Sorry this is kind of a redundant question, like "why do people read anything?" People read things like BLs with dark themes, bc they want to and they can. Why do people read stories about murder? Why do people read stories where characters are physically tortured, enslaved or psychologically abused? Why do people read stories about rascism and hom...... reply
it's because it's a lot of people's fetishes, either due to trauma (causing them to turn to what caused the trauma as a trauma response, very common) or because some ppl like seeing others get treated horribly and unable to fight back. either way it's pretty twisted. 2 reply
I'm a staunch hater of rape, but I'm fine with it in fiction IF AND ONLY IF:
1) it's explicitly acknowledged as rape (not like "he pushed him down and had his way with him uwu") and...
2) the victim doesn't fall in "love." Bonus points if they're traumatized afterward 1 reply
