Lunari0m - ☾ Lunarium ☾

I just love this so I’ll leave it here

actually im gonna put this in it’s own post. 

I’ve had conversations with more than a few ace teens since the discourse, and there has been such a miserable impact on their experience because of what the discourse caused.

When I was figuring out I was aro/ace, there was an entire community of bright, outspoken, positive folks who were out & proud of their identities to support me through that (very, very difficult) realization. People who talked openly about how cool it was to be aro/ace, how much they loved it and themselves, how great the community was, and who made me feel welcome and optimistic.

Folks now have nothing. They have a stringent group of people who are terrified of their own label, who hide it, bury it, laugh it off as something they’re ashamed of but are burdened with nonetheless, talk about hating themselves for it, or about how hard it’s made their lives. They have these once-thriving community spaces now full of mocking and shaming and hatefulness, and no choice but to feel terrible about themselves, often inclined to deny who they are so they don’t have to accept what has become a miserable lack-of-community to identify with.

It’s hard, learning to accept yourself as ANYTHING that isn’t straight, and the community around that identity is the most important tool you can have to get through it. The community teaches you how to feel about your new identity, whether you should feel pride or shame, optimism or pessimism, whether you should feel warm & welcome or terrified & miserable.

Today, ace and aro youth are learning to be ashamed, afraid, and to cast aside words, people, and a community history that could help them feel complete in a world that’s constantly telling them how miserable they’ll be without sex and/or romance.

i love listening to my fiancée drawing

“no stop” “oh no i didn’t mean to do that” “wRONG LAYER” “wait go back” “what line is that?!” “cAN YOU– [irritated noises]” “oh you…bastard” “what..layer is that on??”

she’s so cute djksfh

some colored sketches!

oriented aroaces and what i associate with them:

aroace lesbians: a hug’s warmth, the crackling of fire, the way boots sink into fresh snow, crystal formations growing upon rocks

gay aroaces: silken fabrics, the scent of a garden in full bloom, a seashell’s song, the feeling of cold stone under bare skin

bi aroaces: neon lights, crickets chirping in the night, a crisp forest breeze, scenery reflected in water as if a mirror 

pan aroaces: the scent of bubblegum, sunglasses, shade in a hot summer day, wildlife rustling within a tree’s branches

please don’t go.

disturbances

Where did the hype go? We can’t stop now guys.

saiouma as sky kids for ouma month day 2

day 2 : youtuber au/nostalgia/games

A kofi gave me free reign to redraw a scene from TOH and I've been thinking about this since we found out King's dad has been watching and loving him this whole time - I'm 100% sure he said hi back 🥺

(bgs are edited from the show)