yeah so I pretty much never depict or allude to alastor having sex and I still get countless “HE’S ASEXUAL HOW DARE YOU” comments so I think it’s safe to say these ‘critics’ are probably just chumps ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I sometime livestream my art and whenever I am working on a piece with Alastor and Lucifer I do get people someing in and saying "You know Alastor is asexual right?" and I am like "What part of this pic is sexual?"
This also happens every time I post fan art of Charlie and Alastor on r/HazbinHotel or one of the Hellaverse-related subreddits. It's really annoying, especially when the fan art does not show anything romantic or sexual between them in any way. People just hate a ship THAT much that they complain.
There was one pic I was working on that I never posted of Alastor licking Lucifer's face and had so many people saying that. I ended up just saying "Just because he is ace doesn't mean he can't have a taste."
Honestly what bothers me the most is the almost infantilzation of Alastor as an asexual. I'll never forget seeing a comment that was like "Stop sexualizing him. He's ace!" As if asexual people can't be sexy???
The infantilization isn't just limited to Alastor, either. Charlie, Emily, and Angel Dust have also all been infantilized at some point by the 'Hazbin Hotel' fandom, even though they are all capable, grown-ass adults, not defenseless, helpless children or "damsels in distress" that need to be saved.
don't get me started on Emily infantilization, that shit pisses me off soooo bad. Girl says she's NOT a child IN her fucking song and I still see mfs acting like shipping her is 'problematic' 💀 sometimes I catch myself hoping she gets her back blown out on screen just to shut these ppl up 😭
I had a character in an rp once who was on the spectrum and was a little naive about certain social situations. I actually had someone tell me they didn't think I should ship her with anyone because it felt like it would be too predatory for someone to date her. She was an adult
Whenever I get these comments it’s usually on the arts where there is nothing sexual even happening so I’m like?? Like Alastor standing beside someone or something and these people be like ”Um he’s ace!”
Like dayum us ace people can’t be in the presence of other human beings? That’s crazyyy 😱
You can draw a picture of Al holding hands with someone, and people will shit on you and yell at you about how he's ace... like these mfs really think we're unfeeling robots, huh 🥲
There was a Season 1 post on r/HazbinHotel that got THOUSANDS of upvotes that was literally just someone saying "I'm straight, and I don't know any asexual people, but people shipping Alastor makes me uncomfortable, because he's asexual, and I think it's asexual erasure. Screw every Alastor ship."
Please give me a response to my friend who keeps objecting that he’s aroace whenever I send him art of him being friendly to Lucifer, not even sexual or romantic, just, affectionate, it’s starting to piss me off, I know he’s just doing it so I don’t get harassed by worse people, he’s nice otherwise.
That's even more annoying because it's people not wanting/thinking that Alastor can't be in any relationship that isn't platonic. Where, no, Alastor can be and whether sex is involved or not will vary by artist. Alastor can be in romantic ships.
I've seen a little of this with Mammom too. With people asking "Isn't he Ace?" because some people might think he shouldn't be interested in dating. I know I headcanon him as being Demi and maybe others do too so him having a crush isn't impossible.
I look at those people as the old 'straight edgers' of my time, who would call you a piece of shit human being if you so much as smoked 1 cigarette or had a sip of wine. In their eyes, you weren't a good person if you weren't straight edge. I think these people are 'you aren't a real ACE unless..'.
I know I'm not that big, but I have yet to receive comments like that. It sucks that people are still on about this stereotype that aroace people can't be in relationships. THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS, DANGUS!
Yup, but somehow some people think that ace means you are some kind of nun that only feels love for some greater concepts or non at all. Or forbid! Has any kind of sexual interactions! Pure as the driven snow, my friend, and just as cold to the world lol
It's been months and they're still going on about it, they're so tiresome. It's ridiculous when they try to talk over people who are ace, especially when we are using our own experience for him. Anyway, you are doing a very good job with Alastor, so thank you for making your comics! 💜
As a (maybe aro?)ace, full agree. I honestly have less of a problem with people who completely ignore his canon sexuality in their work than I do people who shove their interpretations down other's throats.
On god. As an ace person it’s so freaking annoying to see. People love mixing aromantic and asexual, and it’s so great 🙃. It also kills me to have to explain that ace is a spectrum and some ace people (not me) even have sex. Like sex positivity and sex repulsion are a thing.
Y'know that meme 'trans people talking to trans ppl about gender vs trans ppl talking to cis ppl about gender'? thats me with allos and sexuality 😭 wait til they find out that ace people can be hornier than them in some cases, and that we can enjoy kink. Or that asexuals can *gasp* have libido!
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Like dayum us ace people can’t be in the presence of other human beings? That’s crazyyy 😱
Utter nonsense ...
The infantilisation of ace people is really gross in this fandom.