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Originally Posted by synaesthetic
I'm complaining about Western lesbian romance or fiction in which lesbian characters are involved. I'm complaining that they're not feminine enough, because there's a media-inspired stereotype that has made the general populace believe that even when the relationship is between two women, there still has to be a masculine-feminine dynamic.
This doesn't reflect reality at all. I know far more lesbian couples (including myself and my fiancee) who are both feminine than I know couples with a "seme/uke" dynamic, to maintain the otaku metaphors. -
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Interesting. I actually found these terms offensive when I heard them. It just implies that there must be someone dominant over the other, which leads to a bunch of patriarchy stuff dead horse. >.>
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The longer they beat around the bush, the more they can rile up the fanbase, the more they can waggle the carrot on a stick and keep people buying their stuff.
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The carrot's rotten by now.