In a shipping mood

Cuz guys.. that’s not the point. We DID get Dinostar to an extent. Just because it didn’t go the way you wanted doesn’t mean you have to ignore all other developments in their dynamic. I’m not disappointed, not in the slightest. I’m actually extremely happy with its outcome.

“B? I-I need to tell you. I shouldn't have said I didn't like you as a person, 'cause it's not true. I mean, yeah, a lot's happened, but I don't regret telling you I love you. No? No. I thought maybe-- But then I see Yaz and Sammy together, and Ben and Gia, and... I-I don't think that's what this is. What I feel for you. What I've ever felt, for anyone. But I do love you. I know that. I-I just wish that I could—“

- Darius (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Season 4, Episode 8)

I think a lot of people don’t understand just how important this is.

To have a main character say that they’ve never felt this way for anybody.

And the fact that they mistook how they felt about somebody as romantic feelings.

Because there are so many people out there that feel like this.

And before, in media, the main characters always had a romantic partner, they always fell in love.

And even now, with more LGBTQ+ representation in media, there’s still a lack of main characters that are on the aromantic or asexual spectrum, especially ones that outright say it.

And stars I wish I could’ve had this as a kid.

Because do you know how it feels to grow up being told that people are supposed to fall in love? How it feels to be the only one that’s not feeling that? The only one that’s never felt that?

Because I do.

I do know how that feels because that was me, that is me.

And I had to take any special connection that I had and think is this what that is? Am I finally doing it? Am I finally normal?

I’m aroace. I know that I’m aroace. And I’ve come to terms with being aroace—I came to terms with it a while ago. I’ve learned to accept and embrace that fact about myself.

But still—this? This is special to me. This is important to me, and it’s important to other people and it’s going to be important to so many more kids in the future.

Like, I can't express how happy it makes me as an aroace person to see a character come out as aro (possibly ace too, that's not confirmed, but in my head Darius is aroace) and seeing the reaction be positive.

I love that this fandom took the time to ask and learn how to write DinoStar in a way that was true and respectful to Darius's identity. IDK it sounds a little stupid, but it's really nice to see a fandom embrace something that prevents their ship from being canon in the way they originally thought, but then embrace a new version of the ship that was true to the characters and respectful of the real-life community being respected.

Day THIRTY of filling this with aro and/or ace characters

🧡💛🤍🩵💙

To celebrate the FINAL day of pride, I’ve added as many requests as I could possibly find time for !!! (With explanations & close ups below)

Ty all SO MUCH for the insane support and love <333

I'm just gonna slide this on in here for anyone that is interested in preserving old games. They take it very seriously too, they want an archive of every single game. Like, they have lists of every game ever released for a system, and once that system gets old enough, they add it to their archive and start collecting. Their latest addition was the Xbox 360, they opened that vault up in September 2022, and proudly announced they'd finished their collection of games for it back in April.

Also, while their game archives are almost entirely complete, they've got another project of archiving the manuals that came with those games, and that is... considerably less well filled out. Their collection of Xbox 360 manuals is especially rough, they've only gotten manuals for three games. So if you've got some Xbox 360 games kicking around, and the manual's still with them, please consider scanning them and submitting them to the site!

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