aroshinsou:

I really hate posts by (mostly) allos about who you can and can’t headcanon as aro or ace bc, one, it implies that aro and ace headcanons are somehow more problematic than any other identity headcanons and two, it feels so fucking degrading to hear “you can’t headcanon x character as aro bc they’re y thing” bc it really just sounds like “the only ace and aro characters ur allowed are the cishet white nerotypical background character, or the robot/monster”

So here’s my list of things allo ppl need to watch out for when they make aro or ace headcanons. Aros and aces feel free to add on if u wanna:

1. Don’t hc the character u hate as aro and/or ace just bc u don’t want them to b happy together with someone

2. Don’t hc a character as aro and/or ace just bc u don’t want them w anyone else period

3. Don’t only hc immature/clueless/“innocent” characters as aro and/or ace (example, the homestuck fandom)

4. Don’t only hc monsters/aliens/somehow other inhuman characters as aro and/or ace (example, creepypasta fandom, which is kinda just cursed in general tho tbh)

5. Don’t make ur aro characters obsessed with shipping their friends or smthn bc i see it Too Much and it’s Annoying

6. Actually care about the characters u hc bc too many times i see like very very minor characters be the only aro and/or ace characters hced