Subject: [FFML] Re: [Ranma][X-over][Lemon?][Lime?][Dark?][Slash?] Soulmates
From: "Yoiko" <yoikois@earthlink.net>
Date: 2/14/2000, 5:41 PM
To:

*laughing*  Ok, I admit, that was... different than what I'd expected. ^_~
I knew there had to be some kind of catch... *^_^*  Anyway, interesting
little SPAMfic. ^_~  Reading it over, the term "bodily fluids" stuck out
like a sore thumb for me, but I don't know what else you could have said
without ruining it.  Also, you used "supplicant" an awful lot... it might
have flowed better if you had continued identifying them as Ranma and Ryoga,
but then again that would've confused things at the end.



P.S.2:  Has anyone else noticed that yaoi fics tend to be written by
girls,
and lesbian fics by guys?  Strange, no?  Just an observation.



What's good for the goose is good for the gander? ^_~


What else do you expect?  Straight guys aren't likely to read or write
yaoi.


Au contraire, I've seen at least one yaoi fic written by a straight guy.
^_^v


Homosexuality in fiction is more entertaining when it's the opposite sex
you're dealing with.  How many straight girls would read or write yuri,
even
without citrus?  _It hits too close to home_.  Ever see how girls act
without
any guys around?  IMO, writing good yuri is more of a challenge than
writing
good yaoi.  It's a lot more ambiguous and not as easily angst-filled.



Actually, as a straight girl who has written and read both yuri and yaoi, I
can honestly say it doesn't really hit close to home in the sense that I
think you mean.  It's just writing, like any other kind of writing; it
involves hard work, patience and the use of the imagination, the same as
anything else.  And lemon writing, whether it's straight, yaoi or yuri,
presents its own set of challenges - the hardest part, imo, is trying to
keep the characters true to themselves. ^_~

Anyhow, that's enough from me; sorry for rambling on there. *^_^*  Thanks
for the fic!

^_^

Yoiko



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