Nana writes Shit

I know the joke is overused but I saw a chat post in spanish and I had to do it (? 

As both a life-long writer and avid consumer of stories, there are a whole host of things I could talk about regarding aromanticism and fiction. I could talk about the (admittedly limited) characters and stories that have meant a lot to me, or what I would like to see in fiction, or my own creative process as an aromantic creator. But what I would like to focus on is the way aromanticism is portrayed in fiction and media, both explicitly and implicitly, as well as the need for aromantic narratives as told by aromantic people, rather than by outsiders seeking to commodify our experiences for diversity points (and often doing so disrespectfully).

Aromantics are seen as a small minority, and the majority of alloromantics sees aromanticism as the devil. Therefore, we are such a small and undesirable portion that no one cares about loosing our money/comments/views.

I once happened to write a Dragon Ball fanfiction, not too long ago, and I created an Aro character. Three chapters later (this means I still was fully SETTING my story, barely introducing the first narrative arch), my character barely interacted with the main characters, and every, I swear, every comment I received was about how people were disappointed by the way my OC was interacting with a married character (I am talking about Bardok). Because my character being cold, distant, but respectful, to my followers meant that I was going to disrupt the canon marriage and make this two character have a romantic relationship. That left me pretty discouraged and made me suspend the writing.

People, especially in the fanfiction community, seems to only look after romantic relationship. They saw romanticism in two character collaborating FOR WORK. They wanted to see romanticism in two characters arguing. They wanted to see romanticism in two characters that never, ever showed the slight sexual attraction or romantic interest. They saw romanticism in my character, that is ready to let Bardok die without blinking an eye.

I also wrote fanfictions with romantic relationships, because in those the romantic relationship had his reason.

hey so uhhh here’s an important update on what’s apparently happening at the border, especially with the use of the old japanese internment camps

all i can say is i’m sickened by this mess, by the atrocities committed against innocent people. and now there will be no surveillance. no one will be able to see what happens to these people. the UN, the media, and any other human rights organizations cannot get into these facilities, either, in order to stop what’s happening. by the way, coast guard members were apparently aiding in this process as well. so now it’s only a matter of time before it becomes a military movement.

no one gets in. no one gets out.

so when are we going to call this what it is? it’s fascism. it’s genocide. and if we don’t stop it now, it’s going to be disastrous.

Meet the Mona Lisa of the Prado, the earliest known copy of Da Vinci’s best portrait. Similarity in the undersketch of the painting indicates that this was very likely painted concurrently with the original Mona Lisa, by a student of Da Vinci.

There is much controversy in the art world over the question of whether or not to clean the fragile Mona Lisa, but her sister has been restored and some fairly odd later alterations removed to show the original vibrant colors and lighting. Some details, such as the sheerness of her shawl and the pattern on the neckline of her dress, have become utterly obscured in the original, but in the restored copy they’re perfectly clear.