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Originally Posted by Tenchu
I don't know what she was talking about either. I think English is not her first language.
I was just a little bit shocked. Actually, I just downloaded all the Harry Potter movies, and I have been watching one each night for the last few nights, and am watching another tonight. So it kind of hit the spot hearing what someone said given I'm currently watching the movies.
I don't really like any porn, actually. Especially, cartoons would never do it for me, even if I did. But, I'd much rather have a picture of Jessica Alba in a bikini on my wall than look at some yuri of her on the internet, or any porn for that matter.
But, I particularily dislike the idea of using real characters to act out homosexual fantasies. How do you think Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter actor) feels about this? I'm sure he'd be less offended at hetrosexual cartoons, but I bet gay cartoons is not really his cup of tea.
I'd imagine, what if someone made a yaoi of me and Mike Tyson or someone? I would not approve.
I do not like any of this, but I especially dislike using real people.
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Heh~ no, I can appreciate your viewpoint. I just dislike it when this kind of argument stays at nothing more than "EWW, gay people are gross" vs, "OMG, No wai u loser! Yaoi is totally hot!" because I can see from a psychological perspective that it's somewhat more subtle than that.
I agree some of the aspects are
highly dubious and I don't agree with producing erotica based on real people without their express consent. There's also some very grey areas with 'ages' and as you've seen, things like incest, but I don't think those areas fail to exist in other types of erotica either so if we're just talking mainstream Yaoi, the only 'disturbing' aspect of it is the homosexuality.
I imagine if Dan. Radcliffe has been on the internet lately he's fully aware of what his fanbase gets up to, but then he is not actually Harry Potter the character and I think there lies the difference. Whilst there IS stuff featuring 'D. Radcliffe' the vast majority of the related yaoi media is about 'Harry Potter', and sometimes such an altered version of the character it's virtually a different person with the same name.
I've seen a surprising amount of stuff based on Japanese or Korean boy bands however, particularly comics and I'm more suppressed their agents haven't suppressed it already. I imagine if any compromising photographs of them were drifting about, they'd have stamped all over it, but the doujinshi somehow seems to slip through the net. Very curious.