Hello, just joined the sub today and read through the FAQ as well as a few similar posts to this but wanted to get a more direct response. Basically I want to write a fantasy story and my main character I specifically decided I didn't want them to have any love interest/romantic B plot and it occurred to me that I could make them asexual to help with the lack of representation. That being said I am hetero and to my knowledge I have no Ace friends to ask these questions to. I have spent the better part of the morning starting my research and plan to continue, but I want some more direct feedback as if I am going to write this I want to do it right. My questions are as follows:

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1. Is this even a story I should tell or should I leave it to actual Asexual people to write? I have characters of other sexual orientations but this would be the first time I had a non-hetero character as the main character and don't want to make assumptions about what they think like or mess it up.
2. What are some things you would like to see in regards to representation that maybe don't get covered as much?
3. What pitfalls have you seen from poor or misguided representation that I should look out for?
4. What are some stories you would recommend with good representation that I could read to help me? Any book will be fine, but if there is actually a good source for this in fantasy that would be even better.

Thanks in advance and if there is anything I didn't ask about but you feel it would be good for me to know I will be grateful for the help.