Yeah, by all means create more realistic BL that more accurately represents real life gay experiences, but I hope this doesn& #39;t lead to misogyny. Also don& #39;t dismiss why the element of fantasy in BL is so appealing to people but particularly to women. https://twitter.com/likeadisco_/status/1321025277221220352">https://twitter.com/likeadisc...

Ah well, but I guess it& #39;s not really my place to opine about Thai BL or PH BL since I don& #39;t really watch either. I& #39;m just gonna enjoy myself in my own corner of danmei fandom. But this made me think that if I were articulate enough I would write an essay on Chinese BL

and how its leaning towards more fantastical stories and themes make it unique as a BL genre. And due to the heightened emotional stakes, danmei gets to provide the soapy, epic, idealised romances that we enjoy. Despite the censorship danmei is still unabashedly BL

and That& #39;s Good actually partially due to these criteria. So we get BL with longform stories with complex characters and themes. (so far danmei hasn& #39;t been reclaimed by queer men, if anything it& #39;s being claimed by capitalism which is another can of worms) https://twitter.com/IneluctableM/status/1214062262530576384?s=20">https://twitter.com/Ineluctab...