Hi hello I'm making new alternatives for black stripe ace/suptiliace/absexual and the aro and aroace counterparts of those. Yippee. Presenting:
Neto- a prefix that denotes a complete and total lack of attraction, or a "net zero" amount of the specified type(s) of attraction. It is an aspec microlabel made to fill in the gap that the popularization of asexual, aromantic, etc. as umbrella terms has created, as other microlabels have failed to catch on. Neto- can be pronounced either as "neht-oh" or as "neet-oh." The prefix was chosen because of the "net zero" I mentioned, as sometimes 0 is pronounced as "o." I know nobody says "net oh" when meaning net zero but neto- as a prefix sounds cool ok let me have this.
I will not gatekeep who can and cannot identify with neto- orientations, but they are primarily intended for people who's orientations are static, not fluid or fluctuating, so that we have language to communicate our complete absence of a type of attraction. I do understand that some people who regularly experience being neto- may still wish to identify as such to communicate that a significant, although temporary, state of self completely lacks attraction, and as long as they understand that the label is primarily focused on those who feel none at all.
[Image ID: A 4-striped flag, and the same 4-striped flag with words overlayed on each stripe to convey the meanings. The colors, in descending order, are: baby pink; dusty rose red; dusty navy blue; gray-black. The words overlayed on the second image, with the meanings for each stripe, are: cupio spectrum (baby pink); apothi spectrum (dusty rose red); indifference spectrum; different attraction types (both on dusty navy blue); lack of attraction (gray-black.) End ID.]
Netospec is for anyone who experiences a neto- orientation, regardless of which form of attraction it is. Netospec includes netosexuals, netoromantics, netoplatonics, netosensuals, and more.
[Image ID: A 4-striped flag, and the same 4-striped flag with words overlayed on each stripe to convey the meanings. The colors, in descending order, are: black; violet; lilac pink; rose red. The words overlayed on the second image, with the meanings for each stripe, are: COMPLETE lack of sexual attraction (black); community; sex indifferent aces (both on violet); cupiosexuals/sex favorable aces (lilac pink); apothisexuals/sex averse aces (rose red.) End ID.]
Netosexual, also called Neto-ace, is for anyone who does not feel any sexual attraction, at all. They may be sex favorable, sex averse, sex indifferent, or something else, as long as they do not experience any sexual attraction
[Image ID: A 5-striped flag, and the same 5-striped flag with words overlayed on each stripe to convey the meanings. The colors, in descending order, are: grass green; light lime; yellow; rusty red; black. The words overlayed on the second image, with meanings for each stripe, are: community (grass green); cupioromantics/romance favorable aros (light lime); romance Indifferent aros (yellow); apothiromantics/romance averse aros (rusty red); COMPLETE lack of romantic attraction (black). End ID.]
Netoromantic, also called neto-aro, is for anyone who does not feel any romantic attraction, at all. They may be romance favorable, romance averse, romance Indifferent, or something else, as long as they do not experience any romantic attraction.
Netoromantic Alts based on the more popular cupioromantic flag
[Image ID: A 5-striped flag, and the same 5-striped flag with words overlayed on each stripe to convey the meanings. The colors, in descending order, are: grass green; yellow; salmon; rusty red; black. The words overlayed on the second image, with meanings for each stripe, are: community (grass green); romance Indifferent aros (yellow); cupioromantics/romance favorable aros (salmon); apothiromantics/romance averse aros (rusty red); COMPLETE lack of romantic attraction (black). End ID.]
[Image ID: A 5-striped flag, and the same 5-striped flag with words overlayed on each stripe to convey the meanings. The colors, in descending order, are: orange; rusty red; black; pacific blue; periwinkle. The words overlayed on the second image, with meanings for each stripe, are: community (orange); apothiaroaces (rusty red); COMPLETE lack of attraction (black); sex/romance Indifferent aroaces (pacific blue); cupioaroaces (periwinkle). End ID.]
Netorose, also called neto-aroace, is for anyone who does not feel any romantic attraction and also does not feel any sexual attraction. Whether they are sex/romance favorable, averse, indifferent, or something else does not matter, as long as they feel no sexual attraction and no romantic attraction at all.
I fully encourage people to build on Neto- and create flags for tertiary neto- orientations. The formula I usually use to create flags is a black stripe for no attraction, a red stripe (because of the apothi- flags) for -averse people, a stripe from whatever cupio flag the identity has for -favorable people, and then one or two colors from the main flag (1 color if the original flag is 4 striped like asexual, 2 if it's 5 striped like aromantic) to get the community and -indifference meanings. If 2 colors are used, the -indifferent stripe is the one that's closer to being in between the two for cupio and apothi.
