Heres a list of some of my BL pet peeves:
- Rape (Esp. if it's romanticized and dismissed early on in the story)
- Really feminine bottoms
- Really large age gaps (gosh I hate dropping books after gushing over it for like a good 2 minutes before reading the Q&A section and seeing the 8 year age gap between the pairings. Yuck!)
- Immediate sex (quite biased since I prefer shounen ai more than smut so...)
- Annoying female characters that have 0 personality traits other than to be annoying
- Homophobia (unless written well)
- Weird body anatomy
I probably would add more since I know I'm incredibly picky nowadays when it comes to BL but these are some red flags that make me immediately drop a BL when seen :P
One of the characters claims to be straight and their partner is just an exception
-buttholes too close to balls.
-self lubricating buttholes
-first timer, immediate penetration after 2 fingers preparation
-jumbo elastic nipples
-obvious bottom with obvious spinal arc to signify they are obvious bottom
-“we can’t be together because I am a man, I don’t want to ruin your normal future,”
-“I’ve only kissed you but you’re already this wet,”
-“no,”
-“you say no but your body is saying something else,”
-“it hurts but I’m happy,”
-obvious bottom by obvious smaller dick
-one is a man, one is a twink
Drama over drama stories for one chapter happy together forever. (misunderstanding are the worst)
The usual "we fuck everyday but he's straight so it might be because he hates me"
"you're wet like a girl" No man. This is not a vagina.
When ukes have bigger boobs than my non-existant ones because he's a uke and feel it so hard from his nipples.
"I'm gay only for you."
But the only thing that makes me drop a story is the usual blackmail no other plot drama I realized I love you after you forced your dick into my ass which didn't bleed nor hurt one bit the next day. How do I know this is love ? Because now every time I see you my heart goes *kyun kyun* and I didn't hate the sex that much.
To sum it up: blackmail>rape( for 4 chapters) > sweetly in love for the rest of our life (last chapter). Basically, no plot, just sex, annoying characters, and a waste of time.
things u cannot stand in BL