#alloaro symbols

[aroworlds]

In 2024, Barbie has returned to her usual place in society's collective attention, but I want more aro clothes for my fashion dolls. (Too much green? No such thing!) So once again for @aggressivelyarospec's Aggressively Arospectacular, I'm sharing additions to my handsewn aromantic and allosexual-aromantic pride wardrobe.

Today, I'm showing off a selection of ruffle-trimmed skirts in aromantic colours and discussing techniques for (hand) sewing less-labour-intensive ruffles.

[alloaroworlds]

I was very excited to discover miniature arrow charms in the scrapbooking section at my local craft store and a pair of pineapple-print underpants in my unworn spare-clothes stash*. With the addition of a colour-block T-shirt in allo-aro colours, my dolls are being extra aromantic this Pride Month.

(* Autism sensory stuff means the challenge of finding clothes with the right kind of not-hurting-me seams and fabrics, so when garments I tolerate go on clearance, I collect a few spares. I figure it's worth sacrificing one to make a pineapple doll top, though!)

[entropy-sea-system]

You know what? I'm actually so fucking sick of people pretending that all aros can be included in asexual symbols. Alloaros and non-ace aros deserve to be included and not have it implied that we all are comfortable with ace symbols being used for us, or assumed that we are 'forgetting' the aros for whom asexuality is a major part of their aromanticism when they're so overrepresented and the rest of us hardly get represented, and aromanticism had to become its own community. They make it all about their own feelings and talk over aros who are uncomfortable having it implied that all of us want asexual symbols used for us. We have to try so hard to be seen as not asexual just because we are aro and here you are shoving us into that box again.

[objectcrushsuggestions]

crush on my dnd dice

Yeah!!

(Also congrats on being the first not-anon ask this blog has gotten! /lh)

[radiomogai]

[ID: A picture of a drawing of three symbols, labeled A, B, and C. Symbol A is an arrow bent into a heart shape. Symbol B is the same, but it has a spade in the middle. Symbol C is the same heart shape with an apple in the middle. /End ID.]

[ID: A drawing of a spade symbol with an arrow piercing it. /End ID.]

[ID: A drawing of an apple symbol with an arrow piercing it. /End ID.]

ID by @liom-archive

ARO SYMBOLS

ok so idk if anyone even cares but a few days ago i was thinking how cool it was that ace people got to have suits of playing cards as their symbol and how there wasn’t really anything similar for aro people. so i DESIGNED SOME. here are the explanations:

design A: the general symbol for aromanticism. kind of a pun since “aro” sounds like arrow. the heart shape could represent platonic love or simply be ironic. symbolism is that cupid’s arrow missed

design B: the symbol for aro ace people. i know that the spade is already a symbol by itself, but this design puts more emphasis on being aro, since on its own, it’s more of an ace symbol. you could replace the spade with a diamond or club for demisexual and grey-ace.

design C: symbol for being aromantic allosexual. the apple kind of represents physical pleasure and desires of the flesh? it’s also associated with adam and eve which symbolise sexuality. i’m not completely sure about this one, but it seems to fit the best.

what do you think? ANY FEEDBACK AT ALL WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED even though i probably won’t get any, sighs

(pretty please???)

[alloarovibes]

i think the alloaro community should embrace lemon-lime as one of our main symbols

[papercranesandpride]

Aromantic arrows! You can get these in absolutely any aro flag, not just the ones shown here. I love my custom options. Although these have been popular for me partially because I have the aro allo one as a listed option and there's not enough aro allo merch (and hey! This one is even made by an actual aro allo!)

Anyway, I know my community. You already want an aromantic arrow thing anyway. I don't have to sell you on this. Pins are $10.00 each and earrings are $18 a pair, and shipping to literally anywhere is free.

[fishyemotes]

hey could i request a few more of the pride therian symbols?I'm mainly thinking like. poly, queer, aroace

thanks :3

of course !

In order: - Poly - Poly alt flag - Queer - Queer alt flag - Aroace - Alloace - Alloaro

[isobug]

Cruel Aro / Mean Aro

For Aros / Aromantics / Arospecs who reclaim the stereotype that they are "cruel" or "mean" for being Aro, particularly for not reciprocating unwanted feelings / crushes / advances from others and for turning others down ( or "not giving them a chance". )

This is intentionally broad, as unfortunately the stereotype is put on us for a myriad of reasons. From partnering Aros being labeled as such for "denying" their Allo partners "true love" or "trapping" them ( even if said partner is perfectly happy in the relationship ) to Arophobes claiming that Aros ( especially Alloaros ) are "cruel" for wanting sex or physical affection without romance.

If you're Aro and you feel comfortable reclaiming this stereotype than please feel empowered to use the term(s) and flag(s)! I will not gatekeep them, I made it to feel better about my own experiences and if you need a similar comfort than you're welcome here!

I would ask that everyone be respectful of ALL Aros and our differing experiences though! There is no "right" or "wrong" way to use / reclaim this, just as there is no singular "true" Aro experience.

( This may overlap with other similar terms such as Evil Aro, Heartless Aro, and others. Please keep in mind that not everyone who is comfortable with this may be comfortable reclaiming or using those specific terms / flag(s), and vice versa! )

The "demon" symbol represents how Aros are vilified by Arophobes but is completely optional. It's a modified, colored-in version of the "Devil" icon/emoji created by Vecteezy dot com user iyikon / Muhammad Khaleeq. I don't claim to have made it!

Here are two different versions with the symbol in the top left corner, and a plain flag for those who'd prefer it or would want to place the symbol themselves ( or use an alternate Aro symbol! ) High-quality versions of everything here can be found on my Deviantart ( isobug ) if these are too low-quality.

The format of the flag is inspired by the Loveless Aro and Heartless Aro flags ( abet with the inside stripes being slightly different for contrast reasons ) as my personal reclamation of being labeled as "Cruel / Mean" was inspired by those terms. The colors are from my personal associations with the term(s)!

Taglist - @radiomogai, @revenant-coining

[radiomogai]

[PT: alloaropice + alloarogury. end PT]

alloaropice + alloarogury

[IMAGE ID: two horizontal flags with nine stripes. each flag has a blurred alloaro flag, shaped like a heart, in the center. the flag is a bright green, light green, white, bright yellow, and golden yellow. the middle stripe is twice as large as the rest of them, which are equally sized. the left flag has these top three colors: dark green, green, and medium pink. the right flag has these top three colors: medium green, pink, and light pink each flag has these bottom six stripes: bright green, off-white, bright green, light green, bright yellow, and golden yellow. END ID.]

alloaropice: a gender connected to being an alloaro auspice; this gender is connected to being alloaro, alloaro pride, auspice aesthetics, the ominous grid of letters, and ominletity!

alloarogury: a gender connected to being an alloaro augury; this gender is connected to being alloaro, alloaro pride, augury aesthetics, the ominous grid of letters, and nonbinary ominletity!

[aroworlds]

[image description: six elongated pixel-style text reading "aro" striped in the colours of three pride flags. A brown arrow shaft runs across the centre of the letters, forming the horizontal strokes of the letters "A" and "R". A grey arrowhead sits in front of the text; flag-stripe fletching sits behind it. Each image is available in two versions with black or transparent background.

Stripes are coloured in the following pride flags: allo-aro (green/light green/white/yellow/gold), aromantic (green/light green/white/grey/black) and non-sam aro (cyan/light cyan/white/light green/green).]

Aro (with Arrow) Pixel Art Stickers

Flags: allosexual aromantic, aromantic and non-sam aromantic.

This design is created from the cross-stitch patch variant of my freehand embroidery motif (originally designed for doll T-shirts). Both patterns--cross-stitch and freehand embroidery--are available on the Aro Worlds website and Patreon.

All banners/stickers are available for free personal or non-commercial use with credit to one of my accounts.

[alloaroworlds]

[image description: a collection of cross-stitch patches in allosexual aromantic--green, light green, white, yellow and gold--and finished with hand-embroidered edges. Patches include pineapples, dragons, hearts, rainbows, square and zigzag flags, arrows and the words "alloaro", "allosexual" and "pride".]

Because my main project for @aggressivelyarospec's Aggressively Arospectacular is all about the aromantic flag, I thought I'd add some yellow and gold to proceedings with a photo of some of the allo-aro cross-stitch patches I've made over the years.

I do have more: these are just the patches I have yet to attach to my backpack and jacket. Is it more fun to sew the patches then it is to sew the patches onto something else? Absolutely!

[entropy-sea-system]

(I’m @alloaro-azelf btw). hey! I have a quick question. are there any notorious aplatonic symbols? if not, what are some symbols that you suggest would suit the aplatonic community?

I have a post on that (sideblog)

(Not sure what you meant by notorious in this context as that word means 'well known (w a negative connotation)' but yeah)

also alpacas and aardvarks have been suggested as apl animal I think by @aplatonicgryphon ?

-Rift

[sickknotdoom]

my hemera & carrie

idk if bpd has a symbol but they both have bpd & HATE EACHOTHER IMMENSELY.... they do forgive eachother after the hospital but that hasnt happened yet so for now theyre doomed to hurl playground insults at eachother

ive let butch carrie sizzle in my mind for a bit. bc imma be honest their butchness is NOT REPRESENTED AT ALL!!!!!!!! not even poorly represented its just not there at all. so i took some creative liberties, so theyre a butch enby on t now & alternate between the names crimson/caroline. oh i also made them mspec to make carruni (pre-uni coming out) slightly less iffy & confusing

i wanted to lean into how theyre kinda opposites too, given their color schemes & rivaling eachother, so i made hemera a trans woman & basically fully transitioned minus voice. also enforced hemmy being aroace by making her repulsed🖤i imagine shes like swooned over & she brutally rejects everybody who asks bc thatd be funny imo. sorry for forgetting alloaro carrie hopefully this makes up for it

[ugly-anarchist]

I don't necessarily think ace specific posts being tagged as aro and showing up in the aro tags is that big of a deal. Is it annoying? Yes. Does it make it harder for aros to find members of their own community? Yes. Does it make it harder for questioning aros to figure themselves out due to not being able to find relatable experiences? Yes.

I think most of the cases are people who are ignorant on the differences and assume that they're the same. This is problematic, but I think it's really just a symptom of a larger issue.

Alternatively, there's also aroaces who are just tagging their posts about their own experiences with their own identities and I don't necessarily think that specific scenario is problematic. But I think if it was just this happening then it wouldn't be as common as it currently is and the aro tags wouldn't be completely flooded with ace content.

The real issue with mistagging, in my opinion, is when people tag other people's aro posts as ace. I could make a post that is so explicitly about being alloaro and there's always always at least one person who tags it as ace/aroace/alloace. This isn't just annoying it's violating.

When we talk about our experiences other people force the asexual label on us. It doesn't matter how much we tell people we're not asexual, people insist on making us be.

Non-ace aros are constantly told that we're not allowed to have our own unique experiences, we're not allowed to have our own communities and labels. Everything is taken. Our spaces are invaded. Our labels and symbols are co-opted and changed for use by asexuals. Our experiences are forced under the asexual label.

Every time we speak about ourselves the response is always "how can we make it about being asexual?" And it's fucking frustrating

[heartless-aro]

A list of emojis that are aro to me:

🫀 - anatomical heart. using this as a substitute for other heart emojis is pretty aro tbh

♠︎/♠️- spade. more of an aroace symbol than a general aro symbol (because of the ace card suit symbolism). i mostly use it because i like the way it looks aesthetically tbh but it also is a pretty significant symbol for aroaces

🏹 - bow and arrow. need i say more?

⬅️⤵️↗️ - literally any arrow emoji. because ar(r)o(w)

🥒 - cucumber. looks like zucchini. zucchini = slang term for a partner in a queerplatonic relationship

🥀 - wilted rose. because red roses represent romance, and romance is dead (i killed it myself)

💐- bouquet of roses. this one is a bit aro because it contains yellow roses, which are aromantic culture.

🌻 - sunflower. i just think yellow flowers (yellow roses especially, but also just yellow flowers in general) are aro

💚 - green heart. it is green. that is aro.

🍍- pineapple. since pineapples are an alloaro symbol.

🍏 - green apple. for apl-spec aros because green is aro and apples are apl

🫁 - lungs. as a cold, loveless aro, i have no heart to wax poetic about as alloromantic people often get to do. because of this, i have chosen the lungs to be the internal organ that i glamorize. it just makes me feel included

💘 - heart with arrow. it has an arrow in it, which is enough for me tbh.