[ SECRET POST #2007 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2007 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 111 secrets from Secret Submission Post #287.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ], [ 1 - text secret ], [ 1 - empty image ].
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Comments

[nachtmusik]

It's a bit sad how many guys have been scared away from the series because of the fangirls. I was showing my boyfriend some stuff I got in the mail from Right Stuf the other day, and 2 of the items were Hetalia-related. Season 4 and vol. 3 of the manga. He kinda balked at them, and I was just like "dude no give it a try you'll actually like it". He's huge into history, especially WWII, and loves the sort of humor Hetalia has. So I grabbed vol. 3 and flipped to some random page and handed it to him, and within moments he was cracking up. I dug out my copies of vol. 1 and 2 as well and pulled some selected strips related to nations he's interested in and whose characters I think he'd like, and well. Pretty quick I had him dying laughing at the strips with Hungary and Prussia as kids.

Because of the rabid yaoi fangirl fanbase, he was actually convinced that Hetalia was BL. Yeah there are some pretty gay strips, but when guys pretty commonly think they're going to pick up a volume of it and find guys kissing on any random page they may turn to, it's a bit sad. That was his impression and I've heard other guys voice the same thing.

But really the actual series has plenty in it for guys. I wish more dudes would just give it a chance.

[(Anonymous)]

Sadly, it seems like the rabid fangirls have scared a lot of people off at this point.

[nachtmusik]

Yup. It's sad, but I don't really blame anyone either.

[(Anonymous)]

For some reason I'm not sorry that a couple of homophobes don't want to read it.

[nachtmusik]

....Uh. It's not exactly homophobic to not want to read a comic about guys hooking up if you aren't into that. There are plenty of reasons that aren't homophobia to not want to read BL. Yeah, guys whose reaction to m/m stuff is "OMG EW GUYS KISSING!!!11" are kind of disgusting people IMO, but uh. Not everyone is interested in romance period. If someone is assuming Hetalia is about a bunch of gay guys who happen to be countries macking on each other and they aren't into stories like that, that is perfectly valid, really. Especially since. You know. Most BL is basically idealized mush aimed at teen girls and young women anyway. I used to read a lot of actual BL and it tends to be bad chick lit at best, insulting at worst ("ooh Mr Seme I love you so much even though you raped me!" for instance). So yeah no not going to assume anyone is homophobic for avoiding the BL genre.