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FAQ + Guidelines
🕑 Added 2023-04-25 18:46:59 +0000 UTCHello everyone!
I'm writing a FAQ so that we can all be on the same page here. It's been long overdue, to be honest, so I'm glad to be able to sit down and clear up the rules for my Patreon.
This would be the first run of the post as I'm trying to get it out as soon as I can. If you find that I should add something to the FAQ, feel free to comment as such in the comments below! I'll most likely add some updates to the questions asked and With that in mind, here are the FAQs and Guidelines!
✨ Commenting Guidelines ✨
- Avoid commenting suggestions unless I ask for them.
- Avoid questioning the characters' sexuality or gender. Short answer is, gender and sexuality are different and personal for different people. Long answer should be available in this FAQ in the characters section.
- Avoid asking why I draw certain characters/pairings more than others. I have my own biases towards my own characters.
- Avoid asking questions about my personal life.
- Comments that make me uncomfortable will be removed.
- If the same person has made me uncomfortable through multiple comments, then I reserve the right to have them blocked from my Patreon.
✨ Character FAQs ✨
The ambiguous characterization in the main Webtoon is done on purpose--it's so that people can headcanon them into anything, or insert themselves into these characters. I think it makes them a lot more fun and allows for more flexibility! Please treat the following character FAQs as canon ONLY to the Patreon content, and not the main comic in general. ALSO... Since I make up Boyfriends as I go along, some info may or may not change in the future.
✨ Goth (BF)'s transition?
He started binding around middle school-high school (he's already binding as shown in a flashback in episode 130). Just before the comic of Boyfriends started, he had top surgery and he was shown wearing compression binders in episode 6. He's not planning on taking T or getting bottom surgery anytime soon.
✨ Goth (BF)'s asexuality?
I'll try to explain as best as I can, so I apologize if I don't get it across clearly enough. Goth has a very low libido and low sexual attraction. He prefers giving because he does not have any wants, sexually. He sees sexual engagement with his partners as a way to spend time with them.
While not too interested in sex itself, Goth is very into kinks (especially dominating). That's why he likes to be the controlling force in the bedroom. As for whether or not that gets him off, it's irrelevant--he's not looking for sexual gratification, he is just chasing that "controlling" high. To him, it empowers his masculinity.
I hope that's clear enough, but feel free to ask additional questions about this that I might've missed in this post!
✨ Nerd (BF)'s gender?
At this point in the comic, he still identifies as a boy. However, around the later parts of season 2, he starts to have some gender feelings. Since he's still trying to figure himself out, he's unlabeled and is trying out other pronouns.
✨ How are the characters' pasts/families like? I'd like to explore this more in the future, perhaps it can be a side story/SFW bonus comics, especially about their past and how they came to find out their sexuality! As for families, we've seen Jock and Nerd's families, and I plan to bring in Prep's family for season 3. Goth's family is estranged from him and I don't plan on having them in the comic besides flashbacks.
META Questions
✨ Where does the comic take place? I've never thought of a specific place in mind when making Boyfriends. I've drawn several inspirations from my immediate experience (Indonesia, UK) and media I consumed (America, Japan), so it's probably a combination of multiple places. My go-to answer is that the story is set on Jupiter.
✨ Any particular media that inspires Boyfriends? Scott Pilgrim, Nichijou, Ouran High School Host Club, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Game Grumps. There are a lot of inspirations that come unconsciously (ex.: Grumps influenced my humor, so it naturally seeps in a little into what I write), so there might be stuff aside from these that I didn't even realize!
✨ How did you come up with Boyfriends/the story? It wasn't a big decision to make the comic in the first place. I first made the characters just smooching, and out of nowhere I just doodled a silly comic of them (which ended up being Episode 1). At the time, I was working on something else, so Boyfriends was kind of a break from work, something fun and low effort. At some point, I was able to support myself by making these comics, so I quit my job and decide to make it full-time and put out more effort into making them. As for the story, there isn't really much of a "plot"--I just have this set of characters with different base personalities, and I put them in different basic situations. Their personalities and dynamics with other characters practically determine how the episodes go.
✨ Do you have an official Discord server? We do have one, but it's exclusively for emotes only. There are no chatting channels in the server. You should be able to access the server as soon as you sign up for any tier in my Patreon.
✨ Are fanarts okay? Yes, I welcome any fanart, SFW or NSFW. However, I prohibit any fanart that contains offensive intent/imagery. Other than that, feel free to draw the boys and the girls however you want, the hashtag for fanart is #BoyfriendsFanart (on Twitter/Instagram)! We check the tag twice a week.
✨ How many seasons of Boyfriends will there be? Season 1 ran from episodes 1-100, Season 2 will run from episodes 101-200, and... I'm planning for a shorter season for Season 3. Since I'm making the episodes up as I go, so I'm not sure how many episodes there will be in the end, but I don't plan on going further than Season 3
✨ Are your commissions open? No. I'm not opening them anytime soon either. I should be available for professional projects, but unfortunately I can't take personal commissions.
EDIT: Changed Jock GF's sexuality to Pansexual.
Comments
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I just realized something and I'm curious, that's why I'm going to ask it: have you thought about doing nsfw of girlfriends? 👁👄👁
Artiø Vollrath
Thank you for taking the time to write this. ❤️
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Thank you so much for writing this!
Aryn Gloom
know this isn't the point of this, but just wanted to say how grateful i am to have ace rep like how you write it!! i'm on the ace spectrum and explaining it to people is always hard, especially when they want to draw a hard line in the sand about what being ace means. i love that you express goth's sexuality the way you do, it makes me so happy to see a genuine expression of asexuality portrayed so well, especially in a published series!
GG
For a FAQ post this was probably the most interesting FAQ I've ever read lol! I love GF Nerd they're so cute and long story short I feel connected to them ; u ;/) Thank you for making such an awesome comic! Cant wait for more!
VerdantWind
Omg 2 aces! I'm eating so well with this comic! As an nb ace, I enjoy the GFs clarification! Guess I'm a Lala stan now XD I know asexuality may seem odd to people... I hope if there's ever something that bothers you, you can go take a breather somehow. Some genuinely want to know more and others just... can be too dense. Take care and thanks for this FAQ!
Rachel W
Hi, I'd just love to know some fun lil quirks/traits/likes about them. Just a couple of hypotheticals, Goth just REALLY likes Cheezits, Jock can barely handle cheesy jumpscare horror movies but Nerd doesn't even blink at the more hardcore stuff. Prep is secretly really into Jazzercise, stuff like that.
Amy Cargos-Morowitz
Now I know what to call the girlfriends; yeay! Thank Ray! This info is so fascinating and cool! And I will always be respectful here! I promise! 😇🫶🏻
Sheila Enos
I've been waiting for this clarification. Thank you for it. These boys have my support all the way.
Dejah Stewart
I don’t know why but I can’t find the discord server
Meggie
Thank you for clarifying Goth💜 I'm considering re-reading knowing what I know now so I can see through a different perspective.
hazel
Yes.
WhoDoo
Perhaps this might not be something worth thinking about now, but what do you plan to do after season 3 is completed? Will the BFs return someday, or will we continue to see them in a more sporadic fashion from then on out?
Prohesive Butter
Do you have a comic lined up to do after bf since you want season 3 to be the last season?
Christopher
What is everyone’s favorite food? I know Adrian’s siblings like chicken nuggies but what about everyone else? Also, does anyone have specific diets? Like, vegetarian or any of that stuff?
Lazy Borb
Non binary ace here, felt deeply represented as well! My best friend is nb pan, and we love craft stuff, so Lala's interest I sewing and writing made so happy ♡♡♡
Arkaydi4
Lala is non-binary ace? Aaaaa, that’s so cool, me and my best friend are too! X3
glicfox
What inspired you for ur designes of the bfs and Gfs
acearohanda
love this! was late to the game so didn't know assigned names. and really love the clarification on goths sexuality stuff 🙏🙏 youre doing amazing and cant wait to see what you do both with boyfriends and beyond
lionluver2005
Jules
*looks at birth years* …I'm the same age as the Goths and Preps?!?!😮
DJHightopp
Something that popped into my brain is something that me and my roommate bring up now and again, but if you could imagine how the characters voices sound how would they?
refrainbow
that kind of stuff is too far in the future for me to know for sure! but i think I'll still make bfs stuff from time to time. my patreon will probably have a huge shift into whatever project I'll have at that time. I've started conceptualizing other stories/characters, so maybe a lot of it will have them. but yeah it's still too far in the future for me to know sooo
Katie
feel free to say "idk <3" but are you planning on continuing to draw boyfriends content for patreon/social media after you finish season 3? I know its probably up to how you're feeling after. I love your work and I'm excited to keep supporting your next projects! especially looking forward to any other comics you might do after this series wraps
refrainbow
stuff like that will probably be answered in the comic itself!
Matt Sullivan
I would like to know if any of the characters have vices. We were shown that Prep can't control how much he drinks and Goth plays videogames all the time. Do any of the other characters have/do things that's bad for their health but can't let go?
refrainbow
oh sure! I'll add that in the tabled info part of the FAQ ^^
Jecka
One question I have is what is everyone's pronouns? I know you just said Adrian is trying things out, but I'm curious about Lala.
refrainbow
stuff like kinks/nsfw questions will be answered in a different post!
