the key inaccuracy you see in sports yaoi a lot isn’t actually people not knowing how these games and leagues work it’s people who don’t watch sports having no metric for what kind of gay stuff is acceptable for straight guy athletes to do together and what kind of gay stuff is gay
Truly. A veteran player taking a rookie under his wing to the point where his teammates call him "[Last name]'s rookie"? Normal. Teammate coming over for breakfast every morning because he doesn't cook and his buddy/his buddy's wife does? Normal.
Feb 4, 2026 17:40alas i think they’re assuming that because it’s homophobic it is not also homoerotic when, as with almost every masculine pursuit that’s kind of homophobic, the exact opposite is true
