A list of rules when interacting with an aroace person, by an aroace person:
- Do not romantic our platonic. We will not hesitate to smash a rock into your skull.
- Do not piss us off. We're all attached by invisible walkie-talkies. It's like roaches--if there's one, there's definitely another one nearby.
- Do not say things like 'when you're married' or 'when you meet that special person'. Trust me, coming to terms with an aroace identity in a romance-centered world is not a fun, quirky choice.
- Do not assume that we don't like seeing romance/sex in the media. I'm aroace and one of my favourite genres is romance.
- WE ARE LGBTQIA+. Doesn't matter if we're cis, heterosexual but aromantic or heteroromantic but asexual or any other combination of all the various shades of aspec, WE COUNT AS QUEER PEOPLE.
- Do not equate being aroace or on the aspectrum to being celibate. It's not the same thing. Being aroace is not a choice.
- Being aroace does not mean we're all lonely or sad. Eating garlic bread is scientifically shown to boost your serotonin levels (don't fact check me on this)
- Living with someone or wanting to live with someone doesn't mean we want them romantically! If you have the option to establish a hideout for you and all your buddies, why wouldn't you?
This was, again, a list of rules when interacting with an aroace person, shown to reduce chances of dying by burnt breadsticks and pasta by 100%!
LETS GOOO
Ok funny character concept: an aroace vampire. He wants to eat the garlic bread, but he can’t. He is conventionally attractive, and people find him hot, but he just wants to be left alone. He thinks dragons are cool, but all of them see him as a rival due to them both having treasure hoards.
Franziska and Phoenix is such an underrated dynamic imho. Like obviously Franmaya and narumitsu are discussed at length and then Maya and Edgeworth steel samurai besties is too, and Fran and Nick are the only one left on that little group.
I like to think she genuinely likes him but would never admit it to him but he knows. He's used to bickering with someone who he genuinely cares about and recognises during and after BTTT that this is just how she communicates and meets her at her level. I like to think they bitch together about their siblings/partners and other just annoying things in their life. I think when he settles more into being with Edgeworth and Edgeworth himself softens out and becomes more affectionate, he kind of goes to her for the more brutal affectionate bickering because he kind of misses it given there's only so far Miles is willing to go anymore. It makes him kind of nostalgic.
I think she genuinely grows to respect him and likes that she knows the two people she cares about most are so close with someone who is so recklessly protective. She thinks he's a foolish idiot and will say as much to his face, regularly, but I think there's a level of comfort there for her in knowing that no matter what her little brother and girlfriend have someone so steadfastly protective in their corner.
it's called dedication and commitment, more people should learn some smh /lh
probably not good that I'm obsessed with multiple couples that could theoretically stab each other and keep being in love
Non silly and individual versions under the cut
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Archive of Our Own floating comment boxes
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AO3 Floating Comment Box by ScriptMouse
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AO3 Random Nice Comments
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Comment prompts
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Speculate on what could happen after the end of the fic
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Keyboard smash
String of emojis
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Good and easy comment ideas by ao3-shenanigans
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html for the above, in order:
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just wanted to say "Your Stupid Face" by Kaden MacKay gives me bkdk vibes. kay bye
CRYING OMG
Uraraka putting a wedding ring in Himiko's drink on a date and Himiko accidentally swallowing the ring
Using Spinner to slide into her dms I'm fucking dead /pos
when the fanfic so good you start gripping it in your claws through the screen and speaking in tongues
Local aroace fanfic authorIts_Kingston on Wattpad, AO3, and Redditthegreatestkingston on Discord and Tumblr
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