Yaoi: Intellectual Discussion

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  1. Paladin12345678 Twilight Town Denizen

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    Hello. Through these forums and the Internet at large I have seen many strange and wonderous things, but one thing that has been niggling away at the back of my head is Yaoi.
    To me, it just doesn't make sense. As far as my knowledge goes, Yaoi is pairing two characters of the same sex in fanfiction, however that may be Yuri, so don't flame me. Now, I would like to know something. Please all Yaoi and Yuri fans, come to this thread and answer me this.
    Why do you like it? Please explain why you would want to pair two male or female characters together, straight or no. I just don't understand.
    Now, if you post here, you must not flame. Flaming, like yelling in ALL CAPS that YAOI SUCKS or that YAOI RULES will be spam. I would just like to have Yaoi explained to me.
    I mean, personally, Yaoi makes my skin crawl. My view was perfectly summed up in a video on YouTube, you may have seen it. It's of Vic Mignogna (sp?) - of Fullmetal Alchemist fame - saying how he felt about Yaoi.
    "To me, Yaoi is like drawing this beautiful picture that took you hours to make, and suddenly someone comes up and draws all over it with a crayon."
    That is seriously what he said.
    This thread is my final stand. I have been passive-aggressively hating Yaoi for a long time, now I just want to come out and declare what I think, so others may come. I'm interested to see what you use to justify liking Yaoi. And please, don't takw that in an aggresive way. I seriously have no idea why someone would like it.
     
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    Spamzone is never supposed to be serious
    ...or intellectual for that matter...
    or discussion...
     
  3. AlexleHoshi Dude called Alex

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    Well yaoi is gay men and Yuri is lesbians most girls like yaoi 'cause they think it's hot and boys like Yuri for the same reason. People who don't like it are homophoice(sp).
     
  4. Da Freak Twilight Town Denizen

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    LIEK OMFG YAOI SUCKS !!!!!11

    You should've posted in intellegent discussion if this truly is a serious topic to you.
     
  5. Mish smiley day!

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    ....homophobic?

    Well, I don't think everyone who doesn't like yaoi is homophobic, it's just their preferences. :/


    Personally, I like yaoi as it is sexay... and I'm actually kinda disappointed that Vic Mignogna said that. >:/
     
  6. White_Rook Looser than a wizard's sleeve.

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    Not liking yaoi says nothing about homophobia or tolerance 90% of the time. It's a matter of taste most of the time.

    In most unoriginal warped yaoi fantasies the characters that are included are usually heterosexual characters in design. There's no issue with designing innate characters who are aware of their sexuality and are capable to expressing it, but when you take characters like Sora and Riku that barely have a parameter on sexuality or relationships you're warping their persona and their design. You're trying to pass off Pepsi as Coke, so to speak and it just generally ticks off fans who take their brands seriously.
     
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    Yaoi is cool....sometimes......it depends. lol
     
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    THANK YOU.
     
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  10. GhettoXemnas literally dead inside

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    Some people like Yaoi or Yuri becuase you can see to people that are sexualy attractive to you without having to look at someone of the same sex as you. For example: some men don't want to have to see another man's body while looking at a woman, so they look at two women so they don't have to be distracted by another man's anatomy.
     
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