Why can't I read straight romances anymore

Same

i rarely read bg stuffs now. Can't seems to like.

Fr i started reading sm straight then stumble upon a bl, i haven't been the same since then

I've gone through this phase. You'll go through this too. At one point I started reading only bl, then one day I read all bl available to the app (back then I used to read from some app called manga rock) I read around 50+ bl in a week, I got addicted to bl so hard that I started to look for it online. Changed sites like 4 times and then I finally found this haven where the bls will never end! I love this site so bad

If it's a good story, it should not matter really.

I agree but there's always this strange attractive force pulling me towards reading bl idk anymore

I m like this for the last 8 years i can't get out of yaoi once i entered it

Why did you block me @rareinsights?

True. i still read bg stuffs but only if the storyline is engaging. sometimes i start but then give up if the story is all about "damsel in distress" type

This trope's even annoying in bl for me. Like some authors think if they just switch the fl with a bottom man, they can create bl. I find those manhua and manga deeply disturbing

Fr, it feels like they're projecting? i think that they're treating bottoms as women or taking the woman's role...which is disturbing lmao. Also, it annoys me that they emphasize their sex positions too much?!?! Like wtf.

Ikr

I figured out I was demi after reading some gay shit. Literally.

Okay but let's be honest here, even if you're a straight A cancer type of hetero girl or guy, reading about BG/hetero romance gets boring super quickly. This happens for a number of reasons, like:
- Typical FL are stereotypically depicted as dodder flowers, weak females who are dependent on the ML or their family. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
- Typical FL can never be depicted as fighting physically against their oppressors, but can only exchange a few witty words with the villains, in order to maintain the "cute and soft" personality. HOW FUCKING BORING CAN YOU GET??? (╬￣皿￣)凸
- Typical Korean rofan type webtoons have the European type ambience where the FL costumes are fucking disgusting and make you want to vomit due to how many flounces and pink ruffled bows are drawn on her dress, which makes you think you're actually reading a Disney webtoon or something. We grew out of watching Disney after becoming teenagers (most of us). Σ( ￣□￣||)
- Typical FL are the farthest from self-sufficient, independent, willful, level-headed, funny or simply interesting because the authors/artists think that the people reading this shit want a dumbed down female character or maybe the artists/authors have some kind of anti-feminist agenda? IDK! #－.－)

The only BG romance that I've found interesting is like some kind of thrilling plot with adventure and/or badass FL, e.g. Devil's Line; Reporting for Duty, Duchess (altho her dresses still make me gag and she could defo be more badass)...

If BG romance could be made interesting enough for me to pay attention for awhile, the mangaka/manhwga has gotta give me a FL like Mikasa for fucks sake!

(lmao don't take offense if you like dresses with huge flounces)

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Well I think it's a problem sometimes where the main mangakas/artists are heterosexual men or women who have no real interest or knowledge of actual BL/GL sex. The main reason why they're drawing this stuff is because it's popular and will get them paid, imo. The better BL that I've read was written or created by someone who was not straight. I think hetero artists/authors can also create some good works but the sex scenes will inevitably be awkward, the emotions will lack depth, the sex roles of top/bottom will be completely rigid (which is not what happens IRL) or something feels a little off. In a real gay relationship, there are definitely people who would rather top or bottom, but the actual proportion of people who "switch" roles is far greater than what you see in Asian BL. It's better represented in Western BL (MM/MMM) novels.

And the problem of an artist who is hetero will be magnified when they define rigid top/bottom character roles because they will fall back on their hetero understanding of what "topping" and "bottoming" means. To them, being a top is like being a man in a BG relationship - taller, stronger, more domineering, more dependable financially, a kind of "daddy" figure. And a bottom is like a woman in a BG relationship - shorter, thinner, weaker physically and feels dependent emotionally on the top, may even depend on the top to be their sugar daddy or something. Of course it's natural that some gay couples IRL will look like this, but there are so many who don't, and they're actually labeled as "manly gay couple" on places like novelupdates. But all these guy characters are supposed to be men, so why are some more manly than others? SMH...omg this kind of warped thinking is really annoying.

the fact that typed the whole thing shows your frustration levelლ(´ڡ`ლ)

lol... i searched for reporting for duty but ended up landing on a smut.

IM BLOCKED TOO

SO TRUE

Mmm...no it's because I'm feeling sick so I have extra time to waste while I have insomnia. But yeah, it's quite frustrating seeing countless stupid bimbo type FLs!

The title is different on this website! https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/izo08g8/reporting-for-duty-duchess