Asexual Representation

[_ocelott_]

In my travels around the interwebs, I came across a fantastic blog, Charlie the Unicorn, Ace Detective. You're probably looking at that title and wondering "uhh, what?" It's a blog about asexuality, and his post on asexual representation in particular got me thinking. Charlie laments the lack of asexual characters presented in fiction, and talks

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[perfect_ruin]

I do a UF series called Require: Cookie (requirecookie.com) - and the protagonist is ace - her main dynamic is with her adoptive father, and geeking around doing MiB-ish stuff.

Spoilers below...

For the first three books, sex is barely mentioned, and romantic relationships aren't plot-important at all. In the fifth book (fourth is skipped as it deals with other characters) - she does get into a relationship with a guy who has been her best friend for months (it's not a "Nice Guy" situation, it's genuinely been platonic the whole time).

She's not really a good poster child for being ace - she's got multiple issues with sex, and she's had a lifetime of having it drummed into her head that she's "broken" (a lot of it stems from becoming barren at an early age) - so sex and reproduction and relationships are all tangled up leaving her thinking that guaranteed to be forever alone.

The boyfriend (who is sexual) is thankfully a really good guy, and has to talk her through a lot of the "just because society/culture expect X of you, I don't" conversations.