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Sorry for not getting to this ask sooner, I had it in my drafts but was hoping I would be able to check out some titles I had been wanting to before posting this, but I didn't have the time so it got delayed for no reason 😢

For masc presenting FLs.... They're unfortunately very rare, so I only have a few but always something I'm on the lookout for.

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✦ One of my all-time favorite RR movies O'dessa has a great masc-presenting FL. If you haven't watched it already, you HAVE TO!!! (my review)

✦ Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi is a japanese drama where all three FLs are masculine-presenting! (I didn't finish this drama because the comedy threw me off (definitely will this year), but I hear there's at least two RR couples). This also has an anime adaptation and ofc a manga but I haven't checked out either yet.

✦ Chinese drama Oh My General has a masculine FL (very Mulan-core) that presents masc and acts masc. The ML is kinda unbearable early on but he gets better.

✦ Since pickings are so slim, I'll include My Lady General and A Gentleman Is like a Mu because both FLs wear only general's clothing, no flashy make-up and also behave pretty masc.

✦ If you haven't checked it out, indie game Both of Us are Supposed to be Dead has a very masculine FL and she's amazing! Only the demo is out so far. (FL is the redhead)

Sadly, I watch too many asian dramas for my own good and the masc woman rep is... not great 😭

There are a couple that I'm still uncertain about because I'm still watching them, but are giving the vibes. Love in Between (left) (FL so far looks masc enough to pass for a boy, but I'm still in the first quarter so idk if that'll change later (knowing cdramas, I feel like it will)) & The Devil Judge (right) (SFL looks quite masc (especially for a kdrama) but idk if her and ML will actually have romance, it does seem like it but it's also so bromance-heavy, lol). Will update if/when I finish them.

These are all ones I feel like were intentional with their masculinity and didn't just put a glammed FL in masculine-looking clothes and called it a day. Still beats nothing but that isn't uncommon either so I didn't include them.

There's also a few I haven't watched/read myself yet, but are on my PTW/PTR list and have a masculine FL: Otonari Complex (left) (also adapted from a manga) and Lady Crystal is a Man (right).

Ooooh, this is a good ask!! Failgirls are unfortunately not too common in the media I watch, but simps? 100%! I love girl simps! I'll include both if I can find

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Down-tremendously Simp FLs:

✦ Love Crossed - Queen of simping. I mean, ML is the idol that she's fascinated with, so... it's intense (giving girlfail vibes) [Fairly RR] ✦ The Blossoming Love - The honorary second queen of simping!!! She should be given an award for her obsession efforts [RR] ✦ Pursuit of Jade - Very close... there's never a moment this girl is NOT simping. She goes full-on "I'll make the money, you be pretty at home" mode [Fairly RR] (until ep 22 anyway, I dropped) ✦ Fu Ma Mei Tian Du Xiang He Li - She's basically a reversed hen-pecked husband (no, I will not be reversing that term...), so both smitten asf and also a simp [Very RR] ✦ A Talented Girl Grows Up - Takes a bit to start the simp engine, but once she does? OOOFFFF (giving some girlfail vibes, mostly in regards to how she tries to woo ML) [Very RR] ✦ Forever Love - Relentlessly simpy [Very RR] ✦ The Eternal Love Season 3 - Does it count if he has amnesia and she's pursuing him? She was giving tremendous simp [Fairly RR] ✦ Colorful Love - Very smitten, rather simpy (giving some girlfail vibes). [RR + hetgnc] ✦ In the 1990s - Another simp. [Very RR] ✦ The School Nurse Files - Simping but for a cause? Idk, she was unusual about the simping, but I feel like it was still intense enough to mention (giving some girlfail vibes) [Somewhat RR] ✦ Princess Jellyfish - Another queen of simping (giving quiet some girlfail vibes, just not the peak kind). [Somewhat RR (mostly hetgnc)] ✦ Learning to Love - Trying to hide (and sometimes suceeding in doing so) her simping (giving some girlfail vibes) [Slightly RR] ✦ An Ancient Love Song - Simping? Yearning? She does it all. [Fairly RR] ✦ A Dream like the True Love - More subtle simping, but I kept getting the feeling this FL was down-bad and reading the novel confirmed it, so she's added. [Fairly RR] ✦ Secret of Three Kingdoms - Prominent simping later on, but in a subtle, empress-y way. [Somewhat RR] + Maybe... ✦ Head over Heels - I only watched 1 episode of this 'cause it's not my scene, but she was a serious simp in it. [Idk... Possibly Slight RR] ✦ Idol I - On my PTW list so I can't speak certainly, but I mean, FL is a hobbiest fangirl, so I'm imagining the simping to be pretty severe.

Organized vaguely from most simpy.

There might be some leaning more into smitten than simping. Depends on how severe you want the down-badism to be. I thought all of these kinda had a pathetic flair to them when it comes to how downbad the FL is (though only a few are as severe of simps as men are allowed to be). As for girlfail vibes... I admittedly struggled a bit, mostly because the framing most dramas take to pathetic FLs is to make them so quirky and clumsy and uwu, and I don't think that's really RR, nor what you meant... Some, like I said, are more pathetic about their simping, so I included those that gave me loser-core vibes. The truest and best girlfail I've seen is the FL in Mad Doctor, but she's not a simp 😭

Omg, you're totally in the right place, my friend! It really sometimes feels like we're the only ones in the world who are into beautiful, softspoken, feminine men that get manhandled 😩 I'm so glad you were able to find my blog and that your PTW list hopefully grew a bit, hehe

If you want reccs, let me know! And if you like asian dramas, feel free to check out the MDL RR club to find more likeminded individuals ✨

An actual role reversal harem set in a matriarchy??!!! AND NOT A COMEDY???!! Whaaaattt??? These concepts on their own I have encountered, but together?? I am VERY intruiged!

I heard about this drama and have it on my PTW but pretty low on the priority list 👀👀👀

I remember watching 公主绝色，影卫日日以下犯上 where FL also has a harem (not a matriarchy tho) and absolutely LOVED that aspect so much (she was so protective, augh) but it also was political-heavy 😩 And since these dramas are so... bad, my political heart wasn't even enjoying it. I'm not in vertical dramaland for the plot, just give me the role reversal fantasy, please and thank you!

And her boysss… Especially main one, Lu Zhao, I just can't with him being so devoted to his wife. You'll see his wish to defend her dignity, his little smiles of pride of her, his anticipation for her actions toward him, his will to please her… Damn, I wish there will be LESS power struggles!

Sounds SOOOO cute!!! 😩 I always crave a devoted consort ML that isn't jealous and annoying. Let my girl have fun and be a good harem manager.

I had seen Xiao Tai in other dramas and then discovered he likes to crossdress (and he's good at it, too 😩) but I didn't know he had any RR dramas... It's like the heavens heard my pleas 🤩 Now him in a crossdressing drama...

OH MY GODDDDDDD!! THIS SOUNDS RIGHT UP MY LAAAAANE!!!!

HISTORICAL CHINESE ROLE REVERSAL MY BELOVEEEED!!!! YES, MY TWO HYPERFIXATIONS!!! (+ a nomadic setting?? IT'S LIKE IT READ MY HEART!)

AND IT'S FREE???!!!!!!

My dear friend, thank you so very much for this recc. I'll play it asap and report back. I'm SO excited!!!

I have admittedly never heard of this one! I have a lot of webtoons on my PTR, but I can't seem to get into them yet... I blame my ongoing slump... but I'm more than happy to add another recc to my to-read list

Gentle healer ML and fearsome badass warrior FL sounds like it's right up my lane! Throw in some fantasy too and I'm very intrigued! And it has a good story AND good artwork? I mean, I just have to check it now!

Oh... The Blue Whisper- one of my earlier dramas 😂 I started it because of the very RR-looking pictures I found on Pinterest, and the first half indeed really delivered. The leads were ADORABLE and right up my lane with FL being so shady, manipulative, but ultimately protective, and ML being such a cute, innocent yet feisty merman <3 He was delivering the sassy cute MLs that I craaave 😩

I also really liked the secondary couple and their dynamic. Having more than 1 RR couple in a drama is so rare, but he was her subordinate househusband catboy, and she was his badass aloof girlboss and I loved them lots.

But also the villainess??? Hello??? I really wish ML would've gotten some scenes with her because I was DEATHLY curious about seeing that dynamic on-screen!! I really love me a dom villainess with no morals and a fascination with pretty things.

But my disappointment with the second half is why I struggle to recommend this drama to anyone 😭😭😭 Like, it's ATROCIOUS what they did...

They really butchered BOTH leads thoroughly. ML went from the cute and innocent merman to just your average cliche red-flag domineering POS ML that abuses the shit out of FL because she hurt his feelings, womp womp (and don't even get me STARTED on him taking over as ruler in place of that smitten wolf princess, I was livid). Meanwhile, FL goes from a powerful and strong badass to spending more than half the season locked up by said POS ML sitting by a window sick and dying while also taking everyone's bullying lying down only to then, like you said, reincarnate into a mf child 😭 Good grief was it unbearable (thankfully pt.1 is RR for the most part and all the trad slop is contained in pt.2).

The only saving grace from pt.2 is the flirty butterfly fairy and her flustered monk, which were also somewhat RR, giving us a total of 3 RR couples in a drama that somehow goes from RR to trad in one of the WORST ways I've ever had the displeasure of seeing. 😭

They're not GNC as they still present pretty gender conforming but their attitude, roles in story, characterisation is extremely GRR. Great thing is, there's no attempts to shift their dynamics so far. FL's role is pretty similar to a typical ML that has trauma and was forced to fight as a child soldier but is silly around FL ML but also hiding dark secrets and afraid of ML being horrified by her

I also like it for non RR reasons that the male and female characters in this are really well done that they paint a very egalitarian society overall both within universe as well as narrative wise (i kinda compare this to the egalitarian vibes in Attack on Titan). Female characters are depicted as knights, politically cunning princess, while male characters are kings, advisers, knights but also allowed to be in need of saving (including ML) as well as one off male characters depicted huddling their kid in worry, stufff like that.

Sorry, i could yap on and on but i really like this manhwa 🤭 If anon asks had an image option i could share my fav screenshots from it too

Wow, two reccs for this manhwa in a row?! That's crazy!!

I'm good with them not being GNC (tho such a shame), RR is good enough for me and with two folk vouching for it, I guess it must be really damn good! Especially one that commits throughout, the bait-and-switch in RR media has given me trust issues, lmaao 😭

FL sounds like exactly the kind of FL I need more of in my life. Just a male archetype put on a female character without making her the 'womanly' version. Yeeeesssss!!!