yaoi musings

[resonant]

I've been looking at yaoi scans. I never saw so many neckties in my life. I think I can safely say that there's very little American pretty-boy art that features neckties. If I develop a fetish for neckties, I'm blaming Japan.

Yaoi has been rather a revelation to me. I used to think I wasn't much turned on by visuals. Evidently I'd been looking at the wrong visuals.

And did I ever claim that I needed my smut to have a narrative? I've spent the last three days obsessively downloading pictures of characters I've never heard of speaking a language I don't read, so I guess I was wrong about that narrative stuff.

I'm now consumed with a desire to see Ray Kowalski drawn manga-style. I think that style of art would be perfect to capture the sidelong grin and the badassedness. I'm picturing it now: Fraser's tipped-back head half obscured by Ray's tattooed shoulder. Sheets clutched in the hand with the bracelet on it. Little wedge-shaped panel of the Stetson hitting the floor.

Fraser's a big guy, so I wonder why I'm convinced that he'd be the one who ended up with the big round eyes.

Comments

not to change the subject --

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

-- and not to be at all critical, because i may just have missed a memo; this is the sociolinguist clawing her way to the surface, here.

It's quite a favourite amongst Jap fanartists.

anyone else flinch at that? or have the standards changed again when i wasn't looking? is it one of those things where self-reference by a (formerly) offensive label is acceptable, but use of that label by someone outside the group is not (in other words, is squid herself japanese and entitled)?

just wondering --

Re: not to change the subject --

[squidlet.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, was that term offensive? I didn't mean to insult anyone, especially the Japanese. I wasn't aware that cutting it short was considered rude, since it's pretty much common practice to do it here, and not just for Japan. Socio-geographical context?

If I have inadvertently hurt anyone's feelings, I apologise in advance.

And no, I'm not Japanese. I'm Singaporean mostly-Chinese. This is Singapore (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sn.html). We used to be a British colony long ago. The only thing Japan did to us was defeat the British and take control for a few years, during WWII. Shortly after we attained independence. I'm so sorry for that horrible vague pointless history lesson which you might know already.

I included it just in case you wanted to know.

Re: not to change the subject --

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Socio-geographical context?

very likely. (see below, sakana's comment and my response.) now that i think about it, it's probably japanese(-)americans (as contrasted with people living in japan) who are most liable to react badly to the term, and probably more if it's used by other americans (or even other non-asian(-)americans) than otherwise. in addition to which, as sakana noted, younger folks may not react at all. v. interesting. [busily makes notes] apologies for putting you on the spot, squidlet. thanks for not freaking out. :-)

and apologies for bringing up sociology and sociolinguistic issues in your journal, res. :-) you know i can't help it when my brain gets like that.

Re: not to change the subject --

[(Anonymous)]

i must say, to reitterate what the auther of this little post said, yaoi pics can be be very appealing, to a number of degrees, but only if they are the original(i just find it wrong to see vash and nick kissing, or goku and vegeta, or many other normally straight men turned yoai by fans). dont get me wrong, i have defintely nothin against gay couples, im bi, and i am good freinds with people who are gay and bi as well. but i screamed the first time i saw vegeta and goku french(and trust me, so would you if you saw the pic and enjoyed the show!)but wow, read fake vol 2 -on, and wow does it get steamy*turned this lil girl on*lol, anyways that be my opinion..
*cassy*