>>3984235
this is exactly why i find shota art appealing. i spent my teenage years constantly being on guard and afraid of being ridiculed, demeaned and pushed around, pretending to like lame shit everyone else likes and pretending to hate stuff i like but everyone else thinks is lame, blending in with the crowd as much as possible to avoid abuse. shota and yaoi art changed it, made me realise boys and guys can be cute and gentle too and that i don't have to larp a tough guy douchebag, which i sucked at anyway. so what if i get called a faggot, it's better than becoming a bitter and resentful asshole for life. embracing my queerness was the most liberating experience of my life, more so even than ditching christianity, although the two were intrinsically connected. now when someone calls me a fag or laughs at me for being a wimp, i can only pity them for how their insecurity makes them miss out on good stuff in life.