preferably MM or sapphic (i need to read more sapphic tbh). good examples:
a cruel god reigns
banana fish
brokeback mountain (movie version)
the song of achilles
a little life
faraway home
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo
exception: my dark vanessa
not a good example:
call me by your name (movie version)
10 years where i loved you the most (i don't really want tragedy based on one person becoming an asshole for dumb plot purposes. makes me more annoyed than sad)
anyway, just these types of stories. give me books, movies, manga, whatever.
excuse my stupidity, but whats MM?
have you watched portrait of a lady on fire?
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/smells_like_green_spirit/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/j_no_subete/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/shibou_to_iu_na_no_fuku_o_kite/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/ouroboros_1/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/i_want_to_hold_aono_kun_so_badly_i_could_die/
Smells like green spirit
MM Movies
Moonlight
My own private Idaho
Summer of 85
Sapphic Movies
The handmaiden
But I’m a cheerleader
Love lies bleeding
basically the equivalent to bl, or yaoi
I have not. is it saphhic?
yes
thank you, love. putting those i havent read on my tbr
huh, i have never heard of this one before, but it is recommended twice on my thread. i would be absolutely reading this, thanks
they all look interesting, thanks for the recs
i checked it out, and it's forbidden love in historical times? just what i wanted. thanks for the rec
It's so good literally broke me I think of it more than id like to
preferably little to no smut, super slow-burn and satisfying relationships, great worldbuilding and plot, and it actually has to be a reverse harem ending. straight, bl, and even gl is fine. could be any forms of media: manhwa, manhua, manga, and even webnovels.
hypothetical scenario: two adult souls of similar ages from different places transmigrate into teenage bodies in the same area. they are close in age, meet, and become aware that the other person is in a similar situation. they fall in love shortly after they reach adulthood, but the actual age gap relative to the soul's age is 7-9 yrs. problematic or not?
Not problematic if the relationship is healthy and they don’t abuse the fact that there is a technical age gap
They both fell in love as adults in an adult body so I don't see any issue.
Why are female authors too chicken to make actual reverse harems, compared to male authors? Like almost every harem story for a male audience will 90% end up an actual harem, but for reverse harems, it’s almost always just one guy. Like there are female degenerates too yk??
harems are weird, we dont fw that shit
The only one I haven’t read like the is beauty and the beasts. But the is literally all about reverse harems and it’s also an isekai.
I would fw that shit, just don't make the fl like diabolik overs.
Who's we
Have you watched or read harems directed for males? They’re horrible …. made purely for the male audience to have more characters to sexualize
True, i would really like to read an mc who actively want an harem herself fr and being very straight forward than uwu.
Great take and I agree. I would love to see a more reverse harem. I hardly ever find it in manhwas so I usually read books like omegaverse stuff
I have obviously, but the harems I want is not even remotely similar to those.
Speak for yourself. Harems don’t automatically mean a sexual nature. Like I just want love triangles or squares to actually end up polyamorous
Beauty and the beasts is plain turd. Even when u turn ur brain off, it’s still so bad
i cant be the only one that fervently wants a bl or gl action fantasy harem?? i see all these high fantasy action manhwas, but they're harems nowadays... and i am so pissed bc there's virtually none for the female audience
*i meant in general. bl/gl arent exlusive to females, but most readers are them, so...
I think the princess jewelry box was harem aimed for female viewers but it was neither bl nor gl
Unfortunately "harem" for girls are written very differently than harem for men so instead of a bunch of actual romantic/sexual partners you get platonic harems and one true lover which is not a harem at all lol
But I think you could think of "How to Be the Chosen One" as harem its bl
wdym it isn't exclusive to females ? most yaoi and yuri's target audience is women
Yeah but it doesn't mean that men and nonbi are banned and prohibited from reading it
That's what they meant
They were trying to say that yuri and yaoi is for female viewers but that it doesn't mean the only viewers are girls
it frustrates me to no end that there are virtually no actual harems for girls. i tried princess jewelry box before and dropped it. how to be the chosen one has a bit too much smut for my taste. the closest harem story to my taste is Men of the Harem and I've become the villainous empress of a novel, but even then it's not bl/gl and it lacks the action/power scaling i like in the male counterparts. like i want a minimum 50% plot and a maximum 50% romance, but it's so niche unfortunately.
high fantasy + action fantasy that possess characteristics similar to a male power fantasy, but it's bl? not explicitly bl tho
Just look thru danmei tags
i was thinking more about pseudo-medieval European fantasy...
hey hey, I've had a look around for some that you might that include that pseudo-medical European fantasy setting:
"Crimson Spell"
"King's Maker"
"Yasashii Ryuu no Koroshikata" (How to Kill a Dragon)
"Ai wo Ataeru Kemono-tachi"
those all look interesting. thx so much
are there any super popular actual reverse harem light/webnovels comparable to their male counterparts? like there are so many harem novels (ie. eminence of shadow, classroom of the elite, 100 girlfriends, etc) that are extremely popular and even have anime/manga adaptations, but i heard of virtually none for women
S flower
there's a light/webnovel for this?
any stories about a mc forced to sleep with someone they hate/fear, which causes great anguish, depression, and suicidal ideation? essentially i want a story about the psychological effects of prolonged SA and the likes. ig something kinda like sadistic beauty bl side story
this kind of fits !! it's got a low rating but i think it was written quite well (▰˘◡˘▰)
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/kokoro_o_korosu_houhou/
i already read that lol. fucked up yet engaging. and it made sense why mc stayed with ml in the end.
oh man, i already read that one too! thx for replying tho
turns out my favorite genre is heartwrenching/gutwrenching/ angsty stories with subtle bl vibes, like banana fish and a cruel god's reign. any more stories like that?
can't we just have a reverse harem action fantasy instead of goddamn love triangles or smutty stories?? the men are drowning in male-catered action-fantasy harems but women get practically nothing. what's up with that? I don't want freaking love triangles, or smutty stories, I just want real reverse harems in an escapist fantasy world centered around fighting evil or smth. and men say reverse harems are just as bad as harems when there's barely any real reverse harems in the first place, and we know damn well they haven't and won't read any in the first place