#aros on top

[thebluekid-underyourbed]

Alright people. You already know what day it is.

Happy Valentine's Day to those who celebrate it

AND HAPPY ROMANCE-SPITING DAY TO ALL MY FELLOW AROS!!! We got our tag up and running on that trending board and that's gonna be my favorite image all day.

I wish you all a proud and happy

"No, I DON'T have a Valentine :DD!"

Or

"Yes, I AM going to be aromantic on Valentine's Day!"

(We might have to endure a bit more amatonormativity today, but we will endure it for next week to come)

💚💚🤍🩶🖤

#aromantic #aro #arospec #aspec #queer #lgbtq #WE'RE ON TOP #YAAAAAYY #happy valentine's day #aros on top #lfg #aroace

[theprideful]

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#lgbt art #dividers #lgbtq #lesbian #wlw #gay #mlm #bi #bisexual #trans #queer #asexual #ace #aro #aromantic #nonbinary #pansexual #pan #baker #top posts #20k #30k #35k #40k #45k #50k

[chemicalarospec]

Idk who needs to hear this, but there's nothing wrong with wanting a purely platonic-sexual relationship with no romance. Yes, even if the person who wants it is a straight man.

edit: reblogs are off because radblr/TERFs/excursionists are passing around a pathetic retort like it's gold. [okay it's been a bit they're back on. all aspec people are queer <2]

#i said this #still bothereed by a post i saw a week ago #aro #aromantic #men #relationships #wow surprised and happy with the response to this post #omg it's probably one of my top posts now

[vroomvroomwee]

Honestly, Alastor is such a breath of fresh air as a character.

Since TV and media has been getting more and more romance and sex obsessed it's such a blessing to have a character who's repulsive to both. And not to have said character be boring or mundane or stereotyped, but actually super fun, cool and badass.

As an aroace person, it's such a wonderful comfort to see someone perfectly content with their life just as they are. To know that someone as interesting as him is not lesser or more inferior for not "fitting in" like everyone else. I mean, this guy has the most aroace swagger I've ever seen on television, and people still ship him with at least half the characters because that's just how charming he is. And I don't care that he's an evil sadistic bitch because he's my evil sadistic bitch.

This character means so much and it's such a big weight lift to see someone NOT in a relationship, it gets so tiresome seeing every single character in a show be paired with someone else because god forbid they're single otherwise it would be a tragedy. It adds such a wondeful flavour of diversity to the show.

He's just making me feel proud for being aroace, and that's exactly why representation matters.

#alastor #hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #ace alastor #aro alastor #aroace alastor #ace #aro #aroace #aspec #asexuality #aromanticism #posting this on valentines is the cherry on top

[redysetdare]

I think i just need to express that the culture surrounding QPRs right now made me think that i couldn't have strong bonds with my friends. Society told me i cant have strong bonds with friends because that was only for romantic relationships. Then i went into aro spaces and this idea was reinforced using QPRs instead of romantic relationships. it was "You can still have strong bonds with people without romance! It can just be a QPR instead!" "QPRs are MORE than friendship so you can have STRONGER BONDS than you would with friends."

it made me think that the relationships i wanted with my friends HAD to be something other than friendship for it to be as strong as i wanted. If i wanted to be the first person in someones life i had to enter some sort of committed relationship. if I wanted someone to care about me as strongly as i did them then it would have to be a relationship that was "more" than friendship.

I thought I wanted a QPR because i was told the only way to get that care and security that I wanted was to enter into a relationship that was "more" than friendship. because friends didn't care that much. because friends didn't live together their entire lives. because friends were never the priority relationship wise. and it took me years to realize that i didn't want any partnership and i shouldn't have to be in one to want these things from a friend. these things CAN be something friends can do. but i found that out on my own. because the aro community kept saying "you want a QPR" when i just wanted a friend who finally saw me as a priority in their life.

#text #personal #aro #aromantic #aroace #aspec #qpr #queerplatonic relationships #queer platonic relationships #tbh i was around when qprs were still getting footing. ppl werent sure how to properly label them #so to avoid allos saying it's just friends the common response was 'its more than friends but less than romance' #as if they were trying to justify it's existence as if we had to have a equivalent to romance to be justified in our identities and as ppl #because being aro made you not be a person. because how can you be a person if you dont love or have a partner #because being aro was sad because being aro meant ou were alone and you shouldn't want to be alone!! #and these ideas made it so that amatonormativity was just reinforced in aro spaces #and it isn't until recent years when amatonormativity started getting used top put a name to the problem #that i really saw ppl start standing up for aros who didnt partner because why are we expected to partner anyways? #shouldnt ppl be whole as they are? #and this is only my experience im not saying this happens everywhere #but this is why i think we need to have a conversation about QPRs and how they are used in aro spaces #because im not the only one who struggled through this #my experience may not be universal but my experience has happened to others #and thats worth talking about #srry im having a lot of thoughts recently

[aroapl]

Shoutout to ALL aromantics! To aroaces, aroallos, neu aros, nonsam aros. To loveless aros and heartless aros. To lovequeer aros, lovelustic aros, arolovic aros. To aplatonic aros, afamilial aros, analterous aros. To nonaesthetic aros, asensual aros, anattractional aros. To aroqueers, unit aros, primaros. To romo aros, partnering aros, polyamorous aros. To nonpartnering aros and nonamorous aros. To polyplatonic and polyerosis aros. To romance favorable, romance indifference, romance averse, romance repulsed, and romance ambivalent aros. To arospecs of all kinds and questioning aros. To aros who love being aro and aros who still have a hard time with it. To aros that are out, loud, and proud, and aros that are closeted. To gay aros, straight aros, bi aros, and aros of every identity under the sun! To aros all over the world! Shoutout to aros!! You're all so wonderful!

#aromantic #aro #posi #so sorry if i forgot any aros #i crammed in every label my adhd ass could think of off the top of my head

[arsenicflame]

RULES: put 5 songs you actually listen to, then tag 10 people.

Tagged by @izzy-b-hands ty <3 i pulled these from my on repeat playlist for a little variation from the things i always say!

Two's a Crowd - Cartwright

Atrophy - The Antlers

To: Myself In Colorado - Everybody's Worried About Owen

Someone Somewhere Somehow - Super Whatevr

I Won't Follow Him to the Grave - Emma Pollock, Distant Voices

Tags for if you want to do it!

@humblexwanderer @crustose @wolfpoets @faith-orise @kaarijafag @fryingmintbunny @origami-butterfly @trashkingtater @mushroom-intimacy @gydima

#assigned miserable my top repeated songs on spotify #i included links bc im extra- they go to youtube <3 #nyxtalks #tag games #i mean. the antlers is something i would always say but shhh #twos a crowd is positive though #ok maybe not. its upbeat ! #aro anthem (i really wanna love but don't know how)

[nightfallsystem]

Favourite ship dynamic

(btw he's happy ABT not being in a relationship)

(thank you to @otterpenguiny for the image id in the alt text)

#aromantic #aromantic spectrum #aro #aroace #ship #shipping #ship dynamics #- Name #top posts

[feelingthedisaster]

not me transforming my blog (usually dedicated to fandoms) into trying to make aromantic trending for valentines

#i dont even care about valentines #barely exists in my country #but i am hater before anything #and proud aromantic on top of that #so #aromantic trending this valentines #aro #aromantic #arospec #aspec #aroace #aroallo #aromanticism

[that-disabled-princess]

I've never done one of these before, did I do it right.

[ID: Two different gifs of a heart locket opening. On the right side of both lockets is the text "I'm aromantic and I don't love you platonically". On the left side of the first locket is the loveless flag. On the left side of the second locket is the aplatonic flag. /end ID]

#got sick of seeing ''i'm aromantic but love you platonically'' so i made my own #for my loveless aplaro soul #though that little bit of white at the top left is going to bug me lol #loveless aro #aromantic #actually aromantic #aplatonic

[ru-inn]

I love Michael Sheen so much that man is an acting genius and so talented. The things he does with micro-expressions are especially beautiful and he shines in every role I’ve ever seen him in. He is, in my opinion, the blueprint of an acting chameleon, he completely transform into roles and obviously cares so much for his characters. I wanna see more Michael appreciation please and thank you.

#michael sheen #good omens #good omens 2 #bright young things #prodigal son #(even as a literal terrifying serial killer that man stole the show istg) #also twilight aro is an icon #staged #(anyone reading this if you haven’t watched staged with him and David go watch it it’s marvellous) #also this post was inspired by the fact that Michael isn’t trending in top 10 with David rn cause they both deserve to be up there together

[shmaroace]

yeah i’m aro (Actually Really hOt)

#this is really a top ten bad post but i thought it was funny so! #aro #aromantic #arospec

[theprideful]

saw some flags with the chevron stripes so i made some of my own :)

feel free to save or use any!

#lgbt #lgbtq #pride flags #lesbian #gay #bisexual #bi #queer #trans #ace #asexual #aro #aromantic #pan #pansexual #sapphic #wlw #mlm #achillean #top posts

[lovelessrage]

The way so many aro people see other aro people talk about aro loneliness and their solution isn't to support them, or lend an ear or a shoulder, but instead to say "have you tried getting more friends?" "you still can have friends though!" "QPRs are out there! Try one of those!" "Hey have you heard of a QPR yet?" You are not better than people who treat getting a romantic relationship as a cure-all. You are doing the exact same "a relationship will fix you!" routine and I'm kinda tired of aros treating it as different because it's platonic.

#aromantic #aro #aromanticism #aplatonic #apl #loveless aro #loveless aromantic #like it is just generally inconsiderate to assume they HAVEN'T tried that too. you do not know if they have tried those options. #sometimes well meaning friends make it worse or friends flake on you as well. sometimes their current friends are why they're lonely #and on top of all of that!! treating platonic and queerplatonic relationships as The Solution to Loneliness is SO exclusionary #non-friending and non-partnering aros are out there and deserve to have their problems respected without this shit

[justgotpunched]

Are you a top or a bottom ma'am I am threat to national security

#aroace #aro #ace #asexual #asexuality #aromamtic #aromanticism #one more question ohh so youre like a bottom after I say im lgbt I will combust #lgbt #also those top bottom questions are horrible and I dont think it needs to be said anymore but like #its just not treating lgbt people as normal people but rather uwu my lil gay babies #kinda fetishizing if you ask me and certainly dehumanizing and also annoying and cmon thats a private thing

[megumismom]

#asking as your full time aro fic reader and part time fic author #like i can do baby 3 times tops but i see beautiful and just click out and immediately read weird smut to cleanse my palate #i also dont mind kitten i find it cute but i know some people r freaked out about it #like whats wrong with a lil furryism :( #bg3 #jjk #astarion #911 #buddie #evan buck buckely #trc #text #succession #kendall roy #stewy hosseini #kenstewy #eddie diaz #fanfiction #polls and things #polls #spn #tlou #gale dekarios #bloodweave #tgcf #hualian #i cannot remember other ships i like suddenly #pynch #aftg #andreil