Hey folks! I hosted a panel on BL cliches and had a link to a BL cliche poll beforehand and here are the results!
Interesting notes:
At the height I believe my panel had 235 participants or so. Fucking wowzers thanks all! Out of those I got 96 responding to the poll.
When it came to BL Cliche that were beloved, I was a bit surprised to see that tons of people fucking Dokis.
#1 BL cliche that was hated was Evil Female Characters followed by dickbag semes, and I’m not gay you’re just special.
What people added to the BL cliche they love were :
Himbos/morons in love
Happily ever after
size difference
Enemies to Lovers
What people added to the BL cliche they hate were :
MPREG and Omegaverse
Torture Porn
BL Sub genre that was most loved was Monster boyfriends, followed closely by Yakuza (little surprised by that), and then tied for 3rd is salary man/slutty ukes/Delinquents
Beloved BL Sub genre that was added were:
Class/caste difference
Adult slice of life
Fantasy
1.) Give no shits ukes/out of fucks ukes and [Hell yeah] 2.) Work for love
BL Sub genre that was most hated was high schools by a long-shot. Followed by Omegaverse, and Animal ears/kemonomimi.
Despised BL Sub genre that was added were:
None (several people added this)
I can’t control myself cause “I love you”
fated mate/meant to be
If I went long people overwhelming me just wanted to dunk on stupid cover art.
And as to other cliches? The suddenly roommates was mentioned twice, nothing else was mentioned more than once. Fujoshi turns into a guy and Wings were interesting but nothing else really stood out for me.
Thanks for all that participated!