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Alura--x--Uneii 01-19-2012 12:22 AM
Is Yuri/Yoai offensive to homosexuals?
 
I've always wondered this.

Antagonist 01-19-2012 02:02 AM
There'll always be people who take offense at something or another. But IMHO, it's pretty much like asking if heterosexuals are offended by hentai/porn. :\

Alura--x--Uneii 01-19-2012 02:46 AM
Well true. But I tried to write homosexuals in my fantasy novel and that made some of them angry..I guess it's okay if Japan does it and not America?

Antagonist 01-19-2012 02:49 AM
I think Japan is desensitized over these things. Just look at their porn industry. :sweat: Americans tend to blow things out of proportion oftentimes. Won't go into any examples, since I'll probably get hounded for that...

Alura--x--Uneii 01-19-2012 02:53 AM
Yeah >.> I wonder if the creators of these ever get flammed and all that too.

Antagonist 01-19-2012 03:14 AM
Creators of yaoi and yuri, you mean? :O

Probably yeah. There will always be those people who are dissatisfied with everything and anything and flame for the sake of flaming. :XD

PWEEP 01-19-2012 03:36 AM
I'm confused. How is writing out gay characters offensive to the gay community? Makes no sense to me.

Alura--x--Uneii 01-19-2012 04:27 AM
Well when I asked for advice on it on kindle they were flaming me, maybe because I'm Christian? Though my religion doesn't affect the way I live entirely. It just doesn't make sense to me either I don'r know if books are different from anime characters or what..

Silver Crusnik 01-19-2012 05:18 AM
It's dependent on, I think, if you've done your research. To be plain, yaoi is usually pertaining to the subject of actually doing intimate things. Homosexuals or heterosexual males--because a great many people in the roleplay community are female--may find it offensive that intimate relations of a homosexual nature are portrayed the way they are, simply because by the logic of how it actually works, it's not being portrayed right, but in a glamorized fantasy moe-moe desu way.

This could be said of heterosexual relationships as well. And I know many people in both areas who do take offense to glamorize portrayal, and want something more realistic.

'w' That's my opinion. xD Naturally there are other ways I could go in depth, but I think that'll do for now.

Alura--x--Uneii 01-19-2012 06:28 AM
Maybe, but this is Japan we're talking about otaku eat that crap up >.> and it IS a cartoon. Although a lot of yuri is intended for guys so maybe the creator thinks that's what guys want to see..unless the creator themself is homosexual...

Alura--x--Uneii 01-19-2012 09:11 PM
And I think a lot of hetersexual pairings in anime aren't very realistic either.


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