1. The emotional connection between the characters. 2. Family dynamics 3. The internal struggle of I love you but we're both guys 4. Staying together
Unexpectedly, yes... When I first charged into yaoi, I only had storyline/R18 scenes in mind but after a long time of reading all the different stories, both yaoi and shounen ai (sometimes), I would start to really consider whether or not what the characters would feel would be similar to my own thoughts. Because of how I grew up, I never really ha......
I probably would be a lot less happy to be honest. I have extreme social + generalized anxiety and reading yaoi and watching anime is one of the very few things that calms me down rather than stresses me out. I love reading all kinds of yaoi and discovering all the different worlds (and kinks) in them. I find that in this community you can truly be......
To be honest, I probably wouldn't be here~ I don't think a lot of people on the outside of a treasured genre realize that when you like something, it can be deeper than just "that makes me h*rny." Yaoi, just like all other things I like, is literally a coping mechanism. I did not have a very good childhood, and it still hurts even now. And I am sch......
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