#shojou ai

[sapphicmanga]

#yuri manga #gl #gl manga #lesbian #manga #yuri #girls love #kawaii #manga aesthetic #shoujo #shojou ai #pink aesthetic #aesthetic #pfp #edits #aesthetic edit #servant x master #servant/master #wlw #wlw smut

[deadvampire32]

Married Couple 🍥🌻

#Naruhina #Naruto x Hinata #fem Naruhina #yuri Naruhina #wlw Naruhina #wlw #Genderbend #gender swap #fem Naruto x Hinata #naruko x Hinata #shoujo ai #shojou ai #wlw fanart #fanart #drawing

[casinocircus]

was trying to get stuff done and was doing a good job until this fucking song popped up in my playlist and now i’m an emotional mess 

#rgu #sku #shojou kakumei utena #toki ni ai wa #adolescence of utena

[tumangaonline]

Reinas Kurans

Mangaka Matsuri Hino

Yuuki & Ai son las únicas descendientes del clan Kuran, actualmente madre e hija son rivales ante los ojos de la comunidad vampírica y de la humanidad.

#Yuuki_Kuran #Ai_Kuran #mangaka_Matsuri_Hino

#shojou #Yuuki #Ai #manga #Vampire Knight Serie

[hua-mo-jin-is-a-cutie]

alright I need some yuri recommendations. and I mean yuri, not shojou ai. I've run out of chapters of Asumi-Chan is interested in lesbian brothels and like a lot of yuri I find tend to be super story heavy. I just want something light and casual similar to Asumi-Chan. Any recommendations?

#yuri #yuri manga #lesbian #wlw #sapphic #wlw ns/fw #hhhhhhhhhh please I'm begging #I don't tend to go out of my way for this sort of stuff #but it's that time of the month ya know? #It's just so hard to find good saphic ns/fw #hannah if you see this no you don't please ignore this do not talk to me about this please

[daenystheedreamer]

i thoght the yaoi thing was joke? :(

its /hj. tbc i haaaate most yaoi the majority of it is tasteless voyeuristic erotica which isnt like an evil thing to make but still extremely bad. i think its funny and i mostly read it cos its hilarious. more thoughts under the cut

it's misrepresented and #misunderstood especially by western gay people. its not representation, it's not 'led by queer people', and the difference between 'yaoi' and 'boy's love' is marginal. it's predominantly heterosexual women who enjoy writing drawing reading two (or more..) guys fuck which is fine. yaoi vs bl is often used as both a categorical distinction (yaoi is erotica, bl isn't) and a moral one (yaoi is cringe/homophobic/bad and bl is pure/wholesome/untainted) which is like fundamentally so wrong if you know anything about the genre.

the history is really interesting. It's roots are firmly in shojou manga, as in, explicitly for young women. early works are often taboo-breaking and deal with sexual abuse, incest, etc. an early muse for the genre was bjorn andressen as tadzio in the film 'death in venice' and if you know anything about that film and andressen says A Lot. shonen ai (literally boy love) was originally a term which was pederastic in nature but became the name for the genre. to crib from the wikipedia article cos it summarises it well:

While the term shōnen-ai historically connoted ephebophilia or pederasty, beginning in the 1970s it was used to describe a new genre of shōjo manga (girls' manga) featuring romance between bishōnen (lit. "beautiful boys"), a term for androgynous or effeminate male characters. Early shōnen-ai works were inspired by European literature, the writings of Taruho Inagaki, and the Bildungsroman genre Shōnen-ai often features references to literature, history, science, and philosophy; Suzuki describes the genre as being "pedantic" and "difficult to understand", with "philosophical and abstract musings" that challenged young readers who were often only able to understand the references and deeper themes as they grew older.

Yaoi, on the other hand:

Coined in the late 1970s by manga artists Yasuko Sakata and Akiko Hatsu, yaoi is a portmanteau of yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi (山[場]なし、落ちなし、意味なし), which translates to "no climax, no point, no meaning".[f] Initially used by artists as a self-deprecating and ironic euphemism, the portmanteau refers to how early yaoi works typically focused on sex to the exclusion of plot and character development; it is also a subversive reference to the classical Japanese narrative structure of introduction, development, twist, and conclusion

by the way, that [f] note is: "The acronym yamete, oshiri ga itai (やめて お尻が 痛い, "stop, my ass hurts!") is also less commonly used."

Like the term fujoshi, meaning 'rotten girl', is the same it's very silly and self-deprecating. That's so fun! I think the yaoi genre in general is a really interesting phenomena that's rooted so deeply in Japan as a culture. I think it's great that women are able to sincerely enjoy something fun, I think it's great that women were able and continue to have successful careers in writing, and I also think it's mostly bad.

A lot of modern stuff, especially the works getting pumped out of korea by genuinely evil webtoon companies, suffer from the fundamental problems with serialisation. It putters from chapter to chapter and every single one is the same as the other. A lot of Japanese bl/yaoi is in the form of short fiction, about 5-10 chapters, and again there are fundamental problems with this. they often suffer from too much crammed in AND from so little stretched thin.

I also think yes morally or 'representationally' or whatever they are like Pretty cringe. like sorry uke/seme is BAD. sexual assault is not even handled so much as it is kicked around. Women are non-existent at best and horrifically sexist at worst. Also the writing, though ofc i read (often fan-) translated works, just sucks.

You guys don't know how bad it gets. like ok example.... it's hard giving examples cos most of its just boring or bad in a lame way. okay there's this korean rom-com drama webtoon about a boss and his employee and the boss is actually an immortal snake-deity who fell in love with this guy and his employee is the reincarnation of that guy. sounds fine right? well the snake boss has two dicks. So.

#ask #Anonymous #look i know this ask is a joke but i love overexplaining stuff. i love being a nerd. im sowwy🫶

[charredasperity]

The Yuri-nited States of Shojou Ai-merica

[sastheforestspirit]

Robot with very self aware AI who has big knob in their chest and it can switch between extremely fashionable lady - magical shojou design and insect themed boy and kamen rider themed and anything in the middle depending on situation.

[on-stained-glass-wings]

OOC: I may not have the energy to reply much at the moment, but I somehow have the energy to do a semi-serious shitpost about how the fandom portrays the Finlay and Malenia romance. Specifically in bed.

(Read more for fandom snarkery and NSFW/T talk. The following is my personal preference and I absolutely believe that all interpretations of the Ultimate Lesbian Ship:tm: are valid as fuck even if They Don’t Cater to My Particular Needs. I’m also going to use yuri terminology because I’ve been on the internet for over a decade.)

Okay, so like, am I the only one that kind of balks at the way most Malenia/Finlay fics are written--specifically in terms of sex scenes? Like, nothing draws me out of a Finlay/Malenia story like a sex scene, because it’s either Malenia acting like a mommy ojou-sama figure or her just becoming a full-on wilting submissive. Finlay, meanwhile, is nothing but an eager ‘imutou’ like figure, just so happy to be with Malenia-senpai that she’ll just do whatever her mistress wants. And Malenia’s almost inevitably a sex goddess if she’s not an eager little minx submissive. it’s just.

So.

Boring.

It’s like I’m watching a really outdated yuri/shojou-ai story from the 1990s/early-to-mid 2000s. Or Cinemax. People can’t seem to find a middle-ground to Malenia’s contrarian personality (in that she is somehow a BAMF, determined, assertive GOAT as well as passive, reactive, and surprisingly chill), and Finlay seems to have no personality aside from stern knight or ‘omg senpai i would die for you’. The sex scenes inevitably suffer as a result. Like, I get so many of us are desperate for that good Malenia/Finlay WLW kush, but come on. Give them some personality. Stop falling into banal yuri tropes.

I realize that part of the problem is that Finlay has no canonical personality outside of absolutely devoted and BAMF motherfucker who loved her boss enough to drag her across the continent on her back, but like, the fandom can’t seem to decide if she’s an eager uwu senpai type or if she’s a stern knight, and like. It’s like they can’t seem to find a happy medium in personalities for EITHER of them.

Please. Please. Try to diversity in both sex and character portrayals. I don’t want to feel like I’m watching Strawberry Panic when I’m reading an Elden Ring wlw fic.

 (For anyone who is curious about my own portrayals, Finlay would die for Malenia, but she is also an uncooth, snarky, incorrigible little shit, and her antics either leave Malenia laughing and smiling against her will or doing the emotional equivalent of ‘rolling her eyes’. Finlay definitely likes to joke around in bed and Malenia’s like will lightly smack her head or tweak her nose and be all ‘look are you gonna keep making puns or are you going to go down on me already?’ Malenia’s on the bottom 80% of the time, both because A) it’s really nice to be taken care of when your entire existence revolves around you being an unshakable protector, and B) she suffers from chronic pain and mobility issues, so not only can positioning be difficult, but having sex with your metal prosthetic arm and leg on can be a bit of a buzzkill at times, so she’ll occasionally take them off. She can move around fine without them, but topping when you can’t balance yourself over someone is...tricky. They do a lot lying-on-their-sides sex.

Also, their afterglow is always affectionate but often peppered with Finlay’s  puns or random questions. Like, they’ll literally both have just come down from orgasm, and Finlay will be like ‘hey Mal, if a tree falls down in the woods and no one’s around to hear it, does it make a sound?’; and Malenia will resist the urge to smother her (lovingly with a pillow) and be all ‘of course it does, Finlay; just because you can’t hear something doesn’t mean it doesn’t obey the laws of physics.’ And then Finlay’s like ‘okay, but how do you know for sure if you’re not there to hear it?’ and Malenia DOES bring the pillow out and start to smack her on the head as Finlay cackles maniacally.)

#the goddess and her valkyrie (finlay and malenia) #loyal knight of the rot goddess (finlay) #about the rot goddess (malenia) #the dueling grounds (discourse) #nsft #golden abundance and scarlet decay (headcanons)

[night-cr0w]

My criteria for watching any Yuri/Shojou Ai anime is that someone’s life is in danger.

#talking corpse #it’s the only way to really duplicate the lesbian drama #anime #the executioner and her way of life

[avernale]

Bifauxnen Amber by HELbite

An extremely pretty Amber Powers by HELbite.  Maybe even too pretty!  Is this how she'd look in a shojou ai manga?

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[kenmab]

nettaigyo wa yuki ni kogareru; hagino makoto

#mangacap #nettaigyo wa yuki ni kogareru #shojou ai #manga #a tropical fish yearns for snow #.post

[deadvampire32]

Fem Tododeku 🍰🥦

#Tododeku #fem Tododeku #fem TDDK #fem Todoroki #fem Izuku #fem Todoroki x fem Izuku #Genderbend #genderflip #yuri Tododeku #wlw #shojou ai #bnha #mha #art

[ialeister]

#Rochefort Katherine #yuri #Shoujo ai #shojou ai #Double Decker! Doug & Kirill #DOUBLE DECKER! ダグ＆キリル' #Fujishiro Yuri #Silverstone Maxine #del Rio Deana #Vrubel Kirill #Bilingam Douglas

[hiddenbutout]

A good read

A very relatable piece and I hope you try it too. 

#shojou ai #gay #lgbtqiia+ #yuri #coming of age

[mcmcntomorii-later]

  — ya know, as much as i love writing badass bitchy mukuro, it’s the softer sides that I also really love writing because she can be rather cute and sweet but just doesn’t let herself so when she lets herself just let loose a little bit its just 🥺🥺

#【風変わりな】 ᴋᴏᴏʙɪᴇ ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴛ ᴋᴏᴏʙɪᴇ — OOC #\\ b/c sometimes i worry if i bit myself in the ass making her badass/bitchy #\\ other than like a sweet typical shojou ai protag #\\ but i think that makes the sweeter moments more better??? ya know?