MC IS GIVING AROMANTIC 😭😭😭 I wonder if thatll change or something? It would be we...

He’s not aromantic tho, they already said that he’s had a crush on someone before and it was a woman. He even ended up dating her.

How is he "giving aromantic" exactly? We're just assigning characters whatever we feel like at this point lol

Y’all aromanticism is a spectrum, some aros can have crushes. He seems to have little interest in romance and dating. Crushes are few and far between. It wouldn’t be too far fetched if someone suggested he was

Right and they killing me with the passive agressiveness

Aromantic man here, he's definitely giving aro-ace bisexual rn, it's crazy. Him rarely finding anyone attractive already gave me aro-ace vibes but the author outright spelling my entire dating story is just

And the way unlike a lot of BL characters, he actually has a mature and coherent thought process of what he wants with relationships, something aro-aces are typically represented as (not like that's actually real tho, just how we're portrayed).

May or may not be, I absolutely love it when bls make mcs that have no apparent "labels." It's more engaging cuz you get to analyze and draw Ur own conclusion and it makes em feel more relatable wahahaha

Anyways rant over I just love these 2 (๑•ㅂ•)و✧

That's the thing, there is no apparent label that can describe him precisely. But saying "aromantic" because it's a spectrum and could potentially apply to him if bunch of other conditions were also met? Like that also goes for every sexuality/identity. Also as someone who is bi/pan and has similarly "not been attracted to many people" throughout my life and NOT being aromantic, can't I say the same thing and assign him what I am?
Anyone is free to interpret a character even if it's not canon, but it's like.. Admit that and have a discussion about it on that basis, instead of trying to prove something with very little evidence and way too many assumptions to back it up because you crave representation.

People think Sangwoo from Semantic error has Autism / OCD, even though he doesnt have a label on it. And honestly I agree, you dont have to put a label on something for it to be. Nana chill, its a just comic character. Dont fuss, OP's comment has more likes than dislikes

Idk man, someone not yapping about crushes doesn't mean they're aromantic. People who just don't have many crushes or relationships exist lol. That's your only reasoningnfor the vibes you getting?

@HYEBUBBL3 Combusting cause a fictional character doesn't represent you is weird. Glad we agree

I agree with everything you said about labels, but like. I did say what you said I didn't? Feel free to interpret it how you'd like, I'm just doing the same thing lol.

Here, I'll even put it here again:

"May or may not be, I absolutely love it when bls make mcs that have no apparent "labels." It's more engaging cuz you get to analyze and draw Ur own conclusion and it makes em feel more relatable wahahaha"

Feel free to give him whatever identity you'd like cuz he's not real. I already agreed with your stance with labels w/ the one on top^, so please read before replying

And I didn't really went my way to prove anything, I didn't even respond to anyone but the OG comment, I'm not being argumentative here, just agreeing with the comment.

Also, "trying to prove something with little evidence to back it up"? I'm not trying to prove anything, I'm just saying how I'm interpreting the character based on my own lived experience, and that means and the OG comment made similar conclusions.

"Because I crave representation"? it ain't that deep lol, I just enjoyed the character and related to em. You're fighting someone that ain't me . ╮(￣▽￣)╭

To clarify, I do crave representation, representation for myself, representation for everyone. No matter if you use labels or not, everyone should be represented and seen, sorry if thats too woke of me.

What's with the weird gatekeeping lol? If HYEB sees this fictional character as aromantic, and interprets the character that way, where is the issue? I genuinely don't get it.

people have been doing this for atleast a century now.

I'm not fighting you, I was using your comment as a jumping off point to address what others were also saying. But I can see how it came off that way, I'm sorry that I didn't make that clear.

I don't disagree with your view, I disagree with the tendency people have to assign overall labels based on certain depicted behaviours -which aren't even explored in detail-, while presenting that to be a as the sole "right" interpretation. Which is what the OP and others were inferring.

As for "eveyone should be represented and seen" , well yes. But if said representation comes only through speculation or very limited/partial aspects or goes against what the character canonically per author is (clearly stated or heavily implied), then we should at least acknowledge that when we analyze the character/behaviours. And that still doesn't mean we can't be represented in on way or another.

As an example, if we knew Yeo-woon was ace/aro by being outright told that, I would still be able relate to some parts of him. But those similarities would obviously not be enough to claim "oh he experienced this as I did, he must really be bi and a romantic". Why would I dismiss his established identity (at least at the time) for the sake of my greater representation? I'd leave that for an au or just theoretical convos if I was so inclined. I'm saying this to illustrate that it doesn't help to force identities, but there's no issue in accepting what's canon, potentially relate to some of the canon stuff and for the rest hypothetically discuss whatever we feel like.

It might not be "that deep" but I've seen so many people literally take it that seriously with the "he's just like me for real", get unhealthily attached and if the narrative eventually doesn't match them anymore it's like all hell breaks loose on the author for betraying their interpretation of the character, as if that defines them irl.

I'm not gatekeeping anything. Indeed, you can make a character out to be whatever your heart desires, you don't need anyone's permission!
We just don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to distinguishing between canon and fanon and how readers post about it. Hope that helps.