Aug 17, 2023
there is, in fact, a "platonic explanation for this" if you're not a coward
Loading...
seen from China
seen from Vietnam
seen from United States
seen from Vietnam
seen from Singapore
seen from United States
seen from Canada
seen from Canada
seen from China
seen from Singapore
seen from Italy
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from Taiwan
seen from Maldives
seen from Hong Kong SAR China
seen from United States
seen from Maldives
seen from Germany
seen from China
there is, in fact, a "platonic explanation for this" if you're not a coward
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
TV show with an obviously neurodivergent, modern-Sherlock Holmes style protagonist, except they have other neurodivergent friends.
“I can't connect with other people. I feel as if there is a wall of glass between me and them. I can solve so many puzzles, but the one puzzle I can't solve is Human Connection.” “Haha, yeah, know what you mean. Hey, you might want to check out these subreddits…”
Protag makes some comment later on like “romantic love is merely a chemical illusion. I myself have only ever had one person who Mattered in that way, and I think that everyone who claims otherwise is lying to themselves.” A friend asks if they've ever explored whether they might be somewhere on the aromantic spectrum.
Protag brings up their incredibly obscure special interest. Everybody is very supportive and says that it sounds cool, especially since it helps them solve crimes. It's so cool when people can use their special interests to help them make a living.
The equally nd villain keeps trying to draw them into some sort of “we are the only ones who Understand each other, how can you stick up for Normal People when you will never be One of Them” shit, and the protagonist is just like “actually, there are a ton of other people I relate to out there. Hey, once I'm done bringing you to justice, you might wanna check out these subreddits…”
There are two kinds of aromantic headcanons:
Characters who want nothing to do with romance.
Characters who are so over-the-top longing for romance that they HAVE to be coping.
I love how identities can be as broadly or as narrowly defined as you want.
Am I technically some kind of grey aroace? Probably. Could I find suitable microlabels? Probably. Could be interesting to see others with my specific experiences.
But do the nuances personally matter to me? Nah. I don’t want to date, I don’t wanna have sex.
Briefly being flustered by a cashier or having a crush on Ed Sheeran for a grand total of four hours doesn’t really make a tangible difference to my life. At most it gives me a peak of who I'd like if I was allo.
I still respect people with a collection of microlabels and corresponding flags. It looks fun. I just don't have the energy or desire to thoroughly self-analyze the nuances of my rare attractions.
Out of curiosity
How do you pronounce aromantic?
arrow-mantic
a (like you're saying the first letter of the alphabet) - romantic
I've always said arrow and pronounced aroace as Arrow Ace, but I've now seen multiple YouTubers saying A-ro
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch • No registration required • HD streaming
Just listened to Being Alive as an aromantic and imagining a very explicitly aromantic staging for it
The 'bobby darling's physically cornering him in a Barbie-like doll box next to a bride mannequin until he screams STOP
Then singing the first section bitterly to the mannequin about the negatives of marriage, before steadily warming as he realises the positives are talking about his friends. Then stepping out of the box and approaching his friends.
Then the final 'somebody hold me too close' section he brings in all his friends together and holds their hands in connection to show he's referring to them and asking THEM for that connection.
Then... idk, just straight up pulling out the aromantic and asexuals flags and waving them around just in case some people were still not picking up the message
I couldn’t find a template for this meme where the swear jar was empty so I made my own lol
Any other non-swearing aroaces here? 🙋🏼♀️
(Image ID is in alt text)
shout out to my fellow aromantics! especially anyone who has ever felt guilty about not reciprocating someone’s feelings! here’s your reminder that:
you don’t owe someone a relationship no matter how kind they, are or how much they like you
you aren’t broken or missing any pieces
there are so many beautiful types of love in the world; the way you love is just important as anyone else’s
i love you (platonically)!