The Ridiculously Huge List of BL Stereotypes

[Kitsune-chi]

This was mainly inspired by Ouran High School Host Club and "The Big List of Gaian Stereotypes" thread in the GCD.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Host Club, (AKA those of you who are living under a rather large rock) it focuses around a girl who is mistaken for a boy getting roped into participating in... well... a school's Host Club. I won't get into the plot for the sake of the fact that I'm lazy, but here's the gist of it: Each of the hosts in said club have different attributes that they take advantage of in hopes of pleasing thier clients- many of which, I realized, are BL stereotypes as well as those in Shojo manga.

So I decided it would be fun to compile a list of as many BL character stereotypes as possible.

... This will be one looonnnng list. whee

Now, the stereotypes don't have to be limited to uke and seme categories, though there are some character traits that are exclusively one or the other. Example, the Stoic yet Sensitive type can apply to both uke and seme characters, but the Whiny and Childlike Idiot character is usually exclusive to the uke. (Because that would make one weird seme.) Ya get me?

(If it is the case that the type of character is exclusively seme or uke, I'll put that on the list. *nodnod*)

Also, if you may, include your favorite "type" of character. Just for fun. X3 (I'm partial to the Megane (or glasses-wearing) characters, myself. Oshitari Yuushi, Tezuka Kunimitsu, Inui Sadaharu [finding a pattern in fandom yet?] Kyouya Otori, it goes on and on...)

I've already included some types of my own as examples, but I want more from you guys! SO! I need your help. Be creative~!



~*~TEH LIST~*~

"Megane/Glasses"
"Whiny Childish Idiot" (Uke)
"Stoic yet Sensitive"
"Reversible"
"Angsty loner" ~ChaosSinAlchemist
"Ghost, supernatural spirit thingy" (o.O They are mostly ukes.) ~ChaosSinAlchemist
"The popular jock" (Seme. -cough Tamaki cough-) ~ChaosSinAlchemist
"Sugar High Uke who doesn't act like an uke, but it still adorable and glompable." ~ChaosSinAlchemist
"Reluctant Uke" ~princessMeep and Seijaku_Ishida
Angsty ukes, or at least ukes that have a tragic past. ~overlordofthepies
Mean semes, who either behave plain cold or do the whole rape stuff which was mentioned. ~overlordofthepies
Irritable Seme, gets mad at everything ~minaMouse
Offendable Uke, "WAI YOU'RE SO MEAN!" at tiny things ~minaMouse
Overly Polite Uke ~minaMouse
Overly Rude Seme ~minaMouse
Goodie Two-Shoes Uke ~minaMouse
Bad Boy Seme ~minaMouse
Crossdressing Uke ~minaMouse
-The super popular guy in school has an 'interest' in the new kid. ~RubberSoul
-The guy in love with his best friend. ~RubberSoul
-A guy finds another guy in an alley/the rain/on the street. ~RubberSoul
-Sempai in love with his subordinate. ~RubberSoul
-A guy takes interest in a 'weirdo', finds the love of his life. ~RubberSoul  

[Dr_Kael]

:3 Kekeke -has read enough BL mangas to point the stereo types out-
*Ahem*

-Angsty loner(Emo emo )
-Ghost, supernatural spirit thingy. (o.O They are mostly ukes.)
-Of course, like you said, teh smexy glasses wearing bishounen. (Love meh some seme with glasses!)
-The popular jock (Seme. -cough Tamaki cough-)
-Sugar high uke who doesn't act like an uke, but it still adorable and glompable.

biggrin I'm done now.
<3  

[princessMeep]

-(almost) always seme/uke - rarely seke/seke
-uke (almost) always has really big eyes/long hair/some other rediculously girly trait
-uke (almost) always is reluctant
-or uke is helplessly in love with a seme who doesn't want him
-someone (almost) always has a tragic past
-someone (almost) always has an attitude problem or something

I have more, but these ones always come to mind.  

[Kitsune-chi]

princessMeep

-(almost) always seme/uke - rarely seke/seke
-uke (almost) always has really big eyes/long hair/some other rediculously girly trait
-uke (almost) always is reluctant
-or uke is helplessly in love with a seme who doesn't want him
-someone (almost) always has a tragic past
-someone (almost) always has an attitude problem or something

I have more, but these ones always come to mind.

To be honest, I was more looking for CHARACTER types (Lolita type, Megane Type, Cool type, stuff like that) rather than patterns in BL and plot, but those are good observations. XD You pretty much hit the nail on the head with the "Someone always having a tragic past" point.  

[Kongouseki]

this is very interesting. i can't think of something right now, but ninja  

[princessMeep]

Oh, oops, sorry - but they are still clichés. sweatdrop I admit, I kinda skimmed your post. *la-azy*  

[Kitsune-chi]

princessMeep

Oh, oops, sorry - but they are still clichés. sweatdrop I admit, I kinda skimmed your post. *la-azy*

*nods* They're definitely cliches... Maybe we can make a whole nother thread on that!

And don't worry 'bout it. whee  

[Seijaku_Ishida]

The reluctant uke is another one.

The 'rape is luuuuv' seme/uke pairings also annoy me.  

[Kitsune-chi]

Seijaku_Ishida

The reluctant uke is another one.

The 'rape is luuuuv' seme/uke pairings also annoy me.

*grimaces* Erugh, I hate those. "Rape is lurve" my a**.  

[overlordofthepies]

The height and age "rules". (Semes are the taller ones, the ukes are the younger ones and such.) *smashes fists on table* scream



Angsty ukes, or at least ukes that have a tragic past.
Mean semes, who either behave plain cold or do the whole rape stuff which was mentioned.

I'm sure more will come to me later. sweatdrop  

[MinaMouse]

Irritable Seme, gets mad at everything
Offendable Uke, "WAI YOU'RE SO MEAN!" at tiny things
Overly Polite Uke
Overly Rude Seme
Goodie Two-Shoes Uke
Bad Boy Seme
Crossdressing Uke

I could go on.  

[Kitsune-chi]

MinaMouse

Irritable Seme, gets mad at everything
Offendable Uke, "WAI YOU'RE SO MEAN!" at tiny things
Overly Polite Uke
Overly Rude Seme
Goodie Two-Shoes Uke
Bad Boy Seme
Crossdressing Uke

I could go on.

I'm sure I could name an example for every darn one of those. XD  

[Riosin]

How about...

-So innocent and naive for a 19/20 year-old uke you think he dosen't know how to spell 's-e-x'  

[ShadowedMoonlight]

Heh, I've done this kind of thing before. A while ago, I compiled some two lists with about a dozen steryotypical/common types of uke and seme. Each type was complete with paragraph-long descriptions, and some had example characters mentioned. I'd have to root around in the files of my old computer to find it, but I will if anyone wants me to. So, anyone want me to find and post my 'Uke and Seme Types' list?  

[Yumehi]

Very interesting, I like it! But, I don't know where I belong!!