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{{Orientation||image1=[[Arospike (3).png]]|type=[[Amative]], [[Aspec]], [[Acespec]]|coined_by=Unknown|coining_date=Sometime before August 2015}}
'''Arospike''' is an orientation on the [[Acespec|Aromantic Spectrum]] defined as someone who usually feels no romantic attraction, but occasionally has rare, sudden, and intense spikes of romantic attraction for a short amount of time, before returning, just as suddenly, to one's normal amounts of Aromanticism.
Arospike can be a romantic orientation on its own or can combined with other orientations. For example, one could be Arospike and [[Pan]], meaning that when one does experience romantic attraction it can be towards people of any gender.
The coiner and the coining date of Arospike are currently unknown.
===Subsets===
*[[Aroacespike]]
===See Also===
*[[Acespike]]
*[[Arojump]]
==Gallery==
===Flags===
The creator of the Arospike flag has been credited to Cyzu of tumblr blog Pride-Flags-For-Us,<ref>[https://http-bees.tumblr.com/post/126304376871/is-there-an-arospikeacespike-flag The Arospike flag by Pride-Flags-For-Us, Reblog of https-Bees]</ref> but the blog has since been privated or deactivated. The flag was possibly created on or before August 10, 2015.
Some other alternate flags were designed based on the original by Deviantart user Pride-Flags. The two flags Pride-Flags made were posted on Deviantart on August 18, 2015,<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Arospike-4-554424585 One of Pride-Flags' Acespike flags]</ref><ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Arospike-2-554424555 The other of Pride-Flags' Acespike flags]</ref> along with one made by tumblr blog Pride-Flags-For-Us.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Arospike-1-554424597 Pride-Flags-For-Us' other Arospike flag]</ref><ref>[https://genderb-tch.tumblr.com/post/125897943159/pride-flags-for-us-arospike-usually-not Tumblr post of Pride-Flags-For-Us' three spiked Arospike flag, Reblog of genderb-tch]</ref>
A redesigned alternate Arospike flag was created by tumblr user I-Love-My-Trans-Body alongside an Acespike and an Aroacespike flag on February 2, 2020.<ref>[https://i-love-my-trans-body.tumblr.com/post/190956867478/more-flag-redesigns-green-is-arospike-purple-is I-Love-My-Trans-Body's Arospike flag]</ref> Tumblr user Whimsy-Flags made a redesign of I-Love-My-Trans-Body's design shortly after, on March 20, 2020.<ref>[https://archive.is/zyoZ8 Whimsy-Flag's Arospike flag redesign]</ref>
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Arospike (3).png|The Arospike flag
File:Arospike - @pride-flags Mod Hermy (2).png|Arospike flag by Mod Hermy of Pride-Flags
Arospike.png|An Arospike flag by Pride-Flags-For-Us
Arospike - @pride-flags Mod Hermy.png|An alternate Arospike flag by Mod Hermy of Pride-Flags
Arospikered.png|An Arospike flag by tumblr user I-Love-My-Trans-Body
File:Whimsy-Flag Arospike.png|Whimsy-Flag's arospike flag redesign.
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==Sources==
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[[Category:Romantic Orientation]]
[[Category:Arospec]]
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:''{{distinguish|Abrospike}}''[[File:Arospikeflag.png|thumb|220x220px|The arospike flag.]]
[[File:Arospike Flag Redesign.png|alt=A redesigned arospike flag by tumblr user i-love-my-trans-body It features the -spike pink diamond in the center, running the whole vertical length of the flag. In the background there are large upper light green colored and lower dark green colored stripes, separated by a white stripe in the middle with the same proportions as the bisexual pride flag. |thumb|220x220px|A redesigned arospike flag by tumblr user i-love-my-trans-body]]
[[File:Altarospike flag.jpg|thumb|Alternate arospike flag by Pride-Flags]]
[[File:Another arospike flag.jpg|thumb|Another alternate arospike flag by pride-flags-for-us]]
[[File:Another alt arospike flag.jpg|thumb|Another alt arospike flag by Pride-Flags]]
'''Arospike''' is a romantic orientation on the [[Aromantic Spectrum|aromantic spectrum]]. It is defined as someone who usually feels no romantic attraction, but occasionally has rare and sudden spikes of romantic attraction for an amount of time that can vary from a day to a couple of months before returning to one's normal amounts of aromanticism. Arospike can be a romantic orientation on its own or can combined with other orientations. For example, one could be arospike and [[Gay|homoromantic]], meaning that when one does experience romantic attraction it's only towards individuals of the same gender.
The sexual counterpart to arospike is [[acespike]]. Being both acespike and arospike makes someone [[aroacespike]]. The opposite of arospike is [[aro-jump]].
== History ==
The coiner of arospike is unknown, but the alternate flag was designed by tumblr user i-love-my-trans-body, and the second alternate, based on the main flag, was designed by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt on August 17, 2015, along with the fourth alternate. The third alternate was designed by tumblr blog pride-flags-for-us.
==Related TermsResources ==
# [https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Arospike-4-554424585 Arospike (4) by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt]
#[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Arospike-1-554424597 Arospike (1) by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt]
#[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Arospike-2-554424555 Arospike (2) by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt]
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