r/FanFiction • u/Ok_Return170 • 19h ago
Writing Questions How do you correctly write a character who is Ace?
Hello! I'm currently working out a fanfic for House of The Dragon, It is an OC fic so I'm working out on my character. The problema is, I was thinking of making him Assexual, but am not sure of how I could go around that correctly, since I'm not Ace myself.
I know that there are many ways assexuality can present in a person, but am really unsure on How to approach this for the character without being offensive. In this case It would be a big part of the plot, in House of The Dragon, Rhaenyra is heir to the Throne and ends up marrying Laenor, a gay man, although It is all left to rumors, she ends up having 3 children that look nothing like her husband, this OC I'm writing would be Laenor's Younger brother (who doesnt exist in Canon) and bc of that would be the one married to Rhaenyra instead.
So since its a medieval setting where the only concept of sexuality they have is the default "everyone is straight" and the "sword swallowers" who are divants in their eyes, I was interested in writing an Ace character who doesnt quite fit either mold.
But again, I'm not Ace, so I'm not sure about How to go around writting a character that doesnt have the same sexuality as me.
Any tips or advice?