I almost always dislike the semes that are too over the top possesive. (Okay, so much of the spelling will be butched, sorry) Like im fine with a certain degree of possesivness, but I don't like when they constantly yell at the uke, punish the uke for freaking talking to their friend, it's just too far. It also slowly breaks down the uke causing an...... reply
I am very bad with the typical cool perfect seme. He who is never flustered or wrong. He is smart and mysterious and possessive. I just can't come to like them. They're just so incredibly boring to me, and I don't find it attractive at all. 2 reply
The "rape" trope which everyone has mentioned.
Insta-love trope.
And honestly, I don't know why some people like it, but the "bullying" trope. If the bully apologizes and sincerely tries to make up for all the mistreatment, then I'm fine with it. But some mangas think that bullying = love. Like what? If someone bullied me, ridiculed me, and destr...... reply
The majority of BL is crap, it's kind of hard to choose just one... Well, I dislike the typical bad tropes like rape=love and stuff. Some exceptions of course. I don't think that a dark theme that includes rape, abuse etc is bad tho, to me it's all about the portrayal. 2 reply
Nah. I've been writing and reading BL and yaoi since I was 12. I'm 30 now. I'm still an otaku. Stick to the things you love. That's who you are. But as you grow, maybe just adjust and turn off your fangirl when necessary 1 reply
I stared reading yaoi/yuri when i was 15/16 years old and stared reading manga when i was 15. Am 21 now and my friends how was reading manga are telling i should stop. I love yaoi and am not going to stop same with manga. i will keep reading it until am ten feet under. reply
I was curious and happened to read If You Hate Me That Much first. Heh, I probably shouldn't have started with that one though. I am obsessed with the yaoi genre now. reply
I started when I was 13 accidentally, now I'm 19. Nobody irl knows and I can't believe I have been maintaining this 'bad-habit/secret" for so many years alone 2 reply
All my friends and my boyfriend knows but I could never tell my parents (no siblings). Though my mom has seen YoI so she probably would be fine with me reading BL (=・ω・=) 3 reply
