Aplspec characters in Aros Against Fate:
KaelĂa (17) is demiplatonic, like it is for every type of attraction. It feels platonic attraction to LÄ«s and Nesyue. It has 3 friends: LÄ«s, ZheâÄrani, and Qatriong (and then 2, after Qatriong⊠well, spoilers); it considers the rest of them (including Nesyue) family, people it has a duty to, etc, and will sometimes use âfriendsâ to refer to all of them as a group, but doesnât actually consider their relationships to be friendship. KaelĂa is a main character.
LĂ (15) is aplatonic. Theyâre plato-favourable and are best friends with Daanah, for whom they currently have alterous feelings (but havenât always; they live close together and go to school together and have always spent a lot of time together which led to friendship), and friends with Reeha, whom they are not attracted to in any way but have known for a long time. They become friends with Jue, driven by circumstance pushing them together, LĂâs aesthetic attraction, and Jueâs platonic attraction. They were in a toxic friend group when they were younger, but that has nothing to do with their aplatonicism, as theyâve always been aplatonic. LĂ is a main character.
Miwaanii-ShĂ©melĂșs (17) doesnât identify as aplatonic- heâs non-SAM quoiromantic- but he is very much plato-repulsed, so Iâve included him. Heâs never really had a typical relationship with friendship, and when he was little it was more something he didnât initiate but could take or leave; the repulsion stems from an abusive friendship in his childhood. Heâs repulsed even by most depictions of friendship. He is nonfriending; he does have a close, not-friendship, extremely messy relationship with Daanah, whom he very much puts on a pedestal, for much of the story. (That relationship between him and Daanah is fucking INSANE and really not good for either of them and Causes many Problems in the story and in their lives.) Miwaanii-ShĂ©melĂșs is a main character.
Sei (18) is aplvague. She only engages in friendship through her special interests in fashion and animals. She also has difficulties with communication, object permanence, recognizing that other people have different internal worlds, noticing and paying attention to other people, etc, which also heavily impact how she relates to others and engages in friendship. Sei is a main character.
Maaziariitna (17) is probably apl-spec- she doesnât bond with people easily due to her ASPD, and though she doesnât mind having friends once the bond is established, she doesnât seek out friendship or feel like sheâs missing anything without it. Heâs a main character.
Guodei (21-ish) is aplatonic and not interested in friendship. She had a best friend once and was forced to kill her, so itâs very possible she is specifically caedplatonic. She is an important secondary character, with a close relationship and many interactions with KaelĂa.
[Leska] (19) is aegoplatonic. Sheâs a supporting character later in the story.
[Aldwyn] (thousands of years old) is aplatonic and nonfriending, and so is her girlfriend. Sheâs a minor character who only appears in one chapter but talks to Miwaanii-ShĂ©melĂșs about how he is not obligated to have friends.
Luivo (16) is aplatonic. They donât have much interest in or awareness of other people. They are the step-sibling of a main character.
Zai (17) is caedplatonic. They, like [Leska] (with whom they are headmates), are a supporting character later on.
NaakiiwĂ© (early 20s) is aplflux. Heâs Miwaanii-ShĂ©melĂșsâs older brother and probably appears sometimes.
ElĂšrĂ (hundreds of years old) is aplatonic. He goes through periods of more and less interest in friendship and partnering, and his interest is currently low. He appears a couple times.
