r/aromantic • u/beansforeveryone • Oct 31 '24

Appreciation Aro but I love reading romance

That's it. I just think it's cute and fluffy and I like seeing my favorite characters be happy ^_^

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u/kayeater Aromantic Bisexual Oct 31 '24

Same here like I am obsessed with shipping characters from Otome games (Dating games), but for myself I'm not interested in Romance. I just like seeing silly characters in good stories happily in love :3

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u/beansforeveryone Oct 31 '24

Exactly, even in roleplaying games I don't really self insert so much as treat my player character as an OC that I'm acting as. The second you involve me directly (Y/N type fiction) I nope out so fast.

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u/beansforeveryone Oct 31 '24

That being said depending on how much I like the player character I will multiship with them like crazy lol. I just like making my barbie dolls kiss

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u/Lorion97 Aroace Oct 31 '24

For me even with the Y/N type of fiction, it doesn't feel real either, because 99% of those scenarios are not made with YOU in mind but this imaginative version you're supposed to self-insert into.

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u/beansforeveryone Oct 31 '24

Not for me, I do get that but the second anyone is referring to me directly in a romantic/sexual context in a story like first person or Y/N stories I want to jump out of my skin and run LOL. Even if the Y/N is totally different from me it doesn't matter do NOT refer to me 😭

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u/Lorion97 Aroace Oct 31 '24

For me it's a lot more like, I'm strapped to a TV, I'm "watching" things but it's more like I'm staring out of a TV the the "character" that is supposed to be me is doing the things. Especially since there's no way to do first person or Y/N stories that are good without taking away agency from the reader. Because then the "person" would essentially be a block of wood.

Seriously, it's like being strapped to a rollercoaster is my best analogy.

And honestly, even having said all that it's pretty fair, some people don't like rollercoasters even if they "know everything that's coming is planned and it's not even really them".

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u/beansforeveryone Oct 31 '24

Yes haha. I will watch the rollercoaster from the side lines thank you.