I'm burnt out of BL atp but hmm...the last time i re-read, it was for the smut. I end up re-reading if i either really liked the couple dynamic or for the immense sexual tension. Like if they're just slapping bodies it's really not that interesting. I need the hot gazes intense chemistry vibes
I have re-read some slow burn and it's because the wri...... reply
It was kind of like a sudden revelation, like a puzzlement solved or something clicking and making sense. I wouldn't say I was distressed in the same way though. I had this indifference to my gender since way back (and i still do; they call it Apagender / Agender). It never became a major conflict partly because I didn't feel it growing up or it wa...... reply
Yeah i do, and i personally think they're more into BL lmao. One of them even reads hardcore kink/fetish BL (would probably get flamed in this forum for it). Like yeah I've read a lot of BL but i don't really have a fujoshi or BL fan mindset. I prefer reading other genres, less romance stuff but most i end up reading are BL because i hardly find an...... reply
For webtoon/manga, it's the cover. For novels, it's the summary or cover (sorry, I'm a simple person).
If you're talking about what draws me in and makes me continue after i started initially, then for comics its panelling, visual flow/sequence. For novels, it's the writing style/tone, or the story premise (i can get really into story tropes so e...... reply
Frankly, anyone can give a valid critique/criticism even if they're a hypocrite or flawed. No person has got their shit entirely spotless and no matter how a viewpoint is like, it is still valid. But taking or accepting that criticism as something to consider? That's an entirely different matter. The (personal) criticism only has value if you deter...... reply
This thought popped up a few days ago, but we conventionally relate age and maturity in direct proportion to time and experience. We experience a linear progression to age with time (even though, age, technically, should be a more physically related idea) and much of our thoughts about it is the same way. Maturity is a more complicated metric in that it shows through an assessed growth from overall and cumulative experience -- both quantitative and qualitative. Other factors like culture, relationships, environment, age, physical, social and mental development are also part of that. Age and Maturity are closely related in that sense.
Reinncarnation basically subverts the linear association to the experience of age and maturity. In a lot *and i mean a fk ton cough* of works, the MC will count their lives lived in their 2nd life as their "actual" age. Say you died 20 years old before you reincarnated, so the following 20 years you lived after that is considered additive to your actual, mental maturity, age or experience (40 years old). It's normal to agree to that sentiment, but I've been thinking that that might not actually be a fair assessment. Living an environment with cultural and relational interactions unique to age 0-20 and repeating that is vastly different from living one life until you're 40. You have never experienced the cumulative linear progression of one who has lived 40 years--at least, you have never reached the maturity of someone's who's 40. Perhaps you can apply that to our experience with age (since we experience time as linear), but maturity would be very different.
What are your thoughts on this? Would you actually consider a reincarnated person's age and maturity as additive to their previous life?
