/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>6708943

I won't go so far as to say I want to *be* a female, but here's an answer from a guy who, every now and again, can't help but look enviously at women

Expressiveness. Emotionally, it feels like I'm so restricted. I can't express my more tender feelings for fear of being thought as weak or stupid. I can't cry when I want to. I can't express my more romantic and airy-fairy concepts of love because men are just ALL ABOUT distributing red hot dickings. It's so hard to express even some sillier things like what you think is cute without being thought of as creepy due to association with filthier-minded men

I just feel so.. bottled up inside, exactly how >>6708758 describes

I know it's not a big deal, everyone feels that way to some degree regardless of gender. But whenever I feel myself choking back tears with the faint concern of "I can't let myself be seen like this" lingering in the back of my consciousness, I silently curse myself for being born male

It feels like the only place where I can truly be myself is here, in the anonymity of the internet, where gender is such a nebulous concept that it's never given any real thought unless you mention it anyway

>>6629271

In the illusionary world there lived an Anon, reading at his computer. He read flowery stories that stirred his imagination, which helped him paint pictures in his mind that he would probably never see with his eyes. When asked why he thought these spoiler-clad stories were so intriguing, he said Because I look at them and can't help but wonder what will come next

Put in a plainer way, the spoiler tags evoke a sense of anticipation as for just a micro-second you wonder what the character says. After you're already drawn in with a vivid description of the setting, it's easier to get a tiny emotional response, and the spoiler tags serve to make that response one of wonder