I truly think that hundreds (okay, maybe just dozens) of fic could come out of riffing of this, because if I've learned anything in my exploration of asexuality, it's that it's not cut-and-dry. There seem to be as many permutations of asexuality, the degree of intimacy desired, the degree of intimacy allowed, and so many other factors, that it's kind of freeing in what I am realistically allowed to do, but also frightening, because, hey, they're not all one camp. There is no way that I am going to be able to portray it truthfully for all aces, because they are all so individual and different. (And I suspect that even homosexual fanfiction has been oversimplified and copied from other oversimplified fic --and I love you, fic! I do! But I'm not a gay man and I've got to believe that there's more nuance to a homosexual relationship -any relationship- than "gosh, if only we knew we liked each other and got over the rom-com misunderstandings, we'd be doing the horizontal mambo by now!" -and now I've lost where I was with the parentheses and asides.
But, yes, there are so many ways that this relationship could be explored in this fic, and in others, and I'd love to see them!
Sadly, I think that with the snail pace that I work at, I will have to commit to one and be done with it. Because it's not separate from the plot or the pacing for me, they feed into each other. *Maybe* it could be done with a few substitutions down the line, but I'd like to kid myself that everything would have to be rewritten to incorporate a new romantic strategy. But I'm more than happy to see someone springboard off of any and everything discussed or written here, and happily read it.
Hmmm, I am le tired and making no sense.
Thanks for the feedback and opinions! I really am glad to see people responding to my badly phrased poll (oh, how I cringe looking at it!).
And this led me further down the RL rabbit hole when exploring the romance side of an asexual's relationship. Because, hey, it's not just about sex. There's the emotional/intellectual aspect as well, and guess what? This extends to the sexuals as well. My favorite new term? Heterosexual homoromantic. It exists. There's another category
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I truly think that hundreds (okay, maybe just dozens) of fic could come out of riffing of this, because if I've learned anything in my exploration of asexuality, it's that it's not cut-and-dry. There seem to be as many permutations of asexuality, the degree of intimacy desired, the degree of intimacy allowed, and so many other factors, that it's kind of freeing in what I am realistically allowed to do, but also frightening, because, hey, they're not all one camp. There is no way that I am going to be able to portray it truthfully for all aces, because they are all so individual and different. (And I suspect that even homosexual fanfiction has been oversimplified and copied from other oversimplified fic --and I love you, fic! I do! But I'm not a gay man and I've got to believe that there's more nuance to a homosexual relationship -any relationship- than "gosh, if only we knew we liked each other and got over the rom-com misunderstandings, we'd be doing the horizontal mambo by now!" -and now I've lost where I was with the parentheses and asides.
But, yes, there are so many ways that this relationship could be explored in this fic, and in others, and I'd love to see them!
Sadly, I think that with the snail pace that I work at, I will have to commit to one and be done with it. Because it's not separate from the plot or the pacing for me, they feed into each other. *Maybe* it could be done with a few substitutions down the line, but I'd like to kid myself that everything would have to be rewritten to incorporate a new romantic strategy. But I'm more than happy to see someone springboard off of any and everything discussed or written here, and happily read it.
Hmmm, I am le tired and making no sense.
Thanks for the feedback and opinions! I really am glad to see people responding to my badly phrased poll (oh, how I cringe looking at it!).
And this led me further down the RL rabbit hole when exploring the romance side of an asexual's relationship. Because, hey, it's not just about sex. There's the emotional/intellectual aspect as well, and guess what? This extends to the sexuals as well. My favorite new term? Heterosexual homoromantic. It exists. There's another category