the question i always come to when thinking about all these authors
Because it’s literally what their readers want. The highest rated BL’s currently on mangago all contain rape or sexual violence. It’s literally what’s paying these authors’ bills. This is rape culture.
this is an illegal site i don’t think the author is getting much profit, but i agree if you were talking about official sites
Im not saying authors are receiving revenue on an illegal website like mangago. More so my point is that it reflects the genre’s interests on a more global accessible scale. So you could not simply say it’s regional phenomenon despite the authors and their readers being typically of East Asian backgrounds. These authors are using WEBTOON, Tapas, Lehwin, etc to host their works but mangago extrapolates from these legal host sites specifically. So these works that are already popular on their host sites, are amassed in one location for consumers on sites like Mangago, Bato, Newtooki, etc.Now all of the varieties of BL are available in one place for viewing pleasure and yet still, the highest read and rated works are the once’s containing the romanticizing of sexual violence. That’s not to say sexual violence isn’t romanticized in other fictional genres. However, the genre skews so heavily towards romanticizing toxic themes despite its primarily female authors and female consumers. That’s the irony. Hence my point it just feeds rape culture because despite the harsh reality of life even our escapism savors this reality as the “preferred” entertainment.
I don't agree, in fact the highest rated BL's I see are actually shounen ai which almost never have rape let alone sex scenes. Like I get its a market for these types of toxic ish, but I also agree its getting out of hand. I think people like angst and dominance (or the "strong man"), and you can get that without rape, especially by the ML. Cause granted I'd rather never read rape but its a realistic part of society, but this is not just showing it, it's romanticizing it and that's just sick. But hey people will hate a character/story more for cheating than rape, which I find mind boggling. smh
Currently for yaoi on Mangago the TOP 4 in popularity sits “Painter of the Night”, “Yours to claim”, and “ Love is an Illusion”, “BJ Alex”. These all contain romanticized rape.
sis you haven’t seen what everyones seen but thats good stay safe girl
One top 4 but not top RATED and that also fluctuates... How about looking at the actual ratings next time "yours to claim" doesn't even have a 9.0, and what romanticized rape is in love is an illusion? Now you're just making ish up... The fact is most people DO NOT like toxic, rapist BL. The proof is not in the pudding! If it's your cup of tea so be it, but lets not drag others down too. I stand by my original statement.
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Does that matter? I know what's popular and I can clearly read numbers. The fact is there are way more highly rated BL that doesn't involve rape than that do. I might not have seen it all but I've seen a hell of a lot and beyond webtoons I'm confident in my knowledge and experience
what the actual fuck how does one enjoy writing shit like this