So [i/]that's[/i] what it means. I see it all the time on........ ummmm..... other sites, and I always stayed away.
So to answer your question, no.
So to answer your question, no.
Do you like Yaoi? (Not a pedo thread)
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I don't like it, because it ruins my favorite anime heroes. After all, there exists a famous phrase: What has been seen cannot be unseen.
See what I mean?! LALALALALALALAlalalalalathismentalimagewontbestuckinmyheadlalalalaLALALALALALA!!!!ZeroAE said:
I find it neither interesting nor titillating... So No.
I GUESS if it were a well scripted story with good pacing I might but it just sounds fetishistic. Which would be fine if I found that particular fetish enjoyable.
I GUESS if it were a well scripted story with good pacing I might but it just sounds fetishistic. Which would be fine if I found that particular fetish enjoyable.
I think you mean discussing Shotacon, the male equivalent of Lolicon.Irony said:
Other than that, spot on.
OP probably just wanted to avoid the issue the 4 or so actual Pedo threads brought. Though, it didn't even need mention because Yaoi =/= Pedo.LawlessSquirrel said:
It's like saying "do you like porn(not a Pedo thread)". Considering what that would imply, it's obvious the two things have nothing to do with each other. :/
To clear up a misconception here... yaoi does not mean fanfic. Yaoi is a genre of anime/manga stories, the same as say, giant robots, historical fantasy, comedy or magical girls. Yaoi can be as detailed, beautiful and nuanced as any story... or not. It depends on the writers.
Fanfics taking established characters and pairing them off in unusual ways is slashfic. Which may or may not be yaoi.. It can just as easily be yuri or straight pairings. These are fairly often bad, but not universally so. Like any other fanfics, the quality can vary.
And for the record, I love yaoi. What's not to like about beautiful boys making googly eyes at each other and falling in love? Unfortunately, non consenting (at least at the start) relationships are a very common theme, which I find quite uncomfortable. Forcing someone to fall for you/be physically intimate and then having them eventually decide they like it sets a bad precedence... That generally is not how such things work out in real life.. More often they end with the police being called.
Fanfics taking established characters and pairing them off in unusual ways is slashfic. Which may or may not be yaoi.. It can just as easily be yuri or straight pairings. These are fairly often bad, but not universally so. Like any other fanfics, the quality can vary.
And for the record, I love yaoi. What's not to like about beautiful boys making googly eyes at each other and falling in love? Unfortunately, non consenting (at least at the start) relationships are a very common theme, which I find quite uncomfortable. Forcing someone to fall for you/be physically intimate and then having them eventually decide they like it sets a bad precedence... That generally is not how such things work out in real life.. More often they end with the police being called.
As long as it figures into a good story, yes. Otherwise it might as well just be fetish porn or a series of pinups. When it feels so forced like that, it loses it's appeal, the whole touch of boy-love.
A FAVE-orite of mine is a great story/series called "Boy Princess". I highly recommend it to anyone. It mostly builds around political intrigue between two nations and all manner of back-stabbing between families, but the relationship between two princes and their confused difficult romance is great, filled with subtle tension and some adorable moments anyone who's ever loved someone "difficult to be close to" can relate to handily.
A FAVE-orite of mine is a great story/series called "Boy Princess". I highly recommend it to anyone. It mostly builds around political intrigue between two nations and all manner of back-stabbing between families, but the relationship between two princes and their confused difficult romance is great, filled with subtle tension and some adorable moments anyone who's ever loved someone "difficult to be close to" can relate to handily.
Despite what most people here seem to think, Yaoi isn't fanfic. I mean, people can make yaoi fanfics, but it's not always. In fact, it's a pretty large genre in Japan (mostly appealing to young adult women, oddly). But it's its own genre with its own standards and what-not. It's also typically about girl-boys, so Goku and Vegeta would not count...
But anyway, yeah, I like it.
But anyway, yeah, I like it.
i read an online yaoi once, it was awesome, not the sex, the characters/setting/writing. It was bloody excellent.
as a straight guy, i guess it makes me a bit uncomfortable (and i wouldn't go looking for it). But i have nothing against it.
