Meghan

LMAOOO never did i think lucky would be mentioned under a yaoi manhwa

omg wait... I never thought of it this way, this is an eye opener

everything u said is in the american gay experience tho, its probably different in korea where this is made.

HOWEVER u def are correct, a girl getting in the middle of a gay rs in man/ga/hwa’s is such a tired trope atp let them be gay in peace plz authors

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This has zero to do with misogyny. This is about incorporating villains in a story to stir up drama. And males and females alike take this role to equal parts. Be it the bitchy homophobic girl that got rejected or the arrogant homophobic coworker. Both are equally as common in BL.
And as DG08 said; your comment relates to the american experience, not worldwide. Women all over the world can be spiteful, nasty and homophobic bitches. Doesn't mean the authors of BLs think ALL women are like this. (They also incorporate just as many kind and supportive female characters, more so than males usually, so that also works against your theory.)

People need to stop trying to apply any form of sexism when all the character is is a villain for a story. Which every story has and many need to be of interest.
Stories like these would be weird if all you implemented was male villains who are homophobic. Which, ironically enough, would be the actual sexist thing to do.

Although I definitely agree that internalized misogyny most likely plays a role in these types of tropes, I'd argue that in this case Mi-ok is probably dealing with some type of internalized homophobia. From the little that was shown of her it seams that she's probably delt with some type of discrimination or is afraid of potentially dealing with it, and therefore is trying to help Mr. Kwon, even if it's not the right way to go about it... Or mb she really is just homophic... It really doesn't seem to be the case though, this story is way too wholesome for that.

I think this might be something different, there’s a Chinese phrase that essentially translates to “Loving the wrong way” that we use a lot in the queer community.
It stems from homophobia, but it’s different. Essentially happens in pretty traditional families, most notably from small towns, where it’s not that your family hates you for being gay, It’s that they’re scared that you’re gay and they try to help you because I don’t understand. I get that impression from this girl, I think she truly cares about the Village chief, and thinks that this is the loving thing to do. it’s more of a cultural nuance, but that I think is applicable to lots of people.

Exactly this