if I didn't agree with the OP and a few of the commentors here that sometimes subtext is more preferable, I'd think a lot of you are afraid of cocks. really.
(not directed at the OP because I got your secret and agree) what is this superiority complex that 'slash' is somehow better than 'yaoi'? can we please be explaining this? let's make sure that we don't conflate the definitions.
because in WRITING, yaoi and slash are pretty much the same thing. don't try to convince anyone that slash is about 'the relationships' and yaoi is about 'the sex' because with the way definitions have changed over the face of fandom in the past couple of years, they are starting to be interchangable with the only difference being slash is anything not anime and yaoi is anime influenced.
being in several fandoms, some anime, some not, I'm not seeing a difference in writing skill, in 'plot vs sex', in character development, etc. 13 yr old 'hurhurhur I sed teh cock' writing is pretty standard across all fandoms, anime or not.
if you're referring to the yaoi manga, those manga designed specifically for 'teh buttsecks pron' well, again, I agree that subtext is better than text because it makes it easier to write for. if you have 'the canon couple' that is pretty much fixed, it's harder to get speculative fic out of it. like married couples, it gets a bit stale after a while because there's only so much variety you can accomplish.
but step off the slash > yaoi writing bandwagon. there's not a lot of difference across the face of general fandoms.
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(not directed at the OP because I got your secret and agree) what is this superiority complex that 'slash' is somehow better than 'yaoi'? can we please be explaining this? let's make sure that we don't conflate the definitions.
because in WRITING, yaoi and slash are pretty much the same thing. don't try to convince anyone that slash is about 'the relationships' and yaoi is about 'the sex' because with the way definitions have changed over the face of fandom in the past couple of years, they are starting to be interchangable with the only difference being slash is anything not anime and yaoi is anime influenced.
being in several fandoms, some anime, some not, I'm not seeing a difference in writing skill, in 'plot vs sex', in character development, etc. 13 yr old 'hurhurhur I sed teh cock' writing is pretty standard across all fandoms, anime or not.
if you're referring to the yaoi manga, those manga designed specifically for 'teh buttsecks pron' well, again, I agree that subtext is better than text because it makes it easier to write for. if you have 'the canon couple' that is pretty much fixed, it's harder to get speculative fic out of it. like married couples, it gets a bit stale after a while because there's only so much variety you can accomplish.
but step off the slash > yaoi writing bandwagon. there's not a lot of difference across the face of general fandoms.