Miraculous - Aro Heroes by CelestialL0tus on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

So, I've got a batch of these prepared, starting with my little aros. So, I kept Alix's canonical orientation of Aro and made it a big part of her arc as she learns to accept this part of her. To those who may sneer and turn a lip at making something LGBTQ+ a massive part of a character's personality, here's why:

As an AroAce (Aromantic Asexual) there are certain things that don't get talked about. The big sexualities and orientations get talked about while aros and aces get swept under the rug, facing erasure from the community they are part of. I wanted to bring a character into the spotlight with this orientation, showing how even though we don't face outright incrimination and discrimination, we face it on a physicological level.

"You haven't met the right person." "It's just a phase" "You haven't had a good time" "You'll want it eventually" ETC

Add on top that romance and sex are MASSIVE parts of our societies that some of us can't help but feel broken and almost invisible. We feel that something is wrong with us, that we are broken. And I say "We" because I felt broken and still do at times because of these reasons.

Alix is a romance-repulsed Aromantic girl that faces this physicological affront from her mother and society, feeling broken from birth because she doesn't like romance and doesn't experience that attraction, only sexual attraction. It is the root of her problems and why she's acted out because of how she's treated, how she views herself, and wants it all to end. Volpina (Lila) is that final light that Alix will get before she fullly accepts herself.

I've been writing Lila as an Aro Lesbian who has already gone through the shit that Alix has and will be that guiding light to self-acceptance that Alix needs. Because the hardest is, coming out as Aro, Ace, or anywhere on the spectrums isn't the actual coming out process. It's acknowledging and knowing that no one will truly understand how you feel. How it feels to not experience was is so... expected in our societies. To not truly experience romantic love, to experience sexual desire/attraction. It's incredibly lonely and isolating as a result, so I have a message.

To all my Aros, Aces, Demis, Allos, and everything in between, you are valid. You aren't broken just because of what society or others think. It can be lonely and harsh, but you aren't alone.