aromantic men don’t get a lot of support, so im out here supporting: + aromantic trans men (binary or nonbinary) + aromantic cis men + aromantic men of color + aromantic jewish men + aromantic men-who-love-men + aromantic men-who-love-women (this includes woman-exclusive attraction) + aromantic men-who-love-NBs + aromantic men who aren’t also asexual
and all aro men im missing here but need to see this right now!
Aromantics are already portrayed as cold and predatory, and when you have to wrestle with toxic masculinity both internalized and pushed on you from the outside, it can be harder to hear that some people think so poorly of aromantic (especially alloaro) men. Your feelings are not inherently predatory. Your orientation is not misogynistic. You’re not broken or ‘less of a man.’ You deserve respect, support, and community like any other person and I’m gonna make that loud and clear here!
You don’t have to be black, it just means you support us, you stand by us and your for us.
Ok but real talk here, big, important question for everyone:
Why do you like but not reblog?
It feels like the bare minimum in fandom to reblog stuff you like. It’s the easiest way to support artists/writers and guarantee they do more of that same kind of thing.
Reblog = repost and reposts are evil!!!
Reblogs are different than reposts. As long as the original post came from the artist, the artist gets the credit for it and that’s what they want. REPOSTS are when you find a piece of art you like, save it to your computer, and later make your own post with it, and that’s not cool
Reblogging is too much effort!!
It really, really isn’t. On mobile? Press and hold the reblog button. The post has now been reblogged. On desktop? Hold the alt key and then click the reblog button. Off it goes, letting more people enjoy the beauty of the post you just enjoyed yourself!
I don’t want to tag things though
So then...don’t? Just reblog it with no tags. You want to tag it later, you can. You never want to tag things? Cool, neither do I most times!
I DO want to tag things but I feel like I’m bothering people
I guarantee you, 90% of the time, artists love tags. Even the keyboard smash tags. The ones they don’t love are the ones demanding more art/for the artist to do things in a specific way/to change the art to suit one specific viewer’s preferences.
If I reblog things a lot, it’ll annoy people!
If people are following you, it’s for your content. If it annoys them, they can unfollow you. That’s on them. If you mean it’ll annoy the ARTIST if you go in and reblog their whole art tag...wrong, false, no, definitely not, they might even make more art specifically for you if you do that. Especially if you tag with ‘I love this piece because...’ and then give a reason why you love it, that is the most encouraging thing.
Reblogging doesn’t fit my blog aesthetic.
Idk what to tell you here, you’re in control of your aesthetic. Make a side blog maybe, reblog there and leave your main ‘clean’. Or vice versa. No reblogs = a quickly dwindling supply of art that people are willing to post.
Reblogging is an important part of fandom/tumblr community in general. It encourages more people to make more content which means more things for you to do/see/read.
It’s part of the fandom ecosystem; we have content makers and we have content viewers. Without makers, we have no art. Without viewers, there’s no reason to post it online. If viewers are limited, people start reconsidering whether to bother posting their art online or just share it with their friends they know will give feedback.
Reblogs are how you contribute to the fandom. Try it.
Reblog if you're queer, have ADHD, or hate the government.
Nobody needs to know which one.
all of these apply💖
....It's My Bad by Nico Collins
If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)
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I’ve made a quick survey which will hopefully allow us to see what the community looks like in regards to our different identites and when we realised we were LGBTQ+. It’s quite short so if you have a couple minutes spare, please consider taking it!
(Please reblog so we can get as many responses as we possibly can as it’ll give more valid results!)
We stan your William, Shadow KO THAT RAT MAN!
I bet your William will hit Book William from The fourth Closet
He'd KO that motherfucker right out of his wheelchair