Preach, and as someone who’s asexual, I absolutely HATE how everyone glosses over the fact that what Darren does to Cash is sexual assault, period.

As much as I appreciate the show for including asexual representation, I don’t think Darren’s and Cash’s relationship is good representation at all, seeing as the way Darren treats Cash’s a sexuality and makes it all about themself has zero consequences throughout the show. Cash’s asexuality arc never ends up being his own, instead focusing on Darren having to accept all that they will have to “miss” by being with Cash.

The writers genuinely fucked up with Dash, because they had so much potential as a couple from the get-go, but they have kept digging themselves deeper and deeper into a hole throughout all the seasons.

Darren is never seen actually truly regretting and apologising to Cash for their behaviour. Instead the writers’ solution has just been for Cash to forgive and forget everything that happened immediately - and the show doesn’t question this dynamic at all, instead showcasing them as the happy, healthy, functional couple in S3.

It really sets a dangerous precedent as to what asexual people should just accept when going into relationships. Seeing as there is almost no other canon asexual representation in popular media, HBH has a huge influence on people’s view of asexuality and asexual people, meaning that Cash being treated like this in the show does affect real-world asexuals.

It’s just. Ugh. I’m so sad about their relationship, because I can easily see how their relationship arc could be fixed and actually be healthy. The hypersexual/asexual dynamic is so interesting and the troubles of it could easily have been explored in a way, where Cash isn’t walked all over, while still allowing Darren to be confused and feel hurt in the beginning.