I have no problem with an author exploring the effects of a traumatic event on a character, rape being one of them. What I DO have a problem with is that I can only name two BL works that actually do that. Either the rape is played completely for fanservice and never actually referred to as rape even though one partner was repeatedly telling the o......
I think it helped me when I was a budding pansexual in high school. But as I've gotten older my relationship with BL has gotten more complicated - there are some very troubling themes in BL that come up over and over again that I feel like can stereotype/belittle the LGBT community in bad ways. The rapey "I'm touching you against your will but yo......
As a gay person myself, when I was first discovered BL, I was very happy. I thought I could relate the characters, and that it was great representation. But, as I grew older, I realized that most(not all) depicted unhealthy relationships, and essentially stereotyped gay people(to some extent). Like the whole "uke" and "seme" thing. We don't really ......
Thoughts about rape in fiction?