History Main / YaoiFanGirl

Obviously TruthInTelevision, particularly in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}; notably, RealLife yaoi fangirl stereotypes changed over the years, particularly in the West. In UsefulNotes/The2000s, yaoi fangirls would often be associated with Website/DeviantArt and [[Website/FanFictionDotNet FanFiction.net]] and would be stereotyped as overly-vocal and -fervent "teenybopper" types in their early teens (or with the maturity of young teenagers), often with a tendency to subject perceived female "love rivals" to [[DieForOurShip spiteful treatment]]. Later, in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, the stereotype became less pointed and, well, less of a stereotype. Aside from becoming more associated with Website/{{Tumblr}}, it became more common to see increased integration with (and activity from) the real-life LGBTFanbase[[note]]who often genuinely want to see more representation of themselves in media, as opposed to liking [[Manga/{{Naruto}} NaruSasu]] merely because "it's so kawaiiiii"[[/note]] as well as many fans growing up, leading to a generally quieter and more mature fan archetype often in its late teens to mid-twenties. While the stereotype that Yaoi Fangirls tend to engage in DieForOurShip towards fictional female characters died down, it saw another shift late into the 2010s after a few rather notorious incidents of death threats being sent to the ''authors'' of such works for not fulfilling the wishes of the fangirls - ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' being arguably the best known example. That being said, the "psychotic fujos" are a small, but very loud minority that seems to mostly congregate on ''Website/{{Twitter}}'' and ''Website/{{Tumblr}}''.

* Suruga Kanbaru of ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' is a fan of BL, and in the light novels it's mentioned that there are some BL novels strewn around her room. The anime takes this even further, as she's shown to have an enormous collection of issues of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barazoku Barazoku]]'', a now defunct {{bara|genre}} magazine. Interestingly enough, she's attracted to girls (though her behaviour towards Koyomi [[AmbiguouslyBi suggests she may actually be bisexual]]), but then again, there are many lesbian yaoi fangirls.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'':
** Erika Karisawa, who happily and loudly ships pretty much any two men that so much as breathe on each other (including her friends. Kadota is not amused at finding out he's among her yaoibait). It doesn't help that she tends to CrackShip...
--->'''Erika:''' Hmm, which one is better -- Fans/Trolls or Trolls/Fans?
** She had shown a particular liking for a [[FoeYayShipping Shizuo/Izaya]] pairing as shown when Shizuo says he's going to Izaya's place (to murder him...) and she sparkles with [[BlushSticker blush stickers]] saying that he must love him. Everyone (Celty and Kadota's group) cuts her off with a [[BigNo big "NO!"]].
--->'''Shizuo:''' I'm off to Shinjuku to murder Izaya.\\
'''Erika:''' Hey, hey! Shizu-chan's definitely in love with Izaya. Two guys... Like BL!\\
'''Celty, Togusa, Dotachin, and Walker:''' No!
** Also in the second OVA/Episode 25 when Izaya and Shizuo were fighting in the city, there was this exchange.
--->'''Walker:''' ''[Erika giggling in the back of the van while watching the fight]'' What's with you?\\
'''Erika:''' Don't you see? Maybe Ikebukuro's number one couple is actually Shizu-chan and... ''[dissolves into giggles]''
-->'''Dotachin:''' I really don't want to know.
** Then a few minutes later...
-->'''Erika:''' Shizuo's the attacker! Wait, a role reversal! He's receiving now! Seme! Uke! Seme! Uke!\\
'''Walker:''' Karisawa-san has completely fallen into Otome Road fantasies!

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'':
** In a novel sidestory, Kaname's a bit ''too'' gleeful about discussing and giggling with her friend about how both Sousuke and Tsubaki are [[{{Uke}} submissive "receivers]]".
** Kyoko is an even more disturbing one, according to the [[http://fmp-misha.livejournal.com/5090.html#cutid1 TSR comedy radio show]] (starring Gauron as their 3rd period teacher). She actually ''ships'' Gauron/Sousuke, to the point where she excitedly mentions that Gauron's attempts to rape Sousuke in front of the class are "fairly erotic" and muses that Sousuke seems to be on the "[[{{Uke}} receiving end]]" (just in case people didn't notice it the [[{{Anvilicious}} numerous times it was mentioned before]]).

* Hinako from ''LightNovel/GoodLuckNinomiyaKun'' and Mayu once Hinako introduces her to yaoi manga. Mayu even tries her hand at drawing some.

* In the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' novels [[spoiler:Itsuki claims he acts AmbiguouslyGay and [[HoYay seems to almost be flirting with Kyon]] because he thinks that if he didn't act that way on his own, Haruhi would unconsciously use her power to make him]].
** In ''Manga/HaruhiChan'', her movie script in episode 9 is centered around a {{Meido}} {{tournament|Arc}}, with Kyon and Itsuki winning and becoming a couple, which causes Mikuru to become confused and stop thinking.
** There was another time in Haruhi-Chan when Kyon confesses his love to Itsuki (ItMakesSenseInContext) and it [[HeroicBSOD breaks Haruhi's brain]].

* Just about every major female character in ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'', not surprising in a comedy featuring a male lead and his all-male UnwantedHarem. The trio of castle maids in particular can be seen at several points poring over charts apparently depicting the protagonist's romantic prospects, calculating odds and placing and collecting on bets as events occur and make various pairings more or less possible.

** Kagami is a subversion; when she notices a very steamy [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Gauron/Sousuke]] {{doujinshi}} at Comiket, she hesitantly takes a peek at it, but she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpoo7NZAPWI finds it "too intense" for her taste]].

* ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'' has the Mimamorugai who supported [[{{Bifauxnen}} Subaru]] and Jiro's alleged relationship. Special mention goes to Nakuru who writes novels about it.

* ''[[LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove Haiyore Nyarko-San W]]'' has a CanonForeigner named Tsuruko who's part of an alien doujin circle and wrote a yaoi book about the series' male lead Mahiro. Over the course of the season she makes several attempts to meet him in person... never realizing that he'd be '''far''' from happy to see her (his reaction to the doujin was utter horror and disgust, followed by [[KillItWithFire burning it]]).
* Akagi Sena of ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'', to the point that she makes a full-on homo RPG ''with character designs based on her clubmates''.

* Minori from ''LightNovel/OutbreakCompany'' is intent on educating the inhabitants of fantasy kingdom Eldant about the delights of yaoi (and looks to be succeeding).

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': It doesn't take long for [[EthicalSlut Ayame]] to notice Gouriki's [[IncompatibleOrientation one-sided crush]] on Tanukichi, though Gouriki remains unaware of it himself. Ayame not only [[ShipperOnDeck ships them]], she and Saotome produce a 10 Vol. doujinshi series about them that quickly becomes popular with the female students at Tokioka Academy. Tanukichi [[KillItWithFire tries to burn every copy]] he finds.

* In ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'', the petite, soft-spoken Mafuyu has a just barely concealed interest in having Ken Sugisaki, the male protagonist, getting it on with another guy. In fact, her ''doujins'' feature Sugisaki getting it on with two fictional characters, [[{{Bishonen}} Echo-of-death-nii-san]] and Nakameguro-senpai.
** Aaaaaand as of episode 12, Nakameguro's existence is confirmed! Needless to say, Mafuyu gets totally hyper when she sees him and starts shipping and squeeing ipso-facto.

* The short story "Parallels" by Jenni Hill, from the ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' alternate universe collection "Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets" is about a teenaged girl called Jane who is TheWatson to her brilliant detective friend Charlotte, and ''also'' enjoys writing Johnlock AU fanfic, which has made her "internet famous. A little bit". It eventually transpires that [[spoiler: this is partly displacement of her own feelings for Charlotte onto the fictional characters, since she started writing a HighSchoolAU, then scrawled over it that it was making things too obvious and she could never show it to anyone.]]

* ''Literature/{{Gate}}: Thus the JSDF Fought Here'' has Risa, who has an extensive collection of gay-themed manga, some of it quite explicit judging from one character's reaction after carelessly opening a book. Princess Pina Colada and her companion Bozes also develop great enthusiasm for Japanese "art books."

* Gannet's sister Gracie in ''Webcomic/{{Avialae}}'' is shown wearing a ''Anime/{{Free}}'' t-shirt and [[https://yaoi.biz/avialae/chapter-1/page-33 thinking that Bailey's flustered explanation]] that he was "[[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow taking care of]]" a [[PlayingSick sick]] Gannet would be a good plot for a {{doujinshi}}.

* In "Younger Men", K.T. Oslin expresses her attraction to bi guys when she mentions [[WorkoutFanservice seeing a runner]] who's wearing [[http://ep.yimg.com/ay/abcunderwear/men-s-side-split-short-14.jpg a pair of tight, short running shorts]] and [[WalkingShirtlessScene no shirt]][[note]]Bisexual men workout more that than straight men like gay men are, and like gay men bi guys are more extroverted about [[ShirtlessScene baring their chests]] in public and are more likely to wear revealing clothes that show off their lean, hard bodies than straight guys are.[[/note]] The song appears on her ''[[http://www.nndb.com/people/542/000098248/ktoslin01.jpg 80's Ladies]]'' album. On the album's cover are two [[TheIlluminati alleged Illuminati symbols]] of bisexuality. They are the checkerboard table and the purple dress that she's wearing; [[ConspiracyTheorist Conspiracy theorists]] will have you believe that both the checkerboard table and purple dress indicate that she's pushing [[TheIlluminati the Illuminati's]] [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories gay agenda]] and that she endorses [[GuyOnGuyIsHot male bisexuality]].

* Zii of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' [[http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090228.html has a definite taste for yaoi]], which is likely why gay men are the only group of people [[ThePornomancer she has yet to have sex with herself]] because she'd prefer to just watch. See also the note on spin-off comic ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', below.

* Jenna Hilary Sinclair, a GLBT rights activist, author of gay romance novels, and Kirk/Spock shipper.

* The entire genre of VisualKei often tends to market to Yaoi Fangirls and Yaoi Fanboys, often intentionally via {{fanservice}} due to the scene's very large population of arguable bisexuals and pansexuals. Examples are too numerous to mention specifically, but Music/XJapan, Music/{{Miyavi}}, Music/{{Gackt}}, and Music/{{Versailles}} are VisualKei artists or bands with pages on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki and from a quick read of them (much less looking up their stuff) you will find fanservice.

* ''VideoGame/NeedyStreamerOverload'': Taking Ame to certain locations will have her post about buying BL on her Tweeter.

* George Blagden, who played Grantaire in the [[Film/LesMiserables2012 2012 film adaptation]] if ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' seems VERY fond of the Enjolras×Grantaire ship. This became very noticable when he uploaded a video onto his youtube channel of him covering the song Hallelujiah (which can be interpreted as being sung from the POV of a man who fell in love with another man) [[UpToEleven and then]] [[Music/DeathCabForCutie I Will Follow You Into the Dark]] and changing some lyrics so it was blatantly about E/R

* The bungee jump instructor from ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max]]'' hit the road flirts openly with sam and lets him and max use the apparatus for free because she has a soft spot for [[ShipperOnDeck rabbit and dog couples.]]

* Suruga Kanbaru of ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' is a fan of BL, and in the light novels it's mentioned that there are some BL novels strewn around her room. The anime takes this even further, as she's shown to have an enormous collection of issues of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barazoku Barazoku]]'', a now defunct {{bara|genre}} magazine. Interestingly enough, she might be a lesbian (though her behaviour towards Koyomi [[AmbiguouslyBi suggests she may actually be bisexual]]) but then there are many lesbian yaoi fangirls.

* Creator/{{CLAMP}}. They're also avid {{Yuri Fan}}s.

** She had shown a particular liking for a [[FoeYay Shizuo/Izaya]] pairing as shown when Shizuo says he's going to Izaya's place (to murder him...) and she sparkles with [[BlushSticker blush stickers]] saying that he must love him. Everyone (Celty and Kadota's group) cuts her off with a [[BigNo big "NO!"]].

* Britta in ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E12ComparativeReligion Comparative Religion]]. She encourages Jeff to work out his issues with Mike without fighting. (Though it's less active encouragement than relentless mockery of both the incident and her perception of [[FoeYay fighting itself as homoerotic]].)

The Japanese name for Yaoi Fangirl is ''fujoshi'' (a pun that translates loosely as "rotten girl"). Because of how commonly this archetype is shown in Otaku media when they want to have fangirls show up, the term is often misused to mean "female {{Otaku}}". Otaku girls who like seeing fictional boys in ''hetero'' relationships rather than homo tend to be called "yumejoshi" ("dreamer/delusional girl", based on the idea that she reads too much ''Magazine/HanaToYume'') instead to clear up the confusion. Male fans of yaoi are called ''fudanshi'' (loosely, "rotten man"), and tend to also read [[BaraGenre Bara]]. In any case, Yaoi Fanboys are vanishingly rare in fiction, and if one appears, he is most likely depicted as a {{crossdresser}} or [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday desperately clarifying his sexuality]] if shown as masculine. On the other hand, they're way easier to find in Boy's Love itself or works leaning on those themes, with the fanboy commonly used as an AudienceSurrogate (in the sense that he's enjoying a genre he "shouldn't") or comparing the yaoi he reads with the romance right in front of his face.

Obviously TruthInTelevision, particularly in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}; notably, RealLife yaoi fangirl stereotypes changed over the years, particularly in the West. In UsefulNotes/The2000s, yaoi fangirls would often be associated with Website/DeviantArt and [[Website/FanFictionDotNet FanFiction.net]] and would be stereotyped as overly-vocal and -fervent "teenybopper" types in their early teens (or with the maturity of young teenagers), often with a tendency to subject perceived female "love rivals" to [[DieForOurShip spiteful treatment]]. Later, in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, the stereotype became less pointed and, well, less of a stereotype. Aside from becoming more associated with Website/{{Tumblr}}, it became more common to see increased integration with (and activity from) the real-life LGBTFanbase[[note]]who often genuinely want to see more representation of themselves in media, as opposed to liking [[Manga/{{Naruto}} NaruSasu]] merely because "it's so kawaiiiii"[[/note]] as well as many fans growing up, leading to a generally quieter and more mature fan archetype often in its late teens to mid-twenties. The stereotype saw another shift late into the 2010s after a few rather notorious incidents of death threats being sent to authors who don't really care about the wishes of the fangirls - ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' being arguably the best known example. That being said, the "psychotic fujos" are a small, but very loud minority that seems to mostly congregate on ''Website/{{Twitter}}'' and ''Website/{{Tumblr}}''.

Obviously TruthInTelevision, particularly in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}; notably, RealLife yaoi fangirl stereotypes changed over the years, particularly in the West. In UsefulNotes/The2000s, yaoi fangirls would often be associated with Website/DeviantArt and [[Website/FanFictionDotNet FanFiction.net]] and would be stereotyped as overly-vocal and -fervent "teenybopper" types in their early teens (or with the maturity of young teenagers). Later, in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, the stereotype became less pointed and, well, less of a stereotype. Aside from becoming more associated with Website/{{Tumblr}}, it became more common to see increased integration with (and activity from) the real-life LGBTFanbase[[note]]who often genuinely want to see more representation of themselves in media, as opposed to liking [[Manga/{{Naruto}} NaruSasu]] merely because "it's so kawaiiiii"[[/note]] as well as many fans growing up, leading to a generally quieter and more mature fan archetype often in its late teens to mid-twenties. The stereotype saw another shift late into the 2010s after a few rather notorious incidents of death threats being sent to authors who don't really care about the wishes of the fangirls - ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' being arguably the best known example. That being said, the "psychotic fujos" are a small, but very loud minority that seems to mostly congregate on ''Website/{{Twitter}}'' and ''Website/{{Tumblr}}''.

** Hiyori is a [[AnythingThatMoves yuri/yaoi]] fangirl; while it's usually her YuriFan tendencies that are on display, at one point she accidentally uses the terms "{{seme}}" and "{{uke}}" when describing positions in volleyball and she's mortified when she realizes what she just said.
** Kagami is a subversion; when she notices a very graphic [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Gauron/Sousuke]] {{doujinshi}} at Comiket, she hesitantly takes a peek at it, but she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpoo7NZAPWI finds it "too intense" for her taste.]]

* Thanks to a real-life event to celebrate the ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlue Riot of Summer 2012]]'', Creator/AoiYuuki got the FanNickname [[JustForPun Y.Aoi]] because she was shipping ''anything'' yaoi related[[note]]Creator/YuuichiNakamura had a hard time looking at the screen while Azrael was presented thanks to the reflection of the screen which Creator/HirokiYasumoto teases him that he's into yaoi, and then Creator/AoiYuuki jumped in full speed ahead never looking back[[/note]], and that she was also JustForFun/OneOfUs.

* In ''Manga/CuteXGuy'' whenever the tall and handsome Jun and the short and cute Mitsuru meet after school they attract these like flies, despite not being YaoiGuys because they look so much like a {{Seme}} and an {{Uke}} out on a date. Jun making flirtatious comments towards Misturu doesn't help, nor does the fact that Jun does have a crush on Mitsuru but they still aren't YaoiGuys as Jun is really a [[GenderBender gender bent]] [[GenderBenderFriendship girl]].

* Excel Excel of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' fantasizes about the men she is infatuated with (Il Palazzo and Key the Rock Idol) being YaoiGuys in one episode.

* In ''Anime/PleaseTwins'', the girls who go on to become [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]] are introduced watching through a window as the [[YaoiGuys Yaoi Guy]] flirts with/teases the (very unamused) main character, and give commentary that sounds exactly like many a [[SlashFic slash]] fandom discussion.

* Koujirou Frau, one of the main characters from ''VisualNovel/Robotics;Notes'' is a {{fujoshi}} who frequently uses terms like "DQNs" and "tsunderes" along with memes like "What eroge is this?!" and "But I refuse!" She has a collection of thin books and is very similar to her otaku predecessors Takumi and Daru from previous games in their shared ''VisualNovel/ScienceAdventure'' series.

* The manga ''Manga/Hikaru to Hikari'' has Hikaru's neighbor Aya and ClassRepresentative Sumitane are quite interested in Hikaru's feelings towards Yuuto, with Aya especially enjoying being TheTease about it.

* The manga ''Hikaru to Hikari'' has Hikaru's neighbor Aya and ClassRepresentative Sumitane are quite interested in Hikaru's feelings towards Yuuto, with Aya especially enjoying being TheTease about it.

Obviously TruthInTelevision, particularly in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}; notably, RealLife yaoi fangirl stereotypes changed over the years, particularly in the West. In UsefulNotes/The2000s, yaoi fangirls would often be associated with Website/DeviantArt and [[Website/FanFictionDotNet FanFiction.net]] and would be stereotyped as overly-vocal and -fervent "teenybopper" types in their early teens (or with the maturity of young teenagers). Later, in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, the stereotype became less pointed and, well, less of a stereotype. Aside from becoming more associated with Website/{{Tumblr}}, it became more common to see increased integration with (and activity from) the real-life LGBTFanbase[[note]]who often genuinely want to see more representation of themselves in media, as opposed to liking [[Manga/{{Naruto}} NaruSasu]] merely because "it's so kawaiiiii"[[/note]] as well as many fans growing up, leading to a generally quieter and more mature fan archetype often in its late teens to mid-twenties.

* Kanbaru of ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has an entire room full of BL. Interestingly enough, she might be a lesbian (though her behaviour towards Koyomi suggests she may have some bisexuality) but then there are many lesbian yaoi fangirls.

* [[SchoolgirlLesbians Chizuru Honshou]] from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. She certainly ''loved'' seeing Ichigo on top of Renji in the school hallway, during a certain NotWhatItLooksLike [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3knNSbSU6y0 scene...]]

** In the [[Anime/SailorMoon first anime]], this is gender inverted: Usagi finds out that Rei has a magazine whose cover features a... weird looking man who seems to be a cross between Music/MichaelJackson and a DragQueen: a Creator/TakarazukaRevue magazine. Of course, that brings up some ''[[YuriFan other]]'' [[SchoolgirlLesbians implications]]...HilarityEnsues.