Why do you guys just decide that any Japanese term for things is the ‘bad evil sexual term’
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| Title: | Why do you guys just decide that any Japanese term for things is the ‘bad evil sexual term' |
| Creator: | yaoiboypussy |
| Date(s): | May 12, 2024 |
| Medium: | post and comments on tumblr |
| Fandom: | multifandom |
| Topic: | fujoshi, fudanshi, Racism in Fandom, Anti-Fujoshi |
| External Links: | Tumblr link |
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Why do you guys just decide that any Japanese term for things is the ‘bad evil sexual term’ is a post by yaoiboypussy on tumblr in 2024,
Why do you guys just decide that any Japanese term for things is the ‘bad evil sexual term’ … bc I just saw someone who was in to yaoi/BL and posts a lot about yaoi/BL with ‘DNI: fujoshi/fudanshi’ in her bio …. Girl you are a fujoshi .yaoiboypussy on tumblr
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spinny-wew#I think people (myself included) took its translation of “rotten woman/man” a little too literally #like yeah yaoi/BL can be fetishistic but like. so can Western gay porn. but guess which one people are more likely to demonize #sometimes indulging in yaoi is what makes one realize that they themself are not straight or cis #and there's nothing wrong with that #the only BL I'm against in this house is BLmatsu b/c that's literally just incest
sapphosheiir#It’s always either this or the inverse where ppl insist lolicon just means you like petite women and not a term for pedophiles #Like please just be normal and do actual research into Japanese fandom terminology before using it #Or just use another word that actually means what you’re trying to say jesus christ #ooc tag.
kyotosummerAs an asexual living on this earth for longer than most: You kids are not going to be able to avoid seeing kinks online, ESPECIALLY if you’re in a fandom. It is physically impossible, and you’re only making yourself a target for trolls with all this “DNI” stuff.
And trust me, I studied this. I tried. Do you know what it was like back in my day? Do you know Edward Elric, 15 year old alchemy genius? Did you know a good chunk of the FMA fanbase was so dedicated to woobifying this teenager they made a PLAYSTATION 2 VIDEO GAME dedicated to torturing the poor kid and putting him in maid outfits? Did you know how MASSIVE the Roy/Ed and Ed/Al fanbase was back in the day?
Unless you were around the fandom when the manga was still publishing, probably not. Because the part of the fandom that wanted nothing to do with it just…. Didn’t interact.
And look at that, the dirty shit faded into obscurity and only the original story is remembered.
leonsrightarm#our pure queer media vs. their fetishizing smut #but real talk there isn't rly an english word for someone who's into bl/yaoi/danmei so when you are trying to #describe a specific kind of behavior you find distasteful in a simple (read: reductive) manner. as someone with a dni might. #you reach for the word you do have #and when they use 'fujoshi/fudanshi' they don't mean what the word means they mean some other invented definition they've #made up in their head/via discourse #and expect you to guess that definiton by already having the correct set of morals and opinions #i think what allowed 'fujoshi/fudanshi' to become this pejorative catch-all aside for being readily available as a word #is a racist conception of japan and asia in general as being 'less queer' and more conservative than the west #i.e. its origins cannot be queer and are #necessarily rooted in homophobia and fetishization #so like. tag one. the west can have queer media but the east can only have fetish material #i also think a lot of online fujos feel the need to fend off criticism for their interests by externalizing it onto an out group #so there has to be an evil group of fetishizers for themselves to be justified against. “oh that's not me that's those Other People.”