Yeah,at the end of day it's westerners trying to project or forcing their standard on other cultures.
I feel that most western shounen fans especially if they're zoomer or tenderqueer seems cannot internalize the fact that whenever shounen series or anime/manga in general having subtle homoeroticism or Fujobait/Yuribait it was mean to appeal for shippers (fujoshi & yuri fans) not for queer representations & they love to conflating this as same things, that's why if their favorite yaoibait/yuribait ship aren't canon they call the author queerbaiting them (which is dumb) & it's not even queerbaiting (imo it's more like queer-coded), when most mangaka who did this never try to advertise it for lgbt representation a la hollywood queerbait. And most of the shippers also never expect their ships to be canon anyway & they're just happy to get crumbs.
Really hate how westerners thinks yaoi and BL are different when they're same thing , plus nobody in japan use ''yaoi'' anymore, it was old as hell. Just like most westerners still think all BL are like 2000s yaoi hand. I agree that westerners should shut up about asian media lol
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Date: Thursday, 27 February 2025 02:56 (UTC)I feel that most western shounen fans especially if they're zoomer or tenderqueer seems cannot internalize the fact that whenever shounen series or anime/manga in general having subtle homoeroticism or Fujobait/Yuribait it was mean to appeal for shippers (fujoshi & yuri fans) not for queer representations & they love to conflating this as same things, that's why if their favorite yaoibait/yuribait ship aren't canon they call the author queerbaiting them (which is dumb) & it's not even queerbaiting (imo it's more like queer-coded), when most mangaka who did this never try to advertise it for lgbt representation a la hollywood queerbait. And most of the shippers also never expect their ships to be canon anyway & they're just happy to get crumbs.
Really hate how westerners thinks yaoi and BL are different when they're same thing , plus nobody in japan use ''yaoi'' anymore, it was old as hell. Just like most westerners still think all BL are like 2000s yaoi hand.
I agree that westerners should shut up about asian media lol