The conversation around BL is so interesting to me. I recently went to a film festival where two professors of mine had made GL movies. These professors were cis heterosexual males, and it was just a coincidence they both happened upon the same subject matter.
It did made me think about to the impulse to make romances without the gender you identify as the center of the story. I think for a lot of cis heterosexual people who are so hemmed in by gender norms, it can really be freeing to work with two characters of the same gender.
For my professors, both making teen romances about young women falling for a girl for the first time, I think they probably want to make work without the trappings of heteronormative society, and of toxic masculinity.
I love going to art supply store it’s so full of the weird little guys and I don’t have to hide what a freaky weird guy I am bc these are my people
The guy who helped me with finding my art supplies spent ten minutes making a completely useless plastic handle for the bag I had out of tape & I just let him rock. Like okay u gotta make me a handle. I get it. You needed that and I respect it.
Me, twitching asking about if they have any other nibs, I know I just sent you to the back but I want a different nib. Getting into a semi articulate discussion about ink, discussing pros and cons. Not making eye contact except when we agree about how great a piece of paper feel
Soulmate AU where.. you don’t get a mark you get the other persons injuries. Zzs waking up covered in hickies & being so pissed his soulmate is a s l u t
It gets worse, his soulmate has used a needle to scratch "who are you" into his leg. Zzs "writes" back: F U
One day Zhou Zishu wakes up with his ass raw from how hard he's– his soulmate has been spanked... there are intense bite marks on the inside of his thigh, scratches on his back
wenzhou AU where... zzs moves to a small town to lick his wounds & die, & wkx is..... the local witch. ... 🤔 gu xiang is his apprentice obviously.
wkx mostly does... small things. blessing homes, keeping ghosts out, tarot readings, cleaning energy... ppl think he is charming (everyone is still careful, anyway.. a witch is still a witch even when they deal in small magic)..
zzs is free, & dying. the local aunties tell him to go to wkx for some herbal sleeping remedies when they find out he's "ill"... he resists for awhile, and then he thinks well, what's the harm?