BL fandom or non-BL fandom?

[Potoh]

Every fandom has it's drama queens. As long as people are nice to each other, respect each others opinions and have fun it's all good. It's encouraging to see people getting involved and get passionate about the characters and their stories we have to tell. Some comments can be intense, but until now I am able to lol them off since they are not crossing a line imo. Hope that'll never happen, but it's the internet so that's probably a wish not granted.

[spadesart]

i want the size without the gross fetishization of mlm relationships and romanticized rape/abuse

[GesuGesu]

I want the fandom of a hentai artist ........ KEK

[BubooSenchan]

As you said, some BL creators can be pretty pretentious, I don't want to say names because probably I'm wrong and I misunderstand everything but there is one who I cannot stand (which is very weird because I love BL creators) but this creator in specific sometimes treats her fandom very bad and one time she was very mean to me.

[indagold]

Last time I checked a BL comment section it was all "aw he's so cute and sexy my nose is bleeding X3 nya!!! X3X sugoiiii!!!11!!!~"

So probably not really....

[SpavVy]

Nah, I'm pretty happy with my fandom right now for both Tapastic and Webtoon, they are a hilarious bunch with the same sick and twisted sense of humor that I have.

[miesmud]

A lot of the BL fangrills that comment on my comic come across a bit cringy, but it's a nice laugh. I enjoy reading their ALL CAPS COMMENTS with lots of emojis haha. And I kinda respect their courage to type some of the stuff I've seen...

Though it isn't really the attention I'd choose myself, I would definitely miss them if they were gone

[LuciieR]

in numbers: hell yea
in activity: hell no

I'm a fan of the genre myself and wrote a few stories (not comics tho,,), so in a buch of comics i see i find some,,, grotesque commentaries. It's like they keep butchering the characters to fit the yaoi stereotype, misregard abuse that we're suPPOSED to read and be like "holy moses X, F you for doing that to Y" and take it as romantic, and keeps trying to speed things up ignoring that No Real Person Would Fall That Deep In Such A Short While.

So.... If i could have the number, and if this part of the fandom got really really quiet, that'd be great.

[NickRowler]

I dunno, some of the fans (and some creators) sort of give me the creeps. Like if I was suddenly flooded with those types of fans, I might just get really anxious or something.

I would like to write another comic about a gay couple...however I just don't want the hyper pervy fans. (Tho if someone wrote a weird sexy fanfic I might actually read it for the LOLZ)

[joannekwan]

I mean, most of them are harmless but a bunch of them are pretty … extra, hahaha.

The ones I have are good for the most part and I enjoy reading their comments. I especially like the thoughtful ones that actually analyze the whole relationship dynamic my characters go through.

The only thing I'm irked about is quite a few fans throw the l word around a lot like, "Oh Andreas, just confess your love for him!" and I'm sitting here thinking, "N-no, they're not in love yet. They ain't falling in love that fast." And this is during my characters' second month of "dating."

[LordVincent]

I don't want to say names because probably I'm wrong and I misunderstand everything but there is one who I cannot stand (which is very weird because I love BL creators) but this creator in specific sometimes treats her fandom very bad and one time she was very mean to me.

I tossed you a pm because this sounds super similar to the situation I had in mind when mentioning that, but I'd rather not name names in public either.

[azureXtwilight]

I just hope I have a fandom that like my comic the way it is.

[Mocha]

I'm gonna be completely honest here and say that the majority of BL fans terrify me with how.... passionate they are.

[J.Lovelace]

Yes, but without the creeps pls.

[Heck]

I've been contemplating on making a BL about two regular cats just to see if I attract the same kind of fandom. Does BL work if it's just like... some cats, or does it have to be cute human boys with CHESTS?

[joannekwan]

Just regular realistic-looking cats? That'd be cute!

[Potoh]

The comic Adam & Steve by Simon Eriksson has that, and it seems to work good.

[punkarsenic]

nah i wouldnt want a fandom like that. shipper culture, especially at that level, is really uncomfortable and i dont want to face that pressure as a creator. its so far from what im in it for

that said, if theyre a paying fandom, id put up with it. maybe.

[Heck]

o man that is cute ;-;

@joannekwan Yep just some normal cats doin cat... stuff. It does sound cute but I'm not familiar with the BL fandom so I don't know how it'd be received :u

[joannekwan]

They'd probably just go and make their own fan-versions of the characters as cat-boys or human.