hihi y'all this is a branch account to access various archives i run to have some semblance of a "base" account (without sharing mine)
i run:
@adjective-archive
@rooted-archive
@perspesque
@persmusque
@concec-archive
@indeacy
i'm considering adding on archives once i've caught up more (especially perspesque/permusque)--self personally enjoys being able to search an archive of just one term system & heavily relates to identity term systems so that's where that focus is from ^^;
if there's an umbrella you'd like to see archived in the way i've done pls lmk! will most likely take it on gladly
if you want a term coined under an umbrella i've archived (since i tend to re-make the template to a personal 3000x5000 hq flag, so smooth templates are generally available) feel free to suggest it to me!
**this account will also be used to tag archives on posts which will be most of the posting. any posts about my archives will be tagged with #me, and sometimes #status update
pov: i ignore this blogs intended purpose to coin more genders
n e ways presenting...
superhostilic
a gender related to/influenced by the minecraft map series "super hostile", either as a whole or by individual maps. this can also tie in to letsplays of the maps or creators who've played them, if the user so wishes
color meanings:
1st & 2nd - blood/gore etc in relation to the notorious hardness of the maps
3rd - minecraft wool colors!
4th & 5th - no meaning just reminds me of the maps . maybe death bc uh. hardness again? lol
white stripes - also no meaning just didnt like how it looked when the rainbow touched the others
¡Aroace flag! The Aromantic Asexual combo breaker.
The Aromantic & Asexual flags are basically mirror images of each other, & when superimposed they make a most naturalistic & logical aro-ace flag.
The extra lighter green stripe in the current aromantic flag seemed superfluous when compared to its ace counterpart, so I simplified. Less is more! Also the symmetry is visually pleasing. Since Asexuality and Aromanticism are parallel orientations, it would make sense that their flags should also mirror each other, together it becomes something even more. To many the aroace identity is more than the sum of its parts. I also included the expanded mirror flag for those who want more stripes.
Expanded Aroace Mirror flag (Above)
I have seen a few other aro-ace flags out there but not this exact one despite its simplicity. The traditional green & purple colors representative of the aromantic and asexual communities make the identity easy to read and understand, especially to those outside of the A-spec community.
Hopefully this is useful to someone out there. : )
This! Is my version of the Aspec flag. Like. Aro, ace, and agender. All aspecs can use it! (Yes, even if you don't identify as all three and/or are gray/demi/lith/etc. It's for ALL aspecs)
Ngl, I'm not really good at putting meaning to color, so I tried to make it aesthetically pleasing (and the color choice was inspired by @aroaesflags2 aroace flag with blue and orange being between the green and purple. Though, if you want me to change that, please let me know! I made it a few months ago, but I realize not everyone would be cool with that.)
Hey, I was wondering if there wasn't one already if you could make an aromate relationship flag. (I'm not sure if aromate is the right label but I am in an aromate relationship. Basically, we are in a semi-relationship; dating but not dating. If you know a better label I'd love to know it.)💕
I don’t have many ideas, tell me how this flag looks like:
[image description: a horizontal seven stripe pride flag. Colours in descending order: bright pink, medium pink, pastel pink, light grey, mint green, medium green, bright green.]
New Community Term: Dia Aro
In the last twelve months or so, it’s become common to see folks scrambling for a term that conveys the meaning of “someone on the aromantic spectrum who doesn’t solely describe their aromanticism as ‘aromantic’“. “Aro-spec” was for a time beginning to be used this way, in the sense of “I’m an aro-spec ace”. Now, I’m seeing an increasing number of posts where the community is deciding that “aro-spec” includes all aromantics.
On the one hand, some of us have a need for a word that includes aros like me–aros who additionally use terms that aren’t “aromantic” to describe our aromantic identities. On the other hand, the alternative "greyromantic” (in its use as an umbrella term) doesn’t include everyone who feels that general aromantic spaces and terms are unable to encompass our needs because of the way we identify our aromantic identities and experiences.
When idemromanticism and my shape of nebularomanticism mean I am not greyromantic, but the general aromantic community’s approach to content and representation leaves me feeling alienated from my own community and even the word “aromantic” because it assumes a relationship to and understanding of romance and romantic attraction I don’t have, how do I find connection and support? Nebularo and idemro spaces are tiny!
Let’s be real, here: “aromantic” is a broad term that encompasses us all. General aromantic community spaces, however, tend to focus on a few ways of being aromantic, particularly the kind that doesn’t require additional identity terms to explain how we experience or navigate romance, romantic attraction and relationship behaviours.
I am not greyromantic, but when I am lumped together with end-case aros as though that interpretation depicts my aromanticism, all I feel is how different–and unwelcome–are my experiences with regards romance and attraction. I have more in common with the greyromantic community than I have with most end-case aromantics, despite not being one of you. I need a way, therefore, to connect with other aros who don’t fit the standard end-case aromantic experience without misidentifying myself, a word that can’t be conflated with “aromantic” or “aro-spec”. A word not quite as wonderfully broad as “aromantic” or “aro-spec” but a little broader than “greyromantic”. A word that lets other people identify us without leaving cupioros and idemros under the “end-case aro” label as though the reasons we claimed those identities don’t matter enough to be worth distinguishing.
Definition
Dia aro: Someone on the aromantic spectrum who doesn’t solely, completely and in full identify their attraction and aromantic experiences with the word “aromantic”. A collective term welcoming everyone under the greyro umbrella who experiences some, limited, indistinct, vague or shifting romantic attraction; idemromantics, cupioromantics and bellusromantics; nebularomantics and quoiromantics defying the pressure to identify or distinguish shapes of attraction; aroflux and abroromantic folks; and anyone else who doesn’t identify their aromanticism as only “aromantic” because we cross or disregard the romantic/non-romantic binary or have differing or distinct relationships to the concept of romantic attraction and/or romantic behaviours.
Dia aro is not meant to be separate from “aro”, “aromantic” or “aro-spec”; it’s simply another umbrella term to describe how some of us are aromantic.
Meaning
Dia is Greek for “through”. The word that inspired this is “diapason”, a musical term coming from a Greek phrase translated in English to mean “the concord through all the notes”. I feel this describes the purpose or benefit of uniting a diverse collection of aromantic-spectrum identities under one label.
It also needed to be easy to pronounce, type and spell, as the current phrase alternatives like “on the greyer areas of the aromantic spectrum” require more words to speak and type (far less accessible for disabled aros like me). It also needed to avoid confusion with “spectrum” and “aro-spec” and serve as a modifier for “aromantic”: dia aros are aro.
(I am aware that “diamoric” is a non-binary community term, but I’ve never seen a non-binary aro refer to themselves as “dia aro” to mean “diamoric aro”.)
Under keep reading: using the term, flag symbolism, stripe meanings, a final note on inclusiveness.
I feel like being aromantic and asexual is difficult in the sense that there isn’t really a widely accepted flag or symbol that we are all happy to gather under. In my experience, Due to the unique attraction-less meaning of a-spec identities, I feel that simply using the aromantic or asexual flag feels like I’m ignoring half of my identity, while using both at the same time/merging them seems somewhat impractical and clunky at the best of times. As kind of an example of what I mean is that when someone identifies as bisexual, it’s kind of implied that they’re biromantic as well unless otherwise stated, but when someone is asexual or aromantic it seems a lot more common for people to have more that one label to adequately describe themselves. That probably doesn’t make sense, but I guess it doesn’t really matter.
Anyway, I decided to make one!
I’ve seen a few great design concepts already, and I was actually inspired to make this by a lesbian flag redesign I saw (I’ll try and remember to link it). If nothing has really become official and accepted as an aroace flag, I may as well give it a shot and see if people like it.
The first image is a 5:3 ratio flag, while the second is the expanded image of the flag’s creation, which you are able to crop if you don’t like the current placement of the 5:3 flag. It also looks pretty nice as a symbol, seeing as it’s made from upside down hearts, implying that we don’t experience love in a ‘normal’ way. The arch is also triangular, suggesting the ‘A’ prefix that defines the ace and aro-spec communities. What’s more, it forms an ace of spades shape, which was completely unintentional on my part.
Since colours are kind of important in the memorability and symbol status of a flag, I altered some to make it look nicer. But hopefully their symbolic meanings are still somewhat apparent.
Dark grey—representative of a lack of sexual or romantic attraction. It isn’t quite black, so I like to think it’s also there for the grey-A’s and Demis.
Hex code: #172935
Purple—this is kinda obvious. Supposed to represent the wider asexual community.
#5A4677
White—representative of trans and non-binary aroaces.
#FFFFFF
Light green—representative of the greater aromantic community.
#9AC489
Bluish green—representative of the oriented aroace community, the flag of which this colour was taken from. (Link)
#36AEA0
If you like it, feel free to use this for your own blogs or other social stuff. I would appreciate credit though. Remember, I just made this for fun so if you’re angry about something I said or have feedback just let me know like a respectful person and I will answer you the same way!
