No.8230
>>8225Oh shidd. Anon has to tell us what other movies she is excited about. She will be like our yaoi Paul the Octopus
No.8237
>>8232Jason Momoa deserves to uke for what he did to my wife Daenerys in the first episode of GoT
No.8239
>>8237The minecraft movie is dead to me and jack black steve is not a real steve to me but we can compromise and make it uke4uke
No.8240
>>8239>The minecraft movie is dead to me Why nonnie, are you saying it's bad or something?
No.8455
I love fandoms that are small, fandoms where no dramas unfold, where every new piece of content is treasured. I'm coming back to my old hyperfixation after having fun in a huge fandom and I just love how peaceful it is. Feels like a breath of fresh air
No.8456
I love BL visual novels. I love getting bad endings and seeing different directions the story can take. I also like how VNs are more able to balance story with the romance than most manga or anime I try. Sometimes, when I read a manga with an interesting premise, I'll feel disappointed that the story never fully capitalized on its premise. I find it so frustrating when a story sacrifices the plot for the romance, so I've found visual novels are more likely to have the two woven together in a manner that's more appealing to me. It's nice to have a direct view inside the protagonist's head, too, especially when he's written as his own unique character rather than a thinly-veiled self-insert. I also like how long VNs are, as it gives me more time to become invested. VNs always will be my preferred medium for BL. If you saw me post and delete this twice like a week ago, please pretend you didn't.
No.8459
>>8456I notice that I find myself thinking back to VNs much more than any other BL medium
As you mentioned with the bad endings, the way VNs are free to explore different ideas and outcomes within the same premise allows for some really interesting writing, and I think it's also a great way for an author to spread out lore and arcs very neatly between different options/routes
Along with the point about how long they are, I have a feeling that the way VNs are finished stories at release can really strengthen them
Even if a VN is long enough to be a trilogy of novels, it doesn't matter! The main story MUST be complete before release, which firstly filters out writers that can't finish what they started, and secondly cuts out fan influence in plot progression
BLVNs remind me of indie movies, where the amount of resources and time and effort needed to make a passable product keeps out creators that aren't passionate, but are also niche enough where it allows for uncompromised visions since sales numbers aren't a focal point
No.8491
>>8456>>8459Same. BL manga is almost always very short and original BL anime is close to non-existent.
VNs feel like proper BL novels.
No.8493
>>8491That’s why I’m always shocked by people who only read BL manga/manhwa and get super annoyed by outsiders (usually scrotes or pick mes) only watching BL anime (an extreme niche in the genre) and judging the entire medium by that.
Honestly BLVNs are the best you’re going to get out of BL as a whole, even if I personally dislike a game someone’s going to enjoy it while with a lot of manhwa it’s so repetitive and dull that I don’t understand how anyone can.
No.8520
>>8493I think VNs have a higher barrier to entry since not only are a lot of them not translated but also normies can't into patching.
No.8522
>>8459Tokyo Onmyoji is such a good example of this. It's a VN I feel excelled at giving its readers diverging storylines and bad endings. Bad endings can also be fun in their ability to let you explore less appealing or darker sides of a character without compromising the overarching story.
>I have a feeling that the way VNs are finished stories at release can really strengthen themThis is what really scares me about the episodic release model we've seen increase in popularity over recent years. I know it's always existed (Higurashi and Umineko are examples that immediately come to mind), but it's not a method I find particularly appealing.
>>8493>with a lot of manhwa it’s so repetitive and dull that I don’t understand how anyone can.I've had this issue, too. I'm sure there are good ones out there, but I've given multiple series a try before realizing that I've wasted countless chapters waiting for it to "get good." It runs into the problem a lot of serialized fiction has where the characters perpetually run in circles trying to kill time.
>>8520The length probably also increases that barrier. Also, a lot of the English-translated VNs cover topics that don't appear to be popular in anime/manga/manhwa, so it's probable you won't find something appealing to you depending on what type of BL you like.
No.8569
love love love bl with grown ass men. in their 30s and 40s i always eat that shit up. also a big fan when the leads are both huge assholes to each other
No.8571
>>8569God, this. I just wish there was more. It's already hard enough to find manga and anime with an older MC to begin with.
No.8595
>>8593Same, I wish Suicide Boy was actually BL because the MC getting H/C-ed to happiness would have been just my thing.
No.8624
>>8614By disabled do you mean wheelchair bound, or more mental conditions?
No.8625
>>8624Both, amputees and other disabilities are also good
No.8626
>>8625Nice, I only like amputees if it's a single limb though, like they lost it in the war and now their soon to be husband needs to take care of them. Quad amputees are a bit too out there
No.8627
>>8626Quad gets really weird, I like amputees in a h/c way as well. Characters with othering conditions give feelings that make me want to protect and care for them.
No.8727
Military works, specifically pre-WWII military stff. More stuff needs to take place during the Civil War or French Revolution.
No.8767
Pederasty. A boy around 16 ish becoming interested in intimacy but he's studying in a place where there's no women around and he has a close bond with his teacher that escalates.
No.8771
>>8770God, I wish this trope was more popular. I've really only encountered amputee stuff in doujins and a few fanfics where the character is already a canon amputee (but it's never more than one missing limb)
No.8774
>>8771>>8770Here you go.
The one quad amputee in my roster, Daryl Lorenz from Gundam Thunderbolt.
No.8775
>>8774>>8770>>8771I think the problem I have with quad is that the character feels more like an "object" at that point than a character who has any agency, which might be the point for some, but unless you give him prosthetics (Like Daryl seems to have) or some way to interact with the world it's just too completely one-sided of a relationship. No arms/No legs is a good level of "needs help" but also can meaningfully love back.
No.8777
>>8775I've never actually seen the trope exist outside of yandere bad end type stuff where the point is to make the character totally dependent on/can't escape from the yandere, with the exception of occasional robot/cyborg 'gore' and SVSSS. I never even considered it from a H/C perspective but it would also be too much for me for similar reasons unless it was temporary.
No.8780
>>8775Oof, good thing I didn't recommend some 94 doujins then. There's a really grim one where mobs separate Draluc's limbs off into plastic bags so he can't regenerate them after being assaulted. Fantastic art, but leans heavily into USO canon instead of the usual gag comedy. Most of the amputee doujins are bittersweet because the family see it as Rona's failure to care for their son and try to separate them. Personally I think Draluc is the kind of character who would fashion armless hands on his torso just to keep playing Souls games, and demand Rona carry him everywhere he wants to go. More of that would be pretty funny while highlighting that their relationship really does mean looking after one another's needs despite the bickering.
No.8781
>>8770Is there a reason rubbing his stump against his dick to jerk off wouldn't work? There's something primitive about the idea that makes it hot to me.
No.8846
Thinking about a mormon boy or a sweet sheltered religious guy getting dicked down sinfully makes me smile
No.8848
>>8843 nona, that sounds really compelling. do you have recs?
No.8849
>>8848Ntayrt but I think that's Red Keeper (Sousei Akabane) from Sentai Daishikkaku. For the "looks like a prince but acts like an asshole" looks-personality mismatch trope, I think Monoma from My Hero Academia and perhaps the Hitachin twins from Ouran would count.
No.8854
>>8846There's a fun optional plotline in Degrees of lewdity where you corrupt the prudish religious boy* into becoming a slut like the player. (*It's the type of adult game where you can customise everyone's sex so you can turn it into a BL game if you want.)
No.8862
>>8857Gakuran and suits are my two favorite "stock costume" looks for men. So simple, so appealing.
No.8870
>>8862good taste nona, there's nothing sexier than a man in a well fitted uniform.
i also love the cape and cap in older gakuran design, it's tragic that japanese school boys don't wear that anymore.
No.9086
Secret identities, especially in a super hero context where a civilian falls in love with the hero out of uniform and he has to navigate keeping his identity hidden while also being in love back.
No.9152
Cocky boy with a superiority complex gets fucked by guy he looks down on