the TikTok user […] that ‘blushing’ was the obvious sign of this
This makes me think this person might genuinely believe the shit they’re peddling.
I’ve noticed this phenomenon among some anime fans (particularly fujoshi aka yaoi fans) who see a character blushing as inherently indicating attraction, when it could just as easily mean embarrassment or happiness. Especially given how animation tends to exaggerate certain features to indicate emotions.
They did this shit with The Legend of Korra. When the surprise lesbians ending dropped, the cows pointed to one scene where Korra blushes at a compliment as proof of long-running sexual tension between the characters. These people are coomers to the core.
Well, that's different in the sense that HomoFetish shit always sees attraction in everything. They get on? GAY. They hate each other? GAY. They have never even met? GAY.
I don't know the actual term but it's a fetishistic response from watching too much hentai. This happens with real porn but more with cartoon sex because the visuals are less detailed and more figurative. As you said "animation tends to exaggerate certain features to indicate emotions". Over time the viewer's brain learns to associate pleasure with specific drawing styles or visual tropes. (btw same problem with furries, who spent their formative years looking at cartoon animals with giant throbbing penises)
So when this pervert sees anime that invokes those same cues (blushing) they get turned on, then get angry at themselves, and project that angry perversion onto other viewers and the creators who had no such intention.
This makes me think this person might genuinely believe the shit they’re peddling.
I’ve noticed this phenomenon among some anime fans (particularly fujoshi aka yaoi fans) who see a character blushing as inherently indicating attraction, when it could just as easily mean embarrassment or happiness. Especially given how animation tends to exaggerate certain features to indicate emotions.
They did this shit with The Legend of Korra. When the surprise lesbians ending dropped, the cows pointed to one scene where Korra blushes at a compliment as proof of long-running sexual tension between the characters. These people are coomers to the core.
Well, that's different in the sense that HomoFetish shit always sees attraction in everything. They get on? GAY. They hate each other? GAY. They have never even met? GAY.
I don't know the actual term but it's a fetishistic response from watching too much hentai. This happens with real porn but more with cartoon sex because the visuals are less detailed and more figurative. As you said "animation tends to exaggerate certain features to indicate emotions". Over time the viewer's brain learns to associate pleasure with specific drawing styles or visual tropes. (btw same problem with furries, who spent their formative years looking at cartoon animals with giant throbbing penises)
So when this pervert sees anime that invokes those same cues (blushing) they get turned on, then get angry at themselves, and project that angry perversion onto other viewers and the creators who had no such intention.