Idk This Is Something I've Wanted An Excuse To Rant About For A While - Tumblr Posts

Probably the biggest piece of evidence for Illinois being aroace-spec outside of just a vibe or the "but I'm married to the job" line is actually (in my opinion) his iswm appearance.

He specifically states, and I quote: "Sorry friend, I don't have time for your ancient curses. Doesn't matter how handsome and or beautiful you used to be."

Now, this wouldn't mean much out of context, HOWEVER, it is brought up REPEATEDLY that the captain has this almost supernatural attractiveness. That basically everyone thinks they're drop dead gorgeous. So a character suddenly being like 'yeah...I don't really care about that' at the very least STANDS OUT.

Granted, you could probably argue that since the captain looks like a mummy to him they're less attractive then when they first went into cryostasis, which I wouldn't really agree with personally for a couple different reasons, but that is still completely valid.