arospec week!

To all of you, This is the last day of this year's Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. How was it for everyone? Did you learn something new? Did you have fun? For us, it was an insightful and fun experience! There is real value in witnessing different people's perspectives and experiences, and having a space to express our own was a pleasant, empowering experience. Heck, admin R said it was healing! While the finale of this week has arrived, the real work hasn't, and it doesn't quite end. Creating a supportive and safe space is not something that only takes a week, it takes time and effort from multiple people.

Continue to nurture the fire you have inside of you! It's a great source of warmth for yourself and the people around you, aromantic or not. Keep making your arospec works. Keep talking about the things you love. Keep speaking and listening. Last but not the least, keep being who you are. The world is much more colorful because you're here. What makes you different is enough. 'til the next one! Thank you for being a part of this project. ♡

Thank you for making this #ASAW special 💚

The words of everyone are what brought this project alive. This was possible because of all of you. Thank you for being a part of it. 💚

Arospec Message Board 2026 Arospec Message Board 2026

Happy!!! Day 7 of #ASAW!!!! 💚

Today is the last day of this amazing week. To end this series of projects with another bang, we welcome you to the big reveal of the AroBox! A message board full of everyone's thoughts and feelings they'd like to say to the world or loved ones.

i really enjoyed myself having this interview! it got me to think a lot about media, what i value about it, and how it can disappoint me at times. i think the bottom line is that creation should be guided by diligent passion, and there's much more to be passionate about in the world beyond romance!

AroSpec Week 2026

To go straight to the table with recommendations, go to the following link, but please remember that this can only be filled with your support!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

For reals this time sjsjs, we're closing this at 3 pm JST. So if you haven't sent yours, send it nyeow! 💚

Interviews with the community Pt.3 We asked three people in the aromantic spectrum about their thoughts on media.

Our last interviewee is @thistleclown.bsky.social, thank you so much for helping us end these interviews while having fun!

Interviews with the community Pt.2 We asked three people in the aromantic spectrum about their thoughts on media.

Next, we have @sevarix.bsky.social who kindly accepted our request, it was a pleasure talking to you, thank you very much!

Interviews with the community Pt.1 We asked three people in the aromantic spectrum about their thoughts on media.

Our first interviewee is Matías, he doesn't have a Bluesky account but we still want to thank him for participating with us 💚

Happy #ASAW day 6!!!

We asked different aros their thoughts and feelings about some of the issues we face. Creating space for other aros to express these is important. I mean, isn't that also why we're talking about how it feels to be us this aro week, so the world can have the chance to see us? 💚

Hi everyone! We decided to keep the arobox (yes I'm calling it that 😼) open for 12 more hours! Just in case anyone forgot to send theirs and whatnot.

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I totally get what you mean, it felt like just because they're matching numbers of girls and boys it's a must :/

Reminder that we will be closing the ask box in less than 9 hours!

We will keep this up indefinitely, so you can all keep adding and checking recommendations even after this week ends!

This is a space made for and by the community!

Feel free to share any type of media you prefer, be it fanart, fanfics, books, series, etc. And if you are a creator, you can share your own works too!

Of course, we ask you that the works shared are non-romantic or not focused on romance.

AroSpec Week 2026 Please click the link to complete this form.

Happy #ASAW day 5!

Yesterday we talked about frustrations, today we want everyone who wants to share what they love! Anything you enjoy with little to no romance in it? Something focusing on other relationships? Your own work? Share with everyone on the link below!

form.jotform.com/260490797294...

One of us really loves Tecna and was also very disappointed by what happened 😞

Aro fan pet peeves bingo From left to right, top to bottom - feeling forced to amato to enjoy media - character arc trashed for romance - depth and intimacy only explored in romance - lack of non romantic media - "I see them as friends" "are you homophobic?" - ending with forced romance - struggling to find like minded fans - ambiguity in a ship means romantic - "aros don't like romantic media/ships" - *makes intimate art* "that's so romantic!" - non romantic story's fandom filled with romance - using "aros can still date" as a gotcha - overabundance of romantic fics - too many romantic cliches - aro hc getting shut down - aro character mislabeled as aroace or vice versa

Happy fourth day of #ASAW! 💚

Today we wanna know about the frustrations that come from being an aro fan, here's just some of them, but feel free to add your own!

my biggest gripe ever is stories that don't need romance at all injecting romance OR the guy and the girl automatically being shipped together even though they have ZERO chemistry and their relationship isn't less valuable if it's not romantic. stop this shit.

Reminder that our ask box will be closing in 33 hours! Don't forget to leave a message for the board!

bsky.app/profile/aros...

One of admin @2kyl4rk.bsky.social's pet peeves is lack of non romantic media, especially media that focuses on unlabeled relationships and whatnot. 💔

One of admin @wavybunny.bsky.social's pet peeves is seeing characters that don't have a forced romance by the ending get shipped with characters from completely different media 🫠

Aro fan pet peeves bingo From left to right, top to bottom - feeling forced to amato to enjoy media - character arc trashed for romance - depth and intimacy only explored in romance - lack of non romantic media - "I see them as friends" "are you homophobic?" - ending with forced romance - struggling to find like minded fans - ambiguity in a ship means romantic - "aros don't like romantic media/ships" - *makes intimate art* "that's so romantic!" - non romantic story's fandom filled with romance - using "aros can still date" as a gotcha - overabundance of romantic fics - too many romantic cliches - aro hc getting shut down - aro character mislabeled as aroace or vice versa

Happy fourth day of #ASAW! 💚

Today we wanna know about the frustrations that come from being an aro fan, here's just some of them, but feel free to add your own!

!! #ASAW 💚

The poster for the show. A group of different colored ponies are shown in the poster.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2010-2019, 9 seasons

The poster of the series. Eight police officers on a rooftop. One of them in the middle is carrying a dog.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013-2021, 8 seasons

Poster of the anime. A group of girls lined up wearing different clothes, looking like they're about to run.

Uma Musume Pretty Derby
2018-2024, 3 seasons, 1 special, 2 movies

Poster of the anime. 2 guys with a little girl in the middle. Both of the guys are carrying real guns while the little girl carries a gun that looks like a toy.

Buddy Daddies
2023, 1 season

Poster of the anime. 4 characters are shown. A working adult and 3 different young adults.

Cool Doji Danshi (Play It Cool, Guys)
2022-2023, 1 season, 1 ONA

Honorable mention goes to the following series! They are already popular, short, or some show romance in a more prominent way without taking away from the all the rich relationships the characters have.