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Small note, the phrase Yaoi was coined by female authors in the manga doujin group Ravuri in 1970.
Its a acronym for "Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi" (No build up, no resolved ending, no meaning) and was a tongue in cheek in joke. https://twitter.com/quasqir/status/1338562420441194497
Its a acronym for "Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi" (No build up, no resolved ending, no meaning) and was a tongue in cheek in joke. https://twitter.com/quasqir/status/1338562420441194497
Many authors in this group aimed to become pros, and were constantly told by editors that all stories needed these three things, and anything less was seen as amateur work.
In 1979 a member of the group produced the "yaoi special edition" in the doujin magazine Rappori.
In 1979 a member of the group produced the "yaoi special edition" in the doujin magazine Rappori.
This is consided the first use of the term.
At first it did not have mlm or sexual connotations. The group used the phrase to break free of the rigid ideas that stories had to fit a specific formula to be considered quality work, and created works where they only had the parts
At first it did not have mlm or sexual connotations. The group used the phrase to break free of the rigid ideas that stories had to fit a specific formula to be considered quality work, and created works where they only had the parts
They wanted to write and express.
Because this group was had many popular authors and sold many copies, this encouraged other doujin authors to write the content that they wanted to rather then having to stick to a rigid formula.
Although the phrase did not exclusively reference
Because this group was had many popular authors and sold many copies, this encouraged other doujin authors to write the content that they wanted to rather then having to stick to a rigid formula.
Although the phrase did not exclusively reference
BL at the time, it attained that association as the book ended up having all mlm content because that just happened to be what all the authors ended up with when they just wrote the scenes that they wanted to see.
As a side note, at the time there was pro mlm authors publishing
As a side note, at the time there was pro mlm authors publishing
As well, but many of them did not like their works to be referred to as yaoi as it implied their stories were not complete stories, and often referred to themselves as JUNE genre, the magazine these mlm stories were published in.
Yaoi was also thought of as a way to reclaim the
Yaoi was also thought of as a way to reclaim the
Criticism that the genre faced, where it was thought of as low brow content without meaning.
The phrase spread through communities that had also never heard of the initial group, or did not create mlm content.
But in using this phrase these groups and communities also sought to
The phrase spread through communities that had also never heard of the initial group, or did not create mlm content.
But in using this phrase these groups and communities also sought to
Defy the idea that all work needed to have meaning to be worth creating.
You could say that people thought of yaoi works not being produced for the sake of entertaining others, but for the authors self satisfaction.
You could say that people thought of yaoi works not being produced for the sake of entertaining others, but for the authors self satisfaction.
Never forget that at the first comiket took place in 1975 90% of the participants were women.
Fandom and independent works have always been forged by people in feminine spaces defying societal norms, and to buy in to anti-fujo bullshit is buying in to misogyny and anti-queerness.
Fandom and independent works have always been forged by people in feminine spaces defying societal norms, and to buy in to anti-fujo bullshit is buying in to misogyny and anti-queerness.
Also, since this is taking off and I've had a few comments, here are some more related threads https://twitter.com/raikamudapon/status/1118625697046523904?s=19
Some further reading https://twitter.com/futekiya/status/1115277409136156673?s=19
