#aro feels

[aroworlds]

This Aro Week, I've made cross-stitched card designs perfect for gifting to your favourite slightly-snarky aromantic.

The free tutorial includes patterns, card and fabric dimensions and a materials run-down as well as instructions on attaching an aida swatch to cardstock and other border techniques.

#aromantic #aro week #cross stitch #aro feels #aromantic feels #amatonormativity #pride crafts #sewing #embroidery #needlecraft #needlework #green aro pride flag #typographic art #typography #arrows #aro symbols #aro symbolism #link #aro worlds wordpress #tutorial #image description in alt text #text in image #long post

[diaqueenunderthemountain]

Normalize being madly in love (platonically) with your best friends (like me)

#someone please be in a qpr with me #Glares at my squish (with all the love in the world in my eyes) #😍😍😍😭😭😭 #aroace feels #Aroace #aro #ace #aromantic #asexual #aro feels #aroace squish #qpr #queerplatonic #lgbtqia

[dumb-aro-dude]

the aro experience of dating someone and knowing the relationship will end eventually and being completely fine with that actually

#aromantic #aro #oh god oh fuck #aro feels #how did i not realize this sooner

[goondah]

The aromantic yearning for a platonic life partner who understands the non-romantic love i feel and that i can be completely devoted to knowing they will never see me as second best

#this is probably too personal #what happens when i listen to superache too much #aromantic #aro #aro feels

[truthcakes]

I DONT WANT TO BE THIS UPSET OVER SOMEONE NOT LIKING ME

THIS IS STUPID

I WISH I DIDNT WORK LIKE THIS. I WISH I COULD JUST DO THE THING THAT EVERYONE ELSE CAN DO AND SEEMS TO THRIVE WITHIN

I am so, so sad.

If I could choose to be allo I would

I hate this.

#personal #aromantic #aro feels

[rapha-reads]

Okay, experiment done, the results are in, I'm definitely 1.000% aromantic and feeling as uncomfortable with the idea of a romantic relationship as with the mere thought of having a sexual one. Yikes, no thanks.

#rapha rambles #aro feels #aromantic #absolutely do not like the fact that he's crushing on me and attracted to me that's a big nope thanks #let's go back to simply being friends

[redysetdare]

Sometimes...characters being in a romantic relationship is worse.

#text #sometimes it's the most boring way to have characters interact #sometimes it's worse than the chemistry they have as literally any other kind of relationship #sometimes their platonic dynamic is better #sometimes their hostile dynamic is better #sometimes their dynamic is better if it's anything other than romance #because maybe them falling into generic romance is how you ruin their characters. #aro #aromantic #aroace #i only tag these because it feels relevant to why i feel this way

[zephyr-heart]

#aromantic #loveless aro #aplatonic #I feel like this fits in the loveless and apl tags

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

Saw a reddit post today about a girl who was upset that her childhood best friend replaced a photo of the two of them in his wallet with one of him and his girlfriend. And while yeah, she was being unreasonable with a lot of what she was saying, I totally understand the sadness of a friend "replacing" you with someone they have romantic feelings for. Makes it worse when the top comment is this

Every single comment on this post is about how family and romantic relationships always take precedence over friendships. I don't have anything more to say to this aside from the fact that... this is why it's hard for aroaces to imagine futures for themselves. Society drills it into your head that you're going to live in a world where you are no one's priority if you don't have romantic relationships and it fucking sucks

#you know what's validating though #Daniel Sloss's bit on his best girl friend... the STARK opposite of this #aro stuff #ace stuff #aroace tag #aromantic #asexual #aroace #aro #ace #asexuality #aromanticism #i feel like I ought to add more and make this like a powerful essay #but it's too late rn i'm too tired

[aroworlds]

Aro Week is coming, so I'm working on a pride-themed cross-stitch project that's a bit more ambitious than my usual patches.

Unfortunately, as this piece will be set within a frame of limited width and "amatonormativity" is an abominably long word, it kind of looks less about giving amatonormativity the middle finger and more about my feelings towards three aros called "amato", "norma" and "itivity"....

Here's hoping that the end result--because I have more text to stitch above and below what's shown here--is a bit less ambiguous!

#aromantic #pride crafts #cross stitch #embroidery #sewing #needlecraft #green aro pride flag #amatonormativity feels #amatonormativity #aro feels #aromantic feels #typographic art #sneak peek #my sincerest apologies to any aros named norma #image description in alt text

[dathen]

Dungeon Meshi is the ultimate takedown of “there is no platonic explanation for this” off re: the level of love someone has

Both Marcille and Laios are willing to go to extreme lengths to bring Falin back to life. Laios is willing to walk into the dungeon alone and unaided to certain death for her; Marcille is willing to follow him and face everything she fears and hates for her. Marcille uses forbidden magic that would cost her life and her place in society to save Falin; Laios casts his lot in with her and brings the sentence upon his own head for the same reason. Laios plans to replace the dungeon lord make a deal with a demon to save Falin; Marcille is the one who actually strikes that deal.

One is sibling love and one is queer romantic love.

Neither is elevated above the other, and the choices and sacrifices along the way constantly echo each other. But the *flavor* of it, the nature of their affection, is written so differently. “There is no platonic explanation for this” is more for Marcille getting flustered at what she will be wearing when Falin is resurrected, than loving Falin more than ‘just a friend’ could. THAT is the way to differentiate something as romantic, rather than putting nonromantic love on some lower tier that could never reach the same heights or extremes.

#dungeon meshi spoilers #dungeon meshi #having aro feelings about latest fixation #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon

[delphiniumjoy]

You’ve heard of hopeless romantic? I’m a hopeless platonic

#I just love my friends so much #it’s embarrassing #I feel like a teenager doodling initials in hearts #lovequeer #lovequeer aro #aromantic #aro #amatopunk

[zemathememequeen]

[ID: A meme from a TikTok of a man looking out pensively over a porch, with the caption edited to read: "I bring a sort of "communicate or breakup" Vibe to relationship advice that alloros don’t really like." End ID]

#aro #aromantic #aro memes #has this been done before #i feel like it might have #let me know if it has

[aroacearchangel]

aro and/or ace culture is wondering “is that actually a thing alloromantics and/or allosexuals experience? or is it just the Media™ pushing unrealistic narratives for everyone involved?”

#feel free to include examples #aro #aroace #aromantic #ace #aromance #asexual #asexuality #aspec #aspec community #aspec stuff #aeomanticism #alloace #aroallo

[dragonpyre]

“I’m agro/ace”

“Don’t you mean aro/ace?”

“No, I don’t” *pulls out knife*

#is this anything? #text post #aro/ace #I feel like they should be allowed to stab things #as a treat #aromantic #asexual #lgbt #lgbtq

[redysetdare]

The response to "ace people are just virgins who can't get laid!" Shouldn't be "ace people can still have sex!" but instead " being a virgin isn't a bad thing."

The response to "aro people are just heartless freaks!" Shouldn't be "aro people can still feel love!" And instead be "not feeling love or other emotions doesn't make you a bad person."

Instead of pushing the idea that aspec people can be "normal like allos" we should instead be trying to normalize aspec experiences. Yes aspec people can be normal because aspec identities are normal. Some aros fall in love. some aces have sex. but they should not be the only valid aspec experiences. We should not use these experiences to make the aspec identity more palatable to amatonormativity and allos.

#text #aro #ace #aroace #aromantic #asexual #aspec #acespec #arospec #ik i made a similar post to this recently but i feel this one better words what i wanted to say with that one #ill leave the other posted but heres a more worded version ig #basically stop theowing repulsed and non partnering ppl under the bus #dont only validate favorable and partnering experiences when fighting aphobia #we are here too