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[the-cricket-chirps]

Kellars Latest Wonder, Strobridge Lithograph, 1906

[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).

[mangobot700]

SURFING THE NET

[tenderanarchist]

Unlucky - 11.1.23

[theamericanpin-up]

Art Frahm - "Sean Nymphs" - 1940's Litho Calendar Illustration - Joseph F. Hoover Calendar Co. - American Pin-up Calendar Collection

[witekspicsoldpostcards]

Women from UKRAINE.

[artofmaquenda]

I'm a hoarder of old prints..I adore the styles and themes of these and here are some of my very favorites!I The more macabre and darker themes are so beautiful and emotional. The sheep one is really a classic and I also collected a lot of corvids...

I also have some gorgeous vintage books with super intricate animal etchings, the cross hatching in those is just to die for. They are all so inspiring to me! :D

[colorpicked-pride-flags]

can you make a cheese sandwich (from mlp) lithosexual flag?

The LITHOSEXUAL flag color-picked from CHEESE SANDWICH [MLP]

[lunaasher]

Kissing Headcanons

Characters: Raian Kure, Ohma Tokita, Lihito, Cosmo Imai, Agito Kanoh

Note: hey, sorry I haven’t been posting lately but I’m back, hope you enjoy this ;)

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Ohma Tokita

He enjoys being kissed by his SO

He likes when his SO kisses him first it just shows him that you trust him enough to kiss him yourself

He’s sweet and slow kisser with a hint of spice

Like he’ll be kissing you and he’ll just hold your jaw or neck

He’s gentle with kissing

He doesn’t want to hurt you of course

He loves pecks

A quick peck on the lips, cheek he’s in love

Be careful with that though he might get frustrated and it will turn into a full out make-out session or more

Forehead kisses are a MUST!

He loves when you get all excited about a kiss

If your cuddling he’ll kiss you on the forehead 

Lihito

This man loves and I mean LOVES kissing

The first time you kiss him he’s standing there blushing and staring into space

His brain kinda just goes into overdrive

But after a sec he’s fine

If your two together he’s going to ask you for a kiss

He’s like “can I have a kiss? “ “ of course you can, Lihito!”

He’s such a sweet boy to his SO

He’s slow and sweet, he usually wants his SO to kiss him but he will kiss you him self

cosmo imai

Sweetheart he’s a sweetheart I tell you!

At first he didn’t really know how to kiss he was just slightly confused about the whole thing

But eventually he gets the hang of it

He’s slow and soft, when kissing he kissed with his hands on your cheeks as he kisses you

Most of the time it’s quick pecks

You both have a pecking war, every time he sees you he want to attack you with kisses all over your face

Cuddling and kissing is the best for him

He loves PDA so he’s not shy with kissing you in public setting

He’s probably the most sweet with kissing

Raian Kure

This man 🙄 ok let’s get into this ::o

So he’s not big with kissing, he doesn’t see the point of it at first

Thinks it’s stupid

But in private he’s all over you, he wants that attention but doesn’t want people thinking he’s soft

When he kisses it’s rough and raw

He’ll wrap his hand around you throat shove his tongue into your mouth and leave you hot and bothered

He’ll push you up against a wall and kiss you roughly

If you two are cuddling he’ll once and a while kiss your hair

He likes to kiss your jaw more then your lips

It maybe because you give him a reaction when he does that

Agito Kanoh

He’s the kind to know what it is but doesn’t get involved with it

That’s until you kissed him

Now this man can’t get enough

He wants to be kissed anywhere, anytime

You’ll have to tell him if he’s going to hard or to rough with his kissing

Once he gets the hang of it he’s sweet and gentle with his kisses

He likes to play with your hair well he’s kissing you especially if you two are making-out 

Hug him and he’ll kiss you on top of your head

He’ll pull you in for a kiss randomly not that you complain 0.0

Loves to kiss you on your hands

To top it off he try’s to be as gentle to his SO with kissing

[yuthana]

Vintage retro train tin toys. Swallow locomotive express train Japan tin friction powered. Sinsei / Sinsei Kiki Kogyo / Sinsei Toys brand. Made in Japan. Buy now! on eBay site. Click here >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/226017808041

[gabbywea]

Those lil Garfield plushies that hang off ur car window (litho:p)

[dirtmunch]

haven't posted me art here in a while, this ones called "getting high in public" and its about getting high in public.

get er here cheap: https://saffysart.bigcartel.com/product/getting-high-in-public

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˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ dizzy stargazers ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗

aka my most favorite lithographs, because what if an astronomer and a celestial body fell in love (and they were both girls)

[tenderanarchist]

Hummingbird Heralds Sun, fall 2023.

Pronto plate litho print

[theamericanpin-up]

Howard Terpning - "Watch the Bird" - 1950s Litho Calendar Illustration

[witekspicsoldpostcards]

KOŁOMYJA - before in Poland, now in Ukraine.