Hi, totally late comment. I just wanted to say that I love this podcast! I recently got into podcasts in general and after listening to the billion episodes of the one that got me into it I have been searching fruitlessly for another podcast that even sort of pertains to my interests, with awesome hosts that can keep my attention. And then one day a friend of mine said: "have you listened to slash report?" and I was all !!!!! O_O *LOVE* and haven't gone back. I just caught up and I have to say that this episode in particular was simply amazing! I'm a huge anime fan and hearing you guys talk about yaoi was wonderful. My introduction to slash in general (of the fanfiction kind) was through the Slayers fandom where I managed completely unwittingly to stumble into a hardcore Zel/Xellos PWP. I was totally confused. Hearing you guys talk about Gundam Wing was amazing! Brought back so many memories! (I still stumble back into that fandom. because I have no shame on the internet) I don't actually read all that much yaoi and it is for a reason that I don't think you really covered (not that this is in anyway a criticism). I feel like when I read about two boys (or men) in a relationship that I want to read about two Boys (or men) not a boy and a girl substitute. Maybe I'm strange but I like the difference in power dynamics, or the way they relate to each other, or something. I'm aware that with female authors writing for female readers that this isn't likely going to be exactly what happens but I feel like most yaoi (that I've read) has let me down in this regard and that I'm reading about a regular het couple just with two penises instead. FAKE is one of the only yaoi that I actually like, though I would also recommend anything by Taishi Zaō (or in Shojo named: Mikiyo Tsuda... she's a friend of the previously mentioned Eiki Eiki. and also the author of one of the Princess stories) her stuff is super cute and I managed to get through, and like, everything that I've read so... right, TL;DR You guys are awesome! Relevent to my interests! and I love the ideo of Yaoi but end up back in western slash most of the time.
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My introduction to slash in general (of the fanfiction kind) was through the Slayers fandom where I managed completely unwittingly to stumble into a hardcore Zel/Xellos PWP. I was totally confused.
Hearing you guys talk about Gundam Wing was amazing! Brought back so many memories! (I still stumble back into that fandom. because I have no shame on the internet)
I don't actually read all that much yaoi and it is for a reason that I don't think you really covered (not that this is in anyway a criticism). I feel like when I read about two boys (or men) in a relationship that I want to read about two Boys (or men) not a boy and a girl substitute. Maybe I'm strange but I like the difference in power dynamics, or the way they relate to each other, or something. I'm aware that with female authors writing for female readers that this isn't likely going to be exactly what happens but I feel like most yaoi (that I've read) has let me down in this regard and that I'm reading about a regular het couple just with two penises instead. FAKE is one of the only yaoi that I actually like, though I would also recommend anything by Taishi Zaō (or in Shojo named: Mikiyo Tsuda... she's a friend of the previously mentioned Eiki Eiki. and also the author of one of the Princess stories) her stuff is super cute and I managed to get through, and like, everything that I've read so...
right, TL;DR You guys are awesome! Relevent to my interests! and I love the ideo of Yaoi but end up back in western slash most of the time.