I just wonder, how many of yaoi/bara lovers here who also like reading gay erotic stories. As we know, manga is visual. You can see the characters. While in story, everything happens in your head. I'm curious about what you guys and girls think, so I make this poll. Pls vote.

In gay community, many gay men dislike reading gay erotica no matter how porno the story is! The reason is: they prefer to watch smut videos than to read smut stories. Men are too visual and it can be frustrating for a gay erotica writer like me. But I do meet some female who like reading my gay erotica. However, female is tough because many dislike hardcore scenes, either visual or written.

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Please, for all yaoi/bara lovers, do share your opinion about erotic manga vs erotic story.

I'm visual, I look for the art and the story told through that art and supplied dialogue. I'm reading manga for the love and connections made between two people, but must have the visual stimulation of the beautiful, engaging artwork.
I don't read any manga for the hardcore or sex, and don't have any interest in ero-anime.
I tried to explain it a little, but it's complicated. xd

As promissed, my input ^^
I like both, mangas and stories, and in both cases things happen only inside my head ^^
I don't need the visual stimulation, but I like to see what artist wants to convey - what they find beautiful or arousing, some expression or the feeling...I like men, and men's bodies so I like to look ^^
The same with the stories, except there are no pictures and I have to get inside the autors world... Hardcore doesn't scare me, but I won't like hardcore for the sake of hardcore, and if I don't like the world, I'll just leave it... It doesn't mean that stories have to be unrealistically sweet or that no hardcore scenes are allowed (people who actually had sex normally don't mind, although they might mind the language), but if it is a love story, I want to feel some love, or it's no good...^^
That is it, as far as my taste is concerned ^^