Pale Orientation and Attraction
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Pale or Moirallegic Attraction is an attraction founded on a desire to support, protect, and form a committed and deep emotional relationship with a person. Some gestures of Pale affection may include hugs, papping (ie patting / caressing intended to calm a person), and hamming (Sessions of emotional vulnerability). A pale relationship is distinct from a friendship. It could be considered similar to a Queerplatonic, Alterous or Romantic relationship, or it could be considered entirely distinct, depending on how the individual wishes to define it.
History
The quadrant system was first introduced in famous webcomic Homestuck by Andrew Hussie on August 10 2010. In the comic, the quadrant system refers to the types of romance experienced by trolls. While humans only have one form of romance, trolls experience four; matespiritship (the flushed quadrant), moirallegience (the pale quadrant), kismesissitude (the pitch quadrant), and auspisticism (the ashen quadrant).
Although people have used quadrant romance to describe relationships since Homestuck introduced it, mx-princey on Tumblr formalized the terminology on 25 May 2020 for ease of use.[1] In this post, they also coined flags for the four quadrants, and in a post shared details on moirallegic attraction and bonus flags. [2]
Related Terms
| Label | Relationship | Description | Difference |
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| Flushed Attraction | an attraction founded on feelings of romantic love and/or sexual attraction | ||
| Ashen Attraction | an attraction founded on a desire to help two other people maintain a healthy relationship | ||
| Pitch Attraction | an attraction founded on simultaneous hatred and respect for another individual | ||
| Moiraigender | a gender that shifts based on who one's moirallegic partner (moirail) is |
Sub-Terms
| Label | Description | Flag | Creator(s) |
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| Apallidic | the a-spec equivalent of moirallegic | Spica Naos |
Orientations
| Label | Flag | Creator(s) |
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| homomoirallegic/pale gay |  [2]
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mx-princey |
| homomoirallegic/pale lesbian |  [2]
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mx-princey |
| bimoirallegic/pale bi |  [2]
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mx-princey |
| panmoirallegic/pale pan |  [2]
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mx-princey |
| heteromoirallegic/pale straight |  [2]
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mx-princey |
| amoirallegic/pale aro |  [2]
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mx-princey |
| pale polyamory |  [2]
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mx-princey |
| demimoirallegic/pale demi |  [3]
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mogai-trender-sideblog |
| omnimoirallegic/pale omni |  [4]
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mx-princey |
| aegomoirallegic/pale aego |  [5]
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neopronouns |
| arofluxmoirallegic/pale aroflux |  [6]
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lolliepops-rox |
| allosexual moirallegic |  [6]
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lolliepops-rox |
Flags and Symbols
the pale attraction flag, with no symbol
the pale polyamory flag, with no symbol
The pale attraction flag, as well as the flags for gay, lesbian, bi, pan, straight, aro, and polyamorous pale orientations were created alongside the term by mx-princey on May 25, 2020.[1] [2] On March 10, 2021, Tumblr user mogai-trender-sideblog created demi- flags for the four quadrant system attractions. [3] On November 3, 2022, Tumblr user lolliepops-rox created flags for aroflux- and allosexual matespritic orientations. [6] Sometime in 2022, Tumblr user neopronouns created a flag for the aegomoirallegic orientation. [5]
Resources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://mx-princey.tumblr.com/post/619013685120270336/the-quadrant-system-is-the-structure-for-romance
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 https://mx-princey.tumblr.com/post/619014551200022529/my-intention-with-this-post-is-to-provide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 web.archive.org/web/20240505192251/https://www.tumblr.com/mogai-trender-sideblog/645309830595297280/i-made-some-demi-versions-of-the-quadrant-system
- ↑ https://mx-princey.tumblr.com/post/691622549403156480/pale-attraction-my-intention-with-this-post-is-to
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://neopronouns.tumblr.com/post/682356492609994752/aegomatespritic-aegomoirallegic-aegokismesic
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://at.tumblr.com/lolliepops-rox/aroflux-quadrant-flags-reposted/imvmvtqmfqlk
