about first yaoi
Genuinely curious about this one specially with the recent takedowns on pirate sites, I ofc am all for the preservation of sites like this if possible, but it really makes me wonder if gatekeeping it actually works? coz even if no one shares the site, one google search of the title generates it anyway, it's even topping the actual legit platforms in most cases. If anything, I think the trend of illegal sites being gatekept is actually creating more attention to it which spawns countless accounts who wanna get attention and feel special by spilling it. And if we go back to years ago where sharing of illegal sites was common, it's even worse. So if neither works, I wonder if there's actually a way around it somehow aside from going full black/dark site.
about question
Is it just me or is like 90% of BL pairing nowadays usually consists of older bottom x younger top? I really can't complain, I have favorite pairings that belong in this category, my only insignificant issue is it (sometimes) generate overly puppy-semes which can get pretty boring for me. I also understand that it's like retaliation to the former yaoi trend of the reverse coupling where it's the top who is older and has more power.
But really, it's starting to feel like the big-tit uke trend 2.0 wherein the authors are really just in it to emphasize the uke as replacements for the female readers, by that I mean, since the market for these works are usually women who are nearing their middle age, or maybe the author themself is one, they might've leaned more into this for relatability?
Again, nothing against this, I just like getting insights on trends. For instance that big-tit uke trend can be correlated to the body positivity movement at the time + that ahegao meme where busty hentai characters were subtly incorporated to jokes, so the marketing for publishing those works were effective for a while but not really for long. And yes, there are still beefy ukes nowadays but rarely do I see one with pecs that can be mistaken for milking tatas lol.
I genuinely like that more BL pairings are older, god knows how rampant ageism is in queer communities irl, so to create stories that treat this development as normal and beautiful is good in my books, I'm just wondering why the older one gotta be the bottom almost everytime?
But really, it's starting to feel like the big-tit uke trend 2.0 wherein the authors are really just in it to emphasize the uke as replacements for the female readers, by that I mean, since the market for these works are usually women who are nearing their middle age, or maybe the author themself is one, they might've leaned more into this for relatability?
Again, nothing against this, I just like getting insights on trends. For instance that big-tit uke trend can be correlated to the body positivity movement at the time + that ahegao meme where busty hentai characters were subtly incorporated to jokes, so the marketing for publishing those works were effective for a while but not really for long. And yes, there are still beefy ukes nowadays but rarely do I see one with pecs that can be mistaken for milking tatas lol.
I genuinely like that more BL pairings are older, god knows how rampant ageism is in queer communities irl, so to create stories that treat this development as normal and beautiful is good in my books, I'm just wondering why the older one gotta be the bottom almost everytime?