Aplatonic

Contributions by: Rust&Stardust, Rook

Definitions and Usage
Aplatonic describes an individual lacking the "love" in friendships, or the desire to have such bonds. It can also encompass indifference towards those things (similar to sex-neutral for asexuals). Some mention how they do not have the "emotional energy" to engage in relationships that aren't "partnerships", or have little interest in getting close to friends. Aplatonics often identify with other aspec terms (especially aromantic), and many aplatonics are neurodivergent and/or trauma survivors, but not necessarily.

The aplatonic label has been subject to much discussion, misunderstanding, and unfair discourse. It isn't inherently a lack of friends in general, or a fancy word for misanthropy. There is also an assumption that all aplatonics are aromantic; in reality, a homoromantic asexual had coined the term on the AVEN forums. It also has been redefined repeatedly, describing an aromantic individual who does not desire a QPR, but that is an erasure of its original meaning and its importance in the community.

Related Terms
Aplatonicism is one extreme on the aplatonic spectrum. It can be used with prefixes meaning either genders (like pan- or nomin-) or mode of attraction (like fray-).

Flags
The first flag is the most well known aplatonic flag. The purple, blue, and green are inverses of colors typically associated with friendship (yellow, brown, and pink), while the pale cream represents how aplatonics can be alloromantic & allosexual.

The second flag is modeled after the asexual flag with the yellow stripe representing platonic attraction.