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Happy Ace Week Everyone!
You are valid and welcome here
— ur local aroace 🧡💛🤍🩵💙
Thank you to everyone who game me suggestions! I will make a second post in honour of Ace Awareness Week, and I won't add photos because those take up too much space lol. I'll also try to organize by category, if I can.
All the Asexual and Aromantic characters I could find in books/media (so far!)
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet - Jen Ferguson
Demisexual representation by Lou, a half-Métis Indigenous Canadian teen.
Hazbin Hotel - Vivienne Medrano & Amazon Prime
AroAce representation by Alastor Altruist, a Louisiana Creole Overlord demon.
Heartstopper - Alice Oseman & Netflix
AroAce representation by Isaac Henderson, a British teen.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (+ other PJO series) - Rick Riordan
Asexual representation by Thalia Grace, an American Hunter of Artemis Lieutenant.
The Heroes of Olympus (+ Trials of Apollo) - Rick Riordan
AroAce representation by Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, a Puerto Rican Hunter of Artemis and past Praetor of the Twelfth Legion.
Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo & Netflix
Asexual representation by Kaz Brekker, leader of The Crows.
Across a Field of Starlight - Blue Delliquanti
Asexual representation by Lu (right) and Fassen, (left) a pilot and ex-soldier, respectively.
Sherlock - Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat (BBC)
Asexual representation by Sherlock Holmes, a British detective.
Heartbreak High - Hannah Carroll Chapman & Netflix
Asexual representation by Ca$h, an Australian teen who is gay.
That's all I have for now, let me know if there's more characters I should add!
Arthurian characters I interpret as acespec:
Galahad, the Grail Heroine, and Bors: They generally have no apparent trouble or qualms with the eternal chastity thing (except Bors when he gets cursed, but he gets cursed).
Brangaine: In La Tavola Ritonda, she tells Gouvernail that she never wants to have sexual relationships, and in a text I haven't yet read or been able to identify, she apparently stops Kahedin from sleeping with her by using a magic pillow to make him fall asleep, a role which is Camille's in Kaherdin and Camille.
Dinadan: In LTR, they call him the Wise Man Who Does Not Love, and while he has a romantic interest in LTR, their relationship isn't sexual. To the best of my knowledge, he has no other romantic interest and no sexual relationship in all of medlit and pretty much always scorns both concepts. Usually aro, demiromantic in one text, and always ace.
Lucan: It's not anything he says or does, but unless you count the actions of Lucano the evil half-giant half-lion in LTR, he doesn't have any romantic and/or sexual relationships in any medlit I know of. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but in my mind, he's on the aro and ace spectrums.
Happy Ace Week to all who celebrate!
Edit: I had somehow left out Dinadan, who I originally meant to include a picture of. I guess you could say he's implicit. Truly one of the aroace icons of all time. He ran so Jughead could also run.
This is a friendly reminder that consent is important. It doesn't matter what your sexual/romantic orientation is. It doesn't matter what kind of the physical touch it is (anything from a handshake to a hug to a kiss to sex, etc.). It doesn't matter if you have said "yes" before and say "no" now. You always have the right to say "no." You should never compromise your boundaries because they are valid.
Additionally, it is important to respect the boundaries of others. Even if their boundaries are completely different from yours, they are still valid and should be respected.
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Happy Ace Week, everyone!! No matter where you are on the ace spectrum, you are celebrated this week! And if you are learning about asexuality, we hope that this week will prove helpful.
[image description: a purple square with the text "Happy Ace Week!! October 22nd-28th, 2023." There are illustrations of a rainbow in the asexuality pride flag colors (black, gray, white, purple) and a purple star character with a smiling face. The AVEN logo is in the lower right corner.]
ACESPEC ORIGINAL CHARACTERS EVENT FOR ACE WEEK 2023!
ACE WEEK is from 22nd to 28th October this year!! That's around the corner btw.
Back in the old Twitter days, I used to summon acespec creators to join me in a thread of their own acespec OCs with the goal of meeting more ace creators, their OCs, their projects and making friends! I thought it would be a great idea to bring the event to Tumblr this time... WITH NEW RULES!
So, during the ACE WEEK 2023, I want you to show the world your ACESPEC ORIGINAL CHARACTERS!
I want to see artwork of them, especially if it's made by you, and please add some cool info about them, it can be any silly detail, but I encourage you to talk about their asexuality and experiences, and it would be super interesting to know if your own asexuality affected the creation of the character. Tell us about their story, if they have any, and if they belong to a project you are working on. This will take place during the whole week, so no rush. I'll be reblogging pretty much everything with my side martaslavendergarden
RULES:
ABSOLUTE RESPECT. The asexual spectrum is full of different experiences, all valid. If I catch you trying to invalidate any creator or character, be sure I'll go John Wick. Also, I'm fucking tired of the invasion ace meme because I'm very punk and absolutely dislike any imperialist shit, so please, let's keep this event free of white supremacist shit. Thank you.
USE THE TAGS. Use the tags #acespecoc and #aceweek2023 so your post can be found!
LIKE AND REBLOG! This event's main goal is to find other acespec creators and not just make friends but also to create a cool community, so I encourage you to spread out your likes, cast reblogs and write some beautiful comments in the tags when reblogging.
Some questions you may have:
The identity of my OC is complex or tagless. SOUNDS COOL TO ME. Is their experience somewhere in the asexual spectrum? You can join the party and I encourage you to talk about it! I'm sure they'll be a super interesting character.
Marta, I have 500 acespec OCs. SAME. You can join all of the characters in one single post or make several of them and post them during the week, organise it yourself, no problemo.
Marta! I'm not an artist! But I have these cute picrews of my ace ocs. Can I participate in the event? ABSOLUTELY! Also, you can share the picrew you used just in case someone loves it and wants to make their OCs too.
Marta, I have this comic/book/whatever featuring my acespec OC. Can I unapologetically use this event to promote it? GO FOR IT.
Oh, Marta, I'm not acespec but I have this ace OC... Can I join the party anyway? THE MORE THE MERRIER! And I'm sure you'll learn a lot from other artists and their acespec OCs.
Marta, I have this ace headcannon of this particular character. Can I join the event? Not today, this event is only for YOUR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS created by yourself.
MARTA, I have this acespec OC I made in a videogame through character creation or whatever. Absolutely valid to me. Please provide a screenshot of your cutie and all their background story if you can.
I made this AI/NFTSHIT stuff. FUCK OFF.
Feel free to DM me if you have any doubts. Also, spread the word, I want to see many acespec OCs on Ace Week on this site!
happy ace awareness week to all! be aware of him. Daud is a trained assassin and Aphobes Die By His Blade
[Start ID. A digital drawing of Daud from Dishonored, in a lightened palette that only includes the four colors of the asexual flag. Everything upwards of his belt is visible, and he is standing with his arms held straight beside him. The non-scarred half of his face is blank, as a manner of stylization. He holds his usual stern look. End ID]
Happy Halloween & Asexual Awareness Week!
Here’s Gwenpool cat prepping for spooky season.
Here are some bonus alternate versions I made with different shading and some recolored with the colors of the asexual flag, using the color gradient tool on Procreate.
Happy Ace Week!
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Happy Ace week everyone 🖤🩶🤍💜
I know I’m a day late but still wanted to celebrate with my fellow garlic bread enthusiasts
Whether you’re a spade, club, diamond or heart know you are valid and valued 🖤🩶🤍💜
Happy ace week to my favorite, traumatized queen 🖤🩶🤍💜