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You know, the elitism in the BL community is really starting to grate on my nerves. I'm sick and tired for having to defend myself for liking graphic, full-out smut. When I read a story I want my panties to get wet. I want to get all hot and bothered. Yes, I like a good plot and, yes, I like a well-crafted story, but there are times when you just want pretty mindless smut.
It's gotten to the point in the fandom it seems as if you're not a true fan if you only go for the light, happy, fluffy BL stories where there's no graphic sex, nothing bad ever happens and you're left scrubbing your teeth after reading to get rid of the sticky sugary feeling.
I want my boys naked and ********. I want them screwing each other sore, clawing and biting. I want my boys talking dirty, getting all sweaty and grunting.
I have no use for boys that sit and spew poetry at each other.
These "elite" fans even want to regulate what we can and cannot write about.
Rape in this fandom is fairly prevalent. Why? Don't know. Does it bother me every time a non-con shows up in a fic or in manga? Hell no. Rape is a common fantasy. Most writers and artists stick to it being the "forced into pleasure" type of thing that's so common in bodice-ripping romance novels. I like my boys being shown that, yes, they will like this and they will like they way it's being given to them.
Does a fic or manga that shows a traumatic rape bother me? No, not really. It's not real. It's all in someone's head. I like things that slightly bother me. Even better if while they're bothering me they make me think.
Are we to the point now that we're dumbing down everything just in case impressionable eyes might see it? Do we really think that some youngin' might come across one of our fics and decide that this might be something fun to do? I'm all for things being age appropriate, but I know when I write I don't think about censoring myself so that little Suzy Q. Fan won't have her delicate sensibilities ripped to shreds.
I guess I'm just a dirty old perv. I like things that get me hot. I don't go out looking for things that bother me but if I come across them I take it for what it is: a fantasy.
Please note that this is not directed at anyone in particular. If I have any form of contact at all with you, then it's definitely not directed at you.
 cynbaby · Thu Jul 13, 2006 @ 12:48am · 2 Comments |
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