Taker POV Suggestions [NSFW]

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Billy Gourd

Hey, new guy here (actually just joined a month ago)

I'm not sure this topic has already been discussed, but like I wanna talk and give some suggestions about this one tag, specifically the "Taker POV" tag.

In my opinion, this seems like a broad/gender neutral tag. Cuz' from what I've seen, it has both hetero and gay art, as well as both penetrating and oral (hence, "taker"). Now I gotta be honest, I don't really like mixing gay and straight art together. I'm sure some could definitely agree, especially whether they're gay or straight themselves. And no, this isn't a rant. I'm not gonna rant and crash out over something I'm not into (unlike the others...) I just think it'd be a cool idea to make it more "organized."

Now, here are my suggestions:
For the male taker (the gay ones), I have some names for it:
• "Uke POV"
• "Sub Male POV"
• "Bottom POV"

These names would definitely fit those POVs. (I call dibs on the Uke POV! I just have a strong attachment to it, lol) And c'mon, female POV exists, so why not the male bottom counterpart?
- Sometimes it's getting boring to see big buff men bottoming, instead of topping. Idk, that's just my take. And they seem to be so rare nowadays too (unless in my experience).

Moreover, I was thinking of this tag being strictly MLM, but I guess it can also fit for top futanaris and strap-on girls in it? (Both aren't my thing, but again, I ain't gon' rant/crash out)

OR! Maybe just put futas and strap-ons on the taker POV tag alone. As I said earlier, the "Taker POV" tag seemed like a broad/gender-neutral term (or majorly straight, now that I think about it)

Other than penetration, I was thinking of including male fellatio for the tag. But here's the problem. Let's say Uke POV is the chosen name. Uke means "bottom", the "sub." By the term Uke alone, sort of contradicts the plan of including male fellatio. Cuz' it's not always the bottoms giving head, tops do it too. So I came up with another name, which is "Yaoi POV." Regardless of the viewer or character's POV (top or bottom, cuz' sometimes the art shows whose POV you're in), it can fit in the tag seamlessly.

"But these acts are different and should be separated"
- Then how about this. "Uke POV" will be for penetration, while "Male Receiver POV" for oral. I know I can come up with better names, I just can't think of any.

TL;DR (First Person):
I think the "Taker POV" tag is too broad since it mixes gay and straight content, as well as male oral and penetration. I suggest using specific tags like "Uke POV" or "Bottom POV" for male-bottom perspectives in MLM art, and "Male Receiver POV," which includes male-on-male fellatio POV. A MLM centralized tag like "Yaoi POV" could also work as a more inclusive option, grouping both male oral and penetration in one single tag.

That's all I have to say. I've been thinking Lemme know what you guys think. Is it okay? Is it necessary? To me, yeah, definitely. But still, I wanna hear everyone's opinions.

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Kaleidoscoped

In my opinion, this seems like a broad/gender neutral tag. Cuz' from what I've seen, it has both hetero and gay art, as well as both penetrating and oral (hence, "taker").

this is by design. we generally make our tags for specific acts gender-and-sexuality-neutral, rarely making tags for specific sexuality pairings (bisexual female/male come to mind as exceptions).

Now I gotta be honest, I don't really like mixing gay and straight art together.

the solution to this is refining your search. if you want to find specifically yaoi art from a male taker's perspective, one would search taker_pov yaoi.

now to be fair, if you wanted to make a case that tags for specific sexualities in this scenario need to exist, you could take the angle that all of these searches max out the two tag limit for new members, so tagging them would be a matter of catering to member-level users (or making it marginally faster to search for specific pairings).

though i don't know how much water this argument would hold, as you don't need to do any arcane search tricks to find a taker's pov from a specific sexuality like you would to find, say, a bisexual female post. in that case, 1boy 2girls is:nsfw barely gets you a quarter of the way there, but here, a simple taker_pov yaoi is all you need.

Now, here are my suggestions:
For the male taker (the gay ones), I have some names for it:
• "Uke POV"
• "Sub Male POV"
• "Bottom POV"

"uke pov" comes off as a little too weeby for my taste. "sub male pov" is a little verbose but could probably work best, and i think "bottom pov" could easily be misinterpreted as gender-neutral, taking things back to square one.

And c'mon, female POV exists,

this is because the male pov is assumed to be "the default"; most pov posts on this site are from a male pov. this is also why there's a male focus tag but no female focus tag, because most content here is focused on female characters.

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Damian0358

notfrontloaded said:

Previously, topic #20085.
I don't like the tag name. I'm proposing a rename to sub_pov as in dom/sub.

As much as I also think the name is unintuitive, and believe receiver_pov sounds more natural, if you do a Google search of 'receiver pov', 'sub pov' and 'taker pov', Taker POV wins out in terms of actually giving you want you want.

It makes me wonder where in the hell 'Taker POV' actually came from, who coined that?

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