Seriously, at this point you are scared to read any genre in BL, especially ongoing series, because there always is even a small SA hint, is it seriously so normalized to this point already? It's insane! I really need more series focused on plot and CONSENT smut!
ikr. that’s my problem: I’d like to read smut without there being explicit depictions of abuse because I’m not here for that. if it would’ve been like that since the beggining, I get it, you kinda know what you’re gonna get yourself into, but it’s always in the middle of it. same thing threw me off with honey trouble </3
And that's the main problem how normalized SA is in BL at this point, I'm reading BL for over 20 years, and seriously it's only getting worse, many readers defend it giving 'realistic' or 'tough topic' card, like... there is no such thing like sexualized and romantized rape in real life, as per definition rape is an abuse! Sexualized rape is female authors creation for rape fetish, that's it, but people are blinded already by such content, what is scary! I understand that many women have rape fetish, but it cannot be used as a standard plot device, without even addressing it correctly all the time and shallowed to 'smut' only... but for many all they need are hot characters and a lot of sex scenes no matter the context...and here we are... where for me plot, characters profile and their actions are on the first place, and sorry, rapist will not be 'hot' for me, especially when there is no redemption, but either way, there is no justification for this
And like you said, when I know that this is a rape focused series, I know what I'm getting into, but many times SA pushed in the middle of the game, without any context... that's just pathetic and poor writing, and this is why I'm so pissed honestly, because CONSENT is sexy, why pushing rape everywhere, since there is so many other possibilities to keep the plot going... but yeah, angst and sex sells, and rape is the easiest way to give both...easy money there are good series, even ongoing ones, where I'm not scared about SA, but this is minority, and this is just sad...
im assuming at this point that I’ll be dead before I can read freak content without abuse in it. what in the actual fuck. i can’t have one single fucking thing. that shit was implied already and I don’t think anybody wanted to see that motherfucker doing any of that, for fuck’s sake.