On the inherent issue there's one thing that I read years and years and years ago on BC. Maybe before I even fully identified as a BL. I have no idea who posted it, but it's stuck with me. It went something like:BLueRibbon wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 1:51 am My post was more about an inherent issue with adult-minor relationships, hence it being posted in Member Support. But there are indeed many ways in which stigma worsens this inherent issue.
Loving boys is kind of like the cherry blossom season in Japan. The Japanese make a big deal out of the cherry blossoms that bloom at the start of spring- having parties and events in parks under the cherry trees. But why? Cherry blossoms aren't the most beautiful flowers. It's because of their transience. The blossoms are fragile and fall after a short time, leave bare trees that soon go to leave. If they bloomed all year long they wouldn't be special. They wouldn't be beautiful.
I think the metaphor in terms of BL is clear.
(BTW I put the above paragraph into ChatGPT and somehow IT triggered the safety censor. Talking about how MAPs might be pushed to the point of violating consent? Fine. A metaphor about the transience of platonic BL relationships? Verboten.)