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fountainpenguin · 11 months

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Obligatory pride month post, talking about one specific topic: the acespec kiddos in my 'fics!

This year marks 10 years since I learned the words aromantic and asexual, and I'm still just as happy to know I'm ace as I was back then. I'm most likely arospec as well because I've never felt drawn to anyone, and I usually say I'm cupioromantic if asked directly.

This post is a shout-out to the aces I've written over the years, but only the ones from my FOP 'fics specifically because otherwise we'd be here all day.

(Under a cut because this shouldn't be so long it breaks)

Sanderson! Heteromantic asexual. Feels romantic attraction towards girls, but often hides that because he feels ashamed as a pixie. He carries the weight of being H.P.'s firstborn and being the "good stereotypical pixie" so that's hard for him, but you go, little dude. You're valid. Sanderson refuses to call Cavatina's milkmother his girlfriend, but they're on good terms and Cavatina loves his mom.

Cavatina! :'D He is firmly aro/ace, but due to a lot of trauma he went through when he was young, he's not sure if he is ""truly ace"" or ""just has trauma."" Poor thing does not understand that it's okay if you think your trauma might have an effect on your identity. If he feels comfy with the aro/ace label, he can still use it. Feeling unsure doesn't mean it can't be a true label if it's the one that fits his experiences and makes him feel right. 10/10 would wear pride buttons.

H.P.! He's akoiromantic asexual. Has occasional celebrity crushes (romantic spectrum). My favorite joke is that line in "Health Bars" where H.P. says he only likes celebrities and Anti-Cosmo just stares into the void mentally questioning if he, a politician, is a celebrity and if H.P. is trying to imply something slkdfj

H.P. doesn't like admitting his feelings, but they do exist. Has had two QPRs over the years, so good for him! Things have been rocky for him as he's tried to figure out his identity, but I'm proud of him for trying to explore it even when he makes mistakes.

Lots of other pixies tbh!! Not all of them are acespec, but a lot of them are. Bayard, Chidlow, Jardine, Madigan, Keefe, Springs, Mullins, Tolbert, Faust, Rosencrantz, and Southmark off the top of my head are canon aces [and I also know Newman, Hamilton, Hawkins, Wilcox, Longwood, McKinley, Thane, and Smith are not].

/ The pixie race reproduces asexually, but asexuality as an identity and parthenogenetic reproduction are not the same <3

Chester! He's aro/ace and adores spending time with his friend group. He doesn't feel attraction to anyone, but he's super supportive of his friends and a great wingman. He loves meeting his friends' partners and tries treating them all with respect, whether he's known them for 5 years or 5 days. He has pride buttons that he likes to wear. I like to think he gave his identity a lot of thought over the years, even wondering for a while if he might be bi, but in the end he found something that worked for him.

I am forever obsessed with my headcanon that Chester gets into acting because then he upgrades from living in a trailer park to living in a movie trailer, wheeze... He's always been ace and happy, and any kisses he shares in the acting world are strictly professional. He loves that his friends never ditched him when they got partners. Get you a friend like Chester! <3

Juandissimo! He's demisexual [Spoke about it in this post HERE]. Felt attraction towards Wanda and fell for her hard, and he's never really found another person who clicked with him. He doesn't know what demisexuality is and just kind of flits about fearing that his life is over and he'll never fall in love again... he has a hard time with those feelings. But he's also channeled a lot of his emotions into showing his beloved godkid Remy the parental affection Remy never had, and things are looking better for them both.

Remy! My grayromantic graysexual. I never pinned down exactly what his experience is. If you told him about asexuality then he would immediately say "That's me" because in his mind that means "I don't want a partner or sex," but I never really decided where he is on the aro and ace spectrums. Hence, gray zone! I think he would feel content that the ace label fits him though, even if he doesn't have the mental stamina to dive deep and learn about the details.

He chooses not to marry because he saw how rough things were for his parents and he doesn't really want a partner, but it's my headcanon that he takes in a miserable orphan girl one day and it's a real rags to riches story for them. His parents neither notice or care, but he's happy.

Anti-Cosmo! He's panromantic demisexual / gray-ace. Although he deals with nymphomania [hypersexuality], that doesn't invalidate the gray-ace part of him. He dislikes it and doesn't really understand it. Anti-Cosmo's specific experience is that his attraction tends to fade out when he realizes he doesn't know someone as well as he thought he did, or when they show a side of themselves that makes him believe they aren't really his friend. He struggles a lot with that and it's confusing for him, especially before he married Anti-Wanda.

Now that he's older he's happy to stay married to her long-term with full trust that his attraction to her will come back, but it was very confusing when he was younger and he felt like his mind and body were playing tricks on him. He has a lot of flaws and chronically cheats on people, which is not a good thing to be doing, but he is definitely one of the guys who has ever been!

10/10 would wear pride buttons as a teen, but the modern flags didn't exist back then. I do have an entire scene written where he explores the pride symbols of his world, but I'm not sure if it'll make it into the final draft of Knots since that was originally going to be the way that he found out Blonda was into Anti-Fairies, but that's not necessary since she came out to him in a different way in the current version. We do see Anti-Marigold wearing Hiccup's pride hoodie in the "Temptation" prompt, though :)

Also, not relevant to the ace topic of this post, but Anti-Cosmo would also have a pronoun button that clearly states He/Him because as we saw in Knots, he gets annoyed when called They/Them even when it's for Anti-Fairy cultural reasons. Give the man a button.

Jorgen! You could drag him over hot coals and he still would not face the fact he's ace because it is Scary to him, but he is. He deals with a lot of anxiety regarding his role in the von Strangle bloodline, seeing as he's supposed to pass on the family name. He delayed marriage until really late in life because of that anxiety, but the Tooth Fairy has always cared about him and supported him and she makes sure he always feels safe and comfy around her.

If you're curious, in Riddleverse Classic canon they do end up having kids, but it's in-vitro with a surrogate because it was important to Jorgen that he continue the family line even though it was a rocky decision for him (Didn't want it interfering with career, also lots of discomfort from political pressure and limelight, plus perfectionism issues).

Once the twins are born he's quite nervous as a father, but once he slides into the role then he finally feels in control of his life again, and realizes that the choice he made was okay. He starts relaxing a ton and finally starts opening his emotions more to the Tooth Fairy. She always supported him even when he kept himself closed off. They're sweet <3 And the twins cameo in the upcoming 130 Prompt "Approval" so you'll meet them eventually.

Anti-Marigold! Biromantic asexual. Being a counterpart who is forced to mirror your counterpart (and mirror the relationships and children they have) can be really difficult, especially when your counterpart loves chasing after boys. She struggles with her ace identity and doesn't really like it, but she is still valid and I love her.

(Also bonus nod to Foop for being aromantic even though he's not ace, he can still say hi in this post because the aro & ace solidarity between Foop and A.M throughout their teens is one of my fave secret subplots... They are 150k years in the future and do not know what aromantic and asexual mean but they are doing their best to support each other <3)

Noon / Anti-Lance! He's aro/ace and always has been. Anti-Cosmo respects the heck out of him and tries to respect his boundaries even though he has a crush on Anti-Lance. Their relationship has its ups and downs throughout the years, but they've always respected their friendship even when confessions and conflict make things awkward. Anti-Lance would definitely have pride buttons on his school bag.

There's a scene in the upcoming Frayed Knots chapter "Crossroads" where Anti-Cosmo mentions Anti-Lance's identity in casual conversation, and I like that moment because there was never a coming out scene for Anti-Lance, it was just something implied to have happened off-screen. They are just two boys who are friends and it didn't even register in Anti-Cosmo's mind as important enough to share with the reader because... it's just a normal thing for his friend to be and didn't need to be a huge thing :)

Bennett Buxaplenty, AKA Remy's dad! :) He's aro/ace, but doesn't really understand himself. He's convinced that everyone feels the same way he does and he thinks his parents (who had 11 kids) were "just weird." He's a posh 90s and early 2000s businessman who doesn't discuss sex or attraction in polite company, so he doesn't have exposure to information that could help him understand himself. He mostly just reads his adventure books.

He likes dragons, which was genuinely something I didn't notice until after "Whatever" had been up for a while, because I had just given him a book to read and didn't even notice the dragon until a later look, ha ha. We saw in "Whatever" that he withholds sex [and all affection tbh] from his wife Seneca, much to her distress. Their relationship is strained because she wasn't prepared for this when she married him but she also can't leave because they are Rich and Fancy, So People Would Talk. Remember to communicate with your partners! Don't be Bennett.

Happy Peppy Gary! He's aro/ace, but doesn't know what that means and would probably squirm a little if you tried to get him to label himself that way. Hates kisses, but grew up pressured by H.P. and Anti-Cosmo to kiss Betty on occasion so he could temporarily pass his genie DNA to her (and genie powers along with it). He had a lot of conflicting feelings about that, but didn't know how to stand up for himself and his comfort levels (Shout out to that time in Pink and Gray he was like "Growing up on a golf course prepared me to feel like rental equipment" wheeze).

Gary's a witch with a 500-year lifespan and he's still holding out, wondering if some kind of attraction will kick in when he's older. He's not sure if he wants it to or not because he mostly just feels lost and alone. He doesn't have anyone to talk about it with (well. he's got Crocker but that's a whole thing). He doesn't hate himself, he doesn't mind who he is, but struggles socially because he feels like Betty dropped their 10-year friendship to start a romantic relationship with someone else, and when he asked to keep in contact, she started drawing lines. She is setting healthy boundaries for herself and Gary wants to understand that, but it's still very hard for him. He's valid and I love him.

Chloe! She's demisexual. I like to think she didn't really examine her identity growing up because she's always been what her parents expect of her (Good Girl Who Will Marry a Nice Boy and Have Kids), so she was in her late teens when she found out about demisexuality and said "Oh, that sounds like me; this explains a lot about my life and I'm happy to figure this out even though I don't plan to do much with this information." She confessed it to Timmy because he's her best friend and he just /stares back a little blankly and gives a thumbs up even though he doesn't really get why this matters to her, but he wants to be supportive anyway.

Chloe's not over the top about it, but it's important to her because it helps her understand her own feelings, especially when there's so much about herself she's afraid to question. Kevin also doesn't totally get it, but he has two thumbs and loves supporting his girlfriend. He loves feeling warm and fluttery when she gets excited even if he doesn't know what it means. After she told him though, he definitely cooked a color-coded meal and got her flowers and balloons, and teen Chloe feels very grateful to have a boyfriend who cares about things that are important to her even if her revelation doesn't seem like an earth-shattering, life-changing thing. They're in love, your honor. They are holding hands.

Honorable mentions:

RR!Sanderson! The Sanderson we see in Reedfilter Rules has a different personality than Riddleverse Classic!Sanderson. RR!Sanderson is sex-repulsed while Classic!Sanderson isn't. He's still ace, that didn't change, ha ha.

Longwood and Poof! They are not aromantic or asexual but in fact a secret third thing: the equivalent of asexual in the preening world. There's not really a word for that, but they don't have urges for preening licks.

Poof realizing this about himself was the focus of the 130 Prompt "All I Ever Wanted" and we'll see Longwood face this soon in Origin. The pixie Smith has a very high preening drive, though, which we will also see soon in Origin, where he acts as a foil for Longwood. Yay for spectrums.

Imaginary Gary! Being imaginary, he does not age and will never experience those urges because he is perma-locked in his 5-year-old mindset. Technically he is aro/ace although he would probably switch to being pan if he got older. Labels can be fluid!

Finley! He never gave himself the chance to explore his sexuality because of his physical health [i.e. born without magic; cannot mate or he would literally die] so he doesn't think about it. He never explored those feelings, so he identifies as a homoromantic asexual even though he isn't sure about the ace part. He identifies with the label that he thinks fits him, though in a world where he didn't have health problems, he'd probably give it some more exploration and maybe adjust his choice. He still believes the term fits him and we respect that :)

There might be additional characters we can add, but these are the ones who came to mind today. I love being an arospec acespec author writing arospec and acespec kiddos and I love having a wide range of them so I can show their different experiences <3

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glow-worms-are-believers · 1 year

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Down the rabbit hole (dp x dc)

"Shit, shit, shit," Danny mumbled to himself as he frantically looked around to see if anybody had noticed the glowing green portal that had opened up underneath the giant overpass.

As he desperately tried to pull the dimensional hole closed, he couldn't help but curse his lack of sleep. If he hadn't gone to sleep so late because of the Doom event that was taking place on his server, he would've woken up in time for him to get to the airport to take his flight connection back to Amity.

Instead, he had woken up so late, his only chance of getting there on time was flying himself as Phantom. Apparently, a lack of sleep meant his control on his powers got a little wonky and he'd ended up face planting right into the overpass and through some sort of unlucky coincidence, as he instinctively grappled to catch himself from falling, he'd inadvertently clawed a rift right through to the ghost zone. Truly, this was the worst timing to discover what would otherwise be a very cool new power.

Danny grabbed at his hair desperately, as he walked to and fro, while still floating a few centimetres off the floor. On one hand, leaving an open portal to the ghost zone would be terribly irresponsible. On the other, he knew from experience these types of portals never lasted long by themselves, at most a quarter of an hour. But that was a quarter of an hour he did not have.

What to do, what to do? If he missed his plane, Jazz was going to kill him. Danny bit at his lips as he looked around to the deserted area. The chance of somebody finding the portal in the next ten minutes were astronomically low. Maybe if he put up a sign or something...

Looking around, Danny spotted an old piece of cardboard, just large enough to cover the portal. With a last look around, Danny got a sharpie from his bag.

Stephanie was about to turn in for the night. She grappled towards the Dini bridge, where she'd gone a few times to catch the first rays of light touching on the city. It usually made for a nice ending to some of her long nights, and Stephanie was due for a nice pick-me-up.

As she got there, she noticed a new feature that hadn't been there before. About five meters off the ground, there was a piece of cardboard, nailed to the bridge with what looked like a metal ruler. Stephanie squinted. In black sharpie, in an uneven calligraphy was written the following: "DANGER! PORTAL TO ANOTHER DIMENSION. DO NOT REMOVE"

Curiosity piqued, she shot a line up at the railing of the bridge, before starting to reel herself in until she was hanging in front of the cardboard. Attaching the line to her belt to free her hands, Stephanie grabbed the bottom of the cardboard and lifted it up. Her eyes widened as she came face-to-face with a whirling green portal.

"Ok," she whispered to herself a little bit uncertainly. "Guess the sign wasn't lying."

She was about to flip the cardboard back down and call Oracle for some backup, when the foothold she was using to push herself off the wall shifted and Stephanie felt herself swing right into the green gaping maw. With a cut-off scream she fell right into it, though luckily her grapple line was still tense and solidly anchored to the bridge's railing.

If Stephanie had been a bit luckier, this would have been an easy fix, as she would have swung right back out thanks to her momentum and the anchor up above.

Unfortunately, at this precise moment, the portal ran out of time, and closed just behind Stephanie, leaving behind a few strands of blonde hair, a cut grapple line and a hanging piece of cardboard behind with its ominous message on it.

#dc x dp #dp x dc #danny phantom #batman #danny fenton #stephanie brown #disaster duo #Danny messed up BIG TIME #but I think Steph would have a blast in the zone after she got over the initial panic #Like imagine Sam finds her chilling with ember and kitty while she's exploring the zone #and like everyone just gets to talking and is just having a good time #meanwhile in Gotham Cass and Tim are losing it and it's starting to spread to all the bats #Danny is still unaware of the Forces of Destruction heading his way #brace yourself Danny-boy coz you've got a big storm coming #objectively Cass and Tim would be terrifying as a team #roxpox #roxpoxwrote

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