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phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#276: Apr 28th 2016 at 2:10:19 PM

Our pets? I don't know, I don't even know if you have pets. Probably something more on topic (that was just a joke since I'm part of an aro chat group elsewhere and we talk about our pets a lot)

Troperfrom95 Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast from Ohio Since: Feb, 2016
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
#277: Apr 28th 2016 at 3:06:50 PM

No, lol, I don't have any pets.

Ya, I'm weird like that...
DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#278: Apr 28th 2016 at 3:09:13 PM

Do best-friends-to-lovers situations in media bother any of you? I find that I really don't like it when best friends (usually of different genders) end up "upgrading" their relationship to a romantic one. Like, I don't ship (romantically) in general, but if there's a ship like that, I'll aggressively anti-(romantically) ship it.

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#279: Apr 28th 2016 at 3:32:15 PM

Yeah no it bugs me too. I really hate it, I remember when Kim Possible was on and it almost looked like Ron and Kim wouldn't get together but they did anyways and it was the worst I had my first anti-ship as a kid with that. But I was familiar and hated the ship before that and hated the inevitable conclusion.

Troperfrom95 Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast from Ohio Since: Feb, 2016
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
#280: Apr 28th 2016 at 7:16:44 PM

I don't care for it, no. I don't think it's an "upgrade" at all.

Ya, I'm weird like that...
KatanaCat Attack glitter: It's pretty, but it hurts! from Place (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Attack glitter: It's pretty, but it hurts!
#281: Apr 30th 2016 at 1:06:46 AM

[up][up] Same here, minus the fandom familiarity. I almost stopped watching the show out of anger.

Hard to explain and to express, forever just a work in progress (he/they)
SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#282: Apr 30th 2016 at 3:07:24 AM

I was largely indifferent (but what else is new) to Kim and Ron ending up together. I mean, yeah it followed the general trend of "boy and girl can't be friends they must be attracted to each other" but at the same time... it felt natural? They still acted the same way around each other and they just kissed more? There was even an episode where Ron does something stupid to impress Kim (stealing the blue and white suit for football I believe) and she's like "Nah, bro, you didn't need to do that I'm already here you don't need to act differently."

So yeah, at least it wasn't like those blatant "I'm your boyfriend we can't do friend stuff anymore" type deal is we always get.

phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#283: Apr 30th 2016 at 7:22:57 AM

Oh no I wasn't part of the fandom, I just knew from other shows where it was going. Because I knew the Friends To Lovers trope I knew a boy and a girl who insisted they were just friends would wind up together and in some shows there would be the underlying assumption that boys and girls couldn't be friends or there would be romance (because everybody is straight? Like that joke taken to logical conclusion would assume bi or pan people can't have friends).

I mean I guess, it was just that until the last season it seemed like they were friends and than suddenly there was all this romance and I felt betrayed by that. I'm glad it was a healthy portrayal but that didn't make me feel better about it.

edited 30th Apr '16 9:59:35 AM by phantom1

Troperfrom95 Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast from Ohio Since: Feb, 2016
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
#284: Apr 30th 2016 at 9:53:04 AM

I personally despise the Friends to lovers cliche.

Ya, I'm weird like that...
Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Studious Girl
#285: Apr 30th 2016 at 11:48:21 AM

I just found out that one of my best friends from elementary/middle school is ace. She's not aro though, but she's the first ace person I know real life grin

phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Troperfrom95 Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast from Ohio Since: Feb, 2016
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
#287: Apr 30th 2016 at 4:50:34 PM

@cail: cool!

...what's ace?

Ya, I'm weird like that...
Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Studious Girl
#288: Apr 30th 2016 at 4:53:53 PM

Ace is an abbreviation for asexual

Troperfrom95 Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast from Ohio Since: Feb, 2016
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
#289: Apr 30th 2016 at 5:09:14 PM

Ah ok. Thanks for letting me know. grin

Ya, I'm weird like that...
DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#290: May 2nd 2016 at 2:56:01 PM

That's awesome, Cail! It's always neat to find out that someone you know is asexual. ^_^

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Studious Girl
#291: May 2nd 2016 at 3:03:25 PM

She's panromantic as well.

Troperfrom95 Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast from Ohio Since: Feb, 2016
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
#292: May 2nd 2016 at 4:35:03 PM

Cool.

Don't worry I know what that means.

Ya, I'm weird like that...
DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#293: May 3rd 2016 at 4:56:04 PM

Once, when we were decorating T-shirts for National Coming Out Day, the people at the table I was at found that all of us were asexual except for one person. Said person then commented that he felt outnumbered. tongue

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Troperfrom95 Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast from Ohio Since: Feb, 2016
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
#295: May 4th 2016 at 4:08:14 AM

Hehe cool

Ya, I'm weird like that...
Murataku Don't Feed The Plant from Straya Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Don't Feed The Plant
#296: May 4th 2016 at 4:20:55 AM

A friend of mine once suggested I could go to Mardi Gras wearing a grey shirt that just said "NO" on it. I thought that was pretty funny

I didn't actually go (not my thing) but still the joke was good

For context, in Australia "Mardi Gras" is an annual Pride parade held in Sydney.

edited 4th May '16 4:26:47 AM by Murataku

You need blood and he's got more than enough!
phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#297: May 4th 2016 at 7:45:46 AM

Oh I consider going to pride but crowds make me nervous.

Murataku Don't Feed The Plant from Straya Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Don't Feed The Plant
#298: May 4th 2016 at 7:50:20 AM

It's not exactly my kind of thing, either

You need blood and he's got more than enough!
phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Troperfrom95 Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast from Ohio Since: Feb, 2016
Aspie and 90's cartoon enthusiast
#300: May 4th 2016 at 11:13:16 AM

Hello everyone.

Ya, I'm weird like that...

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