rape in fiction is just another plot to twist. however it becomes problematic when the author doesnt really get the idea of rape and instead paint it as a romantic gesture like in so many of chinese revenge-centered webtoons that popped nowadays lol. but then again, the picturesque of rape in fiction truly mirrors the society tho. rape is a bad thi......
The problem of rape in fiction isn’t rape itself, it’s the romantization and naturalization it often comes with. It’s okay to have rape as long as the character who was raped suffer from all the trauma it causes. But it’s not okay if the rape ends up being their close up event and makes them fall for each other and live happy ever after. An......
I have no problem with an author exploring the effects of a traumatic event on a character, rape being one of them. What I DO have a problem with is that I can only name two BL works that actually do that. Either the rape is played completely for fanservice and never actually referred to as rape even though one partner was repeatedly telling the o......
I think it helped me when I was a budding pansexual in high school. But as I've gotten older my relationship with BL has gotten more complicated - there are some very troubling themes in BL that come up over and over again that I feel like can stereotype/belittle the LGBT community in bad ways. The rapey "I'm touching you against your will but yo......
As a gay person myself, when I was first discovered BL, I was very happy. I thought I could relate the characters, and that it was great representation. But, as I grew older, I realized that most(not all) depicted unhealthy relationships, and essentially stereotyped gay people(to some extent). Like the whole "uke" and "seme" thing. We don't really ......
Do you have "Fujoshi eyes"?