Cosmic Gaything's answer (20)

remember "viewfinder?" (or "you're my love prize in viewfinder") i tried to read it so many times back when it was popular but just couldn't get into it bc of the rape. same w other popular yaoi manga. so weirdly enough,, problematic tropes don't seem to have shaped me much. i hated rape, pedophilia, etc. back when they were even more rampant than ......   1 reply

My guess is 90% girls, 9% guys, and 1% enbies   1 reply

i wanna get married to a fellow aro ace person one day to represent our bond (if we're besties) and for the benefits   reply

Why is this now a daily question tf   1 reply

Bestiality. Consider the ratings for something like Cold Rain of Happiness (though they are well deserved) vs. Painter of the Night. But to be fair, I think less people would be okay with fictional sexual assault if it was portrayed in a way that coincided with reality more often.   reply

and i have a socially unacceptable fetish. we are not the same   1 reply

I am not a straight girl, but my educated guess is that they read BL because they find men attractive. Seeing two men in kahoots with each other is twice the fun! :3 Plus, for some girls, straight romance may not be enjoyable if they can't relate to the female protagonists, don't like seeing other girls in romantic or sexual situations, or can't h......   reply

I'm assuming this whole post is a joke but I feel like the world needs to know I have a piss fetish, except it's so much worse than that. Anyways, an elbow fetish sounds kind of funny. Have you ever told anyone and if so, how did they react?   2 reply

I'm someone who likes something "problematic" as well (not shota though). I recommend either not talking about it (which is what I do) or accepting the fact that people are going to judge you for the things you're into, or at least be vocal about disliking them, both of which are perfectly within their rights. Because my enjoyment of the thing I l......   reply

I feel no guilt over my love of characters who get off to fighting or being physically hurt   1 reply

I can definitely tell when I smell bad, but I'm convinced that others can't (I don't spend much time around other people and wear a lot of layers, and my family would definitely tell me if they thought I smelled). For my own peace of mind, I pray that's the case... You should honestly just tell her again and be upfront about it. If the person who ......   reply

Ramen   reply

Absolutely. But I think I have less than others because it's something I actively challenge pretty much every day. A long time ago, my internalized misogyny actually manifested as severe gender-related OCD (OCD tends to latch on to things you care about, and I was OBSESSED with gender). The very concept of womanhood became "contaminated" in my min......   4 reply

As someone studying psychology, I've given this a lot of thought! Here are a few of my takeaways (I have even more thoughts but this is already too long): - We are simply not built to handle the amount of information about other people that is thrust upon us constantly by social media, the 24/7 news cycle, etc. When EVERYTHING is important and ter......   1 reply

That doesn't make you trans. Everything you dislike is a social construct that doesn't define womanhood. Ask yourself these questions: When did you start feeling this way (for as long as you can remember, only recently, etc.)? How do you define being a man/woman? Does being a guy seem empowering in ways you don't have access to as a girl? Do you f......   reply

You know how it's easy to fully engage yourself in a conversation that's happening between two other people, but when you're actually participating in the conversation you end up missing a lot of details? That's kind of how I view things. I engage more deeply with certain types of MLM content because it's as distanced from me as possible, making i......   reply

No, I haven't gone out of my way to support them. And I think that's a bad thing. There's no excuse - one could buy the raws to support the author while ALSO reading the scanlations if there are no official translations. And if you're broke, that doesn't mean you're somehow more entitled to read shit you haven't paid for. Being broke doesn't make s......   reply

Do you have any friends at school or around campus? It makes sense to still feel homesick if there's no one you enjoy being around at school   1 reply

I dig it, especially when there's an age gap. Only time I like age gaps   1 reply

I'm a staunch hater of rape, but I'm fine with it in fiction IF AND ONLY IF: 1) it's explicitly acknowledged as rape (not like "he pushed him down and had his way with him uwu") and... 2) the victim doesn't fall in "love." Bonus points if they're traumatized afterward   1 reply