a thing i see often that bothers me a great deal (especially coming from people who aren’t in the ace spectrum) is headcanoning certain characters as asexual in a way that is meant to imply some kind of…. conservation of innocence, this character is a cinnamon roll and to preserve them as sexless keeps them good and pure. people who have sex aren’t any less innocent or virtuous or real. go eat a shoe
Yeah, DEFINITELY not written by anyone from the spectrum AT ALL. That’s just an insulting and very generalizing way of describing it.
Aro ace here. I love snuggling and cuttling. I love being close to my friends. I just don'e care for sex with them or feel romantic feelings for them. I like physical contact with my friends and it’s entirely platonic. I can agree that this is bullshit that was most certainly not written by an ace or aro person.
English Teachers: “Every character in a story serves a purpose. Writers don’t write anything for no reason; everything is part of a greater metaphor that the writer is trying to convey to their audience.”
