@BlueBay where exactly in my comment did I say I only hate this trope when it happens in BL? And where did I ever say I was totally fine with love triangles in hetero romances?
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In case you completely missed the point: my issue is some readers projecting generic hetero romance formulas onto que3r narratives. When you treat que3r stories like just another standard hetero drama, the genuine, nuanced struggles unique to the q*r experience (like homophobia, societal alienation, and internalized guilt) get completely swept under the rug. What initially started as a narrative with solid psychological depth gets reduced to shallow, cheap drama over who gets to claim the bottom.
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While love triangles aren't really my thing, if it's genuinely necessary for the plot and character development and actually executed well, I have zero issues with it. What I take issue with is the way some bl readers treat que3r relationships as if they're just copy pasted hetero dynamics. That is literally it. Stop putting words in my mouth.