"yaoi" is from an acronym that basically means "no plot, no point"
"yuri" is the japanese word for lily, the flower

hello i'm lily (my fursona is called tauon)
i'm gay and mentally ill
i am plural. the headmates i know of are:
🌸 lily (host)
🪙 Penelope
🦊 matilda
we don't remember to use the emojis like ever
i post good about being gay and programming in the rust programming language
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"yaoi" is from an acronym that basically means "no plot, no point"
"yuri" is the japanese word for lily, the flower
as a sarcastic response to people who said some early yaoi was too focused on sex scenes and neglected plot
Indeed, yuri is the counterpart of bara. Barazoku (rose tribe), the gay magazine, coined yurizoku (lily tribe).