#orchidspec

[isobug]

Friending and Nonfriending Platonic flags

In order, the first row is Friending Aplatonic, Friending Aplatonic ( alternate flag ), and Friending Alloplatonic / Allopl / Alloplatonic spectrum / Alloplspec ( inclusive of Orchid-specs who wish to be included. )

The second row, in order, is Nonfriending Aplatonic, Nonfriending Aplatonic ( alternate flag ), and Nonfriending Alloplatonic / Allopl / Alloplatonic spectrum / Alloplspec ( inclusive of Orchid-specs who wish to be included. )

Made by combining these Friending and Nonfriending flags by @revenant-coining with these Aplatonic flags, and this Alloplatonic / Allopl / Alloplatonic spectrum / Alloplspec flag by @ryanyflags!

Requested by anon but free for everyone to use anywhere! I'm open to making more of these with more specific flags under each umbrella but these are general and intentionally broad / inclusive.

Taglist - @revenant-coining, @radiomogai

[significantouther]

Not everyone who isn't fully A nor fully allo consider themselves aspec.

Some consider themselves as greyspec, but see it as a distinct, but adjacent umbrella from aspec.

Similarly, some see being cupiospec as a related, but distinct experience from being aspec and identify solely as cupiospec.

Some feel more attachment to allo experiences and communities, for many reasons including feeling attraction most of the time, and consider themselves allospec

Some feel closer to allo, but still feel distinct/separated from the allo spectrum, thus considering themselves lightspec (light-allo is the allospec counterpart of grey-a) and considering it distinct but adjacent to allospec.

Others may see been orchidspec as something separate from both aspec and allospec and identify only as orchidspec.

Some consider themselves neither aspec nor allospec, but also themselves as closer to either, preferring to label themselves as neutro(spec).

Some consider themselves to be simultaneously aspec and allospec, alspec.

Others, like me, fluctuate between two or more of these possibilities (that may or may not include also (sometimes) being aspec. In my case it does)

And many other possibilities.

[losergendered]

Billy Loomis from Scream is a gay, veldian, FTM, hypersexual, borderline, uniromantic, alloarospec eros turian!

He's in love with Stu Macher, a bisexual, bi gay borderline guy with ADHD!

Both of them have a smush on Randy Meeks, a bisexual, bicurious, heteroflexible autistic guy!

Sidney Prescott is a demisexual grayromantic girl who's starting to realize that she's sapphic/a lesbian!

She's also starting to catch feelings for her best friend, Tatum Riley, a bisexual femme, and the two are in a sort of romantic-platonic limbo situation, but have requited romantic feelings for each other!

Herbert West from Re-Animator is a transsexual, aromantic, eiroskan, borderline, gay, autisitc, alloaro narcissist!

He's in love with Dan Cain, who is homoflexible, bi gay, and autistic!

Billy Lenz from Black Christmas is an intersex, aromantic, hypersexual, omni gay, eros turian, concewosexual, homoflexible, alloaro, borderline, narcissistic, schizospec traggot!

Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th is disabled, asexual, and demiplatonic and has PTSD!

Michael Meyers from Halloween is quoirose, bellusromantic, agender, omniaesthetic, avoidant, nonverbal, and autistic!

Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street is an orchidspec, aroacespec, hypersexual, bisexual, omnisexual, aegopan, queer, disabled faggot!

Norman Bates from Psycho is a bigayhet, biveldarcian, biaesthetic, gay, grayromantic, alloaro, orchidspec, schizotypal, dependant man who has PTSD!

Carrie White from Carrie is a questioning caedrose girlfreak and views Jason as a caretaker! She has PTSD and bipolar disorder!

Bubba Sawyer from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a biromantic asexual genderfluid transfem bigender autistic mollromantic aroace girlboy!

Andre Kriegman from Zero Day is gay and borderline and his boyfriend, Cal Gabriel, is a gay narcissist!

Hannibal Lecter from Hannibal is gay, uniromantic, obsessromantic and eiroskan! He has NPD and BPD and is obsessed with Will Graham, a gay disabled autistic hyperempathetic otter who has PTSD and BPD!

Pinhead from Hellraiser is an agender pangender aroace cupiosexual leather fag!

All four of the Lost Boys from The Lost Boys are faggots and are in an unlabeled polycule with each other! Paul and Marko are specifically dating each other, and David is also in a relationship with Michael, who is a bi gay fag!

Axel Palmer/The Miner from My Bloody Valentine is a bi straight aromantic darcian who has PTSD, OCD, and DPDR!

Chucky from Child's Play is a bi straight guy and his wife, Tiffany Valentine, is a bi lesbian!

Ash Williams from Evil Dead is a butch bi man!

Danny Johnson/Jed Olsen from Dead by Daylight is a bi/ply veldian yandarliallion alloaro eros gay hypersexual ghostfaceslasher ghostfacestalker man!

His obsession is Dwight Fairfield, a bi gay darliyanallion boyloser!

For (ish) @dead-dog-dont-eat ! Skiey requested my personal slasher/horror headcanons and... i went a little crazy

[eldorr]

Porcian

Being pan in an orchidspec way, where one may experience attraction to any or all genders, however may only wish to enter or seek out relationships with certain genders. Under the Separspec umbrella.

Could also be called Porci- (Porcisexal, Porciromantic, etc.)

Example: A pan lesbian, who’s attracted to all genders, however only seeks out relationships with non-binary women. A Porcilesbian / Porcian Lesbian.

Porcian covers anyone who's attracted to all genders, but chooses to only enter that kind of relationship with certain genders. This can also describe anyone who's a mspec mono, such as being pansexual biromantic where one wants to always have a sexual relationship with one's romantic partners; one would technically be pansexual but would only enter sexual relationships with those one is romantically attracted to. (Technically, being both S.A.M. and non-S.A.M.)

Porcian is not an excuse for transmisia, exorsexism, intersexism, radfem separatism rhetoric, etc. Nor should the term be used to promote such rhetoric. This term just exists to explain a complicated aspect of attraction. Could technically be used as a non-problematic alternative to terms like Febfem.

This term was originally posted March 31st, 2022. It was originally posted on the same post as Separspec and Cupian. Porcian can also be considered to be an Alspec term.

[bloompawz]

Reworking the A/Grey/Allo/Orchid Attraction System

As it stands currently, the a-spectrum encompasses any identity involving little or no attraction. This includes all grey orientations by default. The allo spectrum is treated as less of a spectrum, but more of a term for people who aren’t a-spec or grey. I think that this ultimately ends up being confusing, and could use some reworking.

(Some people might be getting a little anxious about where I'm going with this, especially if you're greysexual/demisexual/etc, so I want to make it clear right away: This rework is not designed to invalidate or exclude you.)

I keep seeing the a-spec get stretched to encompass more and more experiences, such as meneromantic: a term for people who experience romantic attraction easily, but prefer not to act on it unless they think their crush will reciprocate… Which just describes how most alloromantic people approach their attraction.

This was described as an “aro-spec” orientation, and as an aromantic person, I feel like that misses the point of the spectrum completely. I admit, it is a pretty niche term, and isn’t the end of the world, but it’s a symptom of a larger problem.

It’s becoming clear, at least to me, that people are unsure how to draw the line between a-spec and allo, due to the subjectivity of what “little attraction” even is, to the point of both terms becoming less meaningful over time. I don’t even know where I’m supposed to fit among those terms myself, at least when it comes to sexual attraction. I’ve actually opted not to label my sexuality largely for that reason; it’s why I’m a neu aro.

So I wanted to take a shot at proposing a change. Not for the sake of excluding or assimilating, but for the sake of making attraction/orientations more easy to navigate and explore, especially for people who are questioning. I made an effort to make this rework as inclusive as possible, while also being much more clearly understood. If you experience attraction and identify as a-spec, don’t worry! The rework still includes you; it just includes you in terms which are easier to define.

A-spec

The a-spectrum, under the rework, includes any identity which is defined by zero attraction, as well as experiences adjacent to that. In other words, if a person experiences absolutely no sexual attraction, no romantic attraction, and/or no tertiary attraction, they are a-spec. This includes:

Asexual: Experiencing zero sexual attraction, or having an adjacent experience to this.

Aromantic: Experiencing zero romantic attraction, or having an adjacent experience to this.

Aplatonic: Experiencing zero platonic attraction, or having an adjacent experience to this.

Cupio: Experiencing zero (sexual/romantic/platonic/etc.) attraction, but desiring a relationship commonly associated with that attraction anyway. For example, desiring a sexual relationship as an asexual person.

Apothi: Experiencing zero (sexual/romantic/platonic/etc.) attraction, and feeling repulsed by relationships and/or activities associated with that attraction. For example, being asexual and sex-repulsed.

Icula: Experiencing zero (sexual/romantic/platonic/etc.) attraction, but being open to relationships/activities commonly associated with that attraction anyway. For example, being asexual and open to sex.

Etc.

“Experiences adjacent to that” refers to anyone who doesn’t necessarily experience zero attraction, but still:

Feels strongly represented by a-spec identities/experiences.

Strongly relates to a-spec identities/experiences.

Needs access to a-spec resources, communities, and support.

Finds it easy, useful, and/or helpful to identify as a-spec, especially as opposed to not identifying as a-spec.

Finds one’s attraction to be irrelevant to one’s life, either because it’s so vague or infrequent that it has no impact, because one has negative interest in acting on it, or because one’s attraction otherwise has no relevance.

Note that “experiencing little attraction” is not a qualifier on its own, because what’s “little” is entirely subjective, and can be incredibly difficult to define. Note that you do not have to check each bullet point in the list above to be a-spec; just one is enough.

Greysexuality, greyromanticism, etc. can be a-spec, but these identities are not a-spec by default. It depends on the individual, their own experiences, and how they define/feel about their own identity.

Grey-spec

The grey spectrum, under the rework, includes any identity which doesn’t fit neatly into an a-or-allo binary. This includes:

People who aren’t sure whether they’re a-spec or allo-spec.

People who resonate with both a-spec and allo-spec identities/experiences.

People who resonate with neither a-spec nor allo-spec identities/experiences.

People whose identities are in constant flux, and thus difficult or impossible to pinpoint as a-spec or allo-spec.

People who fit into the a-spec category, but feel like the a-spec category is still insufficient in some way.

People who fit into the allo-spec category, but feel like the allo-spec category is still insufficient in some way.

People who feel like they fit somewhere between “experiencing attraction” and “not experiencing attraction” in some way.

Anyone else who can’t or won’t fit themselves into an a-or-allo binary.

Greysexuality, greyromanticism, etc. can be a-spec and/or allo-spec, but these identities are not either by default. It depends on the individual, their own experiences, and how they define/feel about their own identity.

I think this is a much needed change, not just because this is easier to define than figuring out what “little attraction” means, but because grey-specs don’t always want to be pigeonholed into being a-spec by default. It is a grey area, after all.

Allo-spec

The allo spectrum, under the rework, includes any identity in which one experiences attraction, no matter how much or how little. This includes:

People who experience little attraction.

People who experience a moderate amount of attraction.

People who experience a lot of attraction.

I’ve decided to include all experiences of present attraction in this spectrum because it can be extremely hard (or impossible) to quantify how much attraction you experience in comparison to other people. If you experience attraction, it isn’t necessarily going to be clear whether you experience a lot or a little or something between. Including all present attraction under the allo-spec, no matter the amount, makes it much easier to define where you fall within these spectra.

Greysexuality, greyromanticism, etc. can be allo-spec, but these identities are not allo-spec by default. It depends on the individual, their own experiences, and how they define/feel about their own identity.

Orchid-spec

This is an additional spectrum for people who experience attraction, but do not want to act on that attraction. For example, an orchidsexual person experiences sexual attraction, but does not want to have sex under any circumstances.

I didn’t come up with this spectrum, but I’ve decided to include it here, because a person may feel that orchid-spec is the only spectrum that feels relevant to their experience, with a/grey/allo being completely irrelevant or inapplicable. Though, a person may resonate with orchid-spec in addition to other spectra, which is also valid!

Overlapping spectra

All spectra within this proposed system can overlap in some instances.

For example, if a person experiences attraction, but feels strongly represented by a-spec identities, they could be a combination of a-spec, grey-spec, and allo-spec. They might identify with one spectrum more than the others, but they would be included in all three.

As another example, a person may fall under all four spectra, because:

Their attraction is irrelevant to them, so they identify as a-spec.

They relate to both a-spec and allo-spec, so they identify as grey-spec.

They experience attraction, so they identify as allo-spec.

They don’t want to act on their attraction, so they identify as orchid-spec.

A person might also identify as both grey-spec and a-spec, but not allo-spec, because they don’t know whether they experience attraction or not, but they relate to a-spec identities and experiences.

Another person might fall under both allo-spec and grey-spec, but not a-spec, because they experience attraction, but feel that the allo-spec is insufficient to describe their identity, while also not resonating with the a-spec at all.

These are just a few examples of how spectra could possibly overlap. There are other ways that these spectra could be combined which have not been listed here.

And of course, it's up to you how you identify! I just wanted to propose a system which (hopefully) makes attraction easier to understand and navigate.

[im-just-kinda-here-k]

Hmm does the orchid spectrum have a day? If not I'm petitions to make the nearest unclaimed day orchid day.

Also happy ace day!! Y'all are cool and good

[xdle-coxns]

MACHARKALLION.

— An allion linked to wires and machines sparking as they malfunction: in this case due to unforeseen variables causing a deviation in ones programming [aka, having compassion / feeling attached to something other than yourself]. It can be orchidspec if the user chooses. — Machine + Spark + allion — Felt like making it.

CHRYSALIS @ 16/05/22.

[xenia-baby-2]

FIN-aligned orchidsexual/romantic

Definition: an orientation term for when you view your attraction to FIN or female/fem aligned individuals as on the orchid spectrum. You may or may not view other attractions this way. For example, you can be allo achillean but be on the orchid spectrum when it comes to FIN aligned individuals. Can be used by any gender.

[transolar]

«❀»Demiagenderflux + Orchidsensual«❀»

↳A Demiagenderflux and Orchidsensual combo flag!

❀ Requested by @world0w0

[mogai-headcanons]

Hobbes Kalsem is a masc butch orchidspec transneutral demitrans bigender bloodaspic lowempathymasc troll who uses they/them, he/him, and it/its pronouns, but doesn’t really pay attention to pronouns; Karlee Kayrus is a pan straight sweetgender candygender sugarpopic meanboybubblic jockaesic rageaspic genderbubbly anarchogender nonbinary lesboy who uses he/him, she/her, it/its, they/them, xe/xem, and pop/pops pronouns; System Erreur is a nonbinary antigirl maverique glitchgender errorgender virusgender errorcoretic viruscoretic virusarian errorsoundic errorscaric glitchlexic sandgender killjoygender breathaspic bi turian who uses xe/xem, it/its, and they/them pronouns; and Barone Therra is an unlabeled mindaspic enboy deifiboy who uses any pronouns aside from she/her!

Arsnec Nishad is a polysexual minsexual intersex poisongender hemlockgender nightshadegender doomaspic transmasculine troll who prioritizes pitch attraction and uses they/them and he/him pronouns with everyone and she/her with those they’re comfortable with; Tobiee Wylane is a femme transfeminine gamergender loserboygender timeaspic lesbian who uses she/her and they/them pronouns; Tybalt Endore is an aroace cupiosexual eros turian transmasculine transsexual comedigender tragigender hopeaspic nonbinary guy who uses any pronouns aside from she/her; and Luxxom Vaydar is a gay bicurious XXY intersex abinary maverique voidaspic guy who uses he/him, it/its, and sometimes she/her pronouns!

Candi Carsin is a GNC casualic pansexual MLM transmasculine candygender horrorhypic pantechnicum botic slasheric electronigender lifeaspic flavorgender boy who uses aromantic as an umbrella term and uses he/him pronouns; Cupid Ilotte is a femme spaceaspic magikavine clowngender teacupgender teapartyic gothloline frillfascic gothigender dollgender dollcreepycute lunian lesbian who uses she/her, doll/dolls, tick/ticks, and tock/tocks pronouns; Lement Xyllor is a pitch mspec lightaspic godboy who uses he/hym pronouns; and Kevlar Ajaxon is a GNC femme heartaspic hedonigender ultrapinkgender lustgender prinxgender royalgender fuchsiahemaec lexeprofane lexebitchic sugarpopic clearpinknostalgic flippinknostalgic hotpinkgender aegopan gay boy who uses he/him, she/her, and xe/xem pronouns!

Tobiee and Cupiid are in a matespritship, System and Arsnec are in a kismessistude, Luxxom is in a kismessistude with Hobbes and Kevlar, and Karlee and Candie are in a moirallegiance!

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[isobug]

Alt. Alloromantic / Alloro / Allorospec flag

I am Aro but me and some friends thought the current Alloromo design was very... plain and hard to work with if you wanted to make an edit or combo. Also lacking meaning beyond "well it's a conformant label so it must look similar to the black and white hetero flag".

I had Alloromo/Alloromospec and Orchidspec (who considers emself to be more allo/allospec instead of aro/arospec) input while making this. I'm just the flag maker.

White for those who experience full Romo attraction and are Romo-positive.

Grey for those who experience Romo-attraction but are not solely Romo-positive or Romo-repulsed (those who are Romo-ambivalent/Romo-Oscillating/etc.)

Black for those who experience Romo-attraction but are Romo-repulsed.

Purple-pink for Orchidromantics /Orchidspecs (those that experience romantic attraction but do not desire romantic relationships) who consider themselves as (or closer) to being Allospec than Arospec or who simply wish to be included. Color taken from the Orchidspec flag.

Pink-red for Romo attraction itself

This was made for friends, so please don't be weird on this post. @conformant-archive

[mindmojis]

< - - !! - - > ​ ASPEC SPARKLES ! - - > aplatonic sparkles - - > aroace sparkles - - > orchidspec sparkles ​ < - - !! - - >

[beyond-mogai-pride-flags]

Monospec Pride Flag

Mono-spec (mono- spectrum): an umbrella term for identities related to experiencing attraction to one gender [plus affection/relationships involving one gender].

The spectrum includes those who are exclusively attracted to sole one singular gender only (suptilic), and those who are fluid (i.e. abro-, novo-, amplusic), multioriented/centrioriented, varioriented/variangled, also mspec (multispec), cupiospec, orchidspec, or otherwise a-spec (e.g. arospec, acespec, aplspec, etc.) [along with other possible combinations].

For example, someone who is both gay and bi could consider their homo attraction as monospec. Lesbihets/straightbians could be monospec as a result of being multigender/genderfluid (could be a form of novosexuality). Anattractional viramorics or feminamorics could be monospec because of their affection or relationships, instead of their lack of attraction.

[eldorr]

Separspec

An umbrella term for being pan (or other-wise attracted to any/all genders mspec) in a orchidspec and/or cupiospec way. Can be called Separ- (Separsexual, Separomantic, etc.)

Under Separspec there's two sub umbrella terms, Porcian and Cupian. Porcian is the pan in a orchidspec way term, while Cupian is the pan in a cupiospec way term. In simple terms Separspec is the separation of action and attraction when it comes to one's orientation.

Separspec is also inclusive to anyone that describes either their attraction or action as pan, while describing the other as non-pan. Orchidspec & Cupiospec being used here to describe that disconnect in a simple way. (Therefore, inclusive of Fictospecs, Autospecs, etc.) May be exclusive attraction/action or not.

Example: An individual who is romantically exclusively attracted to women and fem folks who IDs as Neptunic, but may ID as Panromantic as well due to still entering romantic relationships and taking romantic actions with anyone of any gender.

This is also inclusive of any anattractional identity (Ace, Aro, Apl, etc.) that experiences ZERO attraction but may still enter relationships of whatever kind of attraction they want to. (General Aspec identities are included in the general definition.)

Example: An aro individual who enters romantic relationships regardless of their lack of attraction. One may ID as both Aro and Panromantic.

This term was originally posted March 31st, 2022. It was originally posted on the same post as Porcian and Cupian. Separspec can be considered to be more of an Alspec term.

[warriors-pride]

could we get a transmasc librafem aroace bi lesbian hollyleaf, trans bi demiromantic demiboy lionblaze, and neutrois aroallo orchidspec gay jayfeather? :o

[im-just-kinda-here-k]

I think it's fun and sexy that my brain decided to dump all the love that was supposed to go in the romance bucket, into the platonic bucket so every time my moots interact with me my brain goes 💙💚🧡💛🤍♥🤍🤎🤍💜💙🧡💜🤍🤎🤍♥💖💜💖💛💗♥💙💕💗💖💝❤💟💕💞💘💛🤍🖤💜💜💘

Funny thing, I didn't have an aro awakening, I just deadass forgot I didn't experience romantic attraction while I was going through my orchidspec awakening so just factored that in later