This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
"Since the Seme is the reflection of what female fandom lusts for, the basic personality type also crops up in more mainstream romance mangas, usually paired off with an innocent female who is attracted to his mysteriousness, and has many of the defining traits of an Uke. "
Gemmifer: Isn't it the other way around? A male uke has many stereotypically female traits and the seme was originally from bodice-ripper style stories with a female lead?
lebrel: I think you are parsing the sentence wrong. That's exactly what it's supposed to say.
Gemmifer: Ah, yes that makes sense.
