if your weird enough with the homies you can break all boundaries of platonic/romantic love and make a third, more evil thing
sometimes finding aromanticism in media isn’t literally about aromanticism… sometimes it’s about the deconstruction of love as a concept and the subversion of its perception as inherently humanising. it’s about the decentering of romance as a driving force in the narrative. and also sometimes it’s about love being central to the narrative but in a way that defies all traditional categorisations of romantic / platonic / anything else. it is the secret third thing yet so much more and less at once. the point is aromanticism is everywhere for those with eyes to see
Oh, this red string you see wrapped around my finger? You're asking if it connects me to my one true love? An understandable mistake, but I'm aromantic. This is for my conspiracy board.
aro
Pride Stones day 11: Aromantic
The colors of this flag reminded me of the Omnitrix from ben ten
Out of all the acronyms for orientations Aro is such a cool one
Is romance a social construct?
Yes
No
I'm not sure
unofficial aromantic poll
do you feel your sexual/romantic orientation and your gender are tied together at all?
yes, my orientation(s) is tied to my gender or vice versa
maybe a little
no, there is no correlation between the two
results
hey btw the way to get into a close intimate non-romantic relationship as an arospec person without feeling guilty that the other person will feel disappointed about the lack of romance, is to pick a polyam person. if my lover wants romance they'll go find it somewhere else I'm chillin
sometimes polyamory is overhearing your partner and their wife having an in depth discussion about d&d mechanics while they get ready to go out for the evening and I think that's beautiful
am I content with just using aro as an identity for a variety of very valid reasons or do I have internalized ideas about alloaros that are keeping me from using the label
Welcome (back) to #AggressivelyArospectacular!
#AggressivelyArospectacular is a week-long event promoting the creation of original content in arospec communities.
Are you arospec? Do you want to rave about your OCs? To share your poetry, your collages, your music? Do you make short-films or jewelry? Have you always dreamt of making a fashion lookbook? Or anything else? In short, do you create?
Because if so, this event is here for you!
From the 17th to the 23rd of November, submit any original creative content you want us to see by tagging it as #AggressivelyArospectacular (in the first five tags) or sending us a link through our submission box. Your work will then be shared on this blog for our community to enjoy.
Your work does not have to specifically focus on arospec experiences (but we always appreciate a content warning if your piece features romantic content.)
Please, note that this event focuses specifically on original content. If you want to share your fanart, fanfic or other kind of fancontent with us, kindly wait for our other event, #AggressivelyArospecWeek, which is held in June every year!
We encourage you to submit as many pieces in as many different mediums as you like! We would love to be able to spam other people’s dash with art for a whole week.
Let’s show the world how diverse and creative the arospec community is!
(For more information, check out our about page and FAQ section. You can find all the content submitted in previous editions in our #AggressivelyArospectacular tag.)
Shoulder Parrot from Old School RuneScape