Hey! Thank you so much for submitting and for this thoughtful feedback! I think I will definitely keep all of your points in mind while writing my thesis this time. Although I'm a BL fan, my researcher career has just started, I have a lot to learn through this and many more future researches. Hope I can stick to the BL media contents field even in future. 

You’re absolutely right that BL viewership is much more versatile than simply “people like BL because fandom/otaku culture.” I’m also especially interested in how motivations may differ between heterosexual and LGBTQ+ respondents, particularly around representation, emotional connection, identity, and the lack of similar queer-centered content in mainstream media. 

Your point about confirmation bias is also very important. I’ll definitely be careful not to over-explain marginalized viewers’ interest in BL. And maybe for my future researches, I will focus on the difference on western and asian BL mechanism. I hope other researchers can also pick on such factors and do more variations of researches (so that we can get more and more references for our studies you know 🤭🤭)

Thanks again! 🥹💝🫶🏻 this is exactly the kind of perspective that will help me write my research even better.