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[redbrunja]

You know what I keep hearing? What pisses me off like no other?

The slasher pov that it is impossible to write a male/female relationship that is equal.

Fuck that.

If you want to write about boys sexing each other, fine, but don't flat-out state that it is impossible for a fictionally heterosexual relationship to ever be equal, as well as implying that every single real world straight relationship is inequal to boot.

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[nimblnymph.livejournal.com]

"Now THAT is interesting. I've always avoided seme/uke when I write yaoi, but I always figured it translated to 'top' and 'bottom' or something similar."

Mmm... seme/uke is one of those concepts that's really hard to translate directly into English, kind of like the honorifics. As odd as it may be to say, Wikipedia actually does a VERY decent job discussing yaoi and it's gender role assignments/history. I don't agree so much with their "pitcher/catcher" simile for seme/uke, but the rest is pretty dead on.

I think ... the closest and probably best way to compare seme/uke is pursuer/pursued. A major plot theme to the genre is to have the uke be reluctant for sex with the seme -- as a demonstration of the uncertainty involved with having sex for the first time. So, the uke is the one being pursued while the seme is the one pursuing.

Does that make sense at all?