I want to know your thoughts on Yaoi ^-^

[SemeFangirl]

Hi!

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I am new to the Yaoi fandom in that I have only ever read Yaoi in private before. In truth, I have always been too afraid to talk about my interest in Yaoi with anyone for fear of being hated on.

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But, I read the threads in the forums and I keep learning more and more about the fans, and I am relieved and excited to see so many different fans crushing on boys' love! If you'd like to answer, I have always wanted to ask questions about Yaoi fans to learn more. Please message me if you want to talk more. Also, I just have to throw in a few of my favorite mangaka to help spread the love for my favorites!

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If there is any question you don't feel like answering, please do not worry. THANKS!!http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/baa60776.gif

 

Yamada Yugi

Madarame Hiro

Ootsuki Miu

Nekota Yonezou

Moegi Yuu

Yoneda Kou

Junko

Nakamura Shungiku

Yamamoto Kotetsuko

 

Are you a straight girl/boy? Bi curious girl/boy? Bi girl/boy? Gay girl/boy? Trans girl/boy? Other?

(I am a bi curious female)

 

Um, do you talk about yaoi with your family or friends? Are you private about it? (I'm a coward)

 

Do you like the uke or seme more? (I'm probably a uke, although the seme is always so SHEX-SHAY!!)

 

Do you like rape in yaoi? If you do, why do you like it? (I don't know if I like it or not to be honest....I think Enzai is just bad and I never really got into Boku Sexual Harassment...but I do like rape in some manga series I read...usually when it turns into love, or it is consensual and the uke just doesn't know it yet!

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Why is yaoi better than shojo? (Personally, I am SICK of the whiny, cutesy girls that always need rescuing and are always having tantrums and needing a prince-like guy to rescue her so she can fall in love with him. I like to see it in yaoi though!http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/0fbbf481.gif)

 

Do you think yaoi is bad to read because it is unfair to real gays? (I have one gay guy friend I showed some yaoi to who is pretty confused about it. I think he just doesn't get it.)

 

Do you think it should be free love for anybody, who cares who you like? (I support any love, but I don't know if people who read yaoi all think that...Also, I'm not here to judge so don't worry! I just wonder about it.)

 

What would you do if your parents saw your yaoi pile? (Me -->

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Why do you like yaoi? (I like to imagine what it would be like to be a beautiful gay Japanese boy with a hunk older boyfriend. I just get sick of heterosexual romance. And manga girl characters tend to annoy the crap out of me.

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What do you do when your new favorite series isn't a complete scanlation and you have to wait for updates? (Me -->

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I'm sure there's more I want to ask but I'm blanking. Also, this is already pretty long. I hope you don't mind! Thanks for answering my curiosity. I keep reading the threads and thinking everyone's pretty cool. I'm so glad I found this site! You can message me if you want to say more or ask any questions!

 

YAOI!!!

UU (It's a butt)

UU UU (Now they're happy together)

[natsuhi^v^]

wow, you asked sooo many questions, but i have time so i'll try to answer them..The truth is, i'm the same as you. I never tell anyone that i love yaoi and i don't think i ever will. Especially in my country, people have bad thoughts about homosexuality, and lots of them find it disgusting, unfortunately. I'm a straight girl(i think), and i always find this kind of relationship wonderful.i mean, those people are so brave to fall in love with the same gender. People around me support homosexuality but i don't think they would be ok if i tell them i am a yaoi fan..

For the other questions, -i like ukes more. But ukes i like aren't girly and weak you know. i love strong and cool ukes. i usually don't like semes, but if the seme is really in love with uke and shows it to him, then i think he's ok.

-i am not really into rape in yaoi but i can't stop myself reading it:)..But there's one thing i don't understand about this. How can the uke fall in love with the person who just raped him. i find it pretty confusing but still, sometimes seme regrets it and apologizes, times like this, i can forgive seme.

-i hate shoujo! like you said, there is always a stupid and weak girl and the guy protects her everytime. i find this annoying. and the plot is usually the same right? girl is stupid, guy is hot and cool, somehow they fall in love then break up and then together again..sorry, not my thing.

- i never think of if it's unfair or not..now that you mentioned it, it is a little..but still, anime/manga and the real world is different so....

- Free love for everyone of course! it's not my business who falls in love with who..and it shouldn't be anyone's business.

-if my parents find out about my love for yaoi, i think i'll change my number, my surname and leave the country! ok, maybe that would be too much...i was afraid before of course, but now i wouldn't really care..well, their thoughts about me would probably change a little but you know what? i'm still the same person! loving yaoi won't change my personality!..and besides, i'm an adult now so noone can butt in my personal life.

-honestly, i don't know why i love yaoi..hm..i can't even remember the first time i started reading yaoi manga, guess i was about 14 years old..i just find the plot and the art better than other manga genders i think...and it's more enjoyable to read:)

-it feels like i'm losing my mind! i don't know what to do about it.i wait and wait and wait....but when it comes out, i take my my laptop, hug it and say "i knew you could do it!" hahaha, sorry for having this kind of reaction..

[Dark Eden]

Lots and lots of questions! Where to start?

 

Are you a straight girl/boy? Bi curious girl/boy? Bi girl/boy? Gay girl/boy? Trans girl/boy? Other?

(I am a bi curious female)

 

Am a straight girl, I did go out with a girl at collage as I was curious at the time.

 

Um, do you talk about yaoi with your family or friends? Are you private about it? (I'm a coward)

 

No I do not talk about it. Am sure my bf knows... Well he does know, you can't ignore my bookcase filled with yaoi manga I've collected over the years, we never talk about it though. He has his porn, I have mine it works out fine.

 

Do you like the uke or seme more? (I'm probably a uke, although the seme is always so SHEX-SHAY!!)

 

Out of the two, I like semes more.

 

Do you like rape in yaoi?

 

Rape can make an interesting storyline, but in general I do not like it.

 

Why is yaoi better than shojo?

 

Neither is better, I think it depends really on your age. Shojo is aimed at younger girls, where yaoi is aimed at older ones who like gay storylines. I really enjoy reading Shojo at times, but when I do read it. I always keep it in mind that it tends to be aimed at 7 - 18 year olds.

 

Do you think yaoi is bad to read because it is unfair to real gays?

 

Not at all, yaoi is in no way real, it is just like reading a sci-fi book its not real and you go in reading it knowing its not real. It is just what you enjoy amusing your mind with. Its only bad when people start thinking it is like real life.

 

Do you think it should be free love for anybody, who cares who you like?

 

The human mind is a complex thing, which I do not have the power to fully understand and I don't think anyone does. Until the day when we do, we have no right to judge how someone loves another.

 

What would you do if your parents saw your yaoi pile?

 

Nothing. Am sure they have seen it. My parents are the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil kind. They mostly likely just plan right ignored it, because it would be liking opening a can of worms to them. Which is fine by me. I don't really want to talk about what gives me sexual kicks to my parents.

 

Why do you like yaoi?

 

Not sure really, I just find it sparks my sexual imagination.

 

What do you do when your new favorite series isn't a complete scanlation and you have to wait for updates?

 

I just wait for it to come out, but if am honest 99% of the time I forgot about it and move on to something else and then may remember about it in a year or two time and look to see if there are any updates. If not, then no big deal.

 

I'm so glad I found this site!

 

 

Glad you found it to, enjoy your time here.

[BlueRayman]

Hi SemeFangirl lets see here

Are you a straight girl/boy? etc etc.. I'm a bi guy I guess although I now swing more to the gay end of the scale these days

do you talk about yaoi with your family or friends? Are you private about it? Both I don't hide the fact but neither do I proclaim my enjoyment to the world, I posted

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in more details.

Do you like the uke or seme more? I like semes but thats only because I'm a uke and I want one

Do you like rape in yaoi? I'm not into rape but I do like the forceful scenes. I like the loving fluffy scenes just as much but there is something to the forceful scenes, I guess its the idea of surrendering to somebodies will that I like :::Blush:::

Why is yaoi better than shojo? I must say I like both, yaoi I enjoy because its a side of myself I don't get to indulge often as I struggle to let people get close enough to let my guard down and I see a lot of my own insecurities in your average uke. I enjoy shojo because it is so over the top, super fluffy and cute (currently reading Kimi ni Todoke). I always think "why can't there really be guys like that" I know I'm not one.

Do you think yaoi is bad to read because it is unfair to real gays? I wouldn't say/don't feel its unfair at all thats like saying your average RomCom film is unfair to straight people why do you think its unfair? I might be missing something here is it the somebody takes on the 'female' role thing I've heard that before. If so then personally I'd say no because when I find my real life Usagi san I'm gonna be the 'girl' in the relationship, get bought flowers etc.. Nobody ruin this for me plz!! - Dark Eden I saw what you wrote

Do you think it should be free love for anybody, who cares who you like? I think this fits with my general idea of freedom and the price of freedom. I think you should be free to do whatever you want so long as you don't impose on society, hurt anybody or restrict anybody freedom by doing so. The catch is though you have to allow everybody else the same thing and thats the bit everybody struggles with.

I don't see why anybody else should really care if I love a guy, a woman or both at the sametime.

 

What would you do if your parents saw your yaoi pile? This is what I said in hte post I linked to: I was reading Junjo Romantica in the living room and my mum asked what i was reading I said "Gay, romantic manga" (she knows what manga is)... Her reply "Is it any good?"

 

Why do you like yaoi? mainly for the reasons you said its something different with a different style and I like the guys

 

What do you do when your new favorite series isn't a complete scanlation and you have to wait for updates? Either find something else or read some fluffy shojo on that note have you read Otomen (its about a guy into fluffy girly stuff, its fun)

 

That took longer than I thought.. .Questions are fun