I'm not into the Het!Yay (where did those terms come from??) myself, but this icon made me laugh, so I couldn't help but put it up for posterity. It's by someone called Duck.
Well, I mean, I get what Het!Yay and Ho!Yay mean, and obviously the suffix holds the majority of that meaning, but what possessed someone to take the first syllable of words pertaining to sexuality, tack an exclaimation mark on, and then stick on a Yay, and let it mean 'sexual orientation specified subtext'?? LOL! And surely the inventor of Het!Yay also invented Ho!Yay... what's wrong with the term subtext, I ask you? I've only ever heard the two yay terms with reference to SVU... it's all weird I tell ya.
When I first came across the term Ho!yay I thought (being the simple person that I am) that it just meant SLUTTY. Which was probably something to do with the name (Ho and all).
Just joking. The first time I came across the definitions was when I read the essay about Olivia and Alex having a... yay! thing. I didn't understand the term and had to look up the urban dictionary to figure out what it was. I thought it was stupid. I mean why can't they just say they have a "thing" for each other? I mean it's a perfectly acceptable thing to have a "thing" for someone.
Het!yay just sounds silly though. Silly and unnecessary.
Hahaha! That essay was the first time I came across it too, and the 'ho' thing also brought to mind something to do with sex... but it didn't always make sense in context, so then I was confused. I just kinda figured it out for myself, and finally that icon really drove home it's origins for me.
And I agree, what's with the invention of a new term? 'Thing' if you're being informal, or 'subtext' if you're being more formal - both work well for me.
But yeah, Het!Yay sounds way sillier than Ho!Yay.
Your comment is so snazzy! It's all hyperlinked and emboldened. LOL! *whines* I want hyperlinked and emboldened...
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Just joking. The first time I came across the definitions was when I read the essay about Olivia and Alex having a... yay! thing. I didn't understand the term and had to look up the urban dictionary to figure out what it was. I thought it was stupid. I mean why can't they just say they have a "thing" for each other? I mean it's a perfectly acceptable thing to have a "thing" for someone.
Het!yay just sounds silly though. Silly and unnecessary.
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And I agree, what's with the invention of a new term? 'Thing' if you're being informal, or 'subtext' if you're being more formal - both work well for me.
But yeah, Het!Yay sounds way sillier than Ho!Yay.
Your comment is so snazzy! It's all hyperlinked and emboldened. LOL! *whines* I want hyperlinked and emboldened...
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