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Non-infantilzing ways to help Aspec/Arospec people in fandom:
(From, an ace thats tired of the way my sexuality is talked about.)
- put in the tags of your E rated fic if the smut is essential to the plot, or just a bonus.
- Avoid statements like “just friends” or “there’s no platonic explanation for this”
- Don’t assume that every ace character (canon or HC) will spontaneously combust if somebody mentions sex around them. it is a spectrum! it does not (have to) mean anti-sexual.
- avoid HCing characters as aspec because they fit the stereotype.
- If you want to have a specific adult content tag for your blog, thats fine. but maybe also slap on the default one for easier filtering.
- Remember that real life aspec and arospec people have varied taste in fiction. arospec people can like shipping. aspec people can like PWP. This says nothing about their real life preferences, get over yourself.
- That being said, respect people’s rights to prefer gen to shipfic, regardless of their sexuality.
- (this one’s gonna be controversial) stop making a binary between romantic relationships and sibling relationships in fandom. Platonic relationships can be deeply meaningful without being familial.
What language would you recommend for a tag to inform the audience that the smut is essential to the plot?
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