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  1. Moonpearl

    Sexual preferences based on "skin colour" are usually just sexual preferences based on...

    Sexual preferences based on "skin colour" are usually just sexual preferences based on preconceived notions and stereotypes about people with that skin colour, and therefore racist.
  2. Moonpearl

    Does anyone else post a chapter and then keep refreshing the page every 2 minutes?

    Probably because your comment isn't likely to be seen by the creator if you comment on a manga chapter. You comment so that other fans can see and interact with you. Even on translated novels, you only expect to be seen by fans and the translator - who's technically a fan of the series too. You...
  3. Moonpearl

    The Yuri Writing Help Room (18+)

    That's true. I do feel like some futanari stories forget that there's a person attached to the penis. It's not just the lack of other body parts used during sex scenes, but the way that the futanari's personality and motivations generally aren't included during them. I'd kind of prefer more...
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    The Yuri Writing Help Room (18+)

    We've been discussing futanari yuri in the Yuri Garden over the past few days, and a friend asked me to share my insight into why I don't like most futanari yuri material (although I do actually like futanari yuri) here. I'm lazy, so I'm just going to copy and paste my original rant~! I...
  5. Moonpearl

    Tag Request: Gay protagonist.

    You could try using the "shounen-ai subplot" tag, which is for when the gay romance isn't focused on enough to be counted as BL. I feel like the "psychological" and "rape" tags will probably matter a lot more on your story, though. It's much more make-or-break. The tags were imported from...
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    The Yuri Writing Help Room (18+)

    Not caring isn't necessarily helpful, though. What people treat as the default shows up in subtle ways. For example, people are always joking that little girls will attract men when they grow up and that little boys will be heartbreakers, or that any boy and girl that become friends are secretly...
  7. Moonpearl

    The Yuri Writing Help Room (18+)

    It's not just legal rights, but the attitude of society that affects these things. If heterosexuality is treated as the default, I think non-heterosexual people will struggle growing up. Anything that could trigger the love interest to see her in a new light would work. Someone could secretly...
  8. Moonpearl

    The Yuri Writing Help Room (18+)

    Is there a reason that the MC has to not know her friend is interested in women? If there isn't particularly and you just need a reason that they didn't take an interest in each other before, you can easily have the love interest be openly interested in women. She could have been dating other...
  9. Moonpearl

    Why do all the yuri novels seem to be gender-bender?

    The non-slave characters were fine with the slavery because it was normal in their world, yes. But the norm for isekai is that the slave girl falls in love because the protagonist frees her and treats her nicely, so she follows him anyway. He never did that but she randomly fell in love at first...
  10. Moonpearl

    Why do all the yuri novels seem to be gender-bender?

    Isn't yuri as a genre primarily aimed at straight girls, though, with men only coming to the genre more recently? It developed out of Class S literature, after all, and is written with shoujo tropes, with mostly women writing it. Non gender bender yuri isn't nearly as bad. No, I think it was...
  11. Moonpearl

    Why do all the yuri novels seem to be gender-bender?

    If only the novel had been written as a psychological novel taking advantage of that. Unfortunately, it was written like it was just a normal yuri harem fantasy. I got the feeling that the author completely agreed with the protagonist's views.
  12. Moonpearl

    Why do all the yuri novels seem to be gender-bender?

    That was only the cherry on the cake for that novel, to be honest. The main character was a twenty-something shut-in whose ideal woman was a fifteen year-old girl who was small, meek, docile, and obedient. He even boasted when he made the character he ended up becoming that he'd be a better...
  13. Moonpearl

    Why do all the yuri novels seem to be gender-bender?

    I once had the displeasure of reading a story where the man called lesbians wrong and disgusting, even thinking of his love interests that way for liking him, but he pretended to be a sweet girl to their faces and dated them anyway.
  14. Moonpearl

    Why do all the yuri novels seem to be gender-bender?

    I don't really treat Bowsette as Bowser turned into a woman, though - just an alternative world's female version of Bowser. Also, men don't tend to use Bowsette as a self-insert. Edit: I also forgot the most important part - everyone canonically knows Bowsette is genderbent Bowser, so there's...
  15. Moonpearl

    Does the Gender Bender genre fit?

    Hm... Maybe? Although you might want to note in your story description that it's not typical gender bender.
  16. Moonpearl

    Why do all the yuri novels seem to be gender-bender?

    Yeah, that makes sense. Even the rare good ones I come across don't feel the same as real yuri to me. It always feels like gender bender is the true genre, and yuri is just a subplot to it. I just have an aversion to gender bender yuri/yaoi altogether, though. I've read so many where it's clear...
  17. Moonpearl

    Why do all the yuri novels seem to be gender-bender?

    Yeah, this bothers me as well... I'm stubbornly filtering gender bender out right now, although it doesn't leave me with a lot of options. Hopefully I'll be able to add to the yuri soon. Here are some good yuri novels/oneshots without gender bender: Erislethe: Valley of the Dragon Queen How To...
  18. Moonpearl

    Feedback for my BL story~?

    It's a good story! The only problem I can really see is the prologue. I feel that you focus too much on the protagonist's thoughts and on telling the reader directly about the past that led up to the opening scene. There's not enough description of the present to really ground me in the setting...
  19. Moonpearl

    How many chapters/words does a story need to have before you'll think about reading it?

    I'm actually more likely to read a story that's just starting out. Five or so chapters is ideal, but I'll take even less. More and I'll start considering if it's worth it. Nowadays I feel like my time is limited, so knowing that I'll have to devote time to binge read a story is pretty...
  20. Moonpearl

    Like yuri? The Yuri Garden Writing Competition (2019) is in its voting stage. Come read some...

    Like yuri? The Yuri Garden Writing Competition (2019) is in its voting stage. Come read some great stories and vote for your favourite here: https://forum.novelupdates.com/posts/5118579/
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