Unexpected and lovely

I’ve been watching the newest Leverage: Redemption with my partner and, this time through, I noticed something small but wonderful. Brianna was at her laptop and I got a good look at the stickers on it—right in the middle was an asexual pride sticker. It’s subtle, but it’s also there so much because of how often she’s at the laptop. It means so much to me because I’m ace myself.

She’s already canonically queer, so the show going out of its way to affirm that asexuality is a part of that is really wonderful. And even more than that, I love that a little time each season is devoted to her seeking relationships. There’s still so much misunderstanding with a lot of people about how asexuality works, especially in regards to wanting relationships; I’ve dealt with different levels of that myself, sometimes even from allies.

It wasn’t something I ever expected to see, and the fact that it’s done so nicely with a character I love? It’s amazing to me.