101. Romance doesn't have to muscle out friendship. I've always thought that the person you fall in love with should also be (or become) your best friend.
/soppy old thing
118. I don't watch Torchwood and so can't yay, nae or wtf your secret, but thank you for clarifying the seme/uke stereotype part of your secret. (Though not all slash or yaoi is written like that.) Bonus points, OP. Let me give you them.
127. I... really have so many places to start that I don't even know which to pick. Other people have pretty much reiterated my points (yaoi =/= slash, misogyny, &c &c), so let's just say that my fandom, fannish interests and fantasies don't have a thing to do with you. You have no right to tell me what I am or am not allowed to enjoy, just as I have no right to tell you what to enjoy. I'm not dragging you into it. I'm not expecting you to watch/read/write/whatever and I certainly don't give a ha'penny for your approval. Be offended. Great, that's your right—just like I'm offended that the uke/female-stand-in is such a stereotype. But get off your damned high horse.
Romance novels depict male/female relationships in a frequently smutty fashion for a primarily female audience. It is not always porn. There is plot because they're aimed at women, and women seem to prefer plot. They are not realistic, not intended to be, and no one thinks they are.
Yaoi depicts male/male relationships in a frequently smutty fashion for a primarily female audience. It is not always porn. There is plot because they're aimed at women, and women seem to prefer plot. They are not realistic, not intended to be, and no one thinks they are.
Do you see the parallel?
129. (crosses legs) OUCH, no. Not me. I keep myself trimmed, but I refuse to go 100% bare. It's not worth the time or the pain to wax, and it's not worth the itches for me to shave! I generally don't even bother with my legs. I have miracle-gro leg hair that takes a while to hack through, so unless I'm wearing something not-pants I leave it alone. I kind of wish I could, but... yeah. (shrug)
The pits, though, are shaved nightly. Underarm hair (male or female) is weirdly gross to me.
160. Sorry, totally random but OMG THAT PIC IS SO CUTE!
175. o.o; That is the... dumbest reason for someone to end a friendship ever. A book is so important? Your former friend needs to pull her head out.
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/soppy old thing
118. I don't watch Torchwood and so can't yay, nae or wtf your secret, but thank you for clarifying the seme/uke stereotype part of your secret. (Though not all slash or yaoi is written like that.) Bonus points, OP. Let me give you them.
127. I... really have so many places to start that I don't even know which to pick. Other people have pretty much reiterated my points (yaoi =/= slash, misogyny, &c &c), so let's just say that my fandom, fannish interests and fantasies don't have a thing to do with you. You have no right to tell me what I am or am not allowed to enjoy, just as I have no right to tell you what to enjoy. I'm not dragging you into it. I'm not expecting you to watch/read/write/whatever and I certainly don't give a ha'penny for your approval. Be offended. Great, that's your right—just like I'm offended that the uke/female-stand-in is such a stereotype. But get off your damned high horse.
Romance novels depict male/female relationships in a frequently smutty fashion for a primarily female audience. It is not always porn. There is plot because they're aimed at women, and women seem to prefer plot. They are not realistic, not intended to be, and no one thinks they are.
Yaoi depicts male/male relationships in a frequently smutty fashion for a primarily female audience. It is not always porn. There is plot because they're aimed at women, and women seem to prefer plot. They are not realistic, not intended to be, and no one thinks they are.
Do you see the parallel?
129. (crosses legs) OUCH, no. Not me. I keep myself trimmed, but I refuse to go 100% bare. It's not worth the time or the pain to wax, and it's not worth the itches for me to shave! I generally don't even bother with my legs. I have miracle-gro leg hair that takes a while to hack through, so unless I'm wearing something not-pants I leave it alone. I kind of wish I could, but... yeah. (shrug)
The pits, though, are shaved nightly. Underarm hair (male or female) is weirdly gross to me.
160. Sorry, totally random but OMG THAT PIC IS SO CUTE!
175. o.o; That is the... dumbest reason for someone to end a friendship ever. A book is so important? Your former friend needs to pull her head out.