The worst thing about yaoi being my most consistent interest is I can't talk about it with anyone
Like sure, I read things for the plot (a.k.a. the journey leading up to mutual romantic feelings - the slower the better), but ultimately it just looks like I read gay porn all day every day ... I also read plenty of low quality stuff that doesn't even fit my standards lol.
I can't even tell people I like manga or manhwa because then they'll ask what my favorites are and it takes me a minute to remember the last "normal" manga I read.
I need to find more socially acceptable hobbies...
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I wonder if this is the equivalent to guys who watch ecchi anime for the "plot" haha :')
Despite my Complex Relationship with yaoi I would probably just come across as your average fujoshi. And isn't that literally what I am, when all is said and done? Anyways I'm gonna go eat the food I got five hours ago and forgot about
nah fuck it you only live once. I just told everybody. or just say I'm into romance manga and never mention the gender when explaining plots. If they're not interested in romance manga they wont ask any further and if they are interested in romance manga theyre just one step away from converting to the dark side huhuhuhuhu just start off with something tame like star x fanboy and then you'll have a friend to simp over 2d gay boys in a year.
Wait, you might be on to something. I could just say I'm into romance, and there's a good number of shounen ai manga I like that I don't think would be weird to mention. And if people accuse me of fetishizing gay men I'll have to pull the "I'm asexual and yaoi is more appealing to me because I can't relate to any of the characters" card, because that is literally the truth. And then they'll ask why I'm into romance in the first place and I'll have to pull the "heck if I know" card
for liking yaoi verses SL or GL it's easier saying theres a bigger more hardcore fandom which makes a lot more options than GL content and straight content has a lot of the same relationship dynamic while BL and GL has more variety of characters. That's my go to cause everything else seems like an excuse
to other people i mean. normies who dont understand