on Vacay Island). He even cooks sometimes, since as the oldest brother JD would have to make food for everyone back when they all lived together.

I'd like to imagine him running around the Cantina carrying a huge plate of like nachos or smthn over his head lol

Thirdly, he's definitely the really cool and morally questionable uncle. JD lets the kids stay up sometimes, gives them a little bit more candy than they are allowed to eat, and he would watch Bruce and Brandi leave for a night out or smthn and then as soon as they're gone he turns to the kids and says "Okay, who in here wants to learn how to make traps :]". On the topic of traps, JD would absolutely teach the kids all the outdoor survival stuff that he'd learn over the years!

Tho of course, due to experience with 4 younger brothers, he still does know how to take care of them. I like to imagine that if Bruce and Brandi are both tired after a long day of work, JD would step in and make food for the kids and watch over them so that the couple can rest. They really do appreciate the extra set of hands.

Oh! And JD would 100 percent tell the kids stories about how he got each of his scars, however some stories maaaaay be a bit more exaggerated than others hehe...

Also, as a bonus, Rhonda lives on Vacay Island with the bros and Brandi. I like to believe that JD stays with Rhonda instead of the house where the others live. As for Bruce, he doesn't mind this. Bruce is very fond of Rhonda, tho he could never be as close to her as JD is but that's fine. He's actually been inside Rhonda quite a few times, he likes it in there, it makes him feel safe...

That's pretty much it for now. I've got a few things planned for this au tho so be prepared teehee 😈

[golisopod-mutual]

WAUGH on my dragon petsite i play, i have a project where i give away dragons in the aroace flag colors for free. ive talked abt it before. i do it bc there's tons of people doing other pride flags but not the sunset aroace one and i wanted to give my community some rep yknow. it cost me a lot of in-game money to get it going and i dont make a profit so i actually lose money on it but idc abt that i just wanted to do something nice for my community.

anyway someone just thanked me for committing to the project and they said "It's so nice to have an active, kind AroAce community rep., esp. in a social game like this. :]" and im. WAUGH. like i know it's a silly browser petsite its not changing the world. but it kind of speaks to a feeling i've had for a while which is that aroace identities weren't really a well known or well represented thing when I was growing up. even now when separate aro and ace are more widely represented, aroace isn't. and not that I see myself as some bastion of the whole community or anything. but if I can make other people in the community feel more seen, esp since our identity is still often overlooked, I want to do that, yknow? like I think back to when I was a teenager, how much of an impact it would have had to see my identity represented somewhere, or see a house flying my pride flag. idk. obv I don't claim to be some representative of the whole community. but seeing your identity in stuff like that can have an impact, both on individuals and in making the identity more well-known in wider society. it's why I have an aroace flag in my front yard. i've never seen proof of another aroace person irl. I've almost never seen my flag represented in pride posts online. on the stupid browser petsite I never saw anyone repping my flag. be the change you want to see etc etc. idk, but making my fellow aroaces (esp the baby aroaces) feel seen and represented is something i care about, even if i can only do it in little ways.