I agree with most of your longass article, too bad I can't take any of it seriously as you're referring to characters with sex positions
yikes
LMAO my personal pet peeve too
Lol I do this too, but it’s because I read so much I can’t remember anyone’s name. And I can’t use ML and FL in yaoi because all main characters are male.
I mean. Ur right. I read bl, gl, and bg romances and in discussions it’s easier to use ml and mc and fl, etc based on whose perspective and because I consume so much media I don’t keep track of names. If this were a post or something I would’ve subbed in the names but it was something I typed out fast this morning. Honestly I’m not even thinking of sex positions because I guess it’s just common shorthand I see so much in discussions. But not trying to justify, it is pretty yikes.
I wish we could like replies
The stuff between the two main characters is just sort of the stuff that happens between normal people, sometimes people are shitty to others. But the omega is literally being trafficked by his parents and it’s been happening since before he was an adult. It genuinely makes me want to throw up. Because of the genre it’s sort of treated casually but it’s so horrific. I have a feeling he developed that sort of outward personality to appear as if he enjoys it to convince himself “Oh, I’m not going through rape something terrible isn’t happening to me, it’s okay because this is who I am” to help himself cope. This sort of stuff pops up all the time in Bo so idk why I’m surprised but the scene where they’re in high school and the uke has bruises on his arm and the seme is comforting him makes me so sad because he definitely got it from being forced to have sex. It makes me so sad that he’s so young. While the seme got strung along and was treated bad, I feel like a lot of people go through that in life as they grow up, and while I don’t want to diminish what he went through, it falls under normal life events while the uke is the victim of a horrible crime. I want the seme to find self worth and self love and a good relationship if he wants one, but I don’t really care about the relationship between them. The uke doesn’t have to be forgiven for what he did to the seme, but what I really want is for the uke to be safe and out of this disgusting situation and to heal from his traumas.