i love how she finds little ways of telling her son it's okay to be gay without outright saying it. it lets him be comfortable and know that she'll accept him if/when he chooses to come out. and even besides that, i love that she's open minded and passes those ideas down to her sons. you can do whatever you want even if people tell you otherwise (as long as it doesn't harm others !!). i hope everyone reading this has a great day today and always :3
is that an "oh shit i like him so much" im doomed or an "ah shit guess i gotta kiss him now" im doomed?? pls let it be the former and let the pining begin
It's obvi a 'i'm doomed' i totally fell for his plans and think he's cute af, potentially in love kinda doomed XD
i honestly feel like it's both haha
at first i was like "oh shit he finally realized he likes him" but then i started overthinking like "wait but what if he meant it like thiS-" i swear i overthink things like im the one in the relationship lmao i just want my dumb boys to be happy
honestly? same sksbsjsbs but i think we have our reasons to overthink this. i mean, few chapters ago the blonde was desperate for things to go back to the way they were - what if he still is?? i don't feel so sure about the blonde liking brown-headed friend... idk, maybe in the end he still wants a best friend, not a boyfriend. or maybe he really fell in love... ugh ajsbajsb
yes jsjsksjdn these are literally my thoughts and why ive been overthinking so much. i feel like he loves him but im still not sure if that love is platonic or romantic. like ugh sometimes im like "hes so whipped" and other times im like "rip brown hair hes never getting out of the friend zone". i dont even know if i want them to date or just stay friends at this point (though wholesome dating is always appreciated) ,,, i have a lot of Thoughts about this couple so im just waiting to see if im satisfied with the ending or not lmao
yea, same! i was shipping them a lot until the "go out with me for a month" and blonde being like "ugh let's pretend nothing happened". idk how far they can go or even how far it would make sense for them to go(?). i think i really understand your thoughts... there's a lot to overthink.
yes im so glad someone mentioned the whole "dating for one month thing" !! honestly that made me a little :/ cuz it felt like blondie was forced into accepting even though he didn't want to. i get what you mean about questioning how far they can go... i feel like they really need to have a conversation about all of this cuz neither of them really know where the other person stands exactly. either theyre gonna end up together and be happy or theyre gonna just be friends. i feel like it'd be cool to see them staying as friends because its an outcome we rarely see but i don't wanna see brown hair too sad so idk if id be able to take that sjdksjdj
yea, i thought brown hair was kinda forcing his feelings. then, on the other hand, blondie wanted his friend to pretend nothing happened, swallow his feelings and become best friends. i remember thinking that, in my opinion, the best solution would be for them to spend some time apart thinking about all the feelings involved and see where they'd go. everything is kinda happening too fast for them(?) - or at least for blondie, who til days ago didn't even want to think about kissing brown hair ajsbsjshs
i also get what u mean, it would have been nice to see them becoming friends, even tho i also think they can be a cute couple. ugh the conflict sjsbsjjs
but at this point i am afraid that, if they don't speak clearly about how they feel etc, hearts gonna be broken. they might really be disappointed of by the end of this month their expectations are not met... then i guess they would be apart but not exactly on good terms...
but idk i am Overthinking haha
for those who read comments before reading, chapter 16 and 17 are in the wrong order, so read 17 then 16. it says the number after the title logo so just make sure you're reading the right one first (16). there arent huge spoilers if you read it wrong but just a heads up lol
this story always feels like a warm hug. i wish my parents were as supportive as hiroki's mom but they aren't,,, seeing her support her son and wait until he comes out, making sure he has a good environment where he feels safe coming out, is so nice. i can't help but feel a little envious lol thank you for uploading this!
aah i almost started tearing up,,, my parents are homophobic so whenever i see supportive parents it makes me really happy but also sad. im so glad his mom defended him and accepts him
seeing juwon being so dejected h u r t s and seeing dongha being confused because juwon's distancing himself also h u r t s also hurts seeing dongha so afraid of that guy :(
(i pressed post before i finished,,, and then accidentally left the page so now i have to restart,,,) i'm glad juwon noticed the creepy guy and told him to fuck off. i love seeing the scenes of dongha with the other guys because i think it's cute how they try to win him over but their "like" for him just feels... childish? idk how to describe it but it seems very surface level (which makes sense cuz they barely know each other lmao) whereas juwon seems to genuinely care for and like him (ex. him not wanting to get involved in this love pentagon because it'd be too much for dongha (though this also probably has to do with juwon not facing things head on but that's a whole other essay)). i'm interested to see if the guys' crushes on dongha will develop into something deeper or if they'll stay the same to focus more on juwon and dongha. either way, i'd be content because i love this story and the characters lmao
seeing dongha in a whole new way these last couple of chapters... thoughts are being thunk. tbh i'd be good with whichever ship ends up endgame (still lowkey rooting for juwon tho) so imma just vibe and enjoy the ride
all cops are bastards but maybe this one's not bad
in all seriousness though, i really loved this story jskkdjx it's so cute and wholesome, definitely gonna reread because everything about this story is great
i love how uncomplicated this is and how they didn't beat around the bush!! i think this is the first time ive seen someone ask someone else out on a date before dating in bl lol they both know theyre gay (or mlm) and are comfortable with their sexuality so the only thing they had to worry about was the other person's feelings. idk if im making sense im just so glad to see actual gay characters instead of those "im only gay for you" characters that plague most stories,,, i really like this story and this chapter had me smiling throughout the whole thing skdjdjjk
I really like these kinds of lgbt characters who are "normal people" (as in personality traits, back story and stuff like that).I think that's the difference between a bl whose target are women and a bl written for the lgbt community. Maybe the author is lgbt themself. Or maybe it's just someone who is close to the community and informs themself because they worry about writing good characters. Or maybe nothing at all and it's just luck.
The point is, I am very tired of that "only gay for you" troupe and similar. I specially hate the "I am gay I have always been gay and that's why I'm a slut" because it's homophobic. Like you can sleep with whoever you want but that's not because you are gay it's because you are free to do whatever but bl keeps missing that point and making it all stereotypical.
Yes less bitchy drama is nice
Agreed. less bitchy drama is nice
yes exactly im so tired of all these lowkey homophobic tropes. whenever a character is like "im straight but i like a guy???" im just screaming at my screen like !! bi/pan people exist !! and yeah for some reason there's a lot of slut shaming in bl :/ i have a theory that its kinda rooted in misogyny cuz its usually the "uke" thats slut shamed and in yaoi targeted towards women, the "uke" is supposed to be the "girl in the relationship" (which,,, my god thats so homophobic but sadly it's something ive noticed a lot). idk how to really explain my thoughts so i hope it makes some sense lol im wlw myself so whenever i see stories with good queer characters i get so excited lmao you can really tell when an author has ties to the lgbtq+ community and/or is mindful of representation. i really wish there were more stories like this one they make me so happy
YES! I totally get it. In BL there is a lot of misogyny, specially in omegaverses. Women are portrayed as evil and always try to steal the mc's love interest. I don't know why bl authors go by this troupe when most of their target demography are women and it just keeps feeding Japanese internal misogyny. I'm bi, so I can kind of understand why when the love interest is bi, women can be seen as potential enemies, specially in a homophobic country like Japan, because life as a het is definitely easier. Women being the enemy is not the problem, the problem is how they are written.
On the other hand, the other problem in BL is the lack of self identity (sorry I don't know if this word exists). When they realize they like a man the least they could say is "ooooh so that was it... I'm bi/pan" but nope, the bi/panphobia remains
ugh yes the misogyny from both authors and the audience has always annoyed me. there have been so many times when ive seen female charactets get unnecessarily hated on and im always so confused bc most of the time the girl just likes a guy and tries to get together with him. like i know readers are protective of their ships but calling a woman a wh*re, thot, b*tch, etc is rlly unnecessary. not to mention a lot of the hate starts before the female character has even done anything,,, and its especially telling when theres a male character whos interfering and theyre like "i hope he gets his own story/love interest uwu" like the misogyny is clear as day atp,,, and when it comes to authors, they really need to write better female characters or at least have other female characters that are good. having a woman be a "bad guy" isnt a problem but it becomes one when thats the only female representation there is. and yesss, id love to see characters exploring their sexuality/identity and discovering it! itd be so cool to have more characters be like "so i usually like girls but now i like a guy... im not gay but im not straight either... lemme just *google search* oh! i might be bi or pan!" its really not that hard to have a quick "aha this is what i am!" moment so i wish authors would write that instead of the usual bi/panphobia :/ i think part of the reason might be bc authors dont wanna delve deep into sexuality and homophobia but personally i dont think every story with queer characters has to deal with homophobia. i deal with that enough in real life so id appreciate fiction without it lmao (also sorry this reply is so long jsndjdks i have a lot of Thoughts on this subject)
Don't apologize, I have many thoughts about it too so it's an interesting subject!
I think many of those readers that hate on female characters just because they flirt with the love interest are younger girls, not all of course, but at least that's the impression they give. Also, they seem like that type of fan who can't understand that you can like something a lot and be critical of it at the same time. But they will grow with time and realize the good and bad points in bl and hopefully, these recurring troupes will disappear too. Bl has changed a LOT in the last years and many of them include well written female characters (good and evil) that have other roles than being the slut-who-wants-to-steal-your-man (Stigma and Paramour, for example). Like, do you remember the yaoi hands?? You hardly see them anymore. Same will happen with other things I hope.