💚💜Turning Out |🤍| Complete Aro/Ace Anything MAP💜💚

Super excited to finally bring this MAP to all of you!! This MAP is a celebration of asexual (lacking sexual attraction) and/or aromantic (lacking romantic attraction) characters!

- @mephitidaee and @Cowllies (Twilight and Tempest Shadow (MLP))
- @MilettyAnimations (Sona)
- @Koerenn (OCs)
- @sydsartcorner (OCs)
- @TumblingDarkling (OCs)
- @MoodyDeathBeastPZ (OCs)
- @noirenard_ (OCs)
- @Icefelis (OC)
- @FalseFields (OC)
- @soarinsugar (OC)
- @towboats (Hollyleaf (Warriors))
- @NegativeWhispers (Daryl (TWD))
- @bregottski + HarvestBrook (Benny, Metalbeard, and Unikitty (Lego Movie))
- @treeetooop (OCs)
- @nequiinox (Mousefur and Longtail (Warriors))
- @Marinin (OC)
- @Bolitamurcielago (OC)
- @Ulylysh (OC)
- @caveworfs (OCs)
- @inks-project-archive (OCs)
- @Alfazoing (OCs)
- @LP4ndora (OC)
- @lunarticfirefly9688 (Sona)
- @LuckyHodgepodge (Sonas)
- HarvestBrook (OC)
Thumbnail: @Birdisjell

Song: Turning Out by AJR
Credits: Turning Out Pt II (Instrumental) by AJR

[Bolitamurcielago]

AHHHH I WAS IN CLASSES WHEN THIS PREMIERED I COULDN'T BE THERE DAMN :C

ANYWAYS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME IN THIS PROJECT, my aromantic identity was actually first reflected in the character I used, before I even considered myself aromantic I already added that label to my character, It was not really a decision, my character just sort of told me that he is aromantic, and by growing up with this character I realized that I'm as well aromantic, this is why I love the idea of this map so much: many times, is characters who tell us first, either our sonas, our ocs, or characters we love from other media, Characters have such a great power of helping us grow and learn, to not feel alone or to have something on screen or on your own paper/mind and say "OH! I feel this way as well" or "OH! I love this character, it resonates with me in a way that's so special to me", using an anything MAP to let aro/ace express this feeling is such a great tool, and you can feel in every part this experience, this love towards this identity we share. And even if we share all one thing in common, the way we experience the aro/ace experience is diferent between each other, which is also the magic of MAPs: everyone has diferent styles, diferent stories, diferent ways to portrait these stories through visuals! this is why I'm extremely thankful to be part of these, and I sincerely, with my whole heart, thank you for doing this

[wraithcall]

As someone who is Asexual and on the Aromantic spectrum, I’m so happy to see some Ace/Aro rep! You don’t see a lot of it and everyone in this MAP did a fantastic job!

[LiSkyFox]

Random bisexual here, but definitely in support of my aro/ace homies

This map is really beautiful and inspiring

I love the message where someone tells you you turned out fine

[Blizzardheart]

As an aroace kid I’ve always wondered why every character I saw got pushed to have a love interest. It was always frustrating to grow attached to a character I relate to and then they suddenly get a partner or crush. Thanks for this MAP, it makes me feel a lot better that there are others who are aroace as well

[whatdoinamemyself]

Im so glad aro/ace people are getting more recognition. I told my friend I was aro and ace and she went on a whole rant on why the sexuality was invalid. Knowing theres other people like me makes feel alot better about the situation :) Thank you for hosting this beautiful MAP!

[Toasted_Eel]

Seeing Hollyleaf portrayed as an ace/aro character makes me love and relate to her even more.

[Crimson_Mushroom]

This is such a sweet, emotional masterpiece. You can rlly feel the emotion. Phenomenal work to everyone. I'm so happy it's finished! I've been waiting for this.

[xavier_prince]

I love how all the animators have represented the aro/ace community! As someone who's questioning whether they are aromantic, this beautiful piece made me tear up. I really feel like there should be more stories focused on friendship being equal and displayed like relationships, but on top of that, just generally being able to openly express ones friendship without being labelled as 'dating' or 'partners'. I thank each and everyone of the people who worked on the team to make this awesome M.A.P, and thank you all for helping me refelct. Along with representing and bringing this M.A.P to life! Have a good day/afternoon/evening/night <3

[caveworfs]

SEEING EVERYONE'S PARTS PUT TOGETHER GENUINELY MADE ME TEAR UP everyone did such an incredible job with telling their stories and the love and care in these parts shows so much... this project is so so beautiful, thank you so much for hosting and it has been such a pleasure to have been a part of it!!!

[alywayart]

projects focusing solely on aro/ace representation is so rare, so thank all of yall for this. it means a lot to me

[thatoneaveragepal]

As an AroAce individual myself, this is really touching to watch! And it's really relatable for me as well. The artists did fantastically and it was done so soon! Great work to everybody who contributed to this project

[FlowerGriffon]

*ASEXUAL PANIC* thank god we are finally getting representation within aromantic and asexual community! i love every participant involved in this and i appreciate this map for showing our sexuality <3

[rockyclouds]

Who else just resonates with the line 'you say I turned out fine, but I think I'm still turning out'? Or is it just me and my confused self?

[iialxveii]

as someone who is aroace im so happy to see that theres a whole map about the aro/ace community. this made my day!

[phantomcat]

Ah yes yes yes! Oh its gorgeous! Asexual characters are so underrepresented in media, and Aromantic characters like, don’t exist in media at all? And in the rare occasions when an aroace character does pop up, the writer just ends up “fixing” them and giving them a partner in the end. Or making them meet “the right person.” Or writing that character to face no issues with their sexuality. Aromantic and/or Asexual people _do_ face issues. The feeling that there’s something wrong, that we’ll never be happy because things like experiencing romance and bedroom stuffs being perceived as the “end all be all” of life, and that we’ll never know true happiness otherwise.

Remember all, that isn’t true. We don’t need those things to live our lives fully and happily. And love comes in many different forms, and can be expressed in many different ways.

And also remember that it’s tough to be a god!

[azulortelli]

As someone who literally just came out as asexual, having this MAP just makes me super emotional. It's so beautiful and everyone did so good with their parts!!! It makes me feel really seen and validated for who I am, thank you all <3

[BumbleTus]

This turned out (hehe) so LOVELY!!! Everyone's parts were so beautiful and packed with emotion. Been excited for this one and it's just great.

[SharpScales]

As someone who is still figuring things out but who thinks she might be aroace, this is wonderful! Everyone who worked on this did such an amazing job, and the representation is lovely!

[ratter]

FUCK.
I knew it would made me emotional, but now I'm sitting here crying. There's still so little aspec things out there and to see myself in a map is just something else.

[kinnoyu]

As someone who identifies as asexual but struggles deeply with it I always heavily appreciate ace rep.

I'm in a serious relationship, but my body just doesn't _react_ to anything really. I feel like I'm even more fucked up and I need more medication just to be what I'm supposed to be and react how I should. I struggle so much with reminding myself that it's okay that my body doesn't react to intimate behavior and that I'm not prone to it and that's fine that my body is like that. But it can still feel so isolating and it's so hard to believe that there's nothing wrong with the fact that I don't have a physical reaction regardless of how much I want to.
It's always a bit of a relief to see asexuals (and of course aromantics!) Receive validation. Thanks, this was a beautiful MAP put together by such talented people! ❤