aro/ace media
characters who are asexual, aromantic, both, or fall behind another label on the spectrum. as well as relationships that can be read as queer platonic. some representation is canon, some is taken from the subtext. i take what crumbs i can find and put them in my pocket!! ♡₊˚ 🧡💛🤍🩵💙・₊✧
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Barbie (Barbie)
it’s explicitly mentioned several times the barbies don’t care for romance. win!!!!!!
Shepherd Book (Firefly)
shepherd never getting married and actively avoiding any romantic elements being implemented in his life..he’s the ships aroace grandpa <3 (i also headcanon river as being on the aroace spectrum but that’s another story)
Furiosa & Praetorian Jack
furiosa and jack can be read in tons of different ways and i think that’s perfect. both are horribly traumatized, constantly on the move, and scared. they find peace in one another and that’s all that matters.
Cookie & King-Lu (First Cow)
the friendship between cookie and king-lu is so important. the film’s ending scene is one of the most profound, precious, and tragic scenes that i have ever watched. they’re something. i just don’t know wh
The Fellowship (Lord of the Rings)
the whole fellowship is just one big qpr. the only queer-coded or inherently romantic relationship between any of them is sam and frodo. the rest are all best friends and care about one another more than anything. the gentle masculinity that belongs to a lot of the fellowship is incredibly beautiful and rare.
Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)
interesting that one of our few canon aroace representations is a cannibalistic serial killer
Merdia (Brave)
merida being one of the few disney princesses to not have a love interest and being acknowledgedly independent altered my brain chemistry as a child.
Yelena Belova (Marvel)
yelena belova, you will always be famous and confirmed to be ace in the comic-verse. as far as i’m concerned she’s aroace in the movies
Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens)
they are so devoted to one another and nothing about them is defined beyond that. their identities and relationship is too abstract to label anyway. this is what 6,000 years of yearning does to two bei
Jo March (Little Women)
"i don't know why i don't love you as you want me to. i can't i can't. i tried it and i failed. i don't believe i’ll ever marry. i’m happy as i am." i could write an essay on jo march and how she viewed her relationship with laurie.
Todd Chavez (Bojack Horseman)
todd was and the first openly ace character i ever saw in media. the writers never stopped him from being the most emotionally available and caring person out of the entire cast. he subverted the stereotypes and remained the heart of the show. brilliant.
