sottovoce's answer (11)

my kingdom for enthusiastic consent! from characters who know what they want and how to get it, to those who are new to things but are willing to try - let's get some serious explorations of desire between two (or more) people! what gets me is that even when rape/SA is thrown in to force the narrative along, the impact of that is rarely explored wi......   1 reply

I've been reading since 2007-08 at least, and I'd say the complaining about "bad" stuff is good, because that means there's demand for stuff beyond the tired, toxic tropes of yesteryear. yeah, you can filter out the stuff you don't want better than you used to, but it's still good to have positive demand for better options. not to mention, it's goo......   reply

once saw someone say that sasuke couldn't top a bowl of yogurt XD I don't mind either way so long as they're not getting the yaoi role personality transplant. that said, I do lean more narusasu   reply

I already pay for manga/manhwa, but I use sites like these to scout out what I want to buy because I'm picky. they say money talks, and I want mine to say "gimme more well-written stories" so I like to try before I buy. if all manga/manhwa piracy was eliminated overnight, I'd still be buying, I would just have a much more narrowed range of stuff I'......   reply

I feel you on that. I've been finding BL manhwa refreshing since the "roles" aren't always mapped so neatly according to physical and behavioral stereotypes. Not to mention that there's often more visual/aesthetic variety too. There's even a fair amount of BL manga that don't stick to the usual, though a lot seems to fly under the radar. If you re......   reply

what would be really interesting is omegaverse that was more biologically grounded. pheromones for communication and getting away from the gender/sex essentialism by throwing in the messiness and complexity of real life biology (lots of things aren't strictly binary, things can be ambiguous or a mix etc). stuff like that.   1 reply

I started sometime around 2007/08/09, also in the unfettered-internet-access-at-a-young-age boat bc all these are from slightly before and during middle school for me. idk the popularity of anything because I was finding stuff to watch by going through the category listing on Wikipedia for shounen-ai and yaoi. kyou kara maou loveless yami no matsu......   1 reply

maybe give perfect fit by thanat a try, for some casual disability rep   reply

somewhat buff, but either is fine so long as he can take a pounding. yeonoh from limited run is a good twink. really, it comes down to art style. if there's a good sense of form, volume, and proportion, I'll be happy.   reply

mind games, manipulation, obsession. different ideas of faithfulness or having different expectations for a relationship. I was quite perplexed to find out that toxic apparently meant abuse to a certain set of readers because I had previously thought "toxic" was used to describe an unideal or dysfunctional relationship that didn't necessarily inclu......   1 reply

save that time and energy for yourself, since you're the one constant in your life, lol. i wouldn't waste my time and emotional energy interacting with people i really didn't need to. it's okay to be callous there. you're not obligated to give dudes the time of day. and while you should try things out if you want to put yourself out there, if you'r......   1 reply