My extremely short answer:
1. For the art and hot guys (main reasons)
2. Bonding with my friends who are BL fans and admiring arts and hot guys together (bonus: influencing them to read and watch non-BL/smut/H contents so I can also enjoy watching/reading action/other anime and manga/hwa/hua/other comics and go to the events together, especially ...... reply
My first encounter with BL was with a shonen ai called "a guy like you" , I was simply curious when I started reading it , I'm kinda grateful it wasn't a hard-core yaoi like the ones I'm reading now , cause that would have just traumatized me for life. 1 reply
An obsession w Naruto, amv's, and unrestrained access to the early internet I was waiting for the new season to drop and found amvs and then I thought, "if ppl ship them enough to make pairing amvs, then it stands to reason that there would also be shipping manga, right?" I was correct and sucked into the world of Doujinshi. *cuts to 13 y/o beefy ...... 4 reply