Although I love her works, I do have to agree. Also, isn’t it time for a tall uke?
WE NEED SOME TALL UKES AND SMOL SEMES
Hm, I come here only for the art and the, well, sexy scenes. If I wanted more story I'd read something like kang ji young's "king's maker" for example.
But smut is smut. :P
bj alex is smuty but still have a story ╮(￣▽￣)╭
BJ Alex's plot, worldbuilding and characterization feels very simple, cliche (and even a bit cringeworthy) to me.
Personally I categorize both under the same category: good for the smut and the art. With BJ Alex I'll also add that I personally don't like the couples much but I do like the smut and kink quality of the side-couple.
i didn't say that bj alex was a masterpiece i have to agree that characterization are not that good but it still had a story to it and has some character development, i was bored of bj alex in the beginning i really didn't like the uke he was so boring, but i liked the ending i can't lie XD. (i was going to bring See You Again as example but i know poeple didn't enjoy it that much).
and i think every character in yaoi genre are cringeworthy if you ask me
Maybe try peach love its one of her other works and centers around around gangs and fighting bl wise its not very smutty but the uke is actually a good fighter but he hides it
Personally, the ending of BJ Alex didn't impress me that much, but yes, it has more story and character development than fujoking's work.
Concering the mc at the start: I think the author employed a very bland and passive character to make readers able to project themselves into the character,but in my case it backfired. Although more of a personality was added later on, I personally never ended up getting into th mc. (I mean, personally I do like See You again more than BJ Alex... :P)
By the way, if I was going to dig out my idol-related, kinky smut (stuff I read just for smut purpose, nothing else) with decent art, little to no plot/character dev/world building, no switches, I might also add something like Oretachi Namamono Desu to the same batch as fujoking's work. To put it bluntly: this means that I personally read this or BJ Alex (mainly re-reading chapters on the side-couple) to get off. In a way I therefore adapt a: "plot? What plot?" attitude to these and personally never considered BJ Alex to have significantly more plot than fujoking's work.
Concerning the cringeworthiness of the plot in yaoi: I know the standard in the yaoi genre is lower than in other genres. Usually I myself hop to history, horror, slice of life, josei and shonen-ai for more plot.
However the whole finding out the secret identity thing of your favorite internet personality had been one of my own fantasies when I was 14-ish (8 years ago) and just reading it brings to mind some old hobbies, phases and embarrasing fantasies I long since grew out of. That there is why I added the cringe factor in the parenthesis.
Anyways, I forgot my main point and have no clue what this comment intended to accomplish. Just know that I do read stuff without plot, worldbuilding and characterization just for the smut along the way, even thought it is overrated, it does serve it's purpose?
yeah i get what you mean tbh i don't read yaoi for the smut that why maybe i think fujoking is overrated. i'm glad i found someone that like See You again more than BJ Alex though xD.
i think fujoking works are pretty overrated, don't misunderstand me, it not like i'm saying they are bad i love her characters dynamics in her works, and they really have a good funny moments,her artwork is amazing the characters designs are also good, but the story in her works are pretty meh. she always writes uke characters as weak and losers they can't do nothing without the rich seme which is i'm not a big fan of,at least give them a job that doesn't involve the seme on it and without them being a sidekick to the seme or being the housewife.also she always writes the seme as rich strong dude which is pretty boring, just write him poor just one time. i don't need to see an alpha rich seme every fucking time.