
dodoubleg1785:
As far as the romantism of "toxic" behaviour or "fan service," I think there's enough difference between "fantasy vs reality" to trust BL lovers aren't contributing to the normalization of such ideas. It's understood that it's not real and simply for entertainment; creating tension that gets released when the wrong-doer redeems themselves.
I'm not so sure about this. In fact, reading both KP's comment page and Build's page right now, it seems like an awful lot of BL stans are doing just this. Too many people are acting like they can't tell the difference between what's real and what's fake, and that because they've watched an actor play a part on tv that they know them personally and just KNOW that they wouldn't do something like this.
I for one am starting to really believe that many BL fans ARE adding to this toxic soup that we're swimming in currently, and much like what's needed to pull back the awfulness around idols and the K-pop industry, the same thing's going to have to happen with BL.