#metaromantic

[overlymetaromantic]

hello there beloved author metaromantic i accidentally blacked out last night and woke up to a mbnssb fic on my desktop what should i do

WAIT OH MY GOD REALLY 😂😭😭😭😭

I mean........you could always post it somewhere on your platform of choice.......and then drop me a link that I could share out........ 👀

[mogai-headcanons]

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P-Chan from NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is an autistic aroace queer agender contramasc virtualthing boygirlic person with DID, ADHD-I, and bipolar disorder!

KAngel is an autistic aroflux queer asexual idolvocaloid contrafem egogender emptygirl virtualgirlic pastelpuppic girlboyic boygirlic weirdkidgender staric stargirl trans woman with DID, HPD, BPD, depression, generalized anxiety, ADHD-C, and bipolar disorder!

Ame-Chan is an autistic bi demiromantic traitblur egogender nonbinary catgender contrafem emptygirl loverboy weirdboy weirdgirl virtualboyic starrycattic scenecatcoric boytoy boygirlic weirdkidgender transmasculine person with hypersexuality, DID, ADHD-C, BPD, HPD, depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, bipolar disorder, and OCD!

Real World Basil from OMORI is an autistic bi nebularomantic demiroamntic acespike traitblur nonbinary demiboy angelboy deadboy contramasc bloomboy weirdboy with hypersexuality, hyperromanticism, BPD, DPD, ADHD-C, schizophrenia, DID, depression, social anxiety, bipolar, generalized anxiety, Tourette's, dyslexia, and OCD!

Dream World Basil is an autistic metaromantic bi pseudoboy demiboy with social anxiety, generalized anxiety, ADHD-C, schizophrenia, and dyslexia!

Stranger is an autistic queer aroace AMONAB nonbinary emptyboy with DID, schizophrenia, depression, BPD, and OCD!

Real World Mari is an autistic aroace trans man with DID, schizophrenia, depression, separation anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD-I!

dni link | requested by @beeees-are-amazing

[me-e-mo]

My brother’s (not so) secret boyfriend

By: metaromantic

[butter-is-bored]

Here is a bunch of random recommendations :3

Save this for when you get bored. 🧚‍♀️

Webtoon’s (btw all of these are bl’s.)

To The Stars And Back | by peglo - it is ending soon :(

It Strikes a Chord | by Springrooove

Be My Villain | by mintibi

Castle swimmer | by Wendy Lian Martin - on hiatus

Our Walk Home | by furanc0 - on hiatus

My Brothers (Not So) Secret Boyfriend | by metaromantic - I love this series <3

The Egg Project | by amyahue! - is moving to originals !!!

The Moth Prince | by sonderfairy

Heartstopper | by Alice Oseman - <3

Our Corner | by lizmi doodles - I LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH

Post Harbor | by Shwurdart (Loo) - btw the main focus is not about the romance.

Race You | by Ocated

Kiss Tastes Like Summer | by Nyatyan - completed

Stare down | by soycisoy - completed

Spicy mints | by Remmul

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Recipes (just in case you don’t know, click the words to open the link. sorry if that didn’t make sense)

delicious chocolate chip cookies

Muffins

Nutella filled cookies

Sorry i dont have anymore recipes :(

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Movies :p

Wonder (2017) - this is one of my faves <3

The maze runner (2014) - has two sequels

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) part two to ⬆️

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) part three to ⬆️

Crazy Rich Asians (2018) - a second movie is on the way

Sing (2016)

Sing 2 (2021) - sequel to ⬆️

The LEGO Batman movie (2017)

Any of the Ice Age movies ( no i am not typing all of the movies)

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

Big hero 6 (2014)

The peanut movie (2015)

Zootopia (2016)

How to train your dragon (2010

How to train your dragon 2 (2014)

How to train your dragon the hidden world (2019)

Spy kids (2001)

Spy kids 2 The Island of lost dreams (2002)

Spy kids 3 Game Over (2003)

The Boxtrolls (2014)

Home (2015)

movies for free click me

Yes I only watch kids movies :]

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I might add more in the future

MOOTS here are some thing to watch\read\do when you get bored :0

@radio-silence-fan @rainydaysareeverything @star-x-girl @st4rf1sh-11 @victhesmallestclown @a-dam-heartstopper-fan @gayfictionalcharacter @literally-maria @yourlocalconehead @angstaniousarsoniestthethird @hopelessanddepressed

[pkmnn]

my names are fennel, ari, hal, and bug(s). i use it/its and ze/zim/zir (they/them is only for specific irls, please do not use they/them for me)

im genderqueer, transandrogynous and bigender (androgyne + maverique; i also describe my gender w labels like ambonec and galaxian).

im aspec (both aro and ace spectrums). im grayromantic and metaromantic (i consider my attraction to people to be a blurring between platonic and romantic; they are not experienced separately) and demisexual/cupiosexual. sex-favorable. being aromantic is a bit more important/central to my understanding of myself than being asexual is, tbh

im strictly t4t pansexual and ambiamorous. id really like to be in a closed polyam Situationship but am okay in a closed monog one too. i dont think i have the social skills to manage an open relationship lol

in honour of pride month, im starting a tag game! if you feel comfortable, share your labels and what they mean! if you dont label yourself/dont know the correct labels for yourself, you can just describe yourself instead :)

its important for us in the lgbtqia+ community to remember that, while a lot of us just sit under the 'gay' or 'queer' umbrella when talking about ourselves, many of us use labels that are more precise, but feel we cant share our full selves with others because its 'too much' or 'too confusing'. yknow that tiktok sound where one person describes a long complicated coffee and the other just says 'tea'? share your complicated coffee!! be your full selves!

to start us off, im abrosexual and genderfluid (flags in my pfp)! i use they/she/he pronouns. abrosexuality is a fluidity of sexuality, which in my case means that my sexuality fluctuates in tandem with my gender. so, when im feeling more fem/genderless, i only really find myself romantically attracted to non-men, but on more masc days i might have some romantic attraction to someone of any gender. some days, i have no romantic attraction at all, no matter what my gender presents as. my sexual attraction fluctuates too, but less in relation to my gender identity. it also holds no correlation to my romantic attraction.

reblog and tag to share!! np tags: @my-castles-crumbling @starmanbutitsregulusblack @siriuslygay1981 @icarus-last-fall and an open tag!! if you see this, youre officially invited to share!! no matter what your sexuality/gender identity is, this is a safe place to share it! <33

[aroworlds]

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Aro Arrows / Arrow Dividers

Free to use with credit to one of my accounts. Original files are available to download from my Aro Worlds Patreon or my Aro Arrows WordPress site.

Flag creators can be found (tagged by identity) on @aroflagarchive.

[beyond-mogai-pride-flags]

Pansexual Metaromantic Queerplatonic Panamorous Pride Flag

Pansexual: sexual attraction to all genders, or regardless of gender.

Metaromantic: Only experiencing attraction that is unable to be defined by strict terms of platonic or romantic. Coined with the idea of those who only experience queer/quasiplatonic attraction in mind, but available to all who simply cannot define their attraction in ways that are typical and easily understood in the context of societal norms of attraction and relationships.

Queerplatonic (or Quasiplatonic, or Quirkyplatonic): a relationship relationship that is not romantic but involves a close emotional connection (platonic) beyond what most people consider friendship. The commitment level in a queerplatonic relationship is often considered to be similar to that of a romantic relationship. People in a queerplatonic relationship may be of any romantic or sexual orientation. A partner in a queer platonic relationship is called a zucchini; A relationship that is neither completely romantic, nor completely platonic. The members of the relationship may see it to be a mix of romantic and platonic relationships or something that transcends the two. It is popular in the aromantic community but anyone may a queer platonic partner.

Panamory: One who identifies as a person capable of relationships with many kinds of partners regardless of their sexual orientation or gender(s).

-Fy

[momiji-kitsune]

Aromanticism is a spectrum, you absolute asshole. Romance is a spectrum. Alloromance is strictly romantic attraction, but aromance is everything from experiencing no romantic attraction up to and until always experiencing conventional romantic attraction. Aromantic, while commonly describing someone who experiences little to no romantic attraction, includes people whose experience of romance is disconnected from normative societal expectations.

Greyromantic is a valid type of aromanticism. Demiromantic is a valid type of aromanticism. If you say or think otherwise, you are the problem. Not the aromantic people who aren't strictly aromantic. You.

Under the 'Keep Reading' link are labels of different types of aromance. The people who identity with them are all aromantic, and a valid part of the aromantic community. They are all part of the aromantic spectrum, no matter how much or how little or what type of aromance they experience. You do not get to gatekeep aromance simply because you do not agree with them.

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Abroromantic, Acoromantic, Adfecturomantic/Affecturomantic/Adfectual/Adfomantic, Aegoromantic/Autochorisromantic, Akoi(ne)romantic/Aporomantic/Lithromantic, Akoiflux/Lithflux, Aroflux, Aliquaromantic, Amicusromantic, Apathromantic, Apothiromantic/Antiromantic, Apresromantic, Arohaze/Aromush/Arovoid/Neutral Aro, Aromate, Arospike, and Arovague are all valid forms of aromanticism.

Bellusromantic, Borearomantic, Burstromantic, Caed(o)romantic, Caligoromantic, Cassromantic, Ceaseromantic, Cruxromantic/Exige(n)romantic/Requiromantic, Cupioromantic/Dependromantic/Kalosromantic, Desinoromantic, Dreadromantic, Duoromantic, Duraromantic, Fictoromantic, Frayromantic/Ignotaromantic/Protoromantic, Iamvanoromantic, Idemromantic, Implaromantic/Inexromantic, and Inactoromantic/Initiaromantic are all valid forms of aromanticism.

Limnoromantic, Loveless Aromantic, Malaromantic, Metaromantic, Nebularomantic, Neuroromantic, Nonamorous/Nonpartnering, Noviromantic, Omniaromantic/Panaromantic, Placioromantic, Plat(oni)romantic, Polarromantic, Polyaffectionate, Preromantic, Propeestromantic, Quasiromantic, Quoiromantic/WTFromantic, Recipromantic, Requi(es)romantic, Romo Aro, Schromantic, Singuluromantic, Solaro/Unicum Aro, Thymromantic, and Venusplatonic are all valid forms of aromanticism.

There are still some labels or terms that I did not include here. They can be found at: https://www.aromanticism.org/en/all-terms#archaro

If you are still reading this, I hope you look into what each and every one of those lables read. Maybe you can educate yourself on what aromanticism actually is.

And if you don't even make the effort to learn about the people you are alienating and vilifying, then go fuck yourself you aromisic dickhead.

It's absolutely okay for kids to make a pit stop by some orientations on the way to finding themself.

But this?

Go away. Fuck off. Leave aromantic (and asexual) people completely alone and stop using us as some customizable attributes in your super special character creation because you think being straight or gay or bi or whatever is too common for your pretentious majesty.

"I'm aromantic, except--" You're allo. You experience attraction. I promise it's fine.

[p0tato-kn1shes]

new sexuality just dropped

So I've always had a struggle with identity

My preferences and stuff definitely change but I noticed a pattern in how they change

So I bring you:

METASEXUAL/METAROMANTIC

Where someone's preference changes based on their current partner

Meta: μετατρέπω (pronounced like metatrépo), greek word for Convert

[demis-deserve-love]

Stolen from @aro-aceplace because I found it online but couldn’t find the original post to reblog.

Aro/Ace Spectrum Orientations

Abrosexual/Abroromantic: Having an orientation or feelings about it that constantly change and cannot be pinned down for this reason.

Aceflux/ Aroflux: When someone’s sexual/ romantic orientation fluctuates but always stays on the aro/ace spectrum.

Acespike/ Arospike: When someone usually doesn’t feeling sexual/romantic attraction but occasionally rapidly skyrockets into intense attraction, then plummeting down to asexuality/aromanticism again.

Acoromantic/Acosexual: Asexual/Aromantic(spec) because of negative past experiences. (similar to Caedromantic/Caedsexual)

Adfecturomantic/Affecturomantic/Adfectual/Adfomantic: Is someone whose romantic attraction is affected by their neurodivergency.

Aegosexual/Aegoromantic: Feeling attraction and desire only for situations that do not involve one’s self.

Aliquasexual/ Aliquaromantic: Not normally feeling attraction, but feeling it on occasion under specific circumstances.

Amicussexual/Amicusromantic: When you are only attracted to people you’re also platonically attracted to.

Antisexual/ Antiromantic: Would rather not develop platonic/romantic/sexual feelings for people, but does anyway.

Apressexual/ Apresromantic: Only feeling attraction after another form of attraction is felt.

Aromantic/Asexual: When someone doesn’t feel sexual/ romantic attraction to anyone

Arovague/Acevague: Aromanticism or asexuality that is heavily influenced by neurodiversity (also known as Adfecturomantic / Adfectusexual)

Akoinsexual/ Akoinromantic: When someone feels sexual/ romantic attraction towards others and also enjoys romantic/ sexual relationships in theory, but does not need that affection to be reciprocated. An Akoinsexual/ Akoinromantic person may also experiencing sexual attraction until those feelings are reciprocated.

(Also known as Lithsexual/Lithromantic or Akoisexual/ Akoiromantic)

Apresromantic / Apresexual: An orientation where romantic/sexual attraction is felt only after another type of attraction is formed.

Apothisexual/ Apothiromatic: A specific term for when someone on the asexual/ aromantic spectrum is sex repulsed or romance repulsed. (Also known as ARCsexual/ ARCromantic)

Autochrissexual/ Autochrisromantic: When someone feels sexual arousal/ romantic attraction for something, but from a distance, as if they were someone else, and have no desire to do that thing themselves (Also known as Aegosexual/ Aegoromantic or Autochorrisromantic / Autochorrissexual).

Bellusromantic: When someone is fine with cute fluffy stuff with anyone but doesn’t want a relationship at all.

Burstsexual/ Burstromantic: An orientation where a type of attraction will occur in a sudden burst, then vanish or fade away.

Borearomantic/Boreasexual: an orientation that seems to revolve around one person in particular. (can also be defined as an exception to one’s orientation, ie, someone who identifies as homosexual/homoromantic feeling attraction to someone of a different gender)

Caedromantic/Caedsexual: The feeling that romantic or sexual attraction was taken away due to past trauma -for PTSD and trauma survivors

Casssexual/ Cassromantic: Feeling utterly indifferent to attraction, believing it isn’t important.

Ceasesexual/ Ceaseromantic: Usually being allosexual/romantic, but occasionally having a complete loss of attraction for a period of time before feeling it again.

Cupiosexual/ Cupioromantic: When someone does not experience sexual/ romantic attraction, but still desires a sexual/ romantic relationship. (Also known as kalossexual/ kalosromantic and Icularomantic/ Icularsexual)

Demisexual/ Demiromantic: When someone is only sexually/ romantically attracted to people they already have a strong emotional connection with.

Dreadsexual/ Dreadromantic: An orientation that fluctuates from feeling no attraction to feeling attraction. When attraction is felt, it is accompanied by a strong feeling of dread or anxiety.

Duosexual/ Duoromantic: Having two or more well defined orientations that you switch between (e.g. cupiosexual and fraysexual).

Durasexual/Duraromantic: Rarely experiencing attraction, but when it happens it lasts for a long time.

Fictosexual/ Fictoromantic: When someone only feels sexually/romantically attracted to fictional characters.

Freysexual/ Freyromantic: When Someone is sexualy/ romantically attracted to those they are less familiar with but after a while the “excitement” of meeting the new person dies down and you are perfectly content on just being friends.

Greysexual/ Greyromantic: When someone only feels sexual/ romantic attraction rarely.This term can also be a general term for identifying as somewhere on the aro/ace spectrum.

Lamvanosexual/ Iamvanoromantic: Feeling uncofortable doing sexual/romantic things to someone, but being willing to receive sexual and romantic acts.

Idemromantic: When someone Categorizes relationships and feelings as platonic or romantic but experiences no notable internal differences

Inactoromantic: When someone experiences romantic attraction and wants a romantic relationship but doesn’t like romantic actions. Also known as initiaromantic.

Limnosexual/ Limnoromantic: Attraction only piqued by depictions of acts of attraction (eg drawings or writing), not the acts themselves in real life (similar to fictosexual/ fictoromantic).

Malasexual/Malaromantic: When someone only experiences attraction during maladaptive daydreams

Metaromantic: Only experiencing attraction that is unable to be defined by strict terms of platonic or romantic.

Nebula-romantic/ Nebula-sexual: Difficulty distinguishing romantic/sexual and platonic attraction due to neurodiversity

Novisexual/Noviromantic: Feeling complicated attraction or lack thereof in such a way that it is difficult or impossible to fit into one word or term.

Omniaromantic:Is someone who feels no romantic attraction whatsoever. In no way, shape, or form do they fall in love or feel any attraction to anyone.They are asensual, have no aesthetic attraction to others, and no squishes. They can experience platonic love or familial love, though not all do so. This term was made to made a distinguish between being on the aromantic spectrum and specify from the common definition of a aromantic person, since saying someone is “aromantic” could mean they could be demiromantic, gray-aromantic, and such other types of aromantics who do feel sensual, have aesthetic attraction and such.

Placiosexual/ Placioromantic: When someone feels little to no desire to receive sexual/romantic acts but expresses interest/desire in performing them on someone else.

Platonisexual/ Platoniromantic: When someone feels no difference between platonic and romantic attraction.

Polarsexual/ Polarromantic: Switching between being either extremely attracted and not at all attracted.

Post rubor: Is someone who quickly gets crushes/squishes/etc on others, but after the initial excitement of said crush/etc vanishes so do their feelings.

Presexual/ Preromantic: A placeholder term for when someone feels that they have not experienced attraction enough to know their orientation yet.

Propeestsexual/ Propeestromantic: An aro/ace spec identity which feels like a mix of many (any more than two a-spec identities) that all are a part of your identity

Quoisexual/ Quoiromantic: Is when someone experiences sexual attraction in a way that is not typical of allosexuals individuals, but doesn’t knowing where they fit on the asexual spectrum; or not identifying with any of the existing labels./ Feeling as if the concept of romance or sexual attraction, etc. is inapplicable or nonsensical to one’s self.(Also known as wtfsexual)

Recipsexual/ Recipromantic: When someone feels sexual/ romantic attraction only after realizing someone is sexually/ romantically attracted to them.

Requeissexual/Requeromantic: When someone feels limited or no sexual/romantic attraction/interest/activity due to some form of emotional exhaustion or trauma.

Schromantic: Is someone who is aromantic and romantic at the same time, or some mix of the two. Frequently described in terms of Schrödinger’s cat as having the possibility of being romantic and aromantic at the same time

Singulusexual/ Singuluromantic: Only experiencing one type of attraction towards people (i.e. if you experience sexual attraction towards a person, you won’t feel romantic/alterous/platonic attraction towards them).

Thymsexual/ Thymromantic: Feeling attraction which varies depending on emotional state

[aspecpplarebeautiful]

So I realized that I actually feel an intense platonic love for some people and it's barely different from my romantic feelings except that I dont want a relationship with those ppl or sex or anything, and I realized my platonic and romantic attraction are only rlly distinguished by things like their age, sexuality, etc

For some people strong platonic love and romantic love feel very similar or even the same. If you’re interested there’s a few labels you might find useful:

Idemromantic: when someone categorizes relationships as platonic or romantic but experiences no notable internal differences.

Platoniromantic: When someone feels no difference between platonic and romantic attraction.

Metaromantic: Only experiencing attraction that is unable to be defined in strict terms of platonic or romantic.

Quoiromantic: Actively disidentifying with the concept of romantic attraction or not feeling like it’s a sensical or accessible category or that it’s applicable to you. There’s a great write up on it here but feeling like platonic and romantic love feel similar is one reason people choose to ID as quoiromantic.

All the best, Anon!

[lgbtqa-aesthetics]

heyyy, I've noticed that you're very good with finding labels, and I'm wondering if you could help me out? I'm genderfae, and I thought I was aro, but recently I've had what I think is romantic attraction (I'm not sure) towards girls. I think I have crushes on girls, but I haven't had any on anyone I know in real life. I like the idea of having a girlfriend, but when I really think about dating and being in a relationship with someone, I don't like it. Part 1

“Part 2; I've been told that I could be aro, grey-aro or lesbian, but none of those really perfectly fit me. I've been going by queer recently, and I do like that label, but if I could find a better one, it would be helpful. Also, on the days that I've felt more romantic attraction, I've asked myself if I'd rather spend time with/ move in with a romantic partner, or a friend (I've always wanted to move in with someone), and there's been less than no question about it. Part 3; I've always preferred friendship to romance, to the point where I don't care at all about romance, but I'm not sure if I just really value friendship, or if I actually don't want romance. Thank you for reading this, and for the help :) “

I’m glad you find comfort under the queer umbrella, but I do understand the wish to find a more specific label, so I shall do my best to help! This is gonna be a long one so bear with me

{For my own reference - You experience some or partial romantic attraction, sometimes more strongly than usual, but don’t wish to actively pursue or be involved in romantic activity}

Possible Terms: Aegoromantic: When one enjoys the idea of romance, but does not wish to be a participant in romantic activities. Akoi(ne)romantic: When one experiences romantic attraction, and enjoys romantic relationships in theory, but does not need that affection to be reciprocated or to be in a relationship with the individual of their affections.Inactoromantic: When one experiences romantic attraction and desires a romantic relationship, but doesn’t like romantic actions.

More Possible Terms:Aroflux: When the strength/intensity of romantic attraction one feels fluctuatesArospike: When one experiences short, sudden periods of romantic attraction that fade quicklyBurstromantic: Experiencing attraction that appears and disappears with or without any specific reason(s).

So as I was doing my digging for you, I remembered that, hey, romantic and sexual aren’t the only types of attraction outside of platonic. It’s completely possible for you to feel something “more” than platonic, without it being necessarily romantic.

Exploring other types of attraction:Tertiary attraction: An umbrella term that includes types of attraction that are not strictly categorizable into romantic or sexual attraction.Alterous attraction: An interest or desire for emotional closeness without necessarily being platonic and/or romantic; This can be a significant attraction that is related to, parallel to, or entirely unrelated to any other attractions. (eg romantic, sensual, platonic, sexual)Metaromantic: When one experiences attraction that cannot be defined strictly in terms of romantic or platonic attraction; Used by those who experience alterous or any other tertiary attraction.Queerplatonic Relationship (QPR): A committed non-romantic relationship that goes beyond what is the subjective cultural norm for a friendship. Levels of intimacy and/or behaviors between the partners involved often don’t fit the conventional standards set by society. In practice every queerplatonic relationship is different. Some may include sex, or elements seen as traditionally romantic. Whatever the relationship entails is the decision of those involved. (Queerplatonic is also referred to as, and can be replaced with, Quasiplatonic - for those who are uncomfortable with and/or adverse to the use of Queer)For more info about Queerplatonic, I invite you to visit this page. Amorplatonic: When one experiences romantic attraction but only wishes to be involved in a queerplatonic relationship(s).  If any of these labels feels right for you, that’s awesome. If you want to be more specific, since your attraction is to girls/women, then tack on Sapphic, or the prefix Gyne- (eg Sapphic Aroflux, Gynealterous, etc)As usual, if anyone has anything to add, go ahead! I usally edit suggestions in.Hope this helps dear! Sending you all my love and good gay vibes~

[aro-aceplace]

Sence we’re getting so many asks about the names for various orientations I thought I would post an updated version of our aspec orientation dictionary. This dictionary also exists here on our blog and is frequently updated, but something screwy is going on with the bolding on that page right now so it might be hard to read. There’s also a copy of it here in the Quicksand font because I find that that’s easier for folks with dyslexia and other LD’s to read then Arial is.

Note: this is not a complete list. A-spec terminology is constantly growing and changing and it’s hard to keep track of every single term, so if I missed an orientation please let me know, I’ll be happy to add it! 

-mod Yarrow

Abrosexual/Abroromantic: Having an orientation or feelings about it that constantly change and cannot be pinned down for this reason.

Aceflux/ Aroflux: When someone’s sexual/ romantic orientation fluctuates but always stays on the aro/ace spectrum.

Acespike/ Arospike:  When someone usually doesn’t feel sexual/romantic attraction but occasionally rapidly skyrockets into intense attraction, then plummeting down to asexuality/aromanticism again.

Acoromantic/Acosexual: Asexual/Aromantic(spec) because of negative past experiences. (similar to Caedromantic/Caedsexual)

Adfecturomantic/Affecturomantic/Adfectual/Adfomantic: Is someone whose romantic attraction is affected by their neurodivergency.

Aegosexual/Aegoromantic: Feeling attraction and desire only for situations that do not involve one’s self.

Aliquasexual/ Aliquaromantic: Not normally feeling attraction, but feeling it on occasion under specific circumstances.

Amicussexual/Amicusromantic: When you are only attracted to people you’re also platonically attracted to.

Antisexual/Antiromantic: Would rather not develop platonic/romantic/sexual feelings for people, but does anyway.

Apressexual/ Apresromantic: Only feeling attraction after another form of attraction is felt.

Aromantic/ Asexual: When someone doesn’t feel sexual/ romantic attraction to anyone

Arovague/ Acevague: Aromanticism or asexuality that is heavily influenced by neurodiversity (also known as Adfecturomantic / Adfectusexual)

Apresromantic/ Apresexual: An orientation where romantic/sexual attraction is felt only after another type of attraction is formed.

Apothisexual/ Apothiromatic:  A specific term for when someone on the asexual/ aromantic spectrum is sex repulsed or romance repulsed. (Also known as ARCsexual/ ARCromantic)

Autochrissexual/ Autochrisromantic: When someone feels sexual arousal/ romantic attraction for something, but from a distance, as if they were someone else, and have no desire to do that thing themselves (Also known as Aegosexual/ Aegoromantic or Autochorrisromantic / Autochorrissexual).

Bellusromantic:  When someone is fine with cute fluffy stuff with anyone but doesn’t want a relationship at all.

Burstsexual/ Burstromantic: An orientation where a type of attraction will occur in a sudden burst, then vanish or fade away.

Borearomantic/ Boreasexual:  an orientation that seems to revolve around one person in particular. (can also be defined as an exception to one’s orientation, ie, someone who identifies as homosexual/homoromantic feeling attraction to someone of a different gender)

Caedromantic/ Caedsexual: The feeling that romantic or sexual attraction was taken away due to past trauma -for PTSD and trauma survivors

Cassexual/ Cassromantic: Feeling utterly indifferent to attraction, believing it isn’t important.

Ceasesexual/ Ceaseromantic: Usually being allosexual/romantic, but occasionally having a complete loss of attraction for a period of time before feeling it again.

Cupiosexual/ Cupioromantic: When someone does not experience sexual/ romantic attraction, but still desires a sexual/ romantic relationship. (Also known as kalossexual/  kalosromantic and Icularomantic/ Icularsexual)

Demisexual/ Demiromantic:  When someone is only sexually/ romantically attracted to people they already have a strong emotional connection with.

Dreadsexual/ Dreadromantic: An orientation that fluctuates from feeling no attraction to feeling attraction. When attraction is felt, it is accompanied by a strong feeling of dread or anxiety.

Duosexual/ Duoromantic: Having two or more well-defined orientations that you switch between (e.g. cupiosexual and fraysexual).

Durasexual/Duraromantic: Rarely experiencing attraction, but when it happens it lasts for a long time.

Fictosexual/ Fictoromantic: When someone only feels sexually/romantically attracted to fictional characters.

Freysexual/ Freyromantic:  When Someone is sexually/ romantically attracted to those they are less familiar with but after a while, the “excitement” of meeting the new person dies down and you are perfectly content on just being friends.

Greysexual/ Greyromantic: When someone only feels sexual/ romantic attraction rarely. This term can also be a general term for identifying as somewhere on the aro/ace spectrum.

Lamvanosexual/ Iamvanoromantic: Feeling uncomfortable doing sexual/romantic things to someone, but being willing to receive sexual and romantic acts.

Lithsexual/Lithromantic : When someone feels sexual/ romantic attraction towards others and also enjoys romantic/ sexual relationships in theory, but does not need that affection to be reciprocated. An Akoinsexual/ Akoinromantic person may also experience sexual attraction until those feelings are reciprocated. (Also known as Akoinsexual/ Akoinromantic)

Idemromantic: When someone Categorizes relationships and feelings as platonic or romantic but experiences no notable internal differences

Inactoromantic: When someone experiences romantic attraction and wants a romantic relationship but doesn’t like romantic actions. (Also known as initiaromantic.)

Limnosexual/ Limnoromantic: Attraction only piqued by depictions of acts of attraction (eg drawings or writing), not the acts themselves in real life (similar to fictosexual/ fictoromantic).

Malasexual/Malaromantic: When someone only experiences attraction during maladaptive daydreams

Metaromantic: Only experiencing attraction that is unable to be defined by strict terms of platonic or romantic.

Nebula-romantic/ Nebula-sexual: Difficulty distinguishing romantic/sexual and platonic attraction due to neurodiversity

Novisexual/Noviromantic: Feeling complicated attraction or lack thereof in such a way that it is difficult or impossible to fit into one word or term.

Omniaromantic: Is someone who feels no romantic attraction whatsoever. In no way, shape, or form do they fall in love or feel any attraction to anyone. They are asensual, have no aesthetic attraction to others, and no squishes. They can experience platonic love or familial love, though not all do so. This term was made to make a distinction between being on the aromantic spectrum and specify from the common definition of aromantic person, since saying someone is “aromantic” could mean they could be demiromantic, gray-aromantic, and such other types of aromantics who do feel sensual, have aesthetic attraction and such.

Placiosexual/ Placioromantic: When someone feels  little to no desire to receive sexual/romantic acts but expresses interest/desire in performing them on someone else.

Platonisexual/ Platoniromantic: When someone feels no difference between platonic and romantic attraction.

Polarsexual/ Polarromantic: Switching between being either extremely attracted and not at all attracted.

Post rubor: Is someone who quickly gets crushes/squishes/etc on others, but after the initial excitement of said crush/etc vanishes so do their feelings.

Presexual/ Preromantic: A placeholder term for when someone feels that they have not experienced attraction enough to know their orientation yet.

Propeestsexual/ Propeestromantic: An aro/ace spec identity which feels like a mix of many (any more than two a-spec identities) that all are a part of your identity

Quoisexual/ Quoiromantic: Is when someone experiences sexual attraction in a way that is not typical of allosexuals individuals, but doesn’t knowing where they fit on the asexual spectrum; or not identifying with any of the existing labels./ Feeling as if the concept of romance or sexual attraction, etc. is inapplicable or nonsensical to one’s self.(Also known as wtfsexual)

Recipsexual/ Recipromantic: When someone feels sexual/ romantic attraction only after realizing someone is sexually/ romantically attracted to them.     

Requeissexual/Requeromantic: When someone feels limited or no sexual/romantic  attraction/interest/activity due to some form of emotional exhaustion or trauma.

Schromantic: Is someone who is aromantic and romantic at the same time, or some mix of the two. Frequently described in terms of Schrödinger’s cat as having the possibility of being romantic and aromantic at the same time

Singulusexual/ Singuluromantic: Only experiencing one type of attraction towards people (i.e. if you experience sexual attraction towards a person, you won’t feel romantic/alterous/platonic attraction towards them).

Thymsexual/ Thymromantic: Feeling attraction which varies depending on emotional state.

[perfectcringecharacteroftheday]

(All from Pokemon) Serena is a Gendermeh person who is Finsensual Aromantic Asexual; Calem is a Nonpuerella person who is Minsensual Arospike Asexual; Shauna is a Fegender person who is polyamorous Multi-Metaromantic Asexual; Trevor is a Nologender person who is Grayromantic Asexual; Tierno is a Crystagender Cadoboy who is polyamorous Multi-Amicus-Metaromantic Asexual. Shauna, Trevor, and Tierno are all autistic; Shauna and Tierno are self-dx, and Trevor also has PTSD and GAD.

[nonbinarydoctorwho]

[id= handwritten notes on two pages of lined paper

"One: Genderflux; agender -> demiboy aroace nonalterous demiplatonic

Two: Masc-aligned agender quoiromantic pan ace

Three: Juxea aroace non??alterous panplatonic

Four: Demiboy aroace greypanalterous aplatonic

Five: Solarian aroace nonalterous panplatonic

Six: Aporagender/xenic quoiromantic quoisexual panplatonic

Seven: Genderfluid (w/ Proxvir homebase) aroace nonalterous panplatonic

Eight: Agender Stellunarian panromantic panalterous panplatonic ace

Nine: Solstellarian demi-panromantic/metaromantic panalterous ace

Ten: Demiboy grey-panromantic* nonalterous panplatonic ace

Eleven: Genderfuck quoiromantic ace

Twelve: Nanogirl aroace demialterous panplatonic"

/end id]

had some thoughts

[aroworlds]

[image description: six different cartoon-style bunting graphics, featuring six pride flags hanging from a brown rope. The flags are rectangular, finishing in a chevron shape, and have rows of brown stitching across the top of the flag and along the bottom of the chevron. First image in each set shows the flags with the topmost stripes facing the left; second image shows the three right-hand flags flipped, so all topmost edges face away from the centre of the bunting. First set of flags shows a fuchsia/grey/mint desinoromantic flag, second set grey/peach/lemon/grey metaromantic flag, and third set the lime/pink/white/black polarromantic flag.]

Aro Bunting, No Text

Does anyone want to decorate their website for an aromantic-themed party?

Free to use with credit to one of my accounts. Original files are available to download from my Aro Worlds Patreon or my Aro Arrows WordPress site.

For flag creator posts, please see @aroflagarchive​​.