Asexual Characters

SmokeAndOranges 2021-03-18 21:09:18 UTC #2

I've got one! Ace MC, and while his world has no word for it, he describes it as best he can in the book.

HippieGhost 2021-03-18 21:12:43 UTC #3

I love this thread but can't promote in it because my Ace character isn't set to appear for a while . I'll be sure to return when she does!

joannekwan 2021-03-18 21:13:31 UTC #4

It's hard to pinpoint ace characters if a story doesn't focus on relationships/dates outside of platonic ones

Such is the case with mine. The protagonist Church is technically under the ace umbrella, but it doesn't really come up in the story since it's irrelevant to the plot.

EdenY 2021-03-18 21:15:11 UTC #5

This one is my favourite book with an ace main! <3

Birthe 2021-03-18 21:15:30 UTC #6

Another one! https://tapas.io/series/Prometheus1/info
I also have some others (in short stories), but both MCs are a-spec in this one (including one of them demiromantic). This is also a minor plot point.

DogshitJay 2021-03-18 21:17:17 UTC #7

I've heard really good things about this one!!

Freemints30 2021-03-18 21:17:47 UTC #8

Well mostly due to the cast being 13 for most of the story it would hardly come up, but most of my kids fall under the ace umbrella by default,

I also have a novel with Carole one of my three mains being gray-ace.

Kura 2021-03-18 21:23:07 UTC #9

One of the main characters love interests is asexual, though right now MC is in the realizing he's attracted but not confronted him about it yet phase.

Fedriz_Marini 2021-03-18 21:30:46 UTC #10

Not openly admited as of now, and I plan to make the reveal more natural in a future arc than just flat-out say it or march with it (Like Disney did with Onward's cop), but I have two Characters that are Ace, Alfredo and Greta (The latter for the nature of Her species).

Enjoy your Stay, Have a nice Day!

SagaHolmgaard 2021-03-18 21:34:46 UTC #11

NICE!! As an asexual creator this brings me a lot of joy to see
My comic doesn't focus at all on the sexual identities of the characters, but. I headcanon so many of these characters to be on the ace (or aro) spectrum it's not even funny

Aleksei 2021-03-18 21:41:32 UTC #12

I don't know much about material here in tapas, or in other website, but if you like official material, try to read (if you haven't already) 'Shimanami Tasogare' (Our Dreams at Dusk). Its a great (and kind of short) manga that tries to depict different sexual identities from the point of view of a young school boy who was outed as gay and thinks that his life has ended for that. Its a great and respectful work and includes an asexual character, among others.

alexlcuri07 2021-03-18 21:43:28 UTC #13

I also have an ace character who hasn't been formally introduced yet, haha. He has been name dropped and is formally appearing soon though, so may as well.

Although Richard (left) isn't an MC, I'm happy to see so many MC ace representations here from fellow creators.

glynfrans 2021-03-18 21:44:43 UTC #14

I'm looking for Tapas works, but thank you for sharing!

MonicaBGuerra 2021-03-18 21:50:24 UTC #15

I'm going to share my book with a few important caveats:

The book itself is MM and both MCs are allo cis gay men;
The aro/ace character isn't either of the MCs, but an important side character; she's the sister of one of the MCs;
She's already dead when the story begins. The book is split between present and past, and she's a huge part of the past timeline;
She specifically states her aroness; her aceness is implied.

If, after all that, you'd like to come meet Emma, have a link. She's first seen in Episode 21, titled "We'd Like The Room" and doesn's specifically state her aroness until Episode 61, set to go live on April 20th.

Kaydreamer 2021-03-18 21:59:55 UTC #16

I've got Glitch! Her ace-ness is never stated explicitly, since it's not plot-relevant at all, but it's canon in my head.

EdenY 2021-03-18 22:13:11 UTC #17

I really enjoy seeing all the ace recommendations! <3 However... I will admit I was hoping to see more explicit main character ace characters.

noenoh 2021-03-18 22:16:02 UTC #18

since Im ace, most of my MCs are

In this story, even tho its not openly spoken, they are

and for my second story, the MC is openly ace ~~and has to deal with most of everyone bs about it~~

HippieGhost 2021-03-18 22:21:43 UTC #19

In that case, I'll just name-drop her for now but...

I have a Wood Elf named Tera who is Ace/Aro. She hasn't appeared yet, and I don't plan to release her for a while jsut because of the timeline I"m currently on, but she IS a very lovely character. She is an elven druid whose main concern is with finding oneness with the natural world, and her journey is going to involve the stories of the wood elves and druids as a whole. She starts off as sassy and immature, but grows over the course of her stories. She's actually one of my favorite characters to write and I'm mad that I'm not at the point where I get to introduce her yet

She will be eventually though, but until then feel free to check out some of my other characters in The Aphuaian Tales:

djourner 2021-03-18 22:40:41 UTC #20

My main character Vernon is actually Demisexual.
Thing is, it only becomes a talking point later when we really get into the sexuality of each character. There are plenty of ways you can tell at the start as he has a total of 0 reaction to Azreth's sexual coments until much later, and refuses to get engaged in any sexual conversation until he gets to REALLY know his mates.
So yeah, though he does fit, I'm not sure i should link here as it's not made obvious at the start. ^^

dreamysheep.01 2021-03-18 22:43:07 UTC #21

As an ace myself I'm excited to check out everyone's comics later!

One of my main characters Daryl (right) is asexual and aromantic. It hasn't been mentioned within the comic yet since it's currently only on it's second chapter and at this point he doesn't really know he's aro/ace (well like he does but he doesn't know the words for it or that being aro/ace is even an actual thing if that makes sense?? idk its late and the explaining part of my brain is already asleep lol). Also while him being aro/ace will be mentioned in later chapters and may have a minor plotline it's not going to be a major plot point or anything like that since that's not the focus of the comic.
here's another art of him bc why not