last updated april 19th 2022
First list of flags/terms:
aptophilia★ / achilleaptophilia★ / sapphiaptophilia★ / diamoriaptophilia★ / maptophile★ / gendermaptophile★ / hetaptophilia★ / AAM-aptophile★ / aptogender★ / autoaptophilia ★autocaninophilia ★autofelinophilia ★cereusphilia ★hybriphilia ★lucidiphilia ★klepto- identitiesdendrophilia
Second carrd for: transaptophile ★, haphephilia ★, sacchaphilia ★, paraphoric ★, vigiliaphilia ★, fictocaninophilia ★, fictofelinophilia ★, agalmatophilia, mysophilia, salirophilia, hoplophilia, symphorophilia, salophilia, hebe flag low contrast edit, map4map
Third carrd for autoplushophilia, kabourophilia, autohybristophilia, fictohybristophilia, and lesbian rapto/biastophilia
★ = term believed to have also been made by mod Vile, according to zero search results at the time.
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Click the link associated with a term to go to a page with the term's flag and added details such as flag variations, stripe meanings, symbol meanings, and more. It will never not be a work-in-progress. There's too many good additions to stop.
Some of my flags are of terms that already have flags by others, and that's a-okay, I want to add to the pile!
Autofelinophilia: A paraphilia related to being or becoming a cat. From auto- (self) and felinophilia. Not necessarily sexual.
The purple symbolizes the fast strikes of a paw.The light purple symbolizes the fangs that glisten while yawning.The lilac symbolizes the joy of being a cat.The dark purple symbolizes the warm, simple comfort in having fur.The dark amethyst symbolizes the feline instinct of gracefully lying in wait for the moment to pounce.
Archived tumblr blog post link.
Autocaninophilia: A paraphilia related to being or becoming a dog. From auto- (self) and caninophilia. Not necessarily sexual.
Flag stripes/symbolism meaning:
The reddish-orange symbolizes tearing through raw meat with sharp fangs.The peach orange symbolizes a dog's boundless energy.The light pink symbolizes the excitement of being a dog.The brown symbolizes the warm, simple comfort in having fur.The dark brown symbolizes the canine instinct for digging into the ground.
Archived tumblr blog post link.
Dendrophilia: A paraphilia for trees.
The top is for trees with green leaves, the center is for trees with orange leaves or have orange leaves in autumn, the bottom is for trees without leaves or for dead trees.
Flag stripes/symbolism meaning:
The top stripe represents the state of a tree's leaves.The tan stripes represents trees with typically light exteriors, such as birch and oak.The brown stripes represents trees with typically dark exteriors, such as cedar and black walnut.
Archived tumblr blog post link.
Cereusphilia: A paraphilia for feeling hot wax. From the Latin word cereus: candle, wax, waxen, taper, wax-colored. Related but not limited to waxplay.
Top: General cereus flag
Bottom: Cereus flag for the 'cleansing' aspect, feeling as if the wax melts away purity
The dark red to orange represents the increasing intensity of heat dropping onto your skin.The dark grey to light grey represents the increasing purity brought upon your body.The yellow stripe represents the climax of warmth as the wax first makes contact with the skin.
Archived tumblr blog post link.
Hybriphilia: A paraphilia for being worshipped as a god - no matter what type of god that may be. Can include cruel gods, demon/demon-like gods, earthly gods, known gods, and more.
Originally submitted to paraphiliaflagsandmore, flag by me (V) and term by Pappy.
The dark tan to light yellow gradient represents the rise above mortals.The light yellow to purple gradient represents the worshipping that is due from mortals.
Archived tumblr blog post link.
Klepto- identities:
The purple gradient represents the build-up of klepto urgesThe white represents the act of stealingThe black gradient represents the negative feelings that follow the stealing.
Originally submitted to Dead-Dove-Dont-Eat, a tumblr blog by Soulqueer, the creator of Queerpedia.
Soulqueer description:
An umbrella flag for Klepto identities, including stealing genders, pronouns, orientations, kins, personas, genic types, etc.
(Kleptogender, Kleptopronouns, Klepto(orientation), Kleptokin, etc).
The person knows it’s wrong but outwardly or privately does so due to kleptomania.
Lucidiphilia: A paraphilia term/flag centered on lucid dreaming, such as an attraction to having an LD and/or an attraction to events within an LD.
The dark purple represents deep sleep.The purple represents vague awareness of being in a dream.The brighter, light purple of the middle stripe represents the sudden realization.The muted light purple represents grounding techniques to prolong the dream.The light grey represents confidence of staying lucid.
Archived tumblr blog post link.
Aptophilia: A paraphilia for grooming, regardless of the age attraction. Can be any type of attraction, not limited to sexual and romantic. Stemming from the Latin word, "apto", meaning to fit, adapt, adjust, make ready, or fit.
Flag stripes/symbolism meaning:
The candy symbol hints at the stereotype that grooming involves giving people candy.The colorful yet slightly muted stripes symbolize deceit in a friendly package.The white stripe symbolizes the light at the end of a tunnel, the endgoal of grooming constantly being kept in mind.The black stripes symbolize the destruction of grooming.
Current variants of Aptophilia by Vile:
achilleaptophiliasapphiaptophiliadiamoriaptophiliamap-apiophile (maptophile)gendermap-aptophile (gendermaptophile) (gendermap coined by Soulqueer)AAM-aptophiliahetaptophiliaaptogenderautoaptophilia
Located on the second card:
transgender aptophile / transapto
List of other apto related identities and flags:
Achilleaptophilia: Achillean + Aptophile
For any apto individual who is attracted to boys/men/males/masc-aligned/Solarian individuals, and feels that the attraction is similar to/exactly like same-gender attraction.
The gender of attraction is defined loosely and can be replaced with any term, so long as the one holding the achilleapto label feels that it fits. Boys/men/males/masc-aligned/Solarian are not used as synonyms but as suggestions with sometimes overlapping meanings.
From the words "achillean" and "apto".
Sapphiaptophilia: Sapphic + Aptophile
For any apto individual who is attracted to girls/women/females/fem-aligned/Lunarian individuals, and feels that the attraction is similar to/exactly like same-gender attraction.
The gender of attraction is defined loosely and can be replaced with any term, so long as the one holding the sapphiapto label feels that it fits. Girls/women/females/fem-aligned/Lunarian are not used as synonyms but as suggestions with sometimes overlapping meanings.
From the words "sapphic" and "apto".
Diamoriaptophilia: Diamoric + Apiophile
For any apto individual who is attracted to nonbinary/nonbinary-aligned/not-binary individuals, and feels that the attraction is similar to/exactly like same-identity/gender attraction.
While the attraction is technically not same-gender attraction, as nonbinary isn't another gender in the binary, the description fits certain attractions.
Nonbinary is defined loosely and can be replaced with any identity that is not exclusively within one specific gender binary 100% of the time with no exceptions, including those who prefer a different term than nonbinary.
From the words "diamoric" and "apto".
MAP-aptophile / MAPtophile: MAP + Aptophile
Stripes inspired by Stenna's MAP flag.
For any apto individual who is attracted to minors. The definition of minor depends on the region's Age of Consent laws but is often defined as under/around the age of 16.
GenderMAP-aptophile / GenderMAPtophile: GenderMAP + Aptophile
Stripes inspired by Soulqueer's GenderMAP flag. GenderMAP coined by Soulqueer, Queerpedia creators.
For any apto individual who feels that their gender is related to minor attraction. Can include aptogender and minor attraction paraphilias, but not necessarily.
AAM-aptophilia: Adult Attracted Minor + apto.
Stripes inspired from an AAM flag made by Cherry on Paraphiliaflagsandmore.
For any apto individual who is an adult attracted minor.
Not to be confused with autoaptophilia.
Hetaptophilia: Hetero + apto.
Stripes inspired from a straight flag made by Anonymous.
For any apto individual who is hetero, or straight. Can be exclusively or non-exclusively hetero.
The hetero attraction is defined loosely and can be replaced with any term, so long as the one holding the hetapto label feels that it fits.
From the words "hetero" and "apto".
Aptogender: Apto + gender.
For any individual who feels that their gender is related to apto attraction. The individual does not necessarily need to be an aptophile in order to be aptogender.
Autoaptophilia: Auto (self) + apto.
A paraphilia for being groomed. Not age-specific and does not necessarily need to be an aptophile to be an autoaptophile.