I’ve lost connection with local fandom years ago. My only reference is when I table at local cons, and I interact a bit with the attendees. What I noticed, though, is that the BL public is way younger than when I got into BL. I was 15 years old when I watched Loveless and I was one of the youngest. But recently I’ve met girls as young as 10 years old, accompanied by their parents, asking for TodoDeku stickers, for example. That absolutely didn’t happen in my time (hahaha). Even the concept of parents being in cons was alien back then. As for what this generation consumes or acts like, I suppose it’s quite globalized thanks to social media. They’re up to date with the newest releases and have a lot of access to BL original content and fan-content.
— 28, She/They, Argentina
28, SHE/THEY, ARGENTINA
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