[manga recs! yeay!]

Man... I've come to a weird point in my lj existence. There's enough people reading that I feel awkward blurting just -anything- (...though I do anyway), mostly because I don't want to be too boring and/or spammy (has anyone noticed how most of lj-- and consequently the internet-- is really spam?) That's always been pretty much my only concern with lj; this is why this newest privacy wank is making me laugh. Maybe it's 'cause I don't know what's the big deal with 'trust'-- as in, either I trust someone implicitly or it doesn't even occur to me to say or withhold saying things to them, whether or not it's on lj. Perhaps I'm odd.

Anyway, the only reason I've ever worried about people I knew reading things was because I wasn't ready to tell them something yet, but that's where the implicit trust that I'm understood comes in-- as for strangers, I usually don't care what they think about me if they don't insist on telling me. Plus I think it cracks me up to imagine people I know and believe to like me thinking it's worth it to orchestrate some sort of elaborate maneuver to er, damage my, er-- reputation?? Say what? (...That word really makes me laugh.) No, seriously, how hilarious is that? (Yeah, alright, I know "they" are after me, but then, "they" are not on my flist... I think? Then again, I'm not a paranoid person as I think all this shows, and in the end, I don't -want- to understand paranoid people, 'cause it might be catchy, y'know. Or not.)

Basically, I think the concepts of internet privacy (...an oxymoron if I've ever heard one) and private trust aren't really comparable; that is to say, how is trust of people one knows dependent on the possession of privacy? I don't get that. Trust is a basis for behavior, not a contingency... am I thinking too much again?

Even if it's embarrassing, in the end I'm only trying to spare them from being too bored if I (rarely) flock and lj-cut instead. Er... yeah, that's just me, though.

Point is, I really kind of want to talk about semi-obscure manga, not silly wank, but I doubt anyone cares. I'm at a dillemma; should I friends-lock it? Should I start a new journal? Should I be afraid people will post my sekrit manga ramblings for all the world to see anyway?? (...bad joke, bad joke.)

Anyway, what the hell. So far, my yaoi manga favorites, in somewhat chronological order:

( yaoi manga recs/reviews! ...cut because I care. <3 )

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EDIT - Aaaaahhh, a Remus/Sirius fic has killed me dead.

*is dead*