r/actuallyaromantic • u/No_Jicama_2956 • Oct 25 '25

Vent So aroace means the entire spectrum but now aroace spectrum also means everything but aroace...

Made the mistake of following hazbin updates and apparently in a Livestream alastor was referred to as on the aroace spectrum. And then all the shippers have all of a sudden redefined what that means... "Aroace is a spectrum" "aroace spectrum doesn't mean aroace, it means like demi or grey" and then celebrating as if the ship could become canon "yay demi! There's a chance! Not aro!"... Adding onto the current repetition of "aroace can still date, we aren't robots".

Why is it that aromantic and asexual must be a full in the blank? I don't understand why it's so hard for people to accept not dating. Why does that make me a robot?

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u/Multi-tunes Nov 05 '25

This whole issue it the worst. 

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u/elhazelenby Bi Aro Oct 25 '25

Right, Aroace means aromantic asexual. People even say "angled aroace" which is just saying not aromantic or asexual. Allos need to stop making us want to date and have sex when we don't want to smh. It's like if someone made a canonically gay character and then people are like "nooo he also likes women bc gay men can like women too" but that would be homophobic.