I originally posted this on
asexuality:
I'm not exactly asexual myself, but I come pretty close. While I do enjoy sex on occasion, usually when I've had it I've been extremely "Meh" about it. The reality never quite lives up to the fantasy. I get far more enjoyment from cuddles and non-sexual
ageplay roleplay. (I'm usually the "little" in such games.) In fact, come to think of it... I think most of what I enjoyed about the few times I've enjoyed sex was the role playing aspect of it. Although in the case of another partner, I think it was a case of the role playing aspect getting in the way. (We were both subs, which doesn't really work.) But whatever. Largely asexual, me.
Anyway, a friend of mine recently did an "asexuality awareness week" series of blog entries, and one of them highlighted asexual characters in fiction. And I realized that Lyria Spellspinner, the protagonist in my main fantasy novel/series of stories is asexual. I already knew she was 350 years old and had never had sex, but it didn't really sink in until the post about asexual characters. So I started looking to see if I had any others, and I think Lord Ottoman Lichter in another series is also asexual. One I'm less sure about is my other main protagonist in the Lyria series, a man named Forizano.
Then, too, there's a strong possibility that Alex Davison in my Truthspeaker Nokwahl series is asexual. Another I have suspicions about is Lo's father in the Lo series (not entirely, obviously). There may be others, but I forget offhand, and it would probably be boring anyway.
So what about y'all? Any of your own character asexual? Any asexual characters you've seen in other people's fiction?
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