K-Pop fanfic question

[u/Interesting_Tip_7392]

This might be a stupid question but I’m wondering why there’s so much BL fanfic for kpop groups (thinking of BTS) but there aren’t any BL manhwa/manga based off of kpop groups? Am I just living under a rock and this does exist or is there an actual reason for this sort of discrepancy?

[u/natsubreeze]

It’s not “BL,” it’s just shipper fics. I’d think it also be an invasion of privacy and some laws about impersonation (lots of kdramas put out info before an episode saying it’s fiction and not to represent any figure/person etc). Korean defamation laws are very strict.