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Seme x Uke

Sat Jul 12, 2008, 1:59 PM
I keep reading people who tell me how much they love my Near x Mello art, so I've noticed that many foreign fans simply don't know that the order matters (^^);
I'd like to leave a small explanation here for those who didn't know about this.

The order matters a lot. Seme x uke: the first character is seme, and the second character is uke. If you change the order, the meaning changes completely. Albeit I've noticed that many foreign fans don't care about who's seme or who's uke, Japanese people (and yours truly) do. The mechanics aren't the same.

If you told Japanese fans that you've drawn an A x B doujinshi, yet B turns out to be the seme, they'd be pissed (^^);
Labeling things properly is important so that fans can know what kind of pairing you're featuring!

Just for the record, I only draw Mello x Near, never inverted. To call my art in the inverted way is not accurate (and kinda makes me headdesk a bit, because my brain seriously bleeds at the thought of Near as seme) ;;

I hope this helps those who didn't know about this! (^^a

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~V3R0NIKA Jul 12, 2008, 2:03:11 PM
Como sería un Near x Mello en vez de Mello x Near... ._.··· No me lo podría imaginar a Near de seme y Mello de uke... xDD

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~cute-neko Jul 12, 2008, 2:06:13 PM
I can't see Near as seme, I just can't >.<

it feels....wrong xD

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*Bakura-4-ever Jul 12, 2008, 2:12:39 PM
I can undersand how annoying it can be, yet I think that sometimes people are lazy with it. as for myself, when I don't think it's clear I do not care about the order, does that matter then too?

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~TheTynGirl Jul 12, 2008, 2:14:11 PM
Aha, I knew that before it was explained to me because I guessed on pure instinct. I would think, "Ah, the seme is first in the label, because seme always get firsties. ^_^"

And then my more cultured friend was like, "Close enough ... "
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*FightingSoul Jul 12, 2008, 2:16:00 PM
*remembered when this was discussed on your lj journal* XD

your style of drawing Near, if he's seme, i will double take and star- no GAPE with this expression: :omg:;;;;

tirol draws convincing seme!Near. (^.^ he doesn't look all too cuddly lovable there but "cool".

but MN is agreed upon 100% D: i find that most nm anything is.. anti-Near. (>__< which makes my fangirl heart bleeeeed.
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~sugancoffee Jul 12, 2008, 2:22:00 PM
I found that out a while ago, but sometimes I just forget. I have a certain order in which I say names. I suppose with me being a yaoi fan, I need to take this more into consideration.
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*mixy-shiru Jul 12, 2008, 2:34:56 PM
aunque debo admitir que sería interesante para mis ojos..
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~EkiAku Jul 12, 2008, 2:41:31 PM
XD I sometimes do that with MattxMello, I usually say it as MelloxMatt, thought I do like Mello better as uke. The way the fanbase is, it can be interchangeable very easily. Though I ALWAYS say MelloxNear. I CANNOT imagine, Near seme. It's just incomprehendable.

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~Flock-of-doves Jul 12, 2008, 2:44:53 PM
I sometimes mess that up, but now that I've noticed more and more, I keep trying to go back and fix it... But sometimes people just don't get it.
Near as seme would just be... wrong. Like something important just died and that had to be the outcome of it.

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~kittyhina Jul 12, 2008, 3:00:56 PM
Near as seme...interesting. :XD: I'm not sure if I'd like to see a lot of it, though.

Thanks for the info; that's something I actually didn't know.

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