Asexuality and Derek Hale

[cupidsbow]

Over on Tumblr, I was asked to explain why I think one reading of Derek is that he's asexual. This was my response

Comments

[sheafrotherdon]

I'm uncomfortable with the conflation of asexuality and trauma, here, as if asexuality can never be anything but a damaged choice.

[cupidsbow]

It is uncomfortable, isn't it? It is one legitimate experience of asexuality though. One of many.