#Squish

[pusheen]

#smores #squish #Pusheen

[antikosm]

Aro/Ace Terms Masterlist

Please let me know if I forgot anything

NOTE: There is a distinct difference between someone's personal orientation versus how they feel about sexuality/romanticism as a whole. Someone who's sex/romance repulsed may be in favour of open sexual/romantic expression or even vice versa (shoutout to @sowearecleariamhere for informing me of this!)

Types of attraction

Sexual - I wanna have sex with that

Romantic - I want to date that

Sensual - I want to hug that

Platonic - I want to be friends with that

Platonic crushes do exist. They are called “squishes”. You go through the same process of having a romantic or sexual crush but instead of landing them in bed, you’re on the floor at 2am with pizza rolls, Shrek in the background, talking about eldritch monstrosities (or whatever your shared interest is)

Aesthetic - that looks so heckin’ cool/pretty I love it

Intellectual - the desire to engage with another in an intellectual manner, i.e. having a conversation, picking their brain, and finding out how they think

Terms describing degree of attraction

Aromantic - lack of romantic attraction

Asexual - lack of sexual attraction

Aplatonic - lack of platonic attraction

Aroace - lack of both sexual and romantic attraction

Demi - attraction only forms once a strong emotional bond has been formed

Grey/gray - rarely/seldom experiences attraction

Allosexual - someone who experiences sexual attraction

I think I’ve also heard/seen it referred to as ‘arosexual’ but that’s honestly a bit confusing

Alloromantic - someone who experiences romantic attraction

I personally shorten both of those to “allo” (pronounced ‘aloe’)

Apothiosexual - sex-repulsed

Apothioromantic - romance-repulsed

Apothiaroace - often shortened to just ‘apothi’. In addition to being aroace, apothis are repulsed by romantic/sexual scenes, items, displays, etc. to varying degrees

Sex-neutral and sex-positive/favourable aces exist as well

Not all of us have the same level of comfort with sexual and romantic activities so please check. I mean that applies to everyone anyway, but please check and don’t assume that just because someone is aro/ace, that doesn’t mean they are sex/romance repulsed

Queerplatonic - Queerplatonic typically refers to a relationship that bends the lines between a romantic relationship and a non-romantic relationship. A queerplatonic relationship (QPR) often goes beyond what is socially acceptable for a platonic relationship but does not fit the typical notion of a romantic relationship.

Alterous attraction - a type of emotional attraction to someone that isn’t entirely romantic or platonic.

Chastity - actively refraining from sexual activities. This is NOT part of the ace/aro spectrum, though it is a common assumption when someone says they are ace/aro. Thankfully we’re getting a bit more representation in media now so it’s not as common of an assumption as it used to be, but it’s still there, especially in those communities.

An absolute FANTASTIC addition by @heyftinally in case anyone doesn't see the repost

Gonna expand on sex favorable/neutral/repulsed, since this is a masterlist after all: - Sex favorable - regardless of your sexual orientation, you personally want to engage in sexual activity with someone (significant other, one night stand, friends with benefits, etc) - Sex neutral - if you're with someone who wants to engage in sexual activities then you may or may not, depending on a variety of factors, but you have no strong inclinations for or against engaging in sex itself as an activity. Basically it's "alright" Sex repulsed/averse - the idea of personally engaging in sexual activities makes you want to hurl/cry/claw your skin off/spontaneously combust. If someone suggested doing sexual activities together, you would probably vehemently say "No!" before they even finished the question. You would rather do anything else - Sex positive - refers to your attitudes about sex in general. Regardless of where you fall in the above three terms, you recognize that other people want to, and should have the freedom and right to, engage in consensual sexual activities, even if you personally don't like or want those activities. Essentially shorthand for "I respect the right of other adults to have gay sex, have gender-weird sex, have sex with multiple people in and out of monogamous relationships/marriages, and have weird, wild, freaky kinky sex, so long as all participants and consenting adults". You can still personally want zero sex for yourself or think a particular kink is weird/ick, but you can, in tumblr speak, be normal about consenting adults doing consenting adult stuff - Sex negative - conservative purity culture, basically. You think nobody should have sex ever, or at least not until marriage, and when they do it should only be the "right" or "good" kind, as arbitrarily decided by you/society/some collective. You think badly of, look down on, and may even treat badly anyone who doesn't have the "right" kind of sex in your opinion. You are not normal about consenting adults doing consenting adult activities (even though they don't involve you in any way)

A wonderful addition from @overlord-of-chaos Sex aversion is not the same thing as sex repulsed.

If you are sex adverse, you personally have no desire to partake in any of those actions but seeing or knowing other people partake in that doesn't bother you.

Sex repulsion is when you can't stand doing it yourself, seeing/hearing about/knowing that others partake in it, or even just the idea of it.

Microlabels/Terms describing flavour of attraction

Note: -sexual is used for many of these so we don't have to deal with duplicates confusing things. All of these prefixes can be used with -romantic, -sexual, -platonic, and I imagine -alterous as well

Abrosexual - orientation fluctuates between a variety of orientations

Aceflux - similar to abrosexual, but orientation is contained to asexual spectrum

Acespike - someone who is asexual but may experience intense, brief, and random bouts of sexual attraction

Aegosexual - disconnect between oneself and the target of arousal

Amicusromantic/sexual - only experiences romantic attraction to those who they have formed a platonic relationship with (subset of demi)

Angled aroace - the same as oriented, but for those who are demi, grey, flux, etc.

Anthrosexual - someone who is attracted to humans and alterhumans regardless of gender identity/expression

Bellussexual - has interest in the aesthetic/aspects/certain sexual actions, but does not experience sexual attraction or want a sexual relationship

Caedsexual - previously allo, but now ace due to past trauma

Cupiosexual - wanting a sexual relationship but not experiencing sexual attraction

Finsexual/gynesexual - attraction to femininity

Fraysexual - opposite of demi. Attraction dissipates once an emotional connection has been formed

Linsexual - attraction to androgyny

Lithosexual - experiencing sexual attraction but not wanting it to be reciprocated

Loveless Romantic/Lovelessromantic - those who cannot feel love or feel disconnected from love but can feel romantic attraction/don't feel disconnected from the concept of romance

Minsexual/androsexual - attraction to masculinity

Orchid - the opposite of cupio; experiences ____ attraction but has no desire for a relationship of that type

Placiosexual - not wanting to be on the receiving end of sexual activities but wishing to perform them on others

Quiosexual - unable to distinguish between sexual attraction and other forms of attraction

Qui(r)oromantic - inability to distinguish between platonic and romantic attraction

Reciprosexual - not experiencing sexual attraction towards someone until you discover they experience sexual attraction towards you

Requiessexual - similar to caedsexual, but rather than trauma, ace identity originates from a state of emotional exhaustion, usually from a past sexual experience

Oriented aroace -  an aromantic asexual (aroace) individual who experiences a form of tertiary attraction, that they feel is significant enough to warrant a place alongside their aroace orientation. (i.e. gay aroace, bi aroace)

Angled aroace - someone who is on the aroace spectrum (grey, demi, fray, etc) who experiences a type of attraction significant enough to stand alongside their aroace orientation

Examples of mixed orientations

Heteroromantic asexual biplatonic

Poly greyromantic pansexual

Apothi abroplatonic

Placiosexual aromantic finplatonic

Aroace cupioplatonic

Pan lithioromantic

Fraysexual biromantic aplatonic

You can get WAY more specific than what these cover, but just to give a general idea

Amatonormativity

Amatonormativity is the assumption that all human beings pursue love or romance, especially by means of a monogamous long-term relationship. The term was coined by Elizabeth Brake, in her book Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law (2011).

#aromantic #asexual #aroace #microlabels #apothi #litho #cupio #demi #recipro #aego #autochorissexual #greyromantic #greysexual #platonic intimacy #platonic crush #squish #alterous attraction #amatonormativity #anthrosexual #ace spectrum #aro spectrum #acespec #arospec

[austim]

Scrub Daddy vs. Liquid Nitrogen

(or a Scrub Daddy being hit with a mallet when it’s hot, cold, frozen from dry ice, and frozen from liquid nitrogen)

#stim #stimmy #stimming #gifs #my gifs #scrub daddy #sponge #smile #smiley #cleancore #yellow #hammer #mallet #smash #squish #crush #destruction #breaking #cracking #violence #inanimate harm #cursed stim

[ellaphnt]

It’s so funny to me that Shuro’s company made Laios that happy.

And then later it’s like, Shuro ate rice every meal? “omg shuro loved rice [sentimental]”

Shuro hug? SHOCK. FLABBERGASTED. Friendship RECIPROCATED???

Laios just thinks Shuro is the coolest person ever, and that opinion surprisingly never changes.

And I’m all for fights that lead to stronger friendships. There’s a politeness/barrier that doesn’t really go away until you fight with someone. I’m not saying fights are good, I would rather do anything else than fight with my friends. But I will say my closer friendships all had their tough spots. You work through them together.

Edit: I forgot people don’t know what a squish is PFFFT a squish is a platonic crush

#laios has a best friend and it’s shuro #their dynamic is so funny #I think it’s worth exploring #btw! aspec headcanonsss for both of them actually #squish #laios touden #shuro #toshiro nakamoto #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #elladoodles

[space-blue]

Cutiepie — Velociraptor is out, Mononykus is in!

#squish #such a cutie #dinosaur #prehistoric planet #mononykus #paleo art #paleoart #dinosaurs #feathered dinosaurs #fluffy dino #gif #animals #extinct animals

[spacekittysquares4]

This is what happened I'll hear no other take

#haikyuu #haikyuu fanart #hinata shoyuo #goshiki tsutomu #they are bby #squish

[edamammy]

basically, an asheijified study of this

#squish #let asheiji kiss!!! #bangs table #every time i go on pinterest to find a reference pic to study i just end up turning them into asheiji… #source is suki na hito ga iru koto #banana fish #my art #ash lynx #asheiji #banana fish fanart #eiji okumura

[the-siren-in-your-fridge]

For anyone who’s aspec and doesn’t know what term to use for someone they like because “I don’t know if it’s a crush or a squish or something else” then worry not and use my chosen term: POI which stands for Person Of Interest. It’s literally just someone you’re interested in in some way and I generally don’t specify which way I find them interesting because eh sometimes I don’t know and it’s easier to say POI. It also makes them sound like a murder suspect or something if you’re into that lol

#poi #person of interest #asepc #asepc things #ace #aro #aromantic #asexual #aroace #aromantic asexual #asexual aromanitc #arospec #squish #crush #what type of attraction is this #aesthetic attraction #romantic attraction #platonic attraction #attraction struggles #misc aspec things

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

cheek

#ethan winters #rose winters #mia winters #karl heisenberg #chris redfield #mithan #wintersberg #winterfield #squish #resident evil 8 #re8 #resident evil village #resident evil #resident evil fanart #mia looking at her husband and thinking 'i cant believe i married the most hamster man ever im so lucky'

[mexifurfoof]

she wants to order (2022)

this pic's from before lucy's redesign so that's why she looks different

#furry #furry art #mexifurfoof #female #thicc #anthro #oc #chubby #butt #she wants to order #drive thru meme #meme #squish #lucy #maple #lioness #fox

[woso-dreamzzz]

Sick squish waking up from a nap crying for Frida and Emma has to FaceTime squish and she’s just so upset that she can’t come over a look after squish

Squish is so emotional because she just really wants cuddles from both her mummies (Squish runs on affection) and Frida's halfway to skip her next match for 'personal reasons' to take care of her.

Emma then has both of her girls crying down the phone to each other

#asks #squish

[daylightlvrs]

love me some hand content

#noah sebastian #bad omens #bad omens band #squish #bad omens cult #noahsebastian #hands

[stimming-puppet]

💗💛🐾

#stim #mine #my gifs #squish #squishy #paw #pink #yellow #clear #white #pastel

[chubunited]

Lena hun i dont think Morel is listening anymore…

Lena belongs to @feybeasts !

#fatfur #squish #crushing #mobility play #mobility issues #belly kink #lena #morel #thank u fey for ur dert

[madamefeu]

Aromantic fandom culture is getting squishes instead of crushes on fictional characters. Whenever I simp for a character it’s usually because I want to hug them or hang out with them or pet them and feed them treats. I don’t want to kiss them or bang them or go on dates with them LMAOOO

#aromantic #asexual #squish #fandoms #memes #aroace memes

[everymangagojo]

Panel 69 - manga: jjk 0

#look at his squishy cheeks #squish #gojo satoru #satoru gojo #jjk #jjk manga #jujutsu kaisen #every manga gojo #ijichi kiyotaka