frostlance replied to your post “i constantly feel let down by the lgbt community in regards to my own...”
god you put thoughts into words EXACTLY. it's why i made my own characters who are ace because i never see any that are, and i just want to see characters that are ace and not perceived as being weird or abnormal for not wanting/liking sex. the only ace character i can think of is jughead jones from the archie comics but they use asexuality as a synonym for aromantic so that kinda bugs me...
HONESTLY, thats also really frustrating!! the worst one i can think of is pidge in the vld fandom and its SO ANNOYING, esp when people also pair the really gross aroace with the nb pidge hc. because it just ends up with pidge being all “gross, theyre gay and kiss” and “why would you WANT to be cis” mentalities (as if being trans is a choice??? why tf would i choose dysphoria, it’s awful)
theres like one fic where being ace and romantic is displayed PERFECTLY and honestly it’s my fav fic of all time, but otherwise people just... dont... do it any justice whatsoever. the main couple in my own work has an ace character as one half of the relationship and theres nothing weird about it?