#affectionate aro

[entropy-sea-system]

Affectionaro /Affectionate Aromantic

A term created for aromantics/arospecs who find affection of any kind to have a significant influence on their aromanticism and/or relate their aromanticism to affection of any kind (including romantic, sexual, nonrose, unlabeled, etc.)

Flags:

aka the orchid mantis flag due to its color scheme (same for below flag)

[ID: Two pride flags with nine equal-width flags stripes. In the first flag the colours are, from top to bottom: light purple, light pink, pink, dark pink, magenta, dusty pink, orange-pink, peach, and light peach. In the second flag the colours are, from top to bottom: magenta, dark purple, purple, light purple, green, pale pink, pink, dark pink, and magenta. End ID] id by @autistic-aromanticism

The pinks are colors I associate with affection, lavender is the same but also symbolising queerness, and the green stripe is to denote the aro spectrum.

(-Firelight)

disclaimer under the cut

[This term is not intended to harm aromantics who do not identify with affection and/or are repulsed by it, or to make aromantics 'palateable' to non-arospecs. Please do not use this term to be bigoted against aros who don't id w affection]

#affectionaro #affectionate aro #arospec #aro #aromantic #aspec #mogai #aromantic spectrum #our terms #romo aro #dia aro #As the romo aro said this term can be romo aro adjacent also I am romo aro! #entropy terms #entropy coins

[1pcii]

A messy webweave of posts I think are zolu-coded

#sorry its so short i may add to it in the future #psii.txt #one piece #1pc #webweave #web weave #zolu #luzo #roronoa zoro #monkey d. luffy #id in alt text #ik the 4th one is more suggestive in nature but this is an 'aro/ace-spec that fuck nastly sometimes for fun' zolu zone #their psychosexual tendencies transend sexuality to me. but also they are 100% freaks (affectionate)

[gdsplicer]

Being non-SAM aro in a aroallo way, being aroallo in a non-SAM aro way.

Add in some aroqueer-ness as a treat too.

#aromantic #queer #aroallo #non sam aro #aroqueer #don't ask whats going on in my head #besides the fact that now I'm folding paper in zines like a machine (affectionately) #that's what the aro fag life is

[arotechno]

WHERE ARE ALL THESE THOUSANDS OF YOU AROS NORMALLY

#(/affectionate) #aro #aromantic #op

[saffigon]

platonic partnerships and queerplatonic relationships don't have to be affectionate if you don't want them to be; long-term relationships don't have to be affectionate for them to be valid

#this isn't slander btw it's just taken me a lot longer to realize that i can indeed have platonic partnerships that aren't affectionate #aromantic #aro #arospec #aromanticism #aplatonic #apl #aplspec #asexual #ace #acespec #aspec #queerplatonic #qpr

[aro-culture-is]

Physically Affectionate Aro culture is explaining to your friend that friends can cuddle, and if they wants to cuddle with you they can.

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#Anonymous #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod phoenix #physically affectionate aro culture

[random-human-being2311]

there is just something so beautiful about songs about the joy you get from such mundane things.

like singing about how the weather's sunny or the weather's rainy but in a way so heartfelt and uplifting the song stays with you, close to your heart for years to come even if you don't know its name

like singing about how much you love your best friends. not because they recently did something that particularly amazes you but just appreciating them being there for you and just generally genuinely making you happy

the most mundane everyday things can become the most meaningful and heartfelt and it's probably just because I'm aroace but I feel that they're so much more genuine than songs about how happy you are because you and your romantic partner got back together or something

i remember seeing a youtube comment a short while back that was along the lines of "I know that usually it's only love songs that are meaningful but this song is the exception" and just thinking dear god how sad must this person's life be if they can't find beauty in anything other than something to do with love. Have you never just stared at a bird perched in a tree singing? Never seen a painting so full of colours that compliment each other in such a way that they each make the others look brighter but it never becomes a clashing over-the-top mess but a harmony of rainbows? Never just eaten a really good meal?

I would trade a thousand shallow, boring, generic songs about romance or heartbreak in exchange for one song about the beauty in the mundane things we take for granted.

#aroace #ace #aro #aromantic #asexual #yes this was originally about the beatles how could you tell #but don't think this was ever intended to be EXCLUSIVELY about them #I just first had this thought when listening to Here Comes The Sun and Mr Blue Sky and Friends Will Be Friends #that one commenter ALONE drove me to make this how the heck could you think that love songs are automatically the most meaningful like tf?? #I just don't understand it at all in any way #my whole life I've thought they're the most shallow and meaningless and repetitive #honestly though for my whole life I've been very obviously aroace even if I didn't know it so take that with a grain of salt #oh also shoutout to the beatles song Rain #it's a personal favourite of mine because I'm a weirdo (/affectionate) who likes rainy weather #so just hearing a song about rain where it's happy and the rain is a positive thing is just like damn this song was designed for me #I mean even if it weren't for that I'd probably still love Rain because it's a bop #dear god I need to stop putting so many tags on everything #the beatles #queen band #electric light orchestra #yes i know the irony of making a post about how there are things much better than love songs and then tagging the beatles #I may be autistic but I'm not THAT bad at picking up on social cues #ok that was a lie I AM that bad #but this one specific time I'm not #that one's ramblings

[arowolfwalker]

Aro Hunter and Willow aro Hunter and Willow

#idc about canon theyre physically affectionate best friends #i would know im aro and a physically affectionate friend jfdfj #aro hunter stuff #aro willow stuff #min stuff #my icons #💫 #pride icons #aromantic #aro #the owl house #toh #toh spoilers #the owl house spoilers #willow park #hunter deamonne #willow toh #hunter toh #huntl0w negative #anti huntlow

[and-stir-the-stars]

#Get rick rolled fuckers (/affectionate) #Still on break but I'll be back for aro week #However i could not resist posting this. #art

[dumb-aro-dude]

can we please just normalise physical affection between friends?? as an aro, i love hugging my friends, holding their hands & resting my head on their shoulders

am i still aromantic? yes

would i date my friends? no

is physical touch one of my love languages? yes

#aro #aromantic #friendship #physical affection #hugs are the best #let me be affectionate with my friends for fucks sake

[someguys-ramblings]

I love the term “partnering aro”. romance???? I don’t know wtf that is and I don’t plan to. Partners, however, could mean anything we want it to mean. No expectations, no set rules, just the implication that our relationship is significant. 

#partnering aro #aromantic #qpr #relationship anarchy #this also goes for the term 'affectionate' #romance repulsed #lovequeer

[thegreeninyoureyes]

“it’s just that your perception of what’s romantic or not is kinda messed up” it’s my aro swag I’m sorry

#aromantic #this literally just happened except that I kept the thought to myself xd #i know they didnt mean it in a bad sense and it's just because i tend to be affectionate but #it still made me feel some kind of misunderstood and i dont think i liked that #so i came back to aro tumblr #yes #lgbtq

[goldendoodlerlockerlove]

I wanted to draw some self-indulgent Boblin for Valentine's Day tomorrow, so here it is!! 🥰

It's specifically younger Boblin, which is why Bob's hair is like that.

[ID]: Digital fanart of Bob and Linda from Bob's Burgers, but slightly younger. Linda is wearing a purple cardigan and her hair is pulled into a tight braid. She is also looking off to the right. Bob's hair is quite thick and slightly longer than it usually is. He's wearing a yellow shirt, and his hand is resting on Linda's right shoulder. He is leaning over and kissing Linda on the cheek, which is causing her to blush and say "Aww, Bobby~"

#bobs burgers #boblin #i'll never get tired of drawing boblin it's like my bread and butter now (along with drawing gene of course) #i tried out a slightly different style for this one!! i hope y'all like it #i hope the colors really came across because i really wanted to give off that lovey dovey valentine's vibe #don't worry anyone who's single or asexual or aro/ace you're still amazing!! i'll acknowledge SAD as well (single's awareness day)!! #anyway thinking about how bob and linda were when they were younger is very fun. i like to think they were very cheesy and stereotypical #with bob being shockingly super super affectionate

[autisticaradiamegido]

hi thank you for all the aradia love this blog

do you have a favorite headcanon about her, even a very small/niche one?

day 284

well i assume u mean aside from the one in the blog title lol

a fun one is this dumb imaginary report card i imagine sometimes

obviously i interpret her as autistic, but i also think shes asexual, sssomewhere on the aro spectrum? and agender! which is all fun because her name also starts with a. call that a straight-A student

#day 284 #year 3 #aradia megido #homestuck #tbf i dont think she thinks too hard about gender? like idk that shed DESCRIBE herself that way necessarily #but i think if you pressed her shed be like 'idk do most people FEEL their gender? yes? huh. well i guess i dont have one! interesting!' #and then not think too hard about it ever again #i think she truly does not give a shit #as for the aro stuff idk. its another thing where i think shes very affectionate but has a hard time distinguishing like #romantic vs platonic attraction and what the difference is? esp since the dividing line between some quadrants is like #'well do you want to have sex with them or not?' and for her the answer is 'no' regardless #even in my biggest ships for her i kind of imagine the relationships to be a bit more on the queerplatonic end of things than like #strictly romantic in the more traditional sense #and again im not sure that she thinks too hard about it! #but when you bring partners into it who maybe Do care about defining it a little more clearly i think she does have to stop and THINK hard #about the nature of her feelings and what words she wants to use to define them #wow this got long maybe this all shouldve been IN the post itself. well oops im not gonna retype/reformat it all sorry its past my bedtime

[emotionally-happy-pyro]

@emotionally-volatile-engineer

Aaai woooph woouu!!!!!!!

#[[I couldn't get the nickname Firebug out of jy tiny little brain ever since @emotionally-volatile-engineer called me it #i just found it so cute!! so enjoy my first actual real tf2 fanart #[[also i hc pyro as aro/ace but very affectionate in case any of you were wondering :) ]] #i have never drawn a grown man before but i'm now in this fandom so I'm about to learn pretty quick huh]] #pyro tf2 #tf2 #team fortress #team fortress 2 #team fortress two #emotionally neutral pyro #pyro #tf2 engineer #engineer

[aro-culture-is]

Physically affectionate aro culture is seeing your favorite youtubers participate in platonic (physical) intimacy and feeling less weird about having urges to kiss your friends' cheeks or to hold their hands

(We should absolutely normalize asking to do things like this just as much as we should normalize saying no to them :D)

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#Anonymous #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod phoenix #physically affectionate aro culture