something about making mc look basic so ppl can relate
its done on purpose, its probably a bl industry thing. in most average bls hey try to make the guy with the bottom role as invisible or basic as possible so that the reader can self insert...and since yaoi is written for the heterosexual female audience, when something is a hit with the majority audience, they roll with it.
If one really wants to read a good narrative which defies the genre cliches and copy paste recycled crap, ones gotta refine their taste and find those gems which actually have a story to tell instead of the mediocre trash that can be found in abundance in the yaoi genre.
Have yal noticed how 80% of the bl here is like the seme is drop dead gorgeous, handsome, tall, abs and his design is g9nna be intricate and stuff. While the uke prolly just looks basic and normal as fuck..?