Uke
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Uke is a Japanese word that is commonly used by English-speaking fans to describe the submissive member of a relationship. The seme is stereotypically more masculine than the uke.
The position of characters in relationships is a constant source of problems in practically every fandom. In slash, some fans believe that the man who "bottoms" loses his masculinity. Uke is thus occasionally used as an insult, describing a character who has been turned "girly."
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[edit] Historical Definitons
The following definition dates to March 2002 in the anime fandom:
- Uke: the guy "on the bottom" during sex. Or the guy getting inserted into.
- There are all sorts of conditions for being a typical seme or uke. Aestheticism's page (linked above) goes into it in more detail. I don't really like convention, though, so I just make up my seme/uke preferences myself (so do the Japanese, apparently, because I've seen quite a few QuatrexTrowa doujinshi...).
- The seme and uke are separated by an 'x.' So, for DuoxHeero, Duo's the seme and Heero's the uke. ^_^ [1]
The following definition dates to May 2006 in the anime fandom:
- The bottom in a yaoi pairing.[2]
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