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Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle
That's the problem...why must it even be defended?
You like what I like, I like what I like...if sometimes those likes overlap all the better.
The way all those people get instantly blasted for their likings is....stupid? After all, it's not like they shove it in your faces unlike say....K-On......
Hell if you interact more with them there's much in common interest-wise I usually find...
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I don't think it needs to be defended, nor do I think it
should be (much as I don't think Smut, Ecchi or Hentai should be defended either). If Yaoi floats a person's boat, that's fine, so long as people aren't pretending their interest in it goes beyond watching two men bang each other (okay it's a
little more complicated then that, but
not much more complicated).
Defending Yaoi is like defending Pornography, Smut or Erotica. It's
indefensible.
I've read Smut and Erotica. Do I enjoy it? Sure, I wouldn't otherwise read it. But I don't
talk about it. And that's why I think Fujoshis rub people the wrong way, they're obsessed with pairing characters, Yaoi, and steamy pages, and not much else. It's a culture built on the obscene. You talk to guys and they don't start comparing notes on porn or hentai (at least not the ones I know). Ecchi is about on the same level as Yaoi, and I wouldn't be so keen on spending time with the people obsessed with
that either.
At least Moe is not so
brazenly sexual in it's intent. Moe is easier to compare to two girls discussing why a particular character is cute, whereas Yaoi is all about girls discussing about how they wish this guy would finally pop that guy's cherry.