Trying To Figure Out If You’re Ace Or Aro Can Be So Goddamn Hard Because It’s Like, Trying To Find

Trying to figure out if you’re ace or aro can be so goddamn hard because it’s like, trying to find the absence of something. Imagine you’re at a pond and you want to know if there are any turtles, or fish. Say you find a turtle and you’re like “great! Now I know there are turtles.” Or a fish, now you know for sure there are fish. Or you find both, and now you know for a fact there are both turtles and fish in the pond.

But like, if you don’t find any turtles it might be that there are no turtles or maybe you’re just really shitty at looking for turtles and maybe you THINK you saw a turtle over there or maybe it was just a stick. Maybe there are only a few turtles. Maybe you need to do something special to find the turtles. Maybe a bunch of these rocks are actually turtles but you couldn’t tell them apart. Maybe there are no turtles. You have no idea. Meanwhile some people are saying “Oh there have to be turtles! You’ll find them eventually ;)” or “How many turtles have you found in your pond?” or “Try planting some vegetables at the shore to attract the turtles.” Or “Oh no! What disaster happened to your pond that there are no turtles?” And you’re just standing there wet with an empty net and a tired expression.

But whatever because whether there are turtles or fish or not your pond’s ecology works just fine without them because that’s what eco-communities do they form a system around what they have. You aren’t missing anything if you don’t have turtles you just have a pond system without turtles. If someone tried to change you by pouring a bunch of turtles into your pond it would probably fuck something up.

So you don’t have to be entirely sure. You don’t have to search every inch of the damn pond before you can decide there are probably no turtles. If you want to take the aro or ace label because you think it fits go for it. And if you do find your turtles you can rename the pond. That’s fine.

More Posts from Alienaee and Others

alienaee

2 months ago

the air just fully punched out of my lungs. do you think parrot begged wato for this... do you think they didn't tell wifies beforehand, wanting wifies to have the moment as special and untampered as possible. or do you think this wifies might or might not even be parrot's wifies, a clone of what once was... still remembering unstable, but not parrot's wifies? and do you think that just for one more shining moment parrot got to crush wifies in his arms before he had to leave again? i need to go throw myself to the birds i'm about to lose my entire goddamn mind about parfies AGAIN

49 notes View Post

alienaee

2 months ago

who are you?

Tags

BRO THIS IS LTIERALLY. SO COOL OH MY GOD I LOVE YOUR WORK SO MUCHHHHH

316 notes View Post

alienaee

1 year ago

Gallery of hermits with weird setups. (As shortlisted by Mumbo)

17K notes View Post

alienaee

1 year ago

Hazbin doodles from a few weeks ago :)

Tags

hazbin hotel hazbin art hazbin hotel fanart hazbin hotel alastor hazbin hotel art nae art

42 notes View Post

alienaee

1 month ago

how the last two spoke episodes have felt with the music choices and the narrative

Tags

real spokeishere

47 notes View Post

alienaee

1 year ago

Eefo sketch cos I’m feeling silly

Tags

i love this design so much rarar i love etho in this style

238 notes View Post

alienaee

3 weeks ago

More Lew Doodles :D Inspired By Their Post Explaining Their Life Series Character

More lew doodles :D inspired by their post explaining their life series character

Tags

im probably way late to that post but oh well i fear i have driflew brainrot rn the phantom lew post inspired me is it time to rewatch autumn life again driflew autumn life smp autumn life nae art

60 notes View Post

alienaee

4 months ago

senku bc i love him very much (ignore the big ass chunk of white space LMAO)

1K notes View Post

alienaee

1 year ago

It's 2031, and Hermitcraft Season 15 has just started.

DocM77 has created a machine that adds a new dimension. Zero mods, no resource packs, just redstone and glitches. He is using Netherite blocks for his redstone circuits.

JimmySolidarity joined two seasons ago, and has died first every time. He is very careful this season, but other Hermits kill him first on purpose.

TangoTek has built Decked Out 4 in the End. It is roughly four times the size of the main island, and the dragon has been captured and sealed in an obsidian box so that it will make a cool sound effect in one specific room.

SMajor joined five days ago, and he has already been in a fan-favourite duo with half the server. His Ao3 tag has quadrupled in size, and his tumblr tag is full of art vaguely shipping him with just about anyone with a face.

Pearl has been a landscaper, a janitor, a postmaster, an accountant, a bus driver, and a librarian. Running out of public service jobs, she has started showing up at people's houses in real life with teas and coffees. No one's sure how she gets there.

Etho's tissue box has finally disintegrated, and everyone is excitedly recommending him mic stands. He is trying to hide the fact that he has put an exact copy of the box in its place already.

Zombie Cleo has become so adept at manipulating armor stands that they can perfectly recreate literally anything. Including things that by all rights should not exist. New viewers occasionally complain about lovecraftian nightmares and mental issues after seeing them. Cleo and their older viewers laugh like it's an inside joke.

16K notes View Post

alienaee

2 months ago