Okay I’m Currently Furious That Migraines Are Often So Blindly Easy To Treat And I Had To Find This

I mea. i totally agree that just about everyone would actually be normal but i’m pretty fine with that

I mean if you do get bored even with the nano tea while there isn’t a ton to do you can still do shit to spice up your life and make new entertainment

"i'd be a scythe" "i'd be a tonist" "i'd be a nimbus agent" well I'D like to point out that most of us are lying to ourselves. most of us would be ordinary people. i probably would be, but i don't want to imagine living forever like that because that's boring and tiring and it's hard to imagine the nanite-filled version of myself who lives that life contented by it. i want to be a scythe, but that disqualifies me from the job. but even if it didn't, i'd never want to be a scythe if that were an actual possibility because i would be a different person without the layers of fucked up that are happening in my brain chemistry. i can't even say i'd be a tonist and take my nanites out because nanite-d me wouldn't be thinking as hard as real me about who i am and whether the nanites are changing me fundamentally. so yeah. i'd be boring in the aoas universe. calling it now.

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Different Stories Resonate with Different People

When you learned of the god of war, you thought he’d be tall and muscular and angry. When you were about to meet him, you braced yourself for the worst.

You weren’t quite expecting the short, scrawny, shy kid you ended up getting instead.

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just remembered this old clickhole video i used to be obsessed with

Some Good SCPs

Strong favorites marked by (⁂)

Series I

SCP-033 - The Missing Number

SCP-055 - [unknown]

SCP-087 - The Stairwell

SCP-093 - Red Sea Object

SCP-173 - The Sculpture - The Original

SCP-186 - To End All Wars  (⁂)

SCP-270 - Secluded Telephone  (⁂)

SCP-342 - Ticket to Ride  (⁂)

SCP-387 - Living Lego

SCP-426 - I am a Toaster

SCP-579 - [DATA EXPUNGED]

SCP-592 - Inaccurate History Book

SCP-711 - Paradoxical Insurance Policy

SCP-804 - World Without Man  (⁂)

SCP-914 - The Clockworks

Series II

SCP-1171 - Humans Go Home

SCP-1193 - Buried Giant

SCP-1322 - World We Helped

SCP-1425 - Star Signals

SCP-1500 - Zachary Callahan

SCP-1539 - Semantic Dissociation Zone

SCP-1689 - Bag of Holding Potatoes  (⁂)

SCP-1733 - Season Opener  (⁂)

SCP-1802 - Skip

SCP-1981 - “RONALD REAGAN CUT UP WHILE TALKING”

SCP-1983 - Doorway to Nowhere

SCP-1986 - Imaginary Library

Series III

SCP-2000 - Deus Ex Machina

SCP-2090 - Potentially XK Tim Duncan

SCP-2135 - 91st Street Station

SCP-2288 - Copy of A

SCP-2316 - The Bodies In The Water  (⁂)

SCP-2459 - When the Traffic Clears

SCP-2499 - Harmony of the Spheres

SCP-2521 - ●●|●●●●●|●●|●  (⁂)

SCP-2557, A Holding of Envelope Logistics®

Allison Eckhart - Allison Eckhart

SCP-2571 - Cragglewood Park

SCP-2602 - Former Library

SCP-2637 - A controversial chunk of rock with 196,884-dimensional stakes  (⁂)

SCP-2718 - What Happens After  (⁂)

SCP-2719 - Inside

SCP-2740 - It Wasn’t There  (⁂)

SCP-2871 - Strong Interaction Amplifier

SCP-2900 - Participation Trophies

SCP-2935 - A Dead World

SCP-2951 - Too Long  (⁂)

SCP-2979 - Your High School Physics Teacher, Mr. [REDACTED]  (⁂)

SCP-2998 - Anomalous Transmission, 2485 MHz

Series IV

SCP-3001 - Red Reality

SCP-3002 - Attempts to Assassinate Thought

SCP-3005 - A Light That Died  (⁂)

SCP-3008 - A Perfectly Normal, Regular Old IKEA  (⁂)

SCP-3104 - Cops Magnet  (⁂)

SCP-3116 - It’s time to stop posting

SCP-3125 - 55555 (NOTE: I recommend reading 3125 after reading everything preceding it on the Antimemetics Division Hub page)

SCP-3127 - Nineteen Year Old Jessica Lambert And A Female Pig Of Abnormal Size, Forever

SCP-3128 - Let’s Play Monopoly!

SCP-3264 - Causeless Effect  (⁂)

SCP-3333 - Tower  (⁂)

SCP-3455 - 411 Days A Year

SCP-3733 - Everybody Else

SCP-3773 - 9,000 Lives

SCP-3900 - The Internet of Things That Are Wolves  (⁂)

SCP-3930 - Does Not Exist  (⁂)

Series V

Taboo  (⁂)

SCP-4022 - Great Big Nothing

SCP-4065 - Ancho(red) Reality

SCP-4121 - The Loop That Never Breaks/Never Has/Never Will Be Broken

SCP-4228 - Karma Kameleon

SCP-4330 - A Moment of Silence

SCP-4365 - Five-Story Upside-Down Hotel

SCP-4417 - The Long Way Round

SCP-4493 - Keep Pride Out Of Corps  (⁂)

SCP-4703 - Perfectly Legal

SCP-4774 - Ninth Planet, Perhaps

4807 - Minimalism

SCP-4857 - [DESIGNATION AVAILABLE]

SCP-4885 - Find Him

SCP-4999 - Someone to Watch Over Us

Series VI

SCP-5005 - Lamplight

SCP-5031 - Yet another murder monster  (⁂)

SCP-5087 - When Have They Gone?

SCP-5095 - We Need to Talk about O5-3.

SCP-5320 - The People’s Church Of The Fish That Just Goes On Forever

SCP-5520 - The Rabbit Hole

SCP-5522 - Pizza Delivery Speedrun (RTA) 100% Completion

SCP-5538 - Holder of Abnormalities

SCP-5552 - Our Stolen Theory

SCP-5579 - Boba Roe

SCP-5920 - Work on What Has Been Spoiled

SCP-5994 - You Can’t Top Pigs with Pigs  (⁂)

Series VII

SCP-6006 - Theseus

SCP-6273 - The Empty Skin

SCP-6761 - The Sorting Machine

SCP-6803 - True Earth

Series VIII

SCP-7186 - Rock and Stone

SCP-7819 - no vacancy

SCP-001 Proposals

S. D. Locke’s Proposal - When Day Breaks  (⁂)

Kate McTiriss’ Proposal - A Record

Antimemetics Division Hub  (⁂)

I recommend reading the Antimemetics Division Hub page in order from the beginning (SCP-055) through SCP-3125:

[…]

Critical background reading

SCP-055

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm (2015) This story is complete.

We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five

Introductory Antimemetics  (⁂)

Unforgettable, That’s What You Are

CASE COLOURLESS GREEN

Your Last First Day

Five Five Five Five Five by qntm (2017–)

SCP-3125

[…]

reading anything past SCP-3125 isn’t needed IMO, especially since the rest of the “Five Five Five Five Five” series is unfinished. (EDIT: It’s been finished now, but IMO you should still just stop after 3125)

Also, in my opinion, Introductory Antimemetics is the best tale on the site by far

Other Good Tales

SCUTTLE  (⁂)

Your Very First SCP!

Your Very Last SCP!

Footnotes/Disclaimers:

This is a provisional draft, and has been assembled retroactively after reading the site for many years – I’m definitely forgetting some I really liked, especially in Series II. This will be updated as I add things, and I’ll reblog myself when I’ve added to it significantly

This is non-exhaustive, it’s not a list of all good SCPs, just some of my favorites that I remember. (682 is both not one of my favorites and also Not Good, though)

This also isn’t an intro guide for beginners, which would be organized differently and would require a lot more thought about order, when to introduce different aspects of the Meta, when to start linking format-screws, etc.

CW for ableism, carcerality, body horror, etc. on all of these links. It’s the SCP wiki

Lastly – you can figure out what ██████ is in SCP-3005 - A Light That Died (“An ██████’s safe on shore but it’s the last thing you want to hold when you’re drowning”) and figuring this out really pulls the entry together!!

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Canon Aspec Podcast Character List

Hi! For asexual awareness week, I put together a list of the audio-dramas I've heard with canonically aspec characters! I'm still updating as I go. They are in lead/major/minor/once-off, and then alphabetical order. This list is by no means complete, (there are a lot more out there!) just the ones that I've heard so far.

Fourteenth version (13/05/2021: Added The Vanishing Act, Added Morgan and Cass to The Underwood Collection) Will update as I listen to more! Check back to the original post for the latest version.

The Alexandria Archives: Tune in to Alexandria University's favourite late night radio show for all the local news, weird goings-on, and a special spooky story from The Alexandria Archives! Episode one was tedious and drawn out, but I'm very glad I kept going. Hilarious, spooky, and fun, though a persisting instance of cultural appropriation throughout (w*ndigo) that I'm really not a big fan of. Mini episodes with Gore and The Bobs are worth their own shout-out as well.

Character: "Morning Wood"/Allison Madera-Armitage, She/Her, Lead. Asexual. Explicitly stated.

ars PARADOXICA: A modern-day physicist accidentally invents time travel and finds herself deep in government conspiracies in the 1940s. Cleverly done, but if you struggle with time travel, you might have some issues. People tend to find this a bit hit or miss, but I really enjoyed it. Possibly my favourite take on time travel.

Character: Dr. Sally Grissom, She/Her, Lead. Asexual. Explicitly stated. 

The Beacon Podcast: Anxious university student Bee discovers she has fire powers and starts a podcast to try and find others like her. Chaos ensues when she discovers she's not the only odd thing on campus. Funny and endearing series with a wonderful cast of characters and some of my favourite friendship dynamics. The university setting is a great pick and I'm very hungry for more lore. 

Character: Bee, She/Her, Lead. Lesbian Asexual. Explicitly stated.

Girl In Space: The Girl in Space spends her days alone on a space station, running science, tending the garden, making cheese, and watching Jurassic Park. It's pretty great. Be a shame if somebody were to ruin it. Clever, funny, sweet, smart, and occasionally brutal, there's something about this podcast I find oddly comforting. Probably because the wholesome bits are so good.

Character: X, She/Her, Lead. Asexual. Hinted, Creator Confirmed.

The Godshead Incidental: In a city where gods are plenty and walk among people, an ordinary woman named Em writes a life advice column. Great writing, characters, audio, and lore, this podcast is in very early days but is already a favourite, and well worth keeping an eye on! 

Character: Imogen "Em" Chandra-Phankam, She/Her, Lead. Aromantic Asexual. Explicitly Stated.

Jar Of Rebuke: An unkillable (well, he can be killed, he just doesn't stay dead) amnesiac scientist investigates weird happenings around the town he lives in, eats a lot of tasty things, and makes some friends along the way. Taking the form of their audio journal, it has a great mix of intense, sweet, and really funny scenes, with fun worldbuilding and intriguing mystery! I'm already invested and excited to see more!

Character: Dr. Jared Hel, They/He, Lead. Greyromantic Asexual. Stated, Creator Confirmed. And Christine Torres, She/Her, Minor. Lesbian Asexual. Creator Confirmed. And Dr. Gia Castillo, She/Her, Minor. Pan/Demiromantic Pan/Demisexual. Creator confirmed. And Dr. Milo Lomax, They/Them, Minor. Aromantic Questioning. Creator Confirmed.

Less is Morgue: A peppy, nickelback-loving ghost and a skeptical, flesh-eating ghoul host a podcast in said ghoul's mom's basement where they talk about anything and everything. Humorous and a bit gorey, plenty of energy and very original.

Character: Riley Almanzor, They/Them, Lead. Asexual. Stated/Creator Confirmed.

Light Hearts: Three friends run a queer cafe/bar, and learn to live with the surprising number of ghosts haunting it. Another wholesome, feel-good, light-hearted and fun podcast. Only a few episodes out so far but a good pick-me-up.

Character: Kale, They/Them, Lead. Biromantic Asexual. Explicitly stated.

The Magnus Archives: Easily the most popular podcast on this list, The Magnus Archives is a horror podcast which takes a look into the strange statements given to The Magnus Institute, an organisation which investigates strange happenings, and follows the new archivist as he tries to make sense of it. Well written podcast, it is delightful to see all the seemingly unrelated stories connect up over time. 

Character: Jonathan Sims, He/Him, Lead. Biromantic Asexual. Alluded to/creator confirmed.

Mount Olympus University: A bizarre set of circumstances leads Pandora enrolled and in charge of campus radio at the prestigious MOU, where the students are gods and figures of legend. Issue is, she doesn't belong there. Cute and charming series with exciting characters and a fun take on some classic mythology.

Character: Pandora Wordsworth, She/Her, Lead. Demisexual. Explicitly stated.

The Sheridan Tapes: In 2018, famous horror writer Anna Sheridan went missing and left behind a collection of strange tapes. Listen along as a homicide detective goes through them to try figure out what happened to her, and winds up deeper into strangeness than he could've anticipated. Really fun horror-mystery with lots of great stories and engaging twists.

Character: Sam Bailey, He/Him, Lead. MLM Grey-Asexual. Explicitly Stated.

The Silt Verses: In a modern world where gods are both outlawed and commercialised, two devotees to an outlawed river god go on a pilgrimage. Beautifully written horror with great characters, tasty sound work, a healthy dose of body horror, and complex, engaging worldbuilding.

Character: Sister Carpenter, She/Her, Lead. Aspec. Stated/Heavily Implied.

Sidequesting: Rion is a fantasy adventurer like few others; they only do side quests! Fun, interesting, very queer, and ridiculously wholesome, this feel-good podcast does a new adventure every episode. Also very much suitable for children. If you need a pick me up, please, go check it out! Makes my heart happy!

Characters: Rion, They/Them, Lead. Biromantic Asexual. Explicitly stated. And Sam, He/Him, Minor. Aromantic Bisexual. Explicitly stated.

Station to Station: After her friend and lab partner goes missing, leaving behind nothing but some strange tapes and rapidly vanishing memories, biochemist Miranda Quan tries to figure out what happened to him, and ends up drawn into a bizzare conspiracy on board a north pacific research vessel. Really well made with a fantastic cast of voices, but left off on a cliffhanger!

Character: Miranda Quan, She/Her, Lead. Asexual. Explicitly Stated.

Wooden Overcoats: Rudyard and Antigone Funn run a funeral home in the island village of Piffling. Not very well, mind you, but that doesn't matter, because it's the only one. Well. It used to be. Hilarious, high quality, and an interesting cast of characters, with a classic british comedy vibe.

Character: Rudyard Funn, He/Him, Lead. So, apologies since this one is technically not canon, but one of the writers has said he writes Rudyard as ace, so I'm including it. 

Arden: A fictional, amusing podcast taking the form of a true crime series. The hosts (an ex-detective and a radio journalist) both have equally chaotic but very different energies which make for a fun dynamic. It does also cover and address some occasionally intense and serious topics, so it's not pure comedy. This podcast also includes a great conversation about what the character's asexuality means to her in context of relations and future, which I'm mentioning as it was really well done and cathartic to hear.

Character: Rosalind Ursula, She/Her, Major. Asexual. Explicitly stated.

The Blood Crow Stories (SS Utopia storyline): This is the storyline for season 1, Max shares the interesting tapes his thesis project is on! Listen as life aboard the SS Utopia, a luxury escape from World War 1 on the open ocean, dissolves into chaos and horror. Great if you like the "character listens to old tapes" layout as much as I do. Lots of really interesting interpersonal relations and characters, and I really like how it's put together. I couldn't get into s2, but I loved the S3 storyline and am curious where S4 is going. 

Character: Leo Moretti, He/Him, Major. Heteromantic Asexual. Explicitly stated.

The Bright Sessions: Dr Bright does therapy for the strange and unusual, which is to say, young people with superpowers! TBS is well made, written, and executed podcast with a great cast of characters. It's a podcast I'd recommend to anyone.

Character: Chloe Turner, She/Her, Major. Panromatic Asexual. Explicitly stated.

Campaign: Skyjacks: The only tabletop podcast on this list (because I normally can't focus on them), Skyjacks follows a small group of sky-mercenaries on their various adventures. Amazing worldbuilding, fun characters, gorgeous music, and giant birds. It's ridiculously fun watching the GM and players get excited and build the world together. Additional shout-out to their kid-friendly sibling podcast Courier's Call which is about apprentices to an airbourne delivery service because it's ridiculously cute and has even more tasty lore.

Character: The Broker, He/They, Major (Arc 2). Asexual. Stated/Heavily Implied, Creator Confirmed.

Hello from the Hallowoods: Severely underrated and sweet queer horror podcast that follows many people (in varying degrees of human, and alive) in their journeys in a strange land, and as they cross paths. Amazing lore and worldbuilding, delightful narration and writing, highly recommended.

Character: Walter Pensive, He/Him, Major. Heteromantic Asexual. Explicitly Stated. AND Friday, She/Her, Minor. Aromantic. Creator Confirmed.

InkWyrm: Mella, the new AI caretaker for intergalactic fashion magazine InkWyrm, finds herself the new assistant to it's editor as well. Lesbian sci-fi rom-com. Worth noting the recording quality of early episodes, and some of the SFX, are a bit rough, though it improves later (start with episode 1 (redux)). The writing quality is top notch and super funny from the start, and I want to give a special mention to this podcast, because not only do they say "aromantic asexual", it's not just a single offhand comment; Robert's asexuality is frequently referenced, and the subject (but not target) of various jokes in a way I found really validating as a listener. 

Character: Dr. Robert Alphelion, He/Him, Major. Aromantic Asexual. Explicitly stated.

Love and Luck: Queer Australian romance told in voicemails, it had me in love with the leads only a few short episodes in. Set in modern-day Melbourne, it features real community places and events. It also addresses real life issues faced by the queer community, so it has it's stressful moments, but is for the most part super wholesome, and gives off such a beautiful community vibe. I want a Best of Luck bar in my own city, dammit. Oh, and there's magic!

Characters: CJ, They/Them, and Ricardo, He/Him, Major. Alloromantic Asexual. Explicitly Stated.

Moonbase Theta Out: Logs, updates, and messages from Moonbase Theta as they prepare for station shutdown and return to Earth, but not everything may be as it appears on the surface. Interesting cast of characters, this show gladly delivers both wholesome and emotionally devastating content, and it's good fun to watch the situation reveal itself. 

Character: Nessa Cheong, She/Her, Major. Aromantic Pansexual. Stated. And Lark, She/Her, Once-Off (Before the Moon Episode 2). Wlw Asexual. Explicitly Stated.

Old Gods of Appalachia: Horror anthology podcast surrounding strange incidents around the Appalachian mountains. A folktaley vibe that builds to something epic and brilliant. Most characters are treated as very disposable but never disrespectfully, which is a dynamic I've quite enjoyed.

Character: The Witch Queen, She/Her, Major. Aromantic Asexual. Stated.

The Penumbra Podcast (Juno Steel): Noir-style adventures of a detective on future Mars. An exciting, hilarious, and exceedingly queer podcast, it is well made and a lot of fun.

Character: Jet Sikuliaq, He/Him, Minor/Major. Aromantic Asexual. Stated. 

The Penumbra Podcast (Second Citadel): The proudest knights in all the second citadel go on various quests to prove themselves and protect the kingdom. Amusing and exciting, well put together.

Character: Talfryn, He/Him, Major. Aromantic Asexual. Stated.

The Six Disappearances of Ella McCray: Shortly before her wedding, at a lunch with friends and family, Ella McCray vanishes. Everyone tells the same story, until the moment she vanishes, when the stories suddenly vary wildly, all becoming impossible, on the scale of aliens, time travel, mind control, etc. And the strange things continue to happen as they search for her. Interesting and engaging mystery with good sound work, but be prepared for a cliffhanger.

Character: Jordan McCray, He/Him, Major. Asexual. Explicitly Stated.

The Strange Case of Starship Iris: Violet Liu is the last surviving crew member of the Starship Iris, after the rest are killed in a shuttle explosion. Though probably not for much longer. After being picked up by a passing ship, she's thrown into a high-stakes adventure, and quickly has to come to terms with who she can actually trust. Fantastic show with a fun cast and delicious found family. 

Character: Arkady Patel, She/Her, Major. Wlw grey-asexual. Explicitly Stated.

This Planet Needs a Name: Humanity is sending ships out to terraform and colonise planets, to hopefully create better life for humanity. Here's what happens in a best-case scenario! Wholesome, thoughtful, and full of emotion and found family.

Characters: Izley Kolian, They/Them, Major. Asexual. Stated. And Cyrus Castillo Rodriguez, He/Him, Major. Demisexual. Creator Confirmed.

Tides: After being stranded on a tidal planet, xenobiologist Dr. Winifred Eurus must use all her wits and knowledge to survive, and gets a lot more work then she anticipated done along the way. Cleverly crafted, great worldbuilding, and a wonderful cast of characters. If you want to hear about cool alien life it is a must. 

Character: Dr. Robert Montague, He/Him, Major. Demisexual. Explicitly Stated. And Dr. Melissa Wang, She/Her, Major. Aromantic Asexual. Implied.

The Underwood Collection: Magnus Archives fanmade spinoff. American edition! The audio is not quite as high-quality as the original, but the writing is good, and if you're craving more statements, these are a mix of more silly and more scary than the original show, and take opportunity to explore the intersections of the fears. Also, more queer rep, and actually uses the words.

Character: Cassian Sedgwick, They/Them, Major. Aromantic Asexual. Creator Confirmed. And Morgan Gaiman, They/Them, Major. Biromantic Asexual. Creator Confirmed. And Lucy Murphy, She/Her, Once-off (Episode 8). Asexual. Explicitly Stated.

Ungifts: Four friends take off on a journey to find their fifth after she is possessed by a magic amulet. They are given powers along the way, but they really don't want them. Fun concept, can feel a little shaky at times, but I quite enjoyed it. The main 5 characters being voiced by just 2 people is an interesting effect. The banter is really fun.

Character: Trev, He/Him, Major. Biromantic Asexual. Creator Confirmed.

VALENCE: VALENCE follows Liam, a young magic user (or muse for short) in a city where magic is shunned and people are expected to suppress it. He's got a lot of problems in his day-to-day life, but his family is one he hoped he'd never have to deal with again. Until he receives a very intriguing offer. Slow but interesting start that moves into some of the most fun character interactions I've seen in a while. Very intriguing and entertaining.

Characters: Sarah Harris, She/Her, Major. Heteromantic Asexual. Explicitly Stated. And Grace Chen, She/Her, Major. Aromantic Asexual. Creator Confirmed. And Nico Salvai, He/Him, Major. Arospec mlm. Explicitly Stated.

The Vanishing Act: Absolutely wild podcast about a 1930's German set designer's obsession with a 200 year dead magician's last trick: making an entire room of people vanish into thin air. As he travels the world seeking answers (and trying to get laid) we encounter a whole host of wonderfully/concerningly eccentric characters including an American conman, a handsome British author, a German scientist, and a duck. Well done sound design and never a dull moment. But also, a fair amount of sexual humor.

Character: Lilith von Hitzler, She/Her, Major. Aromantic Bisexual. Creator Confirmed.

Greater Boston: Set in an alternate universe Boston, a man gives up living on a rollercoaster and another attempts to turn a trainline into its own city. Watch how these events affect the people around them. Well made and entertaining, surreal yet weirdly grounded. It's a bit slower, so my ADHD brain has trouble keeping focus sometimes, but it's genuinely a very well made and written podcast. Worth listening just for Malory.

Character: Melissa Weatherby, She/Her, Minor. Aromantic Asexual. Stated.

Station Arcadia: Stories from a radio station on a moving island, in a world where solarpunk, cyberpunk, steampunk, and dieselpunk exist side by side. Some stories are stand alone, some are ongoing, many are connected, all are full of good writing and amazing worldbuilding. Very queer and underrated. Shoutout to the first explicitly stated Queer Platonic relationship I've ever encountered in media.

Character: Alice Harlow, She/Her, Minor/Reoccurring. Aromantic. Implied/Creator Confirmed.

Supernatural Sexuality with Dr. Seabrooke: Dr. Seabrooke runs a radio show where people can call in to get advice on romantic, sexual, and gender related conundrums. The hook being, this is a world where magic and supernatural creatures are just a normal part of life and society. As a note, this show contains fairly frequent discussion of sex, though there is nothing actually explicit, and it's presented in a fairly informative (but not impersonal) way. I'm quite heavily sex-repulsed, and it caused me no issues. The conversations feel really organic, it's great fun to see how they've explored how supernatural elements would play into interpersonal relations and daily life, and there's loads of advice that can be applied in real relationships as well. 

Character: Alford, He/Him, Once-off (Episode 10). Mlw Asexual. Stated/creator confirmed. And Ava, She/Her, Once-off (Episode 11). Wlw Asexual. Explicitly Stated.

Also a shout out to all the aspec people I've met in the past year for 1) being super incredible people and wonderful friends, and 2) really broadening my (alarmingly narrow) perspective on what it means to be aro- or ace-spec. And to all my friends, aspec and otherwise, for just being generally supportive, patient, and cool people.

that’s not ominous at all

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