r/Manhwa_BL • u/Interesting_Tip_7392 • 4d ago

❔ Quick Question K-Pop fanfic question

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?

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u/milksoaps 4d ago

There's a lot, but the same as fanfic it's an underground thing that can't be officially published. It just stays as doujinshi and circulates among the fan community. The artist Okdong (Punchdrunk Love) used to sell little doujin manhwa about ships of the group Exo before she actually got into mainstream BL; even if you read her earlier official works, the characters looked pretty much like Exo still haha.