This is giving me unprofessional, inappropriate use of power vibes like Walk on Water‘s ...

Dont get me started. I know people love it got the art and sex but the utter romanticization of McQueen’s abuse of power in the sex industry and his employees, the typical I’m only gay for you homophobic straight guy Ed, the stereotypical submissive Asian to Eurocentric partner idolization and white savior complex dynamic, the “sympathetic” rapist Chang , McQuee’s exploitation of a rape victim and drug addict(Ryan). All of it is just set up as some tragic love story ignoring every single problematic element and people adore it for its melodrama. I know it’s based on a light novel so I don’t fault the artist themself, the source material is some Harlequin paperback Fabio nonsense just with having everyone is gay thrown in.

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Looks like it’s going to be either turn him gay bet setup among the doctor’s friends. Or the doctor having a past connected to the MC and is specifically using is position inappropriately “befriend” his patient and gain his trust. These sort of plots are so problematic but are just framed as comedic. When you turn around and have a female character in such a position it would be heinous. Just look the national gymnast doctor scandal hundreds of girls and boys sexually exploited it’s even a documentary on Netflix now, Athlete A.

I’m the sort that likes BL literally only for the plot I could care less about the sex. I’d watch actual porn for that. So when the plot is shit, I actually care. I know some could care less even more so when the plot relies on “problematic realism” at the expense of exploiting queer experiences. I know it’s a low standards things more most, but there are some artists/authors who actually do care enough to write a fully fleshed researched and thought out plot and that’s why I even bother myself to continue to search out those gems.

Chef’s kiss.

Me too!! I Care a lot about the plot, the plot is what makes the sexual scenes satisfying, like it makes sense. The build up is important and it has to make sense. Also non of this abuse of power bullshit that people seem to lean on, do you know any good plot driven yaoi? Any suggestions? I have a few on my list but it’s rare to find those gems

I really would NOT compare this to Athlete A, that comparison is problematic and untrue.

In this story, both of them are consenting adults. In the beginning, the doctor did not have any ulterior motives and saw the main character as a patient. It’s clear that the main character was struggling with his sexuality and didn’t just magically turn gay. The sexual relationship had a more organic flow. Like most things, we can find problematic elements but it’s not a story about a doctor using his power to sexually abuse his patients.

My comparison may be a stretch that's understandable, but if you're fine with a doctor incorrectly using his position to physically and emotionally get closer to a patient, by giving him false information about his physical health, and using his patient's visits to touch him beyond the intentions of his initial visits, that's on you to rationalize. Nothing about this plot is organic. Organic would be finalizing their agreed upon visits in time only necessary, and then these two men running into each other outside of office hours in a public space, both single.My comparison is specifically centered around doctor/patient break of trust that was inflicted on athletes documented in Athlete A often with innocuous explanations they thought were reason enough to listen to their doctor. He completely takes advantage of them, and so does the doctor in this story out his own gain. While it may end up a happy ending ( I personally dropped this story), my point still stands. If you enjoyed this story that's fine, but do not romanticize what happened here just because this is a romantic story itself.

I never suggested this was romantic or that I was romanticizing it but the comparison to Athlete A? No. No. Even if you are discussing just doctor trust. The doctor from athlete A chose that position to sexually abuse children. That was the sole propose. The doctor in this story did not become a doctor to sexually abuse patients. He is not holding his position because he gets sexual gratification from what he does. He is also not choosing lovers based on his position. Even with the main character, his check ups were not giving him sexual gratification until much later, where they both decided to have a sexual relationship. I do agree that it was unprofessional for him to lie BASED on the main character being in a toxic relationship with his girlfriend. That was the reason, after his phone call with his girlfriend. It didn’t come from a predatory place by just looking at context. The plot centers around main character finding extreme sexual gratification from anal sex, from a doctor who he starts to see. Again, there are problematic elements don’t get me wrong but I just heavily disagree with the comparison. Nice discussion though.