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ALL THREE AT ONCE LETS GO
[I.D. three screenshots of the tags for asexual, aromantic and aroace all gradient highlighted and marked with the trending topic symbol. End I.D.] (thank you @lemondoddle for the id!!)
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KEEP TAGGING THIS ‼️ the tags aren’t trending anymore so keep tagging it if you rb ‼️ (let’s make it to valentine’s day!)
edit 2:
asexual and aroace are trending again yall! but aromantic still isn’t trending so keep!! tagging!!
EDIT 3:
THEYRE ALL TRENDING AGAIN GOOD WORK YALL ITS NOT VALENTINE’S DAY IN MY TIMEZONE YET BUT HAPPY ARO/ACE/AROACE VALENTINES DAY WE DID IT ‼️ (still keep tagging though, don’t want to let them stop trending before valentine’s day is over) (or ever 👀)
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i’m adding valentine’s day tag because. let’s invade that tag with this
EDIT 5 (and 6) (edit 6 is the image ids):
CAKE AND GARLIC BREAD FOR EVERYONE
[I.D. a beige-frosted one-tier espresso cake with caramel-colored drips on top along with nine swirls the same color as the rest of the cake around the top border. each swirl has a single espresso bean on top of it, and the cake itself has espresso beans surrounding it. End I.D.]
[I.D. half of a baguette in the form of garlic bread with a garnish of parsley or another garnish of that sort on top. the half is cut in six equal slices. in the top left corner, there are a few short ends of a plant sticking out, and the bottom right corner contains a section of the other half of garlic bread. End I.D.]
EDIT 7:
ITS VALENTINES DAY AND THEYRE STILL TRENDING HELL YEAHHHHHH
EDIT 8:
NUMBER THREE TRENDING?? TUMBLR IS THE BEST
[I.D. a screenshot of the tumblr trending tags list, showing third place as aromantic, trending with “#asexual” and “#aroace” in the same category. the background is a desaturated brownish-red, and the “3” is written in black text within a red circle. the rest of the text is white. End I.D.]
EDIT 9:
WERE MOVING UP ‼️ #2 ‼️
[I.D. a screenshot of the tumblr trending tags list, showing second place as aromantic, trending with “#asexual” and “#aroace” in the same category. the background is a desaturated yellow, and the “2” is written in black text within a yellow-orange circle. the rest of the text is white. End I.D.]
I've three A's
A: Asexual
A: Aromantic
A: Anxiety
Person : what are we ?
LGBTQ people : LGBTQ community !!
Person : what do we want !?
LGBTQ community : equal rights !
The Aro / aces : WORLD DOMINATION
Person : ......
just finished season two of heartstopper and you guys have no idea how i felt when i heard the words asexual and aromantic and how i related to everything isaac went through: the confusion, the constant feeling that something is wrong with you because you don't feel the same as people your age, society's obsession with relationships and isaac's burst of anger because he felt like the group only cared about the romantic aspect of his life as if it's the most important one... i'm so so grateful to alice and the show for the aroace representation and i can't wait to see more of isaac's journey in the next seasons because this one made me feel seen and valid and i actually teared up a couple of times especially when he picked up the ace book from the library in the final episode :,) ALSO can we talk about how iconic it was to use "crush culture" by conan gray when that man was explaining the meaning behind his artwork to isaac? i was literally smiling from ear to ear
Reblog if you think asexuality is a legitimate sexuality.
I'm trying to prove something.
i came out to my mom & she said i “invented” aromanticism and asexuality
so for all the aroaces out there you’re welcome 😔🙏
i’m out here doing gods work
*puts on my nerd glasses* erm... achtually, the first is a pierrot, the other two are jesters🤓☝️
made some clown designs based on the aro, ace and aroace flags!!
Ok. So I realized I kinda was a closed off asshole after finding a poll that was opposite of what I thought I knew
And I realized i was I'm the wrong
So I'd like to open my dms or comments to anyone who liked to explain to me why they ship alastor despite him being aroace
T H I S
I really don’t mind if people hate Alastor ships. I don’t. It’s totally fine, we all have different tastes and preferences — fandom would be less fun if we didn’t. But I’m starting to see a trend of people being… kind of shitty about the identities of those shippers in a way that can be really invalidating.
Look, we aro/ace people are not a monolith. Our experiences differ, and so do our opinions. There are aro/ace people who — like me — really enjoy shipping Alastor and seeing how people explore his sexuality in fanworks. Then there are people who are uncomfortable with that and would prefer Alastor not be involved in ships at all, and that’s cool too. I understand that. There are few characters out there that are allowed to be disinterested and detached from sex and romance. I don’t blame anyone for preferring that —- and honestly, that’s what’s going to happen in the show! Alastor isn’t going to end up in a relationship with anybody. What we ship in fandom isn’t going to change that at all — and most of us prefer it that way!
What bothers me is when people start to claim either that the aro/ace people who ship Alastor are not truly aro/ace — or worse, betraying their own identities. I’m too old and have been told too many times in my life that I’m not being queer the right way to be willing to listen to that here. Or they mock their identities, implying that those identities are made up or frivolous, perhaps to justify their shipping. (You never have to justify your ships, okay? You just don’t.) This to me just feels like invalidating the identities of real people in defense of the identity of a fictional one.
And you know, some people are learning about themselves through this! I’ve seen a bunch of discussions and comments both here and on AO3 of people who are starting to understand their own sexuality better because of how many, many fics explore Alastor’s. For me it’s validating to read those, because I’ve never been in a fandom where so much attention was paid to my sexuality. I can’t always relate to the way people choose to write it, but it’s still interesting to see the forms it can take. And if people choose not to explore it, that’s allowed — I am, after all, not required to engage with it. If someone plays with our toys in a way I don’t like, I can just find another set of toys.
Basically what I’m trying to say is — I get it if shipping Alastor makes you uncomfortable. You’re valid to feel that way. But other aro/ace people are also valid if they enjoy it. And at the end of the day, I would just hope that we respect actual people more than a fictional one.
happy valentines day everyone!!! especially to my arospec and aspec folks out there!!!
valentine's day is a time to make someone feel special and show them how you care. friends, family, pets--they all deserve our love and attention!! celebrate it your way, and make the most of it today!!!!!
extra because i find these extremely funny:
Grandma: Oh honey, and how about boyfriends? You must have your eyes set on some handsome lad.
My closeted aro-ace ass: *sweats nervously*
Aro Ace culture is rolling your eyes whenever there is a kiss/sex scene in a tv show or film
My favorite is saying "This is queerphobic" at any inconvenience, and "This is aphobic" whenever my friends start excessively flirting with each other
Tbh my favorite part of pride month is saying “AND DURING PRIDE MONTH TOO?” at every slight inconvenience.
Mom: You'll understand when you have kids
Me: In this economy? I can barely afford to feed myself
Mom, ignoring me: ... don't have a child out of wedlock
Me: Don't plan on it
Mom: I'd prefer it if you got married first
Me: Ew. People
I want what Morticia and Gomez have, but like, not in the romantic sense.
I want someone to be by my side at all times like Gomez sticks by Morticia. I want to be able to be my authentic self with someone with exactly zero judgement.
Maybe I just wanna be an Addams