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grown ass man....

ace and aro books

went on a deep dive to find some aspec rep for myself and this is some of what i came up with. again, not official recommendations since i haven't read them, but they exist and i've put some of them on my own TBR list. these are all books i haven't seen on other rec lists, and i did my best to confirm that the rep is aspec. if any of y'all have read these, feel free to share your thoughts

(organized alphabetically by title and separated by age demographic; mixed genres; subjected to being updated)

updated 5.20.22

~Mod Q

A Pale Light in the Dark by K.B. Wagers = adult, science fiction; asexual MC plus various other rep

Alchemy by Marie S. Crosswell = adult, mystery; asexual lesbian MC, genderbent Sherlock

An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows = adult, fantasy; allosexual aromantic MC in a poly relationship

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon = adult, science fiction; aro-spectrum queer MC, themes of oppression and racism

Blank Spaces & Finding Your Feet by Cass Lennox = adult, romance; both feature asexual MCs (second one features a trans LI)

The Bone People by Keri Hulme = adult, magical realism; aroace MC; themes of family and identity

Catch Lili Too by Sophie Whittemore = adult, fantasy; asexual non-human MC, paranormal murder mystery

The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong = adult, sci fi-fantasy; asexual MC and found family dynamic

City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault = adult, fantasy; various rep including aspec (author is acearospec)

Devon's Island by Si Clarke = adult, science fiction; aroace POV character, queernormative worldbuilding, various other rep

Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss = adult, romance; asexual MC in an f/f relationship

Perfect Rhythm by Jae = adult, romance; rural lesbian romance with an asexual LI

Poisoned Primrose by Dahlia Donovan = adult, mystery; asexual autistic MC (author is autistic)

Rising from Ash by Jax Meyer = adult, romance; asexual MC in an f/f romance

The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann = adult, romance; asexual MC, fake-dating (author of Let's Talk About Love)

Stake Sauce: The Secret Ingredient Is Love. No Really by RoAnna Sylver = adult, paranormal; gray-a MC, deals with trauma

Upside Down by N.R. Walker = adult, romance; an ace4ace mlm romance

Werecockroach by Polenth Blake = adult, science fiction; aroace (and nb?) MC, deals with mental disability and also there are aliens

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Common Bonds = anthology, speculative fiction; stories that highlight aromanticism and focus on platonic relationships

Goddess of the Hunt by Shelby Eileen = poetry, mythology; an exploration of Artemis being aroace

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A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell = young adult, paranormal; various rep including ace-spec, chosen family dynamic

Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt = young adult, thriller/mystery; several asexual characters

Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace = young adult, science fiction; aroace MC (according to author)

The Art of Saving the World by Corrine Duyvis = young adult, science fiction; asexual MC

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp = young adult, mystery; asexual (and aro?) MC

Belle Revolte by Linsey Millery = young adult, fantasy; biromantic ace MC in an f/f romance

Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland = young adult, fantasy; asexual MC (demi-biromantic according to author)

The Facts and Legends of Cattie Catwell by Sophia DeRise = young adult, fantasy; asexual MC with lesbian LI

Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor = young adult, fantasy; several aspec characters

Forward March by Skye Quinlan = young adult, contemporary; asexual lesbian MC

Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari = young adult, science fiction; demisexual MC and asexual MC (author is aroace)

The Golden Flame by Emily Victoria = young adult, fantasy; aroace MC (author is aroace)

Good Angel by A.M. Blaushild = young adult, graphic novel; angel characters where asexual, aromantic, and agender are the assumed default but is explored with nuance

Help Wanted by J. Emery = young/new adult, fantasy; questioning aspec MC (and gender questioning)

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie = young adult, science fiction; aroace MC, various other rep

Immoral Code by Lillian Clark = young adult, contemporary; asexual POV character, friendship dynamic with "fuck the rich" vibes

Island of Exiles by Erica Cameron = young adult, fantasy; asexual (secondary?) character, various other rep including intersex

Little Black Bird by Anna Kirchner = young adult, fantasy; questioning aspec character

Meet You By Hachiko by Loren Greene = young adult, contemporary; aroace-spec MC, focus on friendship

The Rhythm of My Soul by Elin Dyer = young adult, mystery; aroace MC, ballet academy setting

Second Chance by Chelsea M. Cameron = young/new adult, romance; demi bi MC in an f/f relationship, exes-to-lovers

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman = young adult, contemporary; asexual (and aro?) MC, deals with family death

Switchback by Danika Stone = young adult, thriller; aroace MC, survivalist situations

The Trouble by Daria Defore = young/new adult, romance?; gay aromantic MC, college setting

What We Devour by Linsey Miller = young adult, fantasy; asexual MC (biromantic according to author)

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A-Okay by Jarad Greene = middle grade, graphic novel; asexual MC, deals with self-discovery and body image

The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen = all ages, fairy tale; aroace MC (author is aroace)

Hazel's Theory of Everything by Lisa Jenn Bigelow = middle grade, contemporary; questioning aroace MC, themes of self-discovery

The Faerie Godmother's Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle = all ages?, fairy tale; major aroace character, focus on friendship

You can't always get what you want But if you try sometime, you'll find You get what you need

the way the acid water in hollow knight fizzles makes me think it's just fucking soda

feel like i should be sorry about this one

i'm so sorry

ok so normally i don’t make actual posts, but i’m so curious about the shark story izzy creates. like yes, it is removing edward’s part in maiming him but now he is placing the blame on himself solely.

he talks about dangling his legs over and the shark jumping up and snatching one and while i don’t remember the quote exactly, he did say he deserved it. so while he is taking away edward, he is basically saying a tainted a sea creature and got was he “deserved.” but instead of the kraken, it’s a shark.

i love izzy and have loved him since season 1, but i know a lot of people are upset about the lack of mention of the navy incident and i do hope it gets brought up again and i believe this story of his kind of opens a gateway for that conversation. since these past few episodes are so fast paced and the crew, while going through so much under blackbeard’s captaining, haven’t exactly had room for the blame discussion.

i’m glad that izzy’s bonding with the crew and am so glad he’s actually integrated himself with him now, but i do hope the navy thing does get brought up at least for some closure.

Here are some of the animated gifs Santa Monica Studios have been putting out for God of War: Ragnarök

Sorry for the quality, tumblr only allows for 10MB gifs & these are quick & dirty rips straight from twitter which were already not great quality to start.

I'm assuming these are made to be used, so go right ahead & save & use however you like

Animator credits I could find:

Kratos making a heartshape & Kratos swearing about Valkyries by Dennis Pena, aka @/Boltfinger on twitter

Wolf paw slap by Grace Pan, one of the animators

Angrboda making faces by Jack Ebensteiner, aka @/AnimJack on twitter

Sweating Atreus by Kim Nguyen, aka @/KimbaWin on twitter

Thor sliding by Roberto Clemente, a senior combat animator