Then again, I suspect that most of the people who buy commercial romance novels (as opposed to fanfic or self-published work) are straight.
Also, it feels a bit weird to say this, but a lot of the m/m stories I've encountered read as straight to begin with. That's not to say that the writers and readers are "straight" (whatever that might mean in this context), but rather that the tropes and conventions of the m/f template are difficult to get away from, especially for younger and more inexperienced writers.
I feel like someone could write a really interesting essay about all of this, but I've gotten such a strong backlash against my own work on gender and sexuality that I wash my hands of these issues entirely.
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Same tbh.
Then again, I suspect that most of the people who buy commercial romance novels (as opposed to fanfic or self-published work) are straight.
Also, it feels a bit weird to say this, but a lot of the m/m stories I've encountered read as straight to begin with. That's not to say that the writers and readers are "straight" (whatever that might mean in this context), but rather that the tropes and conventions of the m/f template are difficult to get away from, especially for younger and more inexperienced writers.
I feel like someone could write a really interesting essay about all of this, but I've gotten such a strong backlash against my own work on gender and sexuality that I wash my hands of these issues entirely.