Okay, is this annoying or am I just weird?

[effervescible]

What is the deal with (some) yaoi fans listing their pairings as A x B/B x A? I'm aware that the order indicates who's on top, but it is really important enough to justify writing it twice like that? There's a lot more to romance/sex/whatever makes you write a pairing than just who's being schtupped, and the way it's written makes it look like they have multiple personalities or something. Plus it seems too me that by making a big deal out of what is, to me, just an fyi for those who want to know what characters are in the fic, it's being kinda pretentious, and that makes my head explode.

But then, I wouldn't categorize myself as a yaoi fan, so maybe it's just something I'm missing. mistressrenet? uiggu? What say you? Does it really matter?

Comments

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Not all of us, believe me. And I'd like to find whoever devised the 'height rule' and shoot him/her. In what universe does that even begin to make sense?

[arafel.livejournal.com]

The universe where people think it's weird for the dominant person to be short, I guess. Since the seme is supposed to dominate the uke and make him cry and make it look like he's being poked with an ice pick instead of having an orgasm, and all the while not change his expression even once, except for the "I know you don't want to enjoy this but I know you're enjoying it anyway and I'm totally loving your conflict" face. *shrugs* I think it's silly too, but then, Zell doesn't get to top anyone in FFVIII.

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

. Since the seme is supposed to dominate the uke and make him cry and make it look like he's being poked with an ice pick instead of having an orgasm
Bwah ha ha! Yeah. What you said.

[angstymcgoth.livejournal.com]

I read a fic where Zell topped Siefer of all people, and it was disturbingly dirty XD