As a writer, i lean towards the gay guy being teasing but still standoffish while the other guy gay panics
Very much so 'Why are you pissy at me because YOU want me'
It helps dodge alot of idealization of str8 men that can happen and gives the gay character a sense of self worth
Feel like lot of BL authors sleep on the full potential of the straight to gay trope and skip over not only all the internalized homophobia and gay panic but also the very straight man thing of thirsting over other men's muscles and bodies lol
Like some ppl dont realize the power of positive reinforcement. Praise the relationship and keep asking for more, the more we do that, the less they can say that poc gay boys aren't 'marketable'
A few in my mentions saying I'm accepting crumbs over that lil black gay boy relationship in A Different World (2026). I read a 5 issue marvel joint just to see a relationship between a Black Japanese man & an Indian man.
I'll cross rivers to see some non white gay boy shit ๐ญ
I watched a bl where MC led a dude on, follows the dude to a rage room and refuses to leave til they talk, so the dude starts smashing shit while looking at him.
Ppl immediately started calling the dude a red flag as if MC didn't literally hurt him and refuse to leave him alone.
I think the decline of the enemies-to-lovers trope is partly because the moment characters bicker or are mean to each other, some of you immediately start calling them โred flagsโ ๐ญ like the whole point is that theyโre supposed to HATE each other before they fall in LOVE !!!!!
Ah, but counterpoint, allow me to present Adonis and Vincent from On The Bit
(sidenote, this webtoon is so iconic, what do mean we actually have a bottom whose darker skin~)
i present you the REAL dom bottom x sub top couple
(this top is so submissive he agreed to bottom btw
+and the dirtiest freakiest kinkiest sex you will ever read
+with a beautiful intente obsessive angsty love story
@jijicorner@hadesfag@odyluvs Both of yall, imo, are wrong.
You can use the terms for anyone, it's just a matter of what you're doing, however, if you're in a mlw relationship, it's not a queer relationship. Even if people in it are queer, relationship is straight.
@_Skeleman_@MoronMining It's a pink infographic. I understand why the idiot you're replying to is being stupid, but you don't have a checkmark. Out here being dumb for free.
And since i know the bull is coming
Gay ppl are invalidated and told
'you're confused'
'you just need to find the right girl'
'you can't have a family if you're gay'
Str8 ppl aren't.
So a gay character going str8 is not as bad as the opposite, don't compare them.
not about this story in particular, but the genre of romance where the woman transmigrates into a BL and suddenly the male lead who was gay previously "turns" straight for her and his sexuality is never acknowledged again is one that i heavily have started to dislike these days
@ignatsbride@GhoostingU4341@cvnide And even if they still did, it still wouldn't be the same. Queer ppl are already constantly invalidated, so this idea that a str character going gay is as bad as vice versa is insane.
@jaxonfiles_ I'd argue this cus for some ppl refuse to understand the basic tenant of 'If something is hurting someone, say something, if not, shut the hell up.'
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The rising urge of fandoms to demonize gay men by saying 'they did this and didn't catch flack' while disregarding the context of what they did and ignoring the fact they DID get flack needs to be studied
Crazy how it's happening with Ivan and Stolas from Helluva at the same time
@_Notus98 @saficntion I'm gone say this as nice as i possibly can. If you harm other people who don't do shit to you, you're violating human rights
Don't ever try to say we're pushing agenda when your whole agenda is trying to say harming ppl cus you don't like who consensually sleep with is ok. Freak
@moazu1107@m4ter11 I've been saying, all this shit about 'gay men invading the otome spaces' as though thats not what straight men do.
Like they were crashing out cus they THOUGHT mc MIGHT get an option to be male and this is just a continuation of that bigotry fueled crusade they were on.