I am suddenly a misogynist now I guess
I think a lot of yoai fetishizes "turning the straight guy gay", rather than saying outright that a guy can like both women AND YOU (the gay protag). It stems from that stupid "pick a side" biphobia that is present in society. I only see obvious bi characters when they have a kid with someone first and their spouse leaves OR they had some (badly wr......
I was 12 when I stumbled upon kuroshitsuji fanfic. I was not really familiar with anime and I didn't even know kuroshitsuji, but I always enjoy reading stories so I gave it a try. It was story about sebastian and ciel snogging. At first I assumed that Ciel was a girl (In Indonesian language, the use of subject is genderless. I can't explain it wel......
In 2017(a bad year for me), I was 12 and depressed when I discovered BL on an app called Webcomics. It might sound funny, but it helped me cope up with my everyday life.
i was 14, the first time i ever saw yaoi was when i was at school, my friends were at the library using the computer to read manga, i just happen to grab a chair and sat next to them to see what they were reading, tbh i didnt say anything nor was i confused or weirded out by it, i was more indifferent to it, then i went home and read it, it didnt r......
Probably 11/12? I was really against yaoi and BL because I had heard all these toxic things about the fandom, but I enjoyed reading yuri or GL (but I generally just read shoujo or shounen). I never read any sexual yuri stuff--just pure, cute, fluffy shoujo ai stuff. Despite this, I didn't really have any exposure to LGBTQ+ culture so I was pretty n......
I read my first yaoi when I was thirteen. Read explict scenes on the same day too. My first one was like Caste Heaven. Yes, I was immediately introduced to everything right away. But it's cute like how a guy can be so weak and blushy with another guy. Plus yaoi stories are somehow less mainstream than a boyxgirl story. With IT and all.
Reading yaoi is empowering to woman. all misogynists will say otherwise.