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fujos stop pedalizing BL challenge
y'all are fr annoying af. I've yet to see readers of straight romance or GL go on other genres and say shit like "ThIs Is WhY i OnLy ReAd Bl!!111" as if BL is this perfectly written genre with zero flaws. Here's a hot take - a lot of BL's are bootleg straight romances and are written the exact same as the straight stories y'all hate so much but y'all like it bc it's ~gay~. The male MC is almost always coded to be submissive and meek and the 'bottom' while the love interest is dominant taller muscular and the 'top'. Ironically, BL enforces gender roles more than straight romance does. You could replace the male MC w/ a FL and nothing would change. Ofc there are exceptions to the rule but they're exceptions for a reason.
Another thing, BL is not empowering for women. Istg y'all will call w/e a woman does empowering w/o thinking critically. How tf is a woman writing about gay relationships between men empowering? How can a genre where the women are either a) non-existent or are side characters at best b) exist only to get in between the m/m relationship empowering? It's giving internalised misogyny. Instead of writing better-written female characters (who are in charge of their sexuality) write about gay men instead. Makes perfect sense /s
you done having a justice boner on a literal website full of the same shitty yaoi/bl you're complaining about, where the people you're complaining about consume their content?
i often see more of these complaints than actual annoying fujo/fudans atp, yall look kinda silly arguing at air 2 reply
I can understand why they pedestalize it. BL became so popularised because it was an escape from a misogynistic reality. Women wanted to create stories of men experiencing what they would and everything resolving itself in the end. What women need to do is to stop using BL as the escape route. Gay men are not your safe space, they are men living th...... reply
Come at me if you want, but I'm gonna play devils advocate for once.
First, I completely agree, that BL is not empowering for women, like you said, it doesn't even contain them and if it does they're antagonistic side characters to be hated on. And you are totally on point with the heteronormative writing. Everything you said, 100 % agree. Couldn'...... 1 reply
Really had to look up what “pedalizing” meant bc i said “i dont think thats a word, and if it is, you’re definitely using it wrong”
You meant “pedestalizing”
And the reason i primarily read yaoi (not shounen ai. I can just read straight stories with how heteronormative a bunch of bl is) is bc so much hetero smut is actually garbage....... 1 reply
LMFAO REAAL AND I SEE LISTS THAT ARE LIKE "Shit I wish was bl" LIKE?? And you're so right how like 90% u could switch the gender to male and female and there would be no difference (but they would hate on that) like bsffr reply
I have a cold i was just about to celebrate since my throat is getting better and then mother nature slap me with a shot gun. My whole body is so tired man. 2 reply
Most BL sucks I don't see the appeal wether is a man or woman reading idk how you could physically enjoy the story, don't get me wrong I read it every so often but like shit sucks, it's just a poor excuse to write your fetish without getting called out because it's what fujos think gay love looks like, or to fill their fantasy about gay love, Shi s...... 2 reply
they clearly do not care at this point just ignore them , we can't really do anything abt it,but i fully agree with you but this is a literal site known for gay fetishizism, it's hopeless 1 reply