#loving aro

[zombie-jed]

[dragonpride17]

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aroloviconcec - a concec (link) term for when (the concept of) loving aromanticism/being arolovic is deeply integral or important to one's identity

lovequeerconcec - a concec term for when (the concept of) lovequeerness/being lovequeer is deeply integral or important to one's identity

late day 1 for @rwuffles' coining event - aromanticism / (nonromantic) love!

[the-a-collective]

more valentine's day blinkies

[pt: more valentine's day blinkies end pt]

It's still Valentine's Day where we live, so here some blinkies (in the style of the loveless ones from our last blinkie post):

Terms featured here (click a term name for its definition):

loveless aromantic

loveless romantic

lovequeer

lovepunk

loveloose

arolovic

Flag credits are in the links too.

[alt text: three green and gray blinkies with the gray/green loveless aro flag inside; there is gray text with a light green outline in the center that reads "loveless pride" (left), "love loses" (middle), or "no </3" (right) end alt text]

[alt text: three green and black blinkies with the black/green loveless aro flag inside; there is black text with a light green outline in the center that reads "loveless pride" (left), "love loses" (middle), or "no </3" (right) end alt text]

[alt text: three green, dark-ish periwinkle, and purple blinkies with the purple/blue/green/red loveless romantic flag inside; there is white text with a dark-ish periwinkle outline in the center that reads "loveless pride" (left), "love loses" (middle), or "no </3" (right) end alt text]

[alt text: three green and red blinkies with the red/white/green ovequeer flag inside; there is brown text with a pastel green outline in the center that reads "lovequeer pride" (left), "this is love too" (middle), or "no </3" (right) end alt text]

[alt text: three pastel yellow, gray, and pink blinkies with the pink/yellow/gray lovequeer flag inside; there is pink text with a pastel yellow outline in the center that reads "lovequeer pride" (left), "this is love too" (middle), or "no </3" (right) end alt text]

[alt text: three black, yellow, and dark teal blinkies with the vertical lovepunk flag inside; there is white text with a black outline in the center that reads "lovepunk pride" (left), "this is love too" (middle), or "no </3" (right) end alt text]

[alt text: three grey, fuschia, and pink blinkies with the horizontal lovepunk flag inside; there is white text with a fuschia outline in the center that reads "lovepunk pride" (left), "this is love too" (middle), or "no </3" (right) end alt text]

[alt text: three grey and pink blinkies with the loveloose flag inside; there is dark-ish pink text with a light pink outline in the center that reads "lovepunk pride" (left), "this is love too" (middle), or "no </3" (right) end alt text]

[alt text: three green and pink blinkies with the arolovic flag inside; there is dark-ish pink text with a light yellow-green outline in the center that reads "arolovic pride" (left), "this is love too" (middle), or "yes <3" (right) end alt text]

[stabbydragon]

Okay I got sick of that thing in the hanahaki trope where no matter how strong a platonic love, it will never be enough to cure hanahaki because the disease only considers romantic love sufficient, so here's an idea:

The MC is already in a romantic relationship with their love interest, but they're not quite happy because they're not romantically attracted to their partner. Don't get them wrong, they love their partner to bits, more than anything in the world, but not in a romantic way.

Of course, they're not going to bring that up to their partner. They've heard how hard it is to stay friends with an ex, and how it usually doesn't end well. The MC thinks a breakup with that person would absolutely destroy them. They couldn't handle losing their partner. At least if they stay in this relationship, they'll get to be a part of their life, bask in their light, see their smile after every kiss that breaks MC's heart.

Then, of course, they get hanahaki.

Depending on how you like your endings, MC could die dramatically as a result of amatonormativity, or they and their partner could decide to become besties and live happily ever after.

If anyone wants to write something like this, feel free (although if you could credit me that would be great.)

[35tr314]

happy valentine's day to all arolovics/loving aros and paradox aros/arolovedox out there ! mwah 😽💋💘💝💖💗💓💞💕

[allegoriesandepithets]

Large Pixel Size Loving A- Flags

[PT: Large Pixel Size Loving A- Flags]

Loving Ace ~ Loving Aro

Loving Apl ~ Loving Aqp

Loving Analt ~ Loving Asen ~ Loving Anae

Definition: One who is a- [attraction type] and feels that love is still an important part of their identity.

I don’t actually remember where I got the ace and atertiary versions of this flag. I might have actually made them myself? But if I didn’t, I, as usual, changed the aqp flag to a gradient.

All flags are 3000x2000 pixels.

@tertiary-attraction-archive @orientation-archive @radiomogai @liom-archive @imoga-pride

[crimsonprayer]

theres something so painful about being aromantic and desperately craving love, just not romantic love

i want to be loved i want to love people, i want to care for and be cared for in return, but i dread being seen in a romantic light, but nobody will care for me as much as i care for them unless its seen as romantic

[xxstrawberrybunxx]

Aromanticism can encompass so many wide ranges of experiences, like, so many.

There's loveless and heartless aros and loving aros, aplatonic aros and aros who really value platonic love. Alloaros, aroaces, non-sam aros.

I'm a non-sam aro as in I don't consider the split-attraction model to be very important in my identity. I don't feel the need to put boundaries on romantic, sexual, and platonic love and attraction.

Someone else might also be a non-sam aro and have completely different experiences and definitions then me and that's like, totally fine!

There's no one way to define aromantic experiences and there's no one way to define aromantic love or lack-there-of. All of us reserve the right to have our own spaces and be left-the-fuck-alone tbh.