No.2293
>>2279>I don't usually read or seek original BL works, as I'm kinda picky with what I enjoy and tend to prefer slash or just making up original stuff of my ownI'm the same way. I prefer finding BL elements in other works and then read fanfic or doujinshis about it. Tbh I actually discovered pretty late how huge the original BL market is it was just something I never had any interest seeking out. I'm not against reading them but only a few of them appeals to me probably because I prefer stories where romance isn't the focus.
>is the term 'slash' even in use anymore?The term slash had semi fallen out of fashion when I started getting active in fandom but it's still the term I prefer to use even though no one in my age group uses it. I only followed old fujos when I first used social media so it's the term that just seems more natural to me. Yaoi feels to "crude" and has been memefied, BL sounds too commercialised so it's weird to use it for fanworks and m/m ships is awkward to say out loud so slash is imo the best term. I also use femslash when talking about f/f pairings.
>I also rarely indulge myself in physical merch due to lack of time, money, and otaku activity where I liveI also relate to this lol. I never been a big merch collector in general because of lack of money and an otaku scene where I live. I'm also just not fond of small trinkets like those flat acrylic key chains and chibi plushies which seems to be 90% of all merch made for fujos or maybe I'm not looking hard enough idk.
No.2294
I think it's only western fujo who get caught up on whether shipping f/f makes you less fujo or not, because JP, KR, and TW seem to all genderbend and pair the spares like crazy and the lingerie is really cute. I think the bigger difference is if you consume mainstream f/f content or stuff made by other women, because they do feel very different. I think fujo art is more about domestic activities, dressing up, and feeling softness. Reminds me of 90s shoujo when the protagonists (male ones even) got a new outfit every title page that was never seen again.
Personally I feel more guilty for not reading BL very often or being put off by what seems to be the most common and popular types of BL. I've always been into genre fiction so I need horror/supernatural or fantasy themes going on to pique my interest, and it's easier to read an existing series with those and go "and then he was his dragon". I still skim summaries and read odds and ends of college professor romances and arranged marriage in the country, but there's a lot that leave no impression on me and I quit after a few chapters. I feel more like I'm in my own world than any kind of standardized consumer of gay mangos who knows what is going on with the genre.
How do you guys feel about wanting to see male characters get pegged? I've had fujo friends who wouldn't think anything of seeing a married character and going "yeah he's pegged, look at that little bitch", and it was fun honestly, but when I come back into wider fandom I realize some people would be repulsed by the inclusion of a woman or sex toys. I don't think it's a compromise on making the character do gay stuff, because we were simultaneously shipping him with his childhood friends while the wife was out of town, but it's definitely a more canon compliant sexual fantasy than I remember people writing as teens. In the end we still wanted a dude ahegaoing in a pool of fluids but I feel like the older crowd is trying every character combination for that. On a less stellar note, I've also seen younger fujos trying to drag the term pegging and strap into m/m ships and why the fuck are you talking about pegging when you already have penises?! You have the equipment, where are you attaching this thing?! Just use dildos and beads like a normal rotten brain.
No.2398
>>2277tbh, i'm a normie casual with super vanilla taste.