#aro writer

Hey Tumblr! I'm writing a book. It's 102k words (and counting) of pure queer fantasy and a year's worth of emotions.

It's about a queer kid finding community and support, and then stepping up to defend the people they love. And it's about falling in love and finding yourself, and it's about trust, and connection, and responsibility, and trying to do good in the world. It is also about gay.

Blurb thing:

Destiny has always been alone, self-isolating so that no one will find out about her magic, the same power that she watched a little girl dragged away for nine years ago. Then she meets Vida, a beautiful fae whose kiss sparks something inside her, and Destiny chooses to follow her.

She's not expecting Vida's family to be a werewolf pack. Or that they'll be so welcoming— she was told werewolves are monsters, after all. She's definitely not expecting them to become her own family.

But when Destiny begins to change, it's the wolves who accept him for who he is. And it's the wolves who are the first to see Destiny's magic and swear to protect them, no matter what. And it's up to Destiny to decide what that looks like.

Even if it means changing the world.

(yes the pronoun shifts in the almost-last paragraph were intentional)

And now a quote:

“Don’t you ever want to do something you’re not supposed to? Love the wrong way, be the wrong person, want the wrong things?”

Sat at an open lattice window,

A maiden lets out a desperate cry

In hopes a savior will appear

From the starry night sky.

This is a forlorn last hope

On the night before her wedding day

Of a forced marriage she cannot cope,

She dreads her world turning to gray.

There’s movement in the inky sky,

It just barely catches her eye.

A figure in the darkness

Grows with every passing moment.

Soon the maiden realized its course,

Coming straight for her lattice window,

Flying fast and full force.

The monster was thrice the size of a horse.

The maiden stumbled from her seat,

Her heart thumped and breath caught in her throat.

The monster was snake-like and sleek,

It was no other than a dragon.

The beast landed on the building’s wall,

Sending a tremble through the room.

It stretched its neck through the window

And from its nostrils came a smoky plume.

The maiden cowered in the corner

Yet dared a glance at the foreigner,

And in its eyes she saw

No malice or disdain.

Instead there was compassion,

Understanding, and maybe even

An escape. The dragon

She suddenly believed in.

The beast had heard her prayer

And beckoned her out of her lair.

This was the savior she sought after,

Freedom was right in front of her.

She climbed onto the dragon’s back

And held on for dear life.

As the dragon expanded its wings,

She kissed goodbye her role as wife.

They sprang into the ebony night

And flew to a great height.

With the full moon to guide them,

Will I be able to ignore the romance part and enjoy the fantasy?

Will the main character be adoring their love interest in every paragraph? (I personally hate it)

Is it insta-love? Slow burn?

I just wanted to know more details before starting to read something that can potentially make me rage very hard.

Pride OC Asks!!!~

14. Do you have ocs on the aro or ace spectrum?

HOO BOY DO I. Most if not all of my characters will inevitably be aspec coded because I'm aroace, but here's a quick rundown of my canonically aspec characters:

Snow is partnering aroace, and sex repulsed and romance indifferent. She's in a QPR with her best friend Lan.

Lan is nonbinary/genderqueer and on both the aro and ace spectrums. They are sex and romance indifferent, and in a QPR with their best friend Snow.

Sapphire is demisexual. She fell in love with her bodyguard Raven after they'd known each other for a few years and made a strong emotional connection when they talked about their childhoods one night and bonded over their mothers (Sapphire's bio mom died when she was young and Raven's mom is alive and well and he loves her very much). Raven is bisexual.

Nickelle is aroace, and sex and romance indifferent. She's the team leader in my superhero wip, has ice powers, and is very protective of her friends and family.

Kylee is PanAce. She's nonspeaking autistic, has superspeed and invisibility powers, and is sex favorable. Due to her autism sexual intendeduo does tend to go over her head (like me lol), but she is far from innocent and can have a dirty mind if she knows the joke. She also uses She/They pronouns <3.

Chase is Pansexual Aromantic, and romance 'i just don't think about it much or care'. They haven't thought about having a sexual relationship much before due to his mental disabilities that are considered "scary" and dangerous" and how that would be hard on a partner (He has OCD and a bipolar mood disorder). He also has chronic anxiety and depression which affects his veiw on his relationships platonic and otherwise with people. He also uses He/They pronouns <3.

Corie is aroace, and romance indifferent and sex repulsed. She's a cyborg bounty hunter in Galaxy Destroyer, and is the only 'sane person' on a ship full of allosexuals.

I did go much more in depth with my Aro OCs for Aro Visiblity Day on June 5th in this post

21. Free ramble card wee 

I wanna talk about Snow Knight, the second book in my FSF series.

I was a huge bookworm growing up, and blew through all the books in the school library up until high school (I still love books, I'm just a very slow reader now). I loved fantasy, but something always bugged me about how I could never seem to find a fantasy book- especially a fairytale- without romance.

I did like romance if it was between two well written characters and it made sense- but a part of me was still very pissed off that romance was always a must have in fantasy and the genre couldn't seem to exist without it. Every character had to be paired off at the end, even if it made no sense or the relationship wasn't very healthy.

Then I realized I was aroace. I started to see all the amanormativity in the world- especially mainstream fiction- and I became even more pissed off. I wanted a fantasy story where not only was there no romance- but the female main character was also interesting and had a compelling arc, while also being badass and doing awesome stuff like wielding a big sword and wearing cool armor. (I didn't have much access to indie stuff yet).

Unlike the other fairytale retellings in my FSF series, Snow White wasn't very realized when i dreamt up the project, and just a vague vibe in my mind. I knew I wanted to include a retelling among the other five- but the whole romance part felt not only felt unnecessary, but very wrong to me.

Then I decided, you know what? Screw society's stupid rules about romance, Snow White doesn't need any romance in her story. No man, no woman, no romantic partner at all. She should be allowed to have a close platonic relationship with her best friend without it needing to be anything else. She should be allowed to do cool and badass things that I see allo female mcs do all the time. The story can be just as interesting and awesome without a speck of romance to be found for Snow's character.

And just like that, Snow, her arc, her best friend Lan, and the story of Snow Knight was born. It's honestly been very cathartic as an aroace writer so far to write this story, and I can't wait to share it with the world.