#also i didn't realize how common a/b/o is in non fanfic spaces now

[watcherscrown]

I used to read, like, a LOT of manga online, especially bl and yaoi manga as a teen. And I don't have a ton of time as a Real Adult but I still like to read romance comics as a comfort genre, especially queer content. And over my long fujoshi career I've noticed a totally inconsequential but REALLY annoying (to me) semantic shift.

BL and Yaoi used to be different things. Like. there was a lot of overlap obviously but BL was for general romance (i.e. NOT explicit) and yaoi was strictly 18+

with the gradual shift from Japanese comic dominance to korean comic dominance, the distinction doesn't mean anything to younger fans, yaoi doesn't really get used as much because the term was memed to death, and EVERYTHING now falls under the BL umbrella.

all that is to say that IT'S REALLY HARD TO EASILY FIND THINGS THAT ARE SFW TO READ IN PUBLIC OH MY GOD