| I just wanted to see this site's opinion on femboys. Also please don't let this thread devolve into discourse about the word "trap". |
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| I find them lame and boring, not into that at all |
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| I think its fine if guys wanna be feminine but the people who usually call themselves femboys tend to be annoying |
| femboys have one good thing going for them, their bussy |
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They are cute. Astoflo and Felix are the best ones. Also don't know any one else besides them in this pic lol |
WeFeedJan 20, 2022 4:58 PM
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| Is "femboy" the same as "trap" in the anime community? Or does it mean something else? |
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| My views and opinions on the subject are... Positive. |
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RossoYorozuya said: Outside of it it certainly does not seem to mean the same thing.Is "femboy" the same as "trap" in the anime community? Or does it mean something else? Outside of it “femboy” seems to largely simply be synonymous with “pastel emo”, as in essentially “scene fashion” in brighter colors and it in practiced it's a very sexualized term. Some people, I suppose, sought to replace the word “trap” with this, but it's a crude replacement at best. If I search for the term I tend to arrive at images similar to this one, which is a very different thing from traps:  |
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| Femboys are dumb and overrated. Traps are way better. |
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RossoYorozuya said: Is "femboy" the same as "trap" in the anime community? Or does it mean something else? No they're different. @napkinmonster explains it pretty well. Femboys are just men with feminine characteristics, so you can still tell if they're male. Traps on the other hand are almost indistinguishable from girls, hence the term "trap". |
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| I used to think that I was a femboy. Then I realized that I was a woman. I'm not really interested in femboys, because I'm not interested in males. |
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TheAngryNerd said: One can argue that drawing a venn diagram of “male trap”, “male crossdresser” and “femboy” would create three overlapping circles.RossoYorozuya said: Is "femboy" the same as "trap" in the anime community? Or does it mean something else? No they're different. @napkinmonster explains it pretty well. Femboys are just men with feminine characteristics, so you can still tell if they're male. Traps on the other hand are almost indistinguishable from girls, hence the term "trap". A while back, I read the Japanese Wikipedia article on a somewhat related Japanese term and it also pointed out in that case that there are many opinions on the meaning of the term. But the term “femboy” started outside of cartoons, and was then applied to cartoon characters, whereas the term “trap” started inside of cartoons, and was later applied to live persons. Of course, something that helps is that female cartoon characters are so often drawn with perfectly flat chests that many forget how rare that is for, say, 16 year olds in real life. Interestingly, there is also a Japanese perspective on similar terms:  The Japanese Wikipedia article I read noted that some are of the opinion that an “otokonoko” does not need to strictly be convincingly female, but I think it suffices. Many trap characters, such as Saika shown in this thread, do not crossdress whatsoever. Of course, one can blend degrees how one sees fit, as one can with other things such as say lolis with many debates whether, say, Taiga Aikasa truly qualifies due to the long legs:  There is some debate whether Ryuunosuke Akasaka would qualify. |
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| They're cringe and shouldn't exist. |
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| damn I never thought I would learn something from a thread about femboys |
| Depends I guess, some I don't mind. For exp felix from re zero was pretty funny because everyone made a meme out of it but I don't know I'm not a huge fan of it I just don't see the point of it |
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| i looooooooveee femboys wish there were more |
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| I don't mind them , they're pretty funny in anime. In real life , I'd rather stay away. |
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| Hey man, I'm straight. Therefor if it arouses me clearly it must be straight too. Now any other straight dudes wanna join me at Femboy hooters? |
-insert NGE meme here- |
Everyone is gay for Bridget. This old meme has aged nicely. |
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| In regular anime: Visually I don't really care, I usually find both the humor and drama surrounding them kinda cringey though? In a world in which androgynous idols are the no.1 beauty standard, it seems just kinda silly to have an entire character focused on OH NO I LOOK TOO GIRLY NO GIRL WILL EVER CONSIDER ME. And don't get me started on the "but people crush on him because they think he might be a girl, isn't that funny!" stuff. It's just so..urgh. When they don't fall into those tropes, they are fine and I'll like or dislike them like any other character just based on their personality and role in the story :) In BL: I lean towards hating them, unless they are paired with each other, because it always feels like a cop-out. Of course, irl, all men are valid, regardless of how they look or their interests, but in fiction it really bothers me when one half of the couple is always basically just a girl with a p*nis because god forbid the - usually female - readers don't have a self-insert vessel 🙄 GL doesn't feel the need to always make one of the girls extremely manly and butch, so why is the opposite the case for BL? Just annoys me. |
| They're amazing, but we definitely need well written femboys like venti and not just a fanservice for their bussy |
| I think they are fine in idol shows, like, Pierre in The iDOLM@STER SideM and Reona West in PriPara. |
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| I like trap based humor. I do prefer complete gender benders like Ranma though. |
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| Nah, hell nah. Traps were already perfect. And then zoomers invented femboys, who are just bootleg traps. |
Nemo_NiemandJul 1, 2022 2:19 PM
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| Annoying as fuck in shows, but I’ll whack it to them regardless as long as they don’t look like children (like 99% of them) |
| How is this related to Anime Discussion? |
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| i like Hibari Oozora of Stop!! Hibari-kun! |
nanashi796Jul 2, 2022 4:47 PM
| i find them interesting. theyre rlly cute i love them 😭 |
Oozora Hibari is a transgender woman, not a femboy. There's a huge difference. |
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| Femboys are flat futas. I like futas, I like femboys enough but one is vastly superior. |
| I don't remember the last time when an anime had femboy |
| I'm into them and I'm not gay at all. They're cute (and hot too sometimes). |
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| I absolutely don't like it when anime boys are too feminine to the point where they could be confused for an actual girl, like , or I also don't like anime guys who act overly "cute", dress in "feminine" cutesy clothes and talk with "cutesy" high pitched voices just for the sake of cuteness either. It feels forced and is actually very much uncute to me. I like natural cuteness not this fake brand of forced "kawaii" -__- |
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| I found them cute and I myself have some femboy friends...I feel great and safe with them uwu |
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BirdyTheMighty said: _-_Sally_-_ said: I used to think that I was a femboy. Then I realized that I was a woman. I'm not really interested in femboys, because I'm not interested in males. And the absence of male genitalia in your pants wasn't enough of a clue to go by? 🤨🤣 I'm trans. I unfortunately, still have male genitalia. I have to be on HRT for a total of one year before I can get a consultation for SRS. |
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