Goodday, my friend. I am Ash, from the faraway land of Nether. For many cycles around the sun have I lived. The total is twenty-two. Futhermore, I have no attraction in the none-wholesome ways. Binaries are none in this realm, only they reign. Administrator on COI
An absolutely CRITICAL part of mermaid social etiquette is to ALWAYS swim around head height with other mermaids. This prevents both mermaids from harming each other via their tails, fins, and other appendages.
This etiquette is also intended to symbolize equality – regardless of whether you’re a coastal mermaid, a small freshwater mermaid, or a 50ft tall deep sea mermaid, everybody is deserving of equal stature.
OP: It’s for etiquette and safety for other mermaids!
Me: Hell yeah! :)
OP: Because all mermaids are equal.
Me, crying: H-hell,,, yeah,,,!!!! :,)
oh to be a small freshwater mermaid swimming around the head of a 50ft tall deep sea mermaid
It baffles me when you have a clearly asexual character and people erase that like “They’re not asexual. They just got other things they’re more focused on.” As if that’s not the peak asexual experience. The most asexual thing that can happen. Peak asexuality.
I’m not asexual. I’m just more focused on reading books. I’m not asexual. I’m just more focused on my career. I’m not asexual. I’m just more focused on my mental health.
AroAces are especially erased with this rhetoric. Of course they’re more focused on other things. You’re more focused on literally everything when you don’t experience sexual or romantic attraction.
Like I get the point the allos are trying to make. “When they complete their goal, they’ll start showing interest.” But it’s never a goal that’ll be like… complete. Like “Oh, she’s more focused on becoming a knight.” But then when she is a knight she’ll still be more focused on being a knight. Like you’re acting like life goals aren’t goals that are intended to expand across your entire life.
And if you do really experience attraction. Your life goals wouldn’t get in the way of that. You’d find relationships that fit with your dreams (just like you find friendships that fit with your dreams).
i love the argument that something has no cultural impact because it has a low number of fics on ao3 as if fanfiction is somehow not an incredibly niche thing still
in your imaginary world the magnus archives has a hundred times more cultural relevance than the godfather. A hundred times
me: [typing post that says "i just remembered i never beat off"]
me, internal: watch out!you say “beat off” here to mean masturbation. However, the phrase “beat off” could also refer to completing a playthrough of “off”, the 2008 rpg video game by mortis ghost! without context, it would appear you were talking about bideo games!
me: whoa….id better be more careful!
gigantic centipede above me: [grows a foot longer]
