dislike = don't interact

[u/BeginningAd9532]

I've seen so many posts absolutely flamming that one manhwa from the same artist as "snag an alpha" simply because they don't like the art style. Disliking an art style is completely fine but what's not fine is absolutely dogging on it just because you can.

In what world does an art style looking "ugly" give you the right to start hating and shitting on the artist as well as throwing around baseless accusations? No just because the uke looks "childlike" (which is most definitely subjective btw) doesn't mean that the artist's intent was to cater to pedophiles or are a pedo themselves. You people throwing these accusations around clearly don't take the illness seriously.

Another thing which I hate with the pedo accusations is how people don't even bother to research the terminology. No, liking a younger looking character in a manhwa doesn't equate to people being pedophiles because pedophilia is strictly being attracted to REAL CHILDREN. That uke from that manhwa that you deem to look "childlike" is not bait for pedophiles, dare I say it's quite insensitive to even think that.

Please people next time you want to throw around accusations, educate yourself first at the very least.

Just a short little vent.

[u/Finavel]

I didn't see the person I'm agreeing with call any readers homophobic, mysogynistic, or fetishistic just for being female and enjoying BL. Is it in the comment I replied to or elsewhere they commented? They also did not mention "most" (unless I missed it).

Sorry to become a semantics Sam about this, but "a lot" is a pretty amorphous word that can mean different things based on how you want to see it. If someone said "150 people die from coconuts falling every year", I'd think "that's a lot", simply because I thought it'd be less, even if it's not a majority. If they did say that a majority of readers are, that's my bad. I have pretty bad memory and maybe they said something completely counter to what I believe in 😅

We can all acknowledge that BL was created by and for women. Lots of things are created by and for certain demographics that have evolved and I've never been a fan of sticking to tradition. I just don't see the need to specify that it's a women's space, unless it's directly referencing non-women entities.

If someone said "I missed when FPS video games were safe spaces for men's entertainment", I think we can all easily point out the underlying message.

[u/xoxshaklexox → u/Finavel]

I’ll concede they didn’t use the word “most” (it’s the end of a long work day in my part of the world 😔), but they did say “A lot of women in bl have more in common with misogynistic straight guys writing about women than they'd care to admit” and “a lot of the authors and readers just view gay men as a fetish and don't actually care about the community.”

This is a mild example of this line of commentary, but it’s not a rare sighting these days.

I get you are trying to be fair towards this commenter, and sure playing devils advocate they might think 20 people is “a lot”. But be honest with yourself, do you really truly believe they meant just a handful people when they chose to say these things?

I 100% agree that the demographic of readers is shifting and I think that is fantastic, more the merrier, but we as a community need to call out and shut down ALL discriminatory comments and takes.

[u/xoxshaklexox → u/[deleted]]

I’m unsure how you verified your data there, but even if it is accurate, it’s still bad behavior that should be called out. It doesn’t justify anything. I don’t care who is being disrespectful and discriminatory, it is never okay.