Arospike

Arospike is a romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum in which one usually does not experience romantic attraction, but they sometimes experience "spikes" of intense romantic attraction, after which the orientation plummets back into aromanticism.

Common Definitions[]

“	Describes a person whose romantic orientation fluctuates very rapidly, skyrocketing into intense attraction, then plummeting down to feeling no attraction again.	”
–AUREA^[2]

“	Arospike: usually not feeling attraction but occasionally having it rapidly skyrocket into intense attraction, then plummeting down to aromanticism again.	”
–pride-color-schemes, 2016^[3]

Flags[]

The first arospike flag was created on or before August 4, 2015, by Tumblr user pride-flags.^[1] Another flag was created by the same user on or before August 19, 2015.^[4] Two alternate flags were created by Tumblr user pride-color-schemes on June 26, 2016.^[2] One alternate flag was created on February 21, 2020 by Tumblr user I-Love-My-Trans-Body.^[5] Another pair of alternate flags were created on March 11, 2020, by Tumblr user Whimsy-Flag.^[6]