Recently, Legends of Tomorrow's main character, Esperanza 'Spooner' Cruz, and the Owl House's Lilith Clawthorne have been revealed to be on the asexual spectrum.  While Spooner came out as asexual with the help of Zari 2.0 in one of the final episodes of season 7, Lilith's character was confirmed as aromantic by creator Dana Terrace and voice actor Cissy Jones via livestreams.

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While broader asexual representation is growing, for years it has left members of the community struggling to find similar icons and role-models. It has left to a mass of fans queer-coding iconic characters as aromantic or asexual (or both) in an attempt to gain more recognition and visibility in the media.

Elsa - Frozen

Elsa in her iconic blue dress in Frozen

While many fans of Frozen hope to see Elsa get a girlfriend in the franchise's third film, others wish to see her remain single but still part of the LGBTQ+ community in another way. As Elsa has not had a romantic interest for the last two films, some audiences in the ace community see as her potentially being asexual and aromantic.

Frozen 2 presented the opportunity for Elsa to be in a romantic relationship with Honeymaren but at the end of the film they remain friends which suggests the possibility that Elsa does not feel sexual or romantic attraction. It would be amazing for the ace community if Elsa was confirmed as ace/aro in Frozen 3 - she feels love in ways other than romantic and is fulfilled without needing a partner. She's the perfect Disney character to portray this underrepresented aspect of the LGBTQ+ community.

Bilbo Baggins - The Hobbit

Bilbo Baggins of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings notably doesn't submit to Middle Earth and earth's social expectations of settling down with someone. Many consider this fact to mean his is alone and sad, when in actual fact it could mean that Bilbo is asexual and aromantic.

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For years, fans have interpreted the eldest hobbit as part of the ace community as he seems fulfilled without the need for a partner. Bilbo and many other characters in Tolkien's world proved that there is nothing wrong with staying single. Their single status allows a brief reprieve from society's expectations and allows fans to focus on what really matters - the amazing and spectacular fantasy world of Middle Earth.

Isabela & Bruno Madrigal - Encanto

Split image of Isabela holding a cactus and Bruno from Encanto

Two increasingly popular headcanons are that Encanto's Isabela and Bruno - even though we shouldn't even be talking about him - are both on the ace spectrum. Bruno spends many years alone in Casita's walls hiding from his family. Since no one is allowed to talk about him, audiences don't know much about his history romantically speaking. He spends a lot of time alone but still seems somewhat fulfilled - he has his rats and later gets his family back.

While Isabela is preparing for an arranged engagement with Mariano, she clearly is doing it to make Abuela happy. Encanto was right to cut out her other suitor and potential love interest, as she is later able to take control of her life and be her own person. They both show they have no need for a partner, and even wear asexual and aromantic flag colors.

Jessica Rabbit - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Jessica Rabbit performing at a nightclub in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit's Jessica Rabbit is one of the very few canonically asexual characters in film. Many people don't understand how Jessica Rabbit can be seen as an asexual icon just because she's an overly sexualized character. However, she doesn't like being a sex symbol. "You don't know how hard it is being a woman looking the way I do." While inherently sexualized, she is not a sexual being: "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way."

She never shows interest in anyone else, despite the fact that everyone in Toon Town thinks she's cheating on Roger. Her appearance does not negate her asexuality. And her romantic relationship with her husband Roger does not negate it either. She loves Roger because he makes her laugh, and she'd do anything for him.

Gandalf - The Lord Of The Rings

Gandalf looking at Frodo in The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring

Another character from the world of Tolkien who is seen as asexual is Gandalf. This character never settles down or really shows any remote interest in romantic or sexual relationships. Even actor Ian McKellen said to The Times newspaper that his character "seems to be quite asexual".

Like Bilbo turns out to be with a little nudge, Gandalf is more interested in adventure and mischief than romance. While there are scenes between Gandalf and Galadriel that some consider to be romantic  (even though she is happily married), their bond is above platonic and relationship over the centuries they have known each other. Tolkien's Maia - angelic beings in Middle Earth which Gandalf happens to be - tend to be asexual by nature but some did form partnerships which makes Gandalf's potential asexuality any less valid.

Jo March - Little Women

Jo runs down the street smiling in Little Women 2019

Like the main female character in Jo March's own book, the woman is expected to be married by the end. Greta Gerwig's 2019 version of Little Women is one of the best modern adaptations of classic literature and offers two simultaneous endings - one where Jo marries Friedrich Bhaer and opens a school, and another where she is a successful and happily unwed writer.

None of Jo's relationships have ever been romantic - while she feels platonic and familial love very deeply, she does not understand why women must be adhere to social expectations of having a great romantic love story. She wants more than that. Set in a time before the term asexual or aromantic existed, Jo is still coded as aromantic and allows the story to focus on her non-romantic relationships. Jo's speech to her mother about female expectations and marriage resonates with the aromantic audience watching, happy to see themselves portrayed onscreen.

Poirot - Various

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Though akin to Sherlock Holmes, Poirot is a more-often-than-not an underrated criminal investigator but is similarly considered asexual. There have been many iterations of the Belgian detective from David Suchet's film-length TV performances to Peter Ustinov's six Poirot movies to the current run of Kenneth Branagh's Death On The Nile - very few of them ever explore Poirot romantically.

While Branagh's latest movie hints to a potential future relationship with jazz singer Salome Otterbourne, it does not take away from Poirot inherent asexual nature that was first written by Agatha Christie. Suchet has stated several times that he sees Poirot as entirely asexual. While fans are still unsure where exactly Poirot lies on the spectrum (demiromantic, greyromantic, aromantic), it is not hard to understand his innate ace-ness.

Katniss Everdeen - The Hunger Games

Katniss in the games from Hunger Games

Though not canon, The Hunger Games' Katniss Everdeen is a beloved aro/ace character - and not just because it's a brilliant pun. It's  clear to say that Katniss had other things on her mind other than sex and romance - namely surviving brutal games put on by a totalitarian regime and overthrowing said elitist government. However, when she had the time, she still was not comfortable with romance - with either Gale or Peeta.

Many fans have identified themselves through Katniss' experience and some also think she should have remained single. Though Katniss and Peeta eventually had children that doesn't negate her orientation. Some say she's demiromantic as she later develops feelings for Peeta after really getting to know him and bonding with him emotionally. That still means her view of relationships still differs to that of society's and allosexual (non-asexual) ideals.

Yelena Belova - Black Widow

Yelena Belova fighting in the Red Room

In Marvel Comics Yelena is confirmed as asexual and aromantic, a rare find even in mainstream comics. Fans have been eager to see Yelena portrayed as such in future installments of the MCU, especially after the fan-favorite appeared in Hawkeye.

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The character's debut in Black Widow shows fans how deeply she cares for Natasha, her surrogate family, and her sisters in The Red Room. However, Yelena's orientation has barely been explored in any form since the revelation about the character was announced. Despite that, fans already rally behind Florence Pugh's performance of the character and hope to see her explore Yelena's orientation further.

Charlie Weasley - Harry Potter

The Weasley family in Egypt

Charlie Weasley's disappearance from the Harry Potter films remains to be a crying shame when rewatching them, however the character still appears in name often and in person once or twice. He appears with Harry's Hungarian Horntail in The Goblet of Fire and in the newspaper photo of the Weasley family in Egypt. While his lack of appearance remains to irk fans, his asexuality has helped others.

Canonically Charlie is more interested in dragons than romance and as such has been headcanon-ed as aro/ace. The character never marries in the books or in the films and shows very little interest in anything that hasn't got to do with dragons - including showing up in the films. Many other HP characters are also ace-coded including Dumbledore and Luna, many of whom have helped fans understand their own identities.

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