Fortunately, I've grown up in a very supportive environment that never truly questioned my way of viewing romance. (From a comfortable distance, usually) Confidently clicking through this twine showed that to me once again.
As someone who is, indeed, Aromantic, this game felt as though I was being called. I'll use the metaphors here to explain my own experience.
I never realized my heart didn't beat until I was into my late teens. One of the experiences I've experienced earlier is why I say that. I didn't know if my heart was still or if it was beating, because it was my first time actually thinking about my heart.
Did it beat while I was around this person, or did it never beat in the first place? I knew by that point of time (it was three years after I met this friend of mine) that my heart wasn't beating, but I still wondered if it did beat during the days while I hung out with them before.
Because I wondered if it would only beat when I started to be with someone long enough, as I knew it didn't exactly beat when I first met someone, I wondered if maybe being in a relationship long enough that it would cause my heart to beat. I thought I told my partner that information when we first got together. At least they know know.
Can confirm, it did not. My heart still doesn't beat. I'm okay with this. I've always been okay with learning if these things happen or not. It's likely that my heart didn't beat back then, and I'm okay with it. After all, I still care for others, including that partner of mine, even if my heart doesn't beat.
At first I picked not wanting to change because I've been doing my best to accept it. I felt a bit resigned but still good about it. But then I did another run and was honest and chose yes, I'd "fix" it if I could. And the doctor's reply made me tear up. It feels so lonely sometimes, and this really touched my heart. Lovely work.
This is the most beautiful interactive artwork i've seen yet. I started by answering as I think of myself personally, and was hit by the conclusion like a pound of bricks, a comforting reality I could never fathom. And then I kept going. Of course the first poem was relatable - it was how i thought of myself after all! but then I kept playing, all other options, and each one kept being relatable in some way. I think, in the end, each trajectory comforted different hurts deep in me I didn't think I had, and I feel entirely new. Thank you so much for creating and sharing :)
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Fortunately, I've grown up in a very supportive environment that never truly questioned my way of viewing romance. (From a comfortable distance, usually) Confidently clicking through this twine showed that to me once again.
having a lot of aro feelings in this twine tonight
thanks for the questions and answers and metaphors
this made me feel seen
As someone who is, indeed, Aromantic, this game felt as though I was being called. I'll use the metaphors here to explain my own experience.
I never realized my heart didn't beat until I was into my late teens. One of the experiences I've experienced earlier is why I say that. I didn't know if my heart was still or if it was beating, because it was my first time actually thinking about my heart.
Did it beat while I was around this person, or did it never beat in the first place? I knew by that point of time (it was three years after I met this friend of mine) that my heart wasn't beating, but I still wondered if it did beat during the days while I hung out with them before.
Because I wondered if it would only beat when I started to be with someone long enough, as I knew it didn't exactly beat when I first met someone, I wondered if maybe being in a relationship long enough that it would cause my heart to beat. I thought I told my partner that information when we first got together. At least they know know.
Can confirm, it did not. My heart still doesn't beat. I'm okay with this. I've always been okay with learning if these things happen or not. It's likely that my heart didn't beat back then, and I'm okay with it. After all, I still care for others, including that partner of mine, even if my heart doesn't beat.
this was very relatable. thank you.
oh. i feel something now.
At first I picked not wanting to change because I've been doing my best to accept it. I felt a bit resigned but still good about it. But then I did another run and was honest and chose yes, I'd "fix" it if I could. And the doctor's reply made me tear up. It feels so lonely sometimes, and this really touched my heart. Lovely work.
This was...Beautiful
This is the most beautiful interactive artwork i've seen yet. I started by answering as I think of myself personally, and was hit by the conclusion like a pound of bricks, a comforting reality I could never fathom. And then I kept going. Of course the first poem was relatable - it was how i thought of myself after all! but then I kept playing, all other options, and each one kept being relatable in some way. I think, in the end, each trajectory comforted different hurts deep in me I didn't think I had, and I feel entirely new. Thank you so much for creating and sharing :)
i dont even know how to express how i feel about it. its really good
wow. this really made me feel heard and understood. 10/10 writing