Lipstick and Silken Ties

I love to see women in men's clothings, but only if they still look like women. Because if these women ended up looking like men, then it defeats the reason why I like seeing them in the first place. I wonder if it's just me whose first thoughts upon seeing the woman in the Mastercard commercial wearing the suit looks was... well, to quote Paris Hilton (for once) "That's hot."

There's just something about seeing those particular curves contrast with the straight pinstripes that makes me need a fan to cool down.

I always found the notion of women being attracted to women who looked like men as weird. I mean what was the whole point of being attracted to them in the first place? Not condemning it or anything, I'm just more of the idea that the reason why a woman would be attracted to another woman was because... well... she is a woman and looks like a woman. If you were attracted to a woman that looked like a man, why not go for the real thing?

I guess I simply won't understand that. Along with my inability to understand why there are so many yaoi-fangirls. Seriously, why? If you find these lanky, bishie, nancy-bois attractive, and they're from a shounen-ai/yaoi anime/manga what would the point be? You're automatically not a candidate for being paired up with them. I'd understand why fangirls go for bishounen-type guys (though I don't necessarily agree with their tastes) who are hetero since, well, self-insertion is quite rampant in fandoms. But for you to do a self-insertion scenario in yaoi and you're female, you'd just be wasting your time.

Either that or you don't intend to make sense.

Is it the "exclusion" factor that makes yaoi/shounen-ai such a hit? Personally, that's exactly what turns me off. Is it the "forbidden love" between these two men that drives fangirls wild? Maybe, but again, what is their purpose for fangirl-ing?

Is it because "forbidden love" set in a heterosexual situation is so overdone that it's lost whatever edge it had over the other type of love stories? Is the idea of two male bodies grinding against each other in implicit or explicit ways such a turn on for these fangirls? Again, I wouldn't know, I do not fall under that category.

I'm not here to bash or diss yaoi, I'm not here to tell and force fangirls to "change their ways" or any other self-righteous crap like that. If I were, I'd be a hypocrite because I'm a yuri fangirl. I like the sight of two women holding hands, kissing each other, and imagining them doing more intimate stuff.

I am not, however, a fan of the lolita and/or moe style of yuri. For reasons that they either ARE children or are made to RESEMBLE children. Innocence should not be measure by the size of a character's eyes, which is contrary to what the MoE style seems to suggest. The wider the character's eyes the more innocent and more pure they are and vice versa.

Since when did having slender or chinky eyes mean you aren't innocent? Does this mean that Asians of oriental descent aren't innocent? I find that quite offensive >( granted I'm not what you would ever call innocent.

And it seems I've completely gone off-tangent to my original intention for this journal entry. Which is: MY PC IS FINALLY FIXED AND I CAN ONCE AGAIN BE ONLINE AT HOME!