Question is this a harem or a reverse harem?

in a bl, if there are multiple lovers, like harem level amount, is it a harem because the mc is a guy? or is it a reverse harem bc the love interest are guys?

 

That's actually a pretty good question...I guess it depends on whether the MC is the dominant one in the relationships or not?

 

Usually people just say harem or male harem
A harem is defined more along gender lines than top/sub dynamics. Also, a harem is defined as a group of females w/ 1 male. A reverse-harem is the opposite version of that. There isn’t a corresponding word (at least in English) for a group of men focusing on one man

 

mm from what ive seen, theyre usually bottoms

 

From the BL I've read, the relationship is usually pretty defined in terms of who's "top" and who's "bottom".

I always call a harem that the "bottom" has, a "reverse harem" (when I really want to come down to the specifics- otherwise, just "harem" is enough), and vice versa.

I'm not sure if this applies to everyone else, though