Dude, I totally feel you. I read BL bc I want a good romance, but a lot of it is just blatant fetishism or homophobic? The majority of it is made for the type of straight girls who love their "uwu soft hot yaoi gaybies" and want a gbf but call lesbians gross and predatory lmao. Don't get me started on Yuri - it's so hard to find ones, especially ns...... 3 reply
Honestly, BL is sometimes so maddening to read because I tend to get riled up by the way authors portray certain issues and down play them. I'm more of a "WHAT THE HELL GOES ON IN YOUR HOMOPHOBIC ASS MIND DUDE-" type of person. Meaning when there is a clear issue that needs to be spoken about
I'll call you out , but with BL being targeted towards...... 1 reply
BL is targeted to straight girls, yes. It's unrealistic, yes.
Just like how lesbian porn is targeted towards straight dudes. It's not realistic either.
And don't forget about hentai, how realistic is hentai?
People are so quick to point "YOU ARE FETISHIZING GAY MEN HOW DARE YOU" to people who enjoy BL. While most of my friends who DO read BL varie...... 2 reply
As a bi male, I've been around BL since the late 90's and for me personally it depends on the mangaka and the era when the manga was released. Yes there is a fetishism of the characters involved especially in more recent mangas of the last 15 years. I personally dislike the "i'm straight but only will like a guy because it's you" vibe but that has ...... reply
(bi guy here), considering that most bl is written by straight women, it is not very realistic. but it can still be interesting to read. there's a lot of harmful stereotypes within the stories though, and it usually does not make for good representation (like you said). straight people don't understand that bl is not reality. gay people exist and a...... 3 reply
It does make me sick as well. It is so cringey when people fetishize ppl in the lgbtq community, when they are straight especially. Unfortunately a good chunk of the BL community are horny girls that don’t get enough dick and spend too much time on their phones. I personally set BL in their OWN world. I do not associate BL with real life. I know ...... 1 reply
i’m a lesbian who enjoys reading stories about lgbt+ people whether if they’re gay men or lesbians but what makes me mad the most is the lack of gay characters in bl, dont get me wrong the whole point of bl is boys being gay but when you come down to their actual sexualities the majority of characters are attracted to the opposite sex which BUT...... reply
I read it for the sex mainly, not to look for ways to be offended. In short, I enjoy reading BL in general and if there happens to be a series the rubs me the wrong way, I drop it, simple as that.
As the saying goes, different strokes for different folks. I may like a series you don’t; life goes on.
BTW, I’m asexual. 1 reply
Well when you look at earlier titles and some titles today there are aspects of it that ain’t all right. But the bl genre is getting better at not doing that kind of thing. There of corse is the non consensual titles with graphic scenes, but for 10 of those there’s a love stage(btw love stage is this hella cute shounen ai story and I don’t fa...... reply
u h m. lmao, uhm im not supossed to be answering i guess XD, but still Aromantic even tho im straight sorry. but i love BL, idc if the story is a yaoi or shounen ai, i love them both! well, ofc i have preferences like not reading shota-con because why tf would i want to read such cute babies doing the devil's tango. Or trying to track down all of H...... reply
