#aroapl

[hellishpandemonium]

"theres no platonic explanation for this" CORRECT! there isn't. there isn't a romantic one either though

[voids-mogai-blog]

Archerian

Someone who is Aplatonic Aromantic Asexual (Aplaroace)

Naming: The term comes from the combination of these symbols: aplatonic = apple / aromantic = arrow / asexual = spade. When putting these three symbols together, we imagined an archer shooting an arrow with a spade tip into an apple, something commonly seen as a trope in movies or done as arrow shooting practice. The symbol is meant to represent a splitting spade/heart tip arrow in an apple

Usage: “I am archerian / I am archer apl”

Flag:

• Blue = Aromantic & Asexual

• Orange = Asexual & Aplatonic

• Yellow = Aplatonic & Aromantic

Old symbol:

[the-self-ish-voib]

i hate it when people say "emphasis on romance be dead! let's all be friends!" like ookay yeah amatonormativity sucks but i don't like any of these people as friends either. shit. i don't think i like anyone

"romance is a construct made to define your relationships with others and you don't have to fall into that! you have to make friends though" exfuckinscuse me. no???

[sublimerascal]

just found out aplatonics shorten their label to apl so they have a counterpart like aro and ace which means I'm an aplaro (apple arrow) which is fucking sick

[dippythestick]

i personally, would fucking love an aro celebration/valentines bashing party.

i want to take turns OBLITERATING a heart shaped piñata, and getting candy NOT from someone

i want to watch fun movies that have absolutely NO romance whatsoever.

i want to have an awesome feast, decorated sweets with the flag colors

EVERYONE can bring a flower for themselves and we can make a bouquet together, flowers that arent roses

show up in aro flag colored clothes or your favorite romance bashing attire

talk about our struggles with valentines day and being aro in general

share and listen to our favorite non-romantic music

play games, make them aro themed if possible. like "never have i ever"

i want to make knockoff anti valentine conversation hearts cookies

get together and talk about everything besides romance there is to enjoy in life

filling the environment with aro flag colored balloons and other decorations

bring one of your OWN stuffed animals, no need to get one from somebody

countdown until midnight like its new years

at the end, wish everyone a happy aromantic spectrum awareness week <2

[reallycreativenameforareblogacc]

I feel like the aromantic community puts so much emphasis on platonic relationships, like platonic love is inherent to aromanticism. To be clear I’m fine with aro people valuing their own friendships, that’s great! Everyone has a different experience with love and if you feel strong platonic love as an aromantic, more power to you! But it almost feels like an expectation that if you’re aro you have to love your friends a lot (at least in a way I don’t think is as emphasized by alloromantics), and as an aroapl person it just makes me want to avoid the aromantic community as a whole.

[lovelessrage]

Yes, normalize "I love you" not always being romantic. At the same time, normalise asking someone if they are comfortable with it. I cannot count how many times someone thought platonic meant "no boundary questions required" and thought the fact it was platonic was enough. Yes, normalise this expression being used in this way. Yes, normalise boundaries around platonic love.

[normystical]

hanahaki disease that is not only nonromantic, but is also not platonic nor queerplatonic nor familial nor anything else like that. hanahaki disease in regards to stoicism rather than desire. feelings building up inside, not of love, but of pain, or sadness, or guilt, or regret, or any other vulnerable emotions. they refuse to admit that they feel. perhaps they are funny, to the point of constsntly hurting others and telling them they deserve it, all while refusing to admit that they wish they didn't push others away like that. perhaps they are a hardworking individual, pride themselves on being useful, decide that if they asked for a lesser load it'd make things worse. perhaps they are cold, seemingly apathetic, but there is more beneath the surface than they'd like anyone to have to see. and yet... any of these examples and more, they'd have to admit that they do, in fact, feel a lot deep down, lest they suffer at best or die at worst.