Aplatonic Spectrum

The Aplatonic Spectrum, otherwise known as the Aplatonic Umbrella, is a group of platonic orientations that fall under the umbrella term of aplatonic. Those on the aplatonic spectrum may lack platonic attraction or feel it so little that they relate more to aplatonic experiences. The common link between those on the aplatonic spectrum is that they do not feel the "standard" amount of platonic attraction or they don't feel it in the "standard" way, that alloplatonic individuals do.

Those on the aplatonic spectrum are often referred to as "apl-spec" for short. Apl-spec individuals can have any sexual or romantic orientation, including ace/aro-spec or allosexual/romantic identities.

Apl-Spec Identities

 * Aplatonic
 * Aplflux
 * Aplspike
 * Autoplatonic
 * Demiplatonic
 * Frayplatonic
 * Greyplatonic
 * Laimoplatonic

Apl-Spec Microlabels

 * Apothiplatonic
 * Cassplatonic
 * Myrplatonic
 * Cupioplatonic
 * Iculaplatonic
 * Preaplatonic

Apl-Spec Terminology

 * Alloplatonic
 * Plato-favorable
 * Plato-repulsed
 * Plato-indifferent
 * Plato-ambivalent
 * Split Attraction Model
 * Tertiary Attraction

Flag
Although the aplatonic flag itself can be used to represent the aplatonic spectrum, there are also flags designed to be more inclusive of those who are not purely aplatonic. The most common flag was created by Tumblr user Dexter on July 3rd, 2020. The flag is made in the style of the ace-spec and aro-spec flags and it uses the same color progression, with stripes taken from multiple aplatonic flags.

The oldest known apl-spec flag was created on November 8th, 2018 by beyond-mogai-pride-flags on Tumblr. Other alternate flags include one by an unknown creator posted to Devianart by Pride-Flags on March 10th, 2021 and one created by Fandom user crayonpuppy.x on or before May 30th, 2021.