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Yaoi is weird

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For the people boggling over the fact that stuff like this exists, google your favorite fandom plus the words 'kink meme'.

Don't send the bills for your therapy.
 

bigkrev

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I find something like 90% of the yaoi I find to be totally unappealing to the eyes. I hate the heavy use of sharp lines on the face, i'm not a bara fan, ect. It's kinda suprising, really, that I can go to any big porn site and find something I like with no problems, but that there is very little of it being published out of mainstream sources (there are plenty of doujin that fit what I like though)
 
Yaoi isn't concerned with portraying reality. And neither are Yaoi fans, I assume.

Yaoi is fucking horrible. 9/10 times the drawing ends up turning me off instead of making me want to fap. They are stick-thin and look like aliens. Bara is less horrible but still is horrible. The men on Bara are typically a bit on the fat/large scale BUT not the large, rugby player type that I like. More like large on the sumo player side. I can't fap to that.

Not really. My vast bara collection says otherwise.

 
What does AU stand for?

Alternate Universe. Like taking a show like Sherlock, expect slapping all the characters into a high school setting. Or a pop star setting. Or making magic a thing that is real (which can sometimes be good, I don't dislike those as much). Or my least favorite, omegaverse. Don't google it, just...don't.
 
Alternate Universe. Like taking a show like Sherlock, expect slapping all the characters into a high school setting. Or a pop star setting. Or making magic a thing that is real (which can sometimes be good, I don't dislike those as much). Or my least favorite, omegaverse. Don't google it, just...don't.

Oh, those kinds of fics are the worst..
 
Oh, those kinds of fics are the worst..

Especially hated them in like, Buffyverse fic. All Human AU's were such a popular thing. I honestly didn't get the appeal, since, you know, I love the show for the characters, and they wouldn't be the characters without their various superpowers.
 

TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
That turtle .gif is the gift that keeps on giving. I'm surprised some still haven't seen it.

Anyway the major problem with Yaoi is the story (>reading Yaoi for the story, shaddap) being a confusing jarring mess more than anything.

I think Gravitation is the only "Yaoi"/boylove novel I've seen that kinda turns that convention on it's head and just goes crazy for the sake of crazy.
 

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
What? One Piece's style is bad art? Now I've seen everything.
Finally, someone took my bait. Thanks, you vindicated my post.
You mean fan art based on speculations? That happens a lot.
I mean stuff that gets made from fanart. I guess morenatsu counts.
Was this a thing before or after CLAMP?
Before, CLAMP was just part of the movement.
You don't trust beauty then? Or queens?
Beauty is deceptive and you can't trust queens.
 
Especially hated them in like, Buffyverse fic. All Human AU's were such a popular thing. I honestly didn't get the appeal, since, you know, I love the show for the characters, and they wouldn't be the characters without their various superpowers.

No offense, but I've always had the impression of fangirls being kind of weird and a little crazy, yet this is remarkably sensible.
 
I noticed there's quite a substantial amount of female/gay manga (I don't know what the genres are) on comixology. I guess they managed to sign a good deal with one of the major Japanese publishers or something.
 
No offense, but I've always had the impression of fangirls being kind of weird and a little crazy, yet this is remarkably sensible.

A lot of us are actually sane. Only the crazy ones get press :p

I bet you can't wait for the Cumberbatch and Kirk fics destined to come.

Haha double entendre

I'll be happy just hearing dat voice. I haven't ever read Trek fic, the Batch's power, though considerable, is likely not enough to make me start.
 

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
Can't wait for Cumberbatch selfcest art once Star Trek is out.
 
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