Can i get a bl reccomendation where the bottom is the darker than the top. I just noticed a recent pattern where the darker one seems to always be protecting the one with fair complexion.. and it's been bothering me(;＞_＜;)
lovesick dog
god i have so many but
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/on_the_bit/ first comes to mind. short, completed, heavy on bdsm themes and power play (bottom is a dom bottom and a noble and top is the servant)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/dear_00/ is PEAK but bc of publishing issues we are s1 only for the foreseeable future.
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/i_m_not_drunk_1/ completed! people mock my uke but he’s so dead to my heart
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/love_gym/ tbh the bottom does more of the protecting but i gotta have an excuse to throw one of my faves on here. completed too
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/my_half_esper/ some more melanin would be great but i love a flipped esperverse warning for dubcon
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_secret_to_winning_unrequited_love/ Ongoing and one of my favorites bc of the third ending type vibes
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/comfort_rewinder/ Completed. Peak. I keep shoving this down people’s throats for GOOD REASON. REUNITED FIRST LOVE BUT FALLING FOR WHO HE IS NOW LIKE GRAAAAAAAH
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/biscuit_1/ The reason I remembered on the bit was bc someone was compiling ukes with darker skin tones and i immediately recognized the uke from on the bit and from biscuit bc wow is he a pretty thing
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/rix_vanus/ my absolute favorite. it’s complete and i love the art style and at its core it’s a story about love (a god to the lives it governs, between family and friends, and between lovers) and follows a unreliable narrator who tries to seek a quiet place to perish bc he’s cursed by one of those fuck or die lust spells and he’s take that to the grave. and so yeah there’s a lot of dub con and non con in the beginning but it just keeps unfurling into a beautiful journey ; w ; but he’s still the protector lol. his top is his sole protector he’s a strong boi
can't forget this one
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/badass/
TYYY SMMM!!!!(づ￣ ³￣)づ
Honestly, I struggle to enjoy looking for BL these days due to the dynamics between the main characters. And I'm not even talking about toxic love, in a way I am. But it's because the too is almost always made darker...
And no, I'm not nitpicking at all of these. But the majority just feels iffy. The top is tall buff and dark, and the bottom is small, petite, and pale. It reinforces the idea that darker men are similar to beasts. YES, it is that deep. And if you look at who is writing these, it's occasionally someone of lighter skin. The most common occurrence in these, is that the top REPEATEDLY harrases the bottom. And if not, the top is a slave and the only good person in his life is his master, with a savior complex
A prime example is taming the tiger.
It's not even just BL, it's the same with hetero manhwa. The fl is someone in need of saving, and the barbaric dark handsome ml, who is feared by everyone just loves her.
And everyone just eats it up, is it not strange that the darker males are seen as animals who are aggressive, rude, and barbaric? And the roles are seldom reversed.
RARELY is a darker person in manhwa portrayed as dainty, petite, and just vulnerable. And the amount is significantly less than the classic pale savior trope.
FORBID someone points it out in the comments of the manhwa, because suddenly ur boring, and a party pooper.
Growing up, I stopped reading BL and plain Shoujo. As an adult who can now recognize abuse, I can't enjoy them anymore. They are all stories with some sort of abuse, especially BL, and gets romanticized. Sold as something normal. This is not right. I find it disgusting. I sold all my BL mangas because of that.
I wholeheartedly agree, the stories are riddled with the romanticization of abuse. And if young teens are exposed to that enough, they begin to excuse it. Which is why topics that should be common sense are argued about so much.