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hi there
I was just wondering what everyones opinion of yaoi is here. ive been amongst the anime community for roughly 5 years now, and during that time, ive seen the level of interest in yaoi grow into what it is today, from what i percieved to be a very minor percentage of the population way back then. but my question specifically is, has it now gone too far?
now, as most of my friends will attest too, im probably one of the most easy going guys around when it comes to relationships. i may be as straight as a pole, but many of my good friends are bi or gay, and i have a huge respect for people like that. its their choice after all. i was appauled when prop 8 was brought into force in america last year, such is my respect for that population.
i know there is currently a large number of supporters of yaoi in the community a the moment. hell, ive just been on the main page of this site, to be greeted my a photo of 2 male characters kissing. it seems to be pretty much inescapable at the moment. to be honest, im fine with the idea that it exists. yaoi manga and anime are fine, and i know they exist to explore the ideals behind such relationships. but my problem comes when so many anime fans today seem to do it purely for the sake of getting attention and for the sake of being yaoi. you can hardly watch a series of omake at cons, without the invariable "2 male characters kissing" skit. and it gets bad when it gets a better laugh or clap than a fantastic omake that is origional and well thought out but contains no yaoi. ive been to several cons, to see girls holding up signs saying "will do yaoi for food". in my opinion, there is no need for it! keep yaoi to yaoi. it annoys me to see 2 unrelated male characters being portrayed in that light, when in the series/game, they are not like that. is that really cosplaying? it may be the costume bit, but your hardly "playing" in the sense of acting like your character are you? i really dont see why so many girls (or guys) support it to the level they do, and i really think that these days, it goes much too far. the only excuse you ever get it "but its cute!" well, sorry, but to me, seeing cloud and sephiroth with their tongues down each others throats is really not cute, its just taking it too far!
anyway, lol. thats my rant over. what are your opinions on this area of the anime/manga niche?
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|12 Mar 2009 - 22:43
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Does yaoi go too far?
Disasters road has been walked by better men
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|12 Mar 2009 - 23:07
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I'm a fan of slash or yaoi myself, but I tend to keep it to myself for the most part. I find it kind of embarrassing to see people flaunting it everywhere sometimes(Will yaoi for food signs for e.g.), but that's just me.
People are free to act however they like, at the end of the day I'm not bothered too much by it. I enjoy slash,but I'm not gonna shout it from the rooftops or anything LOL.
|12 Mar 2009 - 23:14
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did i go to far
sorry if that pic i added isent to tactful it was meant as a joke between me and gf the girl dressed as cloud, iv actuly never seen any yaoi before
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|12 Mar 2009 - 23:18
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Quote balthier42b:
sorry if that pic i added isent to tactful it was meant as a joke between me and gf the girl dressed as cloud
lol, its nothing against you, or even the photo, just using it to highlight some points. its ok in moderation. but most people (specifically at cons) take it far too far!
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|12 Mar 2009 - 23:20
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I actually think there's a thread based on this already in the forums for a similar aspect, its on the 'Should Signs be Banned at Events?' thread, I think.
But anyway I say if you don't like it, pay no heed to it. Let them do what they want. I get annoyed by some slash myself, and complain a little now and then, but what'cha going to do? It doesn't really hurt anyone.
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|12 Mar 2009 - 23:36
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Pretty much what Monkey said.
I don't like slash or yaoi or shounen-ai (not to be mean, but you are using the wrong terminology. Yaoi - hardcore maleXmale sex. Shounen-ai - softcore maleXmale relationships (hugs kissing etc). Its a common mistake) but I just turn the other way. I don't like people being silly to ruin my conventions.
Occasionally I get riled by it. Being it with a "yaoi" paddle at the October Expo annoyed me and people dry humping on the green hill outside the expo centre (this mostly annoys me because its a FAMILY event. If you're that horny, save it for your hotel room).
But really its like: 'meh whatever'.
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|12 Mar 2009 - 23:44
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if its an actual anime or manga that contains yaoi im fine with it, that was the intended storyline great if i like the characters and the plot i may really like it and find it cute ect =)
but being 14 and being addicted to overly mushy elaborate fanfics is in my past (thank god) and id rather keep well out
however i have a nice collection of actual yaoi/shonen ai mangas on my computer if anyone wants =) theres a couple of favourites i have with really nice art! (most importantly....drumroll....a plot!...well some )
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|12 Mar 2009 - 23:45
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*gasp* Yaoi with plot?! I never would believe it!
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|12 Mar 2009 - 23:54
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*agrees with Silver*
Not my thing but as long as you don't flaunt it in my face at a family event then like it all you want.
|13 Mar 2009 - 00:03
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Quote Monkey:
*gasp* Yaoi with plot?! I never would believe it!
yeah theres an evil old lady and a kidnapping and everything! =O i was impressed for a yaoi XD !
'You have to get to know her' "She eases up does she?" 'No but you get a better sense of when to duck'
|13 Mar 2009 - 00:11
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As the writer of a gay webcomic yaoi gets thrown in my face a lot. People seem to think that men kissing = yaoi.
I'm of the opinion that my stuff isn't because I'm not Japanese, I don't draw in a manga style, and I don't call it yaoi, shonen ai or any other Japanese words. And yet I get the odd person like "ZOMG YAOI".
They soon get put in their place. -_-
But with yaoi I probably wouldn't have the fan base I have now. So double edged sword. So I shall live with it.
Because you know yaoi is just all the lesbians getting revenge on the generic chauvanistic male after all these years. It's a conspiracy you know.
(Please no one take that last paragraph seriously!)
|13 Mar 2009 - 00:13
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I have mixed feelings over this, I guess it depends on what exactly is being done... if that makes sense.
I personally like shonen/shoujo-ai, yaoi, yuri, hentei etc in fandoms and stuff, and some of my friends are gay and I'm ok with that. However, I agree with fishy-kun on the omake part. I remember at a Recon cosplay competition, most of the people there only voted for one person because they were cosplaying from a hentai video game. Had she not said it was from hentai, she might've gotten 2nd place at most.
I think yaoi etc, can be considered going too far if people go over the top with it with things like what the others have said (yaoi paddle, dry-humping, will yaoi for food). But it's cute when it's done right, if that makes sense. Like a photo I've seen of Naruto and Sasuke kissing, it's cute and they're trying to act in character. Sure, some characters don't do this in canon, and some people will either like it or hate it, it depends on their fandom, but if it's done tastefully it's ok.... Ok, I don't know what my point is but I hope someone understands ^^;;;
... I think this thread has given me an idea for an omake
|13 Mar 2009 - 00:27
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Quote kilik_hiwatari:
... I think this thread has given me an idea for an omake
Oh that brings me onto another point.
I have never been so bored and irritated with performances as I was with AmeCon's omake.
Yaoi/shounen-ai skits are boring, predicable and really, really old. At the ameCon omake, all but about three of the skits were yaoi/shounen-ai orientated. And two of those were people singing.
The only funny skit that mentioned yaoi/shounen-ai was a Yu-Gi-Oh skit, which made fun of the whole fandom.
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for having fun in the omake, but if you're going to do a skit, get a fresh, original idea. Don't rely on having yaoi as the punch line.
|13 Mar 2009 - 00:35
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Quote Silver:
Oh that brings me onto another point.
I have never been so bored and irritated with performances as I was with AmeCon's omake.
Yaoi/shounen-ai skits are boring, predicable and really, really old. At the ameCon omake, all but about three of the skits were yaoi/shounen-ai orientated. And two of those were people singing.
The only funny skit that mentioned yaoi/shounen-ai was a Yu-Gi-Oh skit, which made fun of the whole fandom.
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for having fun in the omake, but if you're going to do a skit, get a fresh, original idea. Don't rely on having yaoi as the punch line.
Trust me ^_~ yaoi isn't gonna be the punchline... well it is but not in the way you're expecting. It might never happen tho cause I'm not a very good writer and I get stage fright.
I half-agree with the amecon skits, but the naruto one I found quite funny, although that might be because I'm a naruto fan and was expecting Kakashi to do 1000 years of death somewhere along the line. The Gravitation skit was good too but yaoi/shonan-ai was to be expected from that since that's the basis of the series.
|13 Mar 2009 - 01:20
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Honestly - I dont get the big deal about YAOI end of!
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|13 Mar 2009 - 01:25
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Quote Sands:
Honestly - I dont get the big deal about YAOI end of!
Maybe its a young person thing, and we're to old and boring to understand it now? XP
|13 Mar 2009 - 01:42
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Yaoi in and of itself doesn't bother me. I don't enjoy it and I don't understand the appeal of it, but hey, individual tastes are individual tastes and the fact that yaoi exists and has a thriving audience neither breaks my bones nor picks my pocket.
Yaoi fanboys/girls, on the other hand - as distinct from plain old fans who simply enjoy the genre - irritate me. I can't say I entirely agree with the "it's not hurting anyone" mentality, simply because, well, whether you're squealing incessantly about boys kissing other boys and dry-humping other cosplayers at a family event or not, it does generate a bad image of anime fans in general (although I will agree that it's not just over-excited yaoi fans who are guilty of this, but that's a whole other rant for another time). Anime and cosplay are already seen as "weird" things to be into, and I'd personally rather not have non-convention attendees see me, as a cosplayer and anime fan, and decide that I must also have no sense of social propriety because they saw a load of other anime fans and cosplayers trying to suck each other's faces off outside and have concluded that such behaviour is typical of all of us.
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|13 Mar 2009 - 02:20
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Sorry for the 'its not hurting anyone' thing, I meant it more as a sort of, its going to happen, and its going to keep happening thing, there isn't too much that can be done about it. Perhaps you can have someone speak to the people taking it a bit too far, making us anime fans have a bad name. Though I know that in practice people find that kind of thing rude and awkward to go and ask people to stop. Some do, but some don't. Either way its not going to stop entirely. Yeah... sorry, I'm a real 'meh' kinda person with these kinds of things ^^;.
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|13 Mar 2009 - 10:25
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i am a yaoi fan and do read/watch it quite often but i do agree that the sucking eachothers face off and dry humping esp at expo is going to far.
i may be a yaoi fangirl but were not all like that i do not shove my yaoi in others faces and im sure there are other yaoi fangirls who also think the same.
I do have a boy x boy = heart t-shirt which i have worn for expo but that is as far as i go, i do not see that as shoving it in ppls faces personaly i know others may see it in a diffrent way.
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|13 Mar 2009 - 10:41
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I my opinion the raving fangirls are only above Hentai guy and the Con Groper on the highearacy of anime fans.
|13 Mar 2009 - 10:44
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I have been into anime going on 15-16 years now, ive seen many fads in the anime center that come and go but as fishyfins was saying this yaoi fad has proliforated over the past 5 years at cons. in my opinion its just another medium for attention seekers to pull the everyone look at me please line. All they get from me is pure unadulterated pathos. But like the majority here im of the everything in moderation thing speaking as a bi male who has actually had a male partner I take Yaoi/shonen-ai as something of levity often spaking "Thats not how men have sex with men!!!" So to cut a long story short im all for peoples opinions on yaio but my own is "tone it down a smidge at cons plz there are tiddlypeeps around"
ps Rwyln secretly thinks that t-shirt is kinda cute ^^
|13 Mar 2009 - 10:59
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I'm not a fan of yaoi myself, but it doesn't bother me if other people like it. Each to their own.
Yaoi fangirls - I'm sure that most of them have never even looked at proper yaoi before. The way they all act is annoying and stupid, and quite honestly, they're bringing it upon themselves if people are looking down on them because of their stupid behaviour.
Also, agreeing with Silver, 'yaoi' skits are boring me now. Might have been funny the first couple of times, but now it's just overdone and predictable.
|13 Mar 2009 - 11:11
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I'm more interested to know what people think about if it's canon, because you wouldn't get anyone complaining if a straight canon couple were kissing, but would you have the same reaction to a Shuichi/Yuki (gravitation) kiss? Of course, one of the problems with that is you get into tricky situations, like Kuroshitsuji or Kyo Kara Maoh! (or even Tsubasa - Fai/Kurogane), where the writers go out of their way to encourage male/male pairings.
You also have to take into account that quite a lot of the time, it's two girls crossplaying, which confuses the issue even more. But if it's a straight couple cosplaying (for example, my ex and I did Shuichi/Yuki last expo) does it matter/count? And it might be a genuine couple even if it is m/m or two girls crossplaying. I spent an expo walking around hand in hand with a girl I had a huge crush on, and we were both crossplaying.
Personally, I enjoy it, although it does get a bit tiresome after a while. I think a lot of people take it too far - especially considering events like the expo are meant to be family friendly. A straight couple acting in the same way would be equally inappropriate.
Some shojo-ai would be nice.
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im not a fan of yaoi or shounen-ai but ive sat down and watched it with my GF before and have nothing against it, its just the same as watching any other relationship anime but with shy boys, what gets to me is the growing younger age range (mainly at Expos) shouting to the high heavens about their male friends kissing to more or less show off. plus they seem to think that because its male on male that shouting things like "rape" is fine and normal (i use the yaoi panel last Amecon to back that last one up).
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^ freya i think you hit the nail on the head.
I think most people who shout yaoi/yuri or write signs saying Yaoi/Yuri do not know the actual meaning.
They probably just think it means love or kiss.
NOW i can name a few series of games and animes that have been ruined by these fangirls/boys who make characters into "yaoi" characters(when they should say shonen ai.) I know alot of people have become disheartened with series because of this not because of the gay imagery but for how obscured obsessive the fangirls/fanboys get.
seriously expo is ridiculous at times outside like how silver said. It's a family event. I've said this before in a thread previous but why behave like that at an "anime event", i bet they wouldn't do that at secondary school.
I can give a perfect example about my friend at may expo in his air gear costume and girls running up to him for "yaoi." 14 to 17 year olds crossplaying asking for yaoi from a 22 year old guy :/
i think we need someone like supernanny to sort em out
but i don't have things against cute guy to girl/shojo-ai/shonen ai pics of cosplayers with pairings that actually work. Just don't like people getting in my face with tongue and humping action.
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Really, really thanks,
This was pretty much what I was waiting for, what I posted the chapter for to begin with.
Xanthine, you don't have to apologize. I
you to be "as blunt as you could" precisely because I needed the help you have provided.
I'm taking the corrections home and working on them. I want to answer to some of the comments, through:
An-chan comments on why isn't this chapter called "Prologue"? Short answer: because it does not, AFAIK, qualify as one. It does not present the conflict and the setting with enough aperture (both chronologically and in terms of characters/plot). I decided to keep it as a sort of "Chapter Zero".
On the "homonym" thing, actually "
" was my first choice, but decided to kill it, thinking it too technical, and place homonymous instead. Some bleak process in my head prevented "
" (a quite better-sounding word) from popping in my head. I'll try to rewrite that section to make a better use of the words available.
Note taken on the paragraph between dialogues. Grew too acustomed to hispanic/latinamerican screenwriting, where sequences of short dialogues are placed together (like, for example, greetings). Thanks for the advice.
Noted the swapping in "engraved «R»", may lead to other swaping I feel may be relevant.
with regards to the phone hook = hung up, I had the impression that in the case of the old-style phones (the ones with disc dial), the line was cut only after
parties hung up; at least that is they way it worked last time I went to a museum. I will do some little research on the subject, as I've experienced phones with Called ID behave the same, too.
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Thanks, Xanthine. I was not aware of such trick. I'll try it in some short essays before running over this and the next chapter, just to make sure I get it right.
Noted the thing about the change of tense. Will be the first correction made.
With regards to "A comma is not required in dialogue if you've already got another mark of punctuation": really? Wow... I was deluded by a
time then. I can't believe my english teacher never actually corrected me about that one.
Also thanks for the advise on the adjectives, i particular the ones that should be compounded ("yellow-coloured"). I seem to miss those a lot. The asparagus one I didn't think it would be too strange, given it is a colour for clothing and, according to my experience, a quite common one, regardless it being called "green" or even "kaqui" by some people. Too much Spanish-grammar sausage, where unfortunately the word for the colour name matches that of the colouring adjective, in particular with "trademarked" colours.
An-chan, noted down the thing about the "body" :D -- I
didn't expect that to happen. I simply thought as he being still and *poof* the word happened. Kinda like what happened with the "homonymous" thing, but with the unexpected and apparently comical side effect.
Noted down the tips about capitalization. Will work with two words from now on. Just one question: should I capitalize too item names that may sound too generic ("Potion" and "Soda Pop" come to mind)? I guess the anwser is "no", but I want to make sure where to draw he line if I eventually stumble upon a "Spoon", because in LG/FR, it is actually an item!
On the "other Pokémon with flaming manes", I am aware of that. That's why I chose the word "
" to lead from the individual to the species. A word like "denote" or "distinguish" would have given a wrong(er) sense of uniqueness. I'll try to rephrase that anyways.
And on her colours: I wouldn't expect much of a confusion here, given at least the anime confirms that there exists at least geographic variance in the traits of some Pokémon, such as fur, stripes and other markings.
On the subject of
: the current portrayal of the character is intentional. He is an already experienced trainer and racer who has reached his status by hard work, and he does actually have the right to be a little braggy about that. Not that he has no flaws: they simply don't show at this stage. It is also part of the play on why TR wants
On subsequent chapters, the progress of the story and the appearance of flashbacks are what expose his flaws from the perspective of how certain things can only be hidden long enough. What the flashbacks
to his choices is what drives the "undeification" of his character.
From a practical point of view, I should have made
in the preface that the work was to begin in the middle of the chain of events. Having it work that way was pretty much the whole point of asking for advice when I did in the Writer's Lounge, so I should have confirmed that
. I feel actually quite bad about that as you say it almost killed your view of the character, and this was only the beginning (narrative-wise).
On the subject of "Canonically, the beam just looks about the same when it's drawing in Pokémon as it does when it's seeking them". I'm not exactly sure, that is why I actually portrayed the change. I remember watching the first episodes and the act of recalling a Pokémon seemed to add both brightness and something like "thickness" (I'm not sure what would be the right word) to the beam.
Then, that was years ago, and I haven't seen anything past Johto, so I don't know if that was just an issue with cel shading or whatever technique used... Any good, recent episode picture I can get my hands on for research?
Noted down both your advices on 'big words'
. That one is going to be one of the hardest trials I'm going to face (having too much of a "technical dictionary" background) and is one the basis for the Beta Reader request.
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you need the article (the word "a") here to indicate that there's only one.
Ughhh... that one was
, can't understand how did it escape me. No excuses there, thanks for pointing it out.
I should go to sleep now and work on this the next days. However, one last doubt assaults me:
I guess I should apply the corrections by editing the first post, right? Is there any way (besides me saving it elsewhere) the original text remains stored for comparison? So that other people will be able to see
was corrected. Simply a matter of interest.
Corrections will be made after the weekend, and I'll be lurking the Beta Place by then, to apply for a BR, also.
Thanks to you two for being nice enough to actually give me something, unlike the people where I came from (FF.net); I never got past one measly "want to read more" one-liner review there.
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Tertiary Education Union organiser Cindy Doull said the changes could lead to up to 180 of the university's 720 staff losing their jobs.
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Matear rejected the number. "I very much doubt it would be anything of that order."
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Organ meats can't be saved for later. You have to eat them where the deer falls. Pics.
Organ meats can't be saved for later. You have to eat them where the deer falls. Pics.
Wow, no one called me out on that? lol
Coincidentally, I harvested a deer tonight. I kept the heart and liver. They're in the freezer now.
I was just gonna call you out on that- LOL!
Liver, heart and tongue are my favorites. I have recipes also for brains. Depending on where you live and how disease-free the deer population is (or isn't) you may not want the liver/brains.
I don't have stats for diseases in central SC and NC, but I generally freeze the meat/organs and not use them before at least two weeks have passed.
Here is a map with Chronic Wasting Disease distribtuion:
I don't think freezing will kill prions - so if you are worried about them, best to avoid brain, spinal cord, tonsils, and lymphatic tissue. Same website has info about how to avoid if you are interested.
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I do the freezing method with my other meats that are prone to rabies (especially coyote, fox and raccoon.) I give it 2 months in the freeze, but those things get cooked well anyways. Better safe than sorry. Deer, however, is much safer. One of my favorite pleasures is raw deer meat, but even that gets frozen first.
Generally you can save the heart, liver, kidneys, tongue and brains (as long as chronic wasting isn't an issue where you are hunting). If you plan on making sausages you may want to save some small intestine to use for casings! Also if you get a buck you can save the 'rocky mountain oysters!"
Don't have much to add that hasn't been said already, but "rocky mtn oysters", no thanks, tried once, NEVER again!
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Today is Day 12 of 31 Days of Sewing School.
When needles break or bobbins run out, it can be frustrating, but it's a simple fix: replace the needle, wind a new bobbin. But when your machine's tension is all out of whack? That is a whole-nother ball game, one that will often cause some tension in any sewista.
What is tension?
The term tension refers to the tautness of your thread and the way the top thread and bobbin thread balance each other out. Your machine has ajustable knobs (unless it's a completely computerized machine) that determine the tension and how tight or loose each part (top and bottom) of the stitch will be.
If either the upper or lower tension is off, your machine will not be able to make its stitches perfectly, and the thread might bubble or knot (either on the top or the bottom of the fabric).
The mystery is how a machine can be sewing along perfectly one minute and the next appear to need a tension adjustment. Before you go touching your dials, there are some things of which to be aware.
And don't worry, I've got some great resources for you (and me) to file away for whenever your tension goes awry (thanks to my mom's research and help).
First things first
Before you adjust your tension, be sure to do a few things:
- Check your threading, and better yet, rethread your machine. Maybe even get out your owner's manual to make sure you've got it perfectly threaded. And as I just learned, thread your machine with the presser foot up, so as to make sure the thread hits all the tension disks properly (source).
- Check your needle and presser foot. Make sure the needle is inserted and threaded properly and that it isn't bent or out of place at all. Are you using the right presser foot for the stitch you selected?
- Check your bobbin. Is it inserted the right way? Is it spun nice and tightly? When you poke the thread with your fingernail, it should feel tightly wound, not loose and uneven. Is there lint under or behind it? Don't ever blow the lint out (I'm terrible about following this rule!) but instead, brush it out with a small paintbrush or the brush that came with your machine.
- Check your thread, too. Did you accidentally choose two different types/weights of thread? This could affect your tension. Sewing with two different colors (in upper and bobbin) could be a great way to test which thread is having tension problems.
- Is your machine well-maintained? Sewing machines require regular maintenance. If you use it regularly, you should have it serviced yearly. Check your coupon clipper for sales or discounts at your local shop. If your machine needs to be oiled regularly, make sure you do so.
If all of that checks out A-OK, and your tension is still off, proceed… with caution.
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Troubleshooting your tension
I personally am very wary of touching my tension. The slightest adjustments can make a big change. If you are a total novice, my best advice is to have someone experienced look at your machine; a tech at your local sewing machine shop or dealer is your best bet. Chances are they will take a look and help you adjust it for free (especially if you bought your machine there).
If you've been around the sewing block a little while, here are some tools to help you understand the mechanics of tension more and to walk you through adjusting yours.
- Understanding Thread Tension (very detailed with diagrams, definitions and troubleshooting tips)
- Adjusting Sewing Machine Tension (great step-by-step PDF)
- Sewing Machine Tension Control (including how to test which tension is off– upper or lower)
- Understanding Sewing Machine Tension (with specific tips for quilting and particular thread types)
- More tips for getting your thread tension and stitch quality right
- For the visual learner: How to Fix Tension: Don't Panic video
If you've had tension problems in the past, I hope you find this post to be a helpful resource. After today we are going to move on to less-technical and more– dare I say– fun topics such as patterns and fabric and eventually some simple projects. But today, please let me know if you have any machine-focused questions that I can try to help you with!


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CHERRY HILL – It took an extra game last night, but Robbinsville Little League's 10-Year-Old Softball All-Stars did what they came to Cherry Hill to do - win a state championship.
Robbinsville came back from dropping a 3-2 decision to Swedesboro-Woolwich in the eight-inning opener and posted a decisive 9-4 win in the championship game hosted by Cherry Hill Atlantic Little League.
Robbinsville now travels to the invitational regional tournament in Fleetville, Pa., beginning this weekend.
"This is amazing. I really don't know what to say," said Robbinsville shortstop and pitcher Alexa Petito after going 2-for-2 with two walks and RBI in the title game.
"We've been waiting for this ever since we started playing softball. I'm just so happy we won this; it's such a great feeling."
"It took a while for us to pull this out. It took a while but these kids have a lot of guts, a lot of guts," said Robbinsville manager Anthony Manto.
"I don't know what to say except this is a very special group of girls.
"The inning when we got in trouble (the fifth), the big play that ended their rally was when Chelsea (Manto) got their big gun to line back to the mound.
That sealed the win for us. This is such a great feeling to see these girls accomplish what they did tonight. I couldn't be any happier. They've just got a lot of guts."
In the second game, Robbinsville jumped out early as Petito singled, scoring Manto, who walked to start off the first inning.
After struggling to score runs in the first game of finals, Robbinsville looked more like its usual self as it put together five hits and took advantage of two errors and tacked on four more runs to take a 5-0 lead.
In the inning, Robbinsville got singles from Grace Maslak, Emily Rubino, Ava Dominguez, Manto and an RBI single by Petito.
The South Jersey squad tried to come back, but Manto seemed to have the answers as she held the Swedesboro-Woolwich squad in check through four innings, limiting S-W to a single by Danielle Dominik in the second inning.
Robbinsville added more insurance in the fifth when it took advantage of some wildness by two Swedesboro pitchers as it extended its lead to 8-0.
Manto got the lone hit in the inning driving home three runs.
Manto tired a bit in the bottom of the fifth as Swedesboro took advantage of five walks in the inning scoring three runs, but she came back to get hard-hitting Grace Fagan to hit a one-hopper to her and she grabbed it and tossed Fagan out ending any more damage as R'ville still had an 8-3 advantage.
In the sixth, Robbinsville added another run on some nifty baserunning and singles by Shea Walsh and Emily Rubino making it 9-3 with three outs left for the title.
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"HUGH BURNETT AND THE NATIONAL UNITY ASSOCIATION" - Dresden
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While under the leadership of Hugh Burnett the National Unity Ass. of Dresden, Chatham and North Buxton waged a campaign for racial equality and social justice.
posted by: DougandSandra
location: Ontario, Canada
date approved: 4/21/2014
last visited: 5/11/2015
"THE MACDONALD CARTIER FREEWAY" - Township of Front of Yonge, Ontario
This Ontario Heritage Plaque commemorates the completion of Highway 401, the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway.
posted by: Trail Blaisers
date approved: 3/15/2014
last visited: 9/19/2015
"THE FRENCH PRESENCE IN HEARST" - Hearst, Ontario
A plaque that notes the significance of French settlement in Hearst. It is still very much a Francophone-first community. The plaque is located on the grounds of Universite de Hearst.
date approved: 1/19/2014
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"REVEREND NEWTON WOLVERTON 1846-1932" - Woodstock, Ontario
A plaque noting the significant role that Reverend Newton Wolverton played in Canadian history.
"THOMAS "CARBIDE" WILLSON 1860-1915" - Woodstock, Ontario
A plaque noting Willson's scientific achievements is found in front of his house which is one of the finest along stately Vansittart Avenue.
"WOODSTOCK COLLEGE 1857-1926" - Woodstock, Ontario
A plaque on the front lawn of my alma mater high school that recognizes Woodstock College, which once stood on this site.
"CAPT. ANDREW DREW, R.N. 1792-1878" - Woodstock, Ontario
A plaque noting the significance of Captain Drew in the settlement of Upper Canada.
"KAPUSKASING - GARDEN CITY AND MODEL TOWN" - Kapuskasing, Ontario
Kapuskasing was the first provincially-planned single resource town in Ontario. This plaque describes the motivations and objectives behind the initiative.
date approved: 1/17/2014
"THE FOUNDING OF KAPUSKASING" - Kapuskasing, Ontario
A plaque found next to the fine Kapuskasing Train Station and museum that appropriately notes the what was behind the settling of this area in the early 1900s.
"REESOR SIDING INCIDENT 1963" - Reesor, Ontario
A blue plaque next to a monument that recognizes a low moment in Ontario history.
date approved: 1/13/2014
"ST. PAUL'S CHURCH 1834" - Woodstock, Ontario
An Ontario Provincial Plaque that recognizes the significance of this marvelous mid-19th century church.
date approved: 12/16/2013
"BATTLE OF MORAVIANTOWN, 1813" (BATTLE OF THE THAMES) - Chatham, Ontario
This plaque is located at the Battle of the Thames Site – Tecumseh Monument.
14376 Longwoods Road
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
date approved: 10/12/2013
last visited: 9/5/2016
ROBERT McLAUGHLIN - 1836-1921 ~ Tyrone
Commemorating the life of a pioneer in the Canadian vehicle industry
posted by: TriciaG
date approved: 10/1/2013
"CANOE ROUTES TO THE WEST" - Mattawa
An OHP detailing the importance of the canoe and fur trading routes in exploring Canada's interior.
posted by: Loonwatcher
date approved: 9/4/2013
last visited: 5/26/2014
"PARIS PLAINS CHURCH 1845" - Brant Co, ON (Canada)
A plaque and a remarkable cobblestone church built in 1845
posted by: Bon Echo
date approved: 5/30/2013
French Portage Plaque – French Lake, ON
This Ontario Provincial Plaque is found in the Dawson Trail Campground at French Lake.
posted by: wildernessmama
"JOHN BROWN'S CONVENTION 1858" - Chatham ON (Canada)
A plaque describing an important abolitionist meeting, at a church which is still active to this day
date approved: 5/16/2013
"MARY ANN SHADD CARY 1823-1893" - Chatham ON (Canada)
A plaque describing the contributions of an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher and lawyer
date approved: 5/15/2013
"ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE" - University of Guelph
This plaque commemorates the founding of the Ontario Agricultural College in 1874.
date approved: 3/24/2013
last visited: 8/28/2013
"Daniel Fowler 1810 -1894" Amherst Island, ON
Ontario Historic Plaque outlining the life of Daniel Fowler of Amherst Island.
posted by: jiggs11
date approved: 2/25/2013
last visited: 8/4/2016
"Asa Turner" - Halloway, ON
OHP relating the life and exploits of Asa Turner, a pioneering Baptist Minister in Eastern Ontario.
date approved: 1/11/2013
Oddly located plaque in Toronto
posted by: stinger503
date approved: 1/9/2013
"MARMORA IRON WORKS 1823" - Marmora, ON
Plaque denoting the history of iron ore smelting in the Marmora region in the early 19th century.
date approved: 11/19/2012
last visited: 5/15/2014
"THE LANG MILL" - Lang, ON
Plaque Describing the 19th century Lang Mill in Lang, ON
last visited: 8/13/2014
This Ontario Provincial Plaque is on the Trans Canada Highway 17 at a roadside stop beside Little Joe Lake about 23.5 miles west of Vermilion Bay and about 38 miles east of Kenora.
posted by: Peter and Gloria
date approved: 11/4/2012
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WALL, N.J. — A Connecticut school district is among the first to share in Student Transportation of America's (STA) $100-million "Education Stimulus Plan."
The school bus contractor will present an initial payment of $830,000 to Regional School District 17 (RSD 17), which serves the towns of Haddam and Killingworth, next week for the purchase of its existing transportation fleet.
After signing the contract with the district, STA placed a $770,000 order for new school buses to be manufactured over the summer to replace the school district's older vehicles.
STA will begin serving RSD 17 this month.
"Hiring STA to manage our transportation operations will address three major challenges that have faced our school district for some time," said Gary Mala, superintendent of schools for the district. "STA will ensure that we have an adequate number of drivers to complement our existing driver force to keep our buses running on consistent routes and schedules. Hopefully in the immediate future, parents will have seen the last of our all-too-frequent route changes and delays."
(Michael J. Kennedy, chief operating officer of STA's Atlantic region, said that that the company will offer positions to all current RSD 17 drivers and add permanent drivers for those bus routes that were being serviced by temporary personnel.)
"The revenue we receive from STA's purchase of our bus fleet will give us the much-needed funds to contain costs associated with the operation of our school system. It also frees up capital funds previously earmarked for bus maintenance and purchases, so the district can move forward with many of the capital improvements to our school facilities that we have had to delay," Mala added.
RSD 17 officials also estimate that contracting with the company will save local taxpayers $2.4 million over five years, STA said.
The contractor recently completed a conversion with a similar stimulus cash payment for taxpayers in Williamsport, Pa. School officials there said that contracting with STA will save taxpayers $3.5 million over five years. The company purchased the district's fleet for $1 million, invested an additional $1 million in new vehicles and hired 90 percent of the district's existing drivers and staff.
STA representatives will attend the National School Boards Conference in Chicago this weekend, where they will outline their company's stimulus program for many of the 10,000 school districts that own and operate their school bus fleets.
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