recs for martial arts / wuxia stories that focus on cultivation and political intrigue with romance subplot. could be bl or hetero
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/return_of_the_flowery_mountain_sect/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/reaper_of_the_drifting_moon/
OG https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/chronicles_of_heavenly_demon/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_scholars_reincarnation/ and https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/myst_might_mayhem/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/heavenly_grand_archive_s_young_master/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/chronicles_of_the_demon_faction/
i truly dont get men who think fushojis and mxm ships are gross until one or both of the characters genderbend into a girl and now they like it even tho the essence of the characters is the same
what prompted this post was bc of a subreddit of a web novel that i loved but nowadays the utterly degenerate posts there, along with the casual homophobia (fxf and fxmxf is fine for them but not mxm or mxmxf), genuinely make me question if there's something wrong with me for even liking the same novel. like i cant wrap my head around how they are grossed out with fujos when they themselves are so blatant with their own fetishes
literally idc about the shipping but some people in the subreddit of a webnovel im in constantly feminize the male protagonist into a femboy or woman and ship them with other female characters in the work. or genderbend a male side chara into female to ship with the male protagonist. or even genderbend a male side chara of a mxmxf trio into a woman, so the male protagonist can "enjoy" both women in a threesome. it's especially common in the sub bc of the novel's power system, but anyway, it's frustrating how they cant see a ship as valid unless they can get hard to one/both of the characters. i mean, some fujos can be problematic, but they're not as blatant with their homophobia without any self-awareness
stories kinda like Blue Flag, in which boy A and girl A are a couple, but their best friends, respectively boy B and girl B, are in love with them. so a a queer story that includes elements of both bl and gl. BUT what im looking for is both boy A and girl A eventually fall for their best friends, and the couples get a happy ending
mc is a lawyer. his brother slept with an old guy who died in the middle of sex, and mc took the fall. ml is the ceo of the company where mc works, and blackmails mc with the sex tape.
maybe this?
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/swapping/
bl or straight. the mc is infertile and STAYS infertile, and/or doesn't want kids and DOESNT change their mind at the end. in case of bl, omegaverse works. also, i dont mean stories where they never discussed pregnancy/kids and so they never have them-- i want it brought up (for angst or whatever), but ultimately it would not be necessary for the happy ending!

any BL or GL with separation/reunion where the initially straight mc has a long one-sided enmity with the love interest bc they stole her/his bf/gf, but it turns out the LI was in love with them the whole time and was scared to express it? (smth like MURMER)