/bl/ - General BL

>>3927
That's even worse… MFW Seven Seas didn't even hire an editor X.X

Ah well, it's fun so far, looking forward to Lower Slays Higher action.

>>3930
I tried reading Untamed back when I was in a bad state, and couldn't keep track of the characters. Further, MC isn't a top, which makes it less interesting to me. Are there any MXTX works with seme POV?

>>3927
Oh I didn't know that. Crabapple is kind of an ugly word in her defense, but she could have used wild apple.

That reminds me of something unrelated but does anybody remember one billion years ago how the person fantranslating MDZS got dogpiled for using the terms seme/uke? Good times, good times…

>>3931
>Are there any MXTX works with seme POV?
No. There is Heaven Official's Blessing that doesn't have any sex, so you are free to imagine whatever scenario you like. The love interest is a simp for the MC.

>>3917
You just try pirating Korean novels that don't have fan translations. It's not like the Korean apps where they let you screencap bits of the chapter with a background, there's no highlighting, no capping, no desktop access.

>>3918
>no desktop access
Is this for real?

>>3917
I am usually though I like buying physical DVDs and manga when they are legally purchasable in English. That greentext was my first time interacting with webtoons period so I didn't expect the site to be so finicky more of a manga reader than a manhwa one.

>>3887
Here you go!
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/4080231

>>3895
Thanks!

>>3873
Wasn't sure if I should send this but that second image is a screencap from a fanvid for the fanfiction series The Other Side of Twilight. Artist did a couple more videos with more polish later.
https://archiveofourown.org/series/4209

Along with the Damaged series you could say these are classics in the fandom, though personally I hate how Lost in Paradise shits the bed by changing Tsuzuki's backstory/personality and having him kill poor Sakaki.
https://archiveofourown.org/series/41166
I'll always point to them as examples of how YamiMatsu fandom wants a continuation and then have no idea how to give Hisoka freedom to explore without removing Tsuzuki somehow. Everyone wants to address the elephant in the room (Enma's schemes, Tsuzuki's nature and past), but they don't want to lose the buddy cop investigations, so they come up with ways of having their cake and eating it. Damaged honestly manages to feel very like one of those investigations at times too and does a nice job expanding the jobs in Meifu.

>>3874
Having been in and out of the fandom over the years I think can safely say that tons of readers couldn't tell you the plot while they were reading it, especially in the US where we only got this shitty translation that just throws out entire plotlines when they didn't understand the sentence. It's testament to its endearing qualities that everyone still loves the cast as much as they do despite the actual story behind its meandering getting totally lost in the west.

>>3840
Aaah this is one of my favorite spooky classics, love the mc he's perfect

Halloween never ends for me! Here's a rec for everyone. I've been so obsessed with the Mha Halloween au since we got the first promo art. It's just so cute, but of course Bakugou and Todoroki are my favorites.

https://myreadingmanga.info/anthology-my-hero-academia-dj-yoru-no-katasumi-nite-eng/

>Are you okay with riba or only fixed positions?
Similar to other anons if it's well written and in character I can enjoy whatever, especially since a lot of ships I like are less popular and beggars can't be choosers. I definitely have my preferences though. For some ships, I get unreasonably pissed if the characters are written in the wrong positions and can't get off, its like blasphemy to me.

>Do you usually like the uke more or the seme?
Uke for sure, but most of time I end up loving both characters. But for the uke I will read work with other characters while I won't read seme with others.

>Do you like ships where the roles are obviously defined? Or pairings where they are more ambiguous?
Hmmm…. I often fond of ships where who I think the uke and seme is goes against common opinion (I like physically tough ukes and I am naturally a contrarian) so I guess ambiguous even if it's clearly defined in my head. Either way I think ambiguous is much more fun and I find stereotypical uke and seme tropes boring.
 
>Are you a Snake, Slug, Frog, Snail, Geeko, or Turtle fujo?
Snake mainly. (Can be snail if no good parings in work or slug/frog for my OTP.)

>Are you okay with riba or only fixed positions?
I recently realized i'm strictly fixed with ships i'm most obsessed with, and i don't mind reverse with ships i'm more casual towards.

>Do you usually like the uke more or the seme?
I obsess over the uke and I hate seeing my fav semes bottoming.

>Are you okay with riba or only fixed positions?

Riba/reversed is okay if I'm just casually into the pairing and browsing fanart just for the aesthetics, but I become more fixed the more attached to the pairing/characters I get. All my OTPs are fixed.

>Do you usually like the uke more or the seme?

Usually uke. I have some pairings where I like the seme more which is usually annoying because people love to multiship the uke but I ONLY want to see him with my fave.

>Do you like ships where the roles are obviously defined? Or pairings where they are more ambiguous?

I like a lot of pairings with major size difference and I consistently want the smaller one to bottom. So, very much defined in the visual sense, but not necessarily personality-wise. I like a lot of gap moe tough guy bottoms.

>Are you a Snake, Slug, Frog, Snail, Geeko, or Turtle fujo?

My heart is slug, but snake in practice (can look at sou-uke/mob content with my favourite bottom but the OTP is endgame)

>>3849
I should check if it's finally out in english, everytime I go to book stores they say it's not out quite yet or it's not in stock currently…

>>3849
Maybe try to look for them in physical stores, in case they still have them in stock or can preorder them for the next time they will be reprinted?

>>3851
AYRT, I do check my local bookstore every other week but they don't usually get in Harada's works for some reason (they do have a fuckton of BL in general though, no doubt thanks to me lmao). It looks like they sold out during the initial pre-order, but if they're that popular then I guess they'll have to reprint them. Here's hoping to a quick restock!

>>3756
so blessed to have had watched promare live in cinemas… the way all the girls in the room cheered lol
also yeah ngl i'm glad i wasn't alone on thinking Vikto was meant to be a devious bastard bent on luring Yuri into a false sense of ease, i though the most i'd get out of yuri on ice was a subjective mindgame ship not actual homosexuals, i remember all the side characters being gay as fuck too

>>3393
>>3396
Juuzouposting was legendary.

Can't forget the unexpected homo in Boku dake ga inai machi.

This counts.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/54907/Shin_Yaranai_ka
https://www.shinyaranaika.com/

AloisClaude > SebaCiel

>>3819
Alois is underrated, I liked his dynamic with Ciel

>>3821
Ciel bullying Alois felt really nasty though.

>>3724
>>3725
Thanks both of you!

Personally I've never come across racism of the non-fantastical variety, but I've never actually gone looking for it. I agree a permanent tag blacklist feature would probably be the best solution, I also think that making "bigotry" or "racism" a archive warning would be a good idea too.

The blogpost mentions technical issue with the idea of implementing a blacklist, but not with muting specific works. I wonder what the difference is?

Based on a post in another thread have you ever reported a story amd how did you do it? I ran into a really gross self-insert pornographic "Original" work a few days ago from an underage person and the comments on it seemed predatory but I didn't know what to do about it.

Also what do you think about the fact that Ao3 allows original works in the first place? It seems cool that someone could keep all their writings in one place, but every time I open the tab it's just the most grotesque works from people who don't seem to write fanfiction at all. There is good BL fantasy stuff in the tag but I feel like I need a shower after opening it.

>>3815
As long as the originals never overtake "fandom" as the reason for going to the site I'm fine with it, but you're right about how 99% of it is just fetish/wank material (with tens of thousands of hits to boot, lol).

As for reporting:
open fic
scroll all the way down past the comment box
click link "Policy Questions & Abuse Reports"