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Aroace Alastor

Hoo boy here we go- This one might make some people mad at me, so I'll preface by saying I do not want to start a fight and as long as you respect my business, I'll respect yours. But let's get this over with-

First off, I genuinely don't understand how some people can see the Ace-In-The-Hole quote and still believe that Alastor is only intended to be asexual and not also aromantic. Yes, the term Rosie used for purpose of the pun was 'ace', but can we look at the context of that moment before jumping to conclusions?

Rosie, motioning to Charlie: "Oh, who's this you brought with you? Come now, Alastor, she's much too young for you! Oh, I'm just kidding. I know you're an ace in the hole!"

Her original statement implies nothing sexual, only that he's involved in a relationship with Charlie, and she follows it up with why she knows that couldn't be because he's an 'ace in the hole'. I don't think you have to read too far between the lines to see that.

I would also like to say that when Vivienne has spoken about his orientation before, I recall her saying that she didn't want to confirm him being aromantic so that she wouldn't 'ruin anyone's fun', which I just feel like is an odd thing to say if she wasn't already explicitly picturing him as aroace. If she thought he had romantic attraction, why wouldn't she just say that? What fun would that ruin? I also feel like keeping things like this ambiguous just to appease the shippers is a little weird, but I digress-

And to those of you who I know are saying "But aromantic people can be in relationships too!!" *deep inhale* yeah I know. I'm not gonna pretend you're not right about that, but there are also aroace people who have exactly 0 interest in romance or sex at all. This is the part of the post that really is based on how I interpret certain moments, but to me he is absolutely one of those people. I don't really know where people get any vibes of him being interested in that stuff. I have never once looked at him and thought "Yeah I could see him in a romantic relationship with *insert character here*". Even aside from attraction in general, since that's what we'd be talking about at this point anyway, he just seems like the kind of guy who'd rather work and live independently instead of relying on anyone, whether practically or emotionally (which is also probably part of the reason he never joined the Vees, but that's another topic entirely). Hell, I'm pretty sure he's in heavy denial about even developing any kind of care or friendship with the people at the hotel (ie. the episode 8 scene with him and Niffty).

The only ships I see him involved in with people he doesn't hate (so ignoring RadioApple, RadioHusk, and StaticRadio. But to be real, maybe the fact all his main ships are enemies to lovers coded says something about the whole situation, but that's just me-) are Charlastor - which I will not even try to discuss here, people aren't gonna like this post as it is - and RadioRose. Rosie and him would at least be fair, if it weren't for one thing (which is also personal opinion on my end), and I don't know exactly how to word it. I'm tempted to say she has wingwoman vibes? But she knows he's aro, so that's not the right word, but there's vibes of like, she probably did act as a wingwoman before she realized that about him or something.. There's also something about her joking around like "Oh this is the girl? You have a girlfriend and I'm only now meeting her?" is almost giving motherly behavior. Idk man they're just besties to me, I could see them in a QPR though (not that they'd probably label it that way, considering the word queerplatonic is likely just complete gibberish to Alastor lmao).

So to summarize: It feels incredibly likely, if not practically canon, that Alastor was written with aromanticism in mind, even if Vivienne refuses to explicitly state it. Subtext and not-that-subtle implications can say just as much about a character as word of God, especially when that God has explicitly told us why she won't confirm or deny this information. Do I think any of this will stop people from shipping him romantically with literally any other character? No ofc it won't, and that's okay, that's just what fandoms do. I do think there's something to say for the fact the one aroace (or even at the very least asexual) character gets constantly shipped with everyone else in the cast, but this post is long enough I think. The only point of posting this is that I wanted to get information out there in one post to say "Hey, let's look a little bit past the surface for a second before saying there's no proof of him being aromantic"

Anyway, thanks for reading, I hope you at least took something away from this

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why are you so cool

adhesive

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why are you so cool

adhesive

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I look in people's windows sounds a lot like death by a thousand cuts but slowed down like in a purposeful way

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"I look through the windows of this love"

whoaaa

#ttpd

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SORRY WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN 15 MORE SONGS MISS MA'AM

#ttpd

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Surreal, I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say No deal, the 1950s shit they want from me

Swifties and others: Tell me a Taylor swift song/line that is aspec coded!

I’ll go first: champagne problems -> arospec

I can’t explain why

#on its own these lines are just so relatable to me #like other people suck ignore them #and who needs marriage #im tired so this may not make sense but jaksdjfalsd #taylor swift #music

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AHHHHHHH

#AHHHHHHH indeed

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I literally have cover-all. Every single one 😭😭😭

I've suddenly become very interested in making bingo cards so I made a shit ton

Aroace experience bingo card based off my own personal experiences:

How much you're like me bingo card:

I'm also making bingo cards for Fenn & Tobi, but I only finished Fenn's so far and it's LATE so I will post them tomorrow. Buenas noches, my captive audience.

#aro #ace #aroace

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He's such a fucking dork

#just saying this is a frame in this clip #and i love it

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Hun/Honey: I'm from the southern US so everyone around here is called honey by middle-aged and old women Sweetie/sweetheart: My great-grandmothers always called me that when they was alive, so I'm pretty fond of it

As far as nicknames:

With most people I go by my actual name (Annabelle), but my family and one of my friends call me Annie. I hate it when most people call me Annie, but when it's that friend or my family, it just gives me the warm fuzzies Online, I usually just shorten my handle to Quantum, but Ihave also been called QB and Quant. IDC as much about those, because my handle is really just a Phineas and Ferb reference

Reblog this with your fav nickname/pet name/term of endearment. This can be from friends, family, romantic partners/sexual partners, qprs, caregivers/regressors, anyone. I’m just curious.

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After some time reading I've finally put together a list of few fanfictions. I present to you AroAce Alastor fan fiction list:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MAio4S_ZrIhR9Nqd84b7XvPtFV_lnpdIkfMKHKvibw4/edit?usp=drivesdk

I'll add more as I read and probably format it better but I had to get it out because I felt a bit fatigued thinking how I should add descriptions etc... so I decided to put it out in the open as it is.

Enjoy!

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"What's the point?"

(In response to someone who told me I should date my friend)

Question: what's the most aroace thing you've ever said?

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prove to @aroacesafeplaceforall that they’re popular, I’ll start

I knew of them before I even had a (active) tumblr thanks to IRLs

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holy shit i don't think I've ever seen a ship be described as this as the first sentence under the fanon section. this is fucking incredible

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I learned about #AceAlastorWeek a few hours ago so I quickly took a segment from another video I've been working on and made this for Day 5 - Friendship: Mr. Scary EvilDudeGuy bleating like a fawn when with his best friend. A small glimpse of him being truly at-ease, content, and, dare I say it? Soft.

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All those moving fanarts of Alastor discovering asexuality are very sweet and cool, but let’s not kid ourselves you guys, let’s not kid ourselves.

A little bonus: