lavender apple's answer (7)

YES! It (it referring to yaoi/BL/shounen-ai) may be fictional but a lot of it's contents are actually based on reality, if people haven't noticed. There's so much reference to reality. It may be exaggerated, but it doesn't change the fact that you're actually reading a bit of what happens in reality. R/ape, se/xual as/sault, se/xual har/assment, do......   2 reply

Anybody can read yaoi but not everyone who reads it actually understands it.   reply

If it weren't for my friends, I'd seriously be loner haha when I have classes where none of my friends are in it, I wouldn't bother talking to anyone unless it becomes necessary (like asking questions about the class and stuff). I'm way too introverted and I have mild social anxiety. A really bad combo haha   1 reply

Both, actually. Positive impact is learning a lot of things that I actually don't learn IRL. Stuff about how workplace scenarios take place, about dealing with issues about yourself, your family, your dreams, etc. Relating to the characters gives me comfort because it's not just happening to me, or I'm not the only person going through something. A......   1 reply

NO! Plot-wise, a lot of yaoi stories are good that you'd want to re-read them a lot of times. And the fact that BL authors never run out of new ideas for their works is amazing. And actually discussing a lot of real-life issues in their work just makes it a lot more relatable to readers. I was an avid shoujo manga reader when I was younger but I gu......   reply

Yes it's double standard. A lot of yaoi fans has this double standard in the real world. Somehow I think I'm a bit guilty about it because I read yaoi a lot but in the real world, I cannot easily get super comfortable with gay people being really affectionate with each other. But I do teach myself all the time to never discriminate gay people becau......   2 reply

Hey, have you read this novel 'Symptoms of Being Human'? I'm not gender fluid but I think I'm pansexual but I dated only guys before and that was before I realized what my sexuality is. I think being genderfluid is amazing because you can be different everyday and that's just so cool to be a different version of urself in ways we couldn't aspire to......   1 reply