#yaoi archetypes

[absolutebl]

I remember once reading something of yours about seme & uke as literary roles rather than as primarily about which partner is the more "feminine" one. As I recall it, you also didn't see pursuer vs pursued as the primary factor, is that right? Would you say it's more along the lines of a classical lover and beloved distinction -- the lover desires the beloved and the beloved desires to be desired by the lover? In general very interested in this topic of uke/seme or gong/shu as literary roles!

This is what I've got on the topic (the first one is the post I think you're referencing)

Defining Seme/Uke (this is pretty old now) - but this does use the original pursuer roles

MORE seme/uke discussion including some coaching from P’AbsoluteBL on your sex life….

More on the subject:

Blushing Maiden Trope & Seme/Uke

WHY SO MUCH DUB CON IN BL?

Sex negativity as part of the seme/uke dynamic

But I don't think I go into exactly what you're talking about, and you know what that means?

You've got an essay assignment!

[absolutebl]

“It was the best of BL, it was the worst of BL, it was the age of the tsundere uke, it was the age of the pining seme, it was the epoch of the disaster bi, it was the epoch of the confident gay, it was the season of Frigay, it was the rise of Taiwan, it was the surprise of Korea, it was the winter of Manner of Death, it was the spring of a 1000 Stars.” 

~ self kicking the dickens out of BL inside jokes 

@heretherebedork made me do it