Moirallegic

Moirallegic or pale attraction is a type of attraction in the Quadrant System originating from famous webcomic Homestuck. Moirallegic's closest analogue is alterous attraction. The pale quadrant is represented by the ♦ symbol, or in plain text, <>.

A moirallegic relationship is referred to as a moirallegiance, and the person that one is in a moirallegiance with is one's moirail or, informally, palemate.

Etymology
A portmanteau of "moira" (fated) and "allegience."

Pronunciation
/moy-rah-lee-jick/

Definitions

 * A reasonable human translation would be the concept of a soul mate, but in a more platonic sense, and with a more specific social purpose. ... The moirail is obliged to pacify the other, to function as the better half. The two partners in a strong pale relationship will serve to balance and complement each other's emotional profiles, and thus allow their other relationships to be more successful. - Andrew Hussie, 2010
 * An attraction founded on a desire to support, protect, and form a commited 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 Jamming (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. - mx-princey, 2020

In the original comic, a person may only have one moirail, though real-life users of the term may have multiple moirails.

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. In this post, they also coined flags for the four quadrants, and in a post shared details on moirallegic attraction and bonus flags.

Subsets

 * Homomoirallegic
 * Amoirallegic
 * Demimoirallegic
 * Pale Polyamory

For a comprehensive list, see Category:Moirallegic