Dude exactly I used to be such a closeted fujoshi and now dudes are using the yaoi method to get girls
they didnt go thru the trenches when youd get attacked for even calling stuff “yaoi” I swear lotta them are the same men who pretend theyre into femboys to be funny
I think that, It's not liking and reading yaoi/yuri itself is performative rather that there's a new wave of people that claim to be yaoi/Yuri lovers but only read and consume the trendy stuff so they can be unique amongst people who don't consume it at all (not saying the current trending stuff is bad or doesn't make you a fan, but that's usually how people cling to making stuff trends) idk if this is too long of a reply or if it even makes sense mb ╥﹏╥
No man EXACTLY everything had to be called “bl” and people were calling that heartstopper thing peak gay rep
The great fujoshi silencing of 2020 vs the great yaoi acceptance of 2025
No seriously, but the great shift of 2020 caused the down fall of so many fandoms and spaces (anime) all the people who didn't like this media just jumped right in the fandom spaces and took over and rearranged it to their standards (I'm avoiding using the word normie )
it's rlly weird that its considered performative now when this shit got me bullied and left out on?