I need more touch averse characters. Yeah yeah touch starved characters are all fun and all but what about characters who don't want to be touched at all? Characters who dislike the closeness of other people, characters who dislike casual touch, who are uncomfortable with hugs and cuddles-
Characters who others struggle to comfort because a hug just makes thing worse, and people usually use physical touch as a way to comfort each other. Characters who keep getting their boundaries crossed because it's normal to just casually touch people, it's expected a lot of the times, and no one thinks twice about it.
I want more touch averse characters
#like here's the thing as an aspec person who is more sex repulsed by sex in fiction than i am irl#the reason that's the case is that there's so many fictional shorthands for attraction none of which i experience#so applying those to a character to indicate yes they would like to be in a relationship with this other character#just kinda feels like my fave has become zombified i no longer recognise what's controlling their brain and it's very jarring#(also why i don't ship things except under very specific circumstances - fandom often uses the same shorthand)#you know what can circumvent that and make me okay with the idea of a fictional character wanting sex? make it difficult#they can't just fall into shorthand zombie brain bc there's something in the way#so they have to find their own way through it#and THAT'S compelling
