" Heteronormalized" and one of my favourite bottom is Luke..just say you are a homophobic jealous b*tch who cannot stand men prettier than you..no need to beat around the bush blame others who literally is comfortable with any type of body trope..heck I even read twink tops and you are calling me a "heteronormalized" yaoi fan...if anyone is being weird fetishizer here then it's you gurl
Not only you are homophobic..you are misogynistic too. Just know that my no. 1 bottoms are seo-an from pizza delivery man and gold palace and Jae-oh from pawn's revenge. So you telling me "heteronormalized shit rooted to your brain" is just your coping. Probably check on yourself on how you are a fetishizer and misogynist ar the same time
Frrrr i mean quick glance at top korean bl list and you'll see buff guys being bottom ALOT, or at least they used to top. If you see a pretty man and you consider him "isnt like a real man" then thats your fckn problem bc you has a fckn stereotypes and just fail to realize ur being hypocrite af. Like, why is a man can't be pretty, moreover when hes the bottom in this case. Everyone has a taste so just go and eat at your own place, no need to disturb others.
Btw in Asia (yes korean included), if you see a pretty boy and hes gay then theres abt 70% hes the bottom (dont ask why i know).
Aaaaaand in the past, we had males having long hair (mostly royalties) throughout the world and male dressed up all fancy and glorious and may I remind yall high heels and dresses were meant to be worn by men. In the wildlife, we have male animals being prettier than female ones so yeah, criticize a men for being pretty is not very "feminine".
Girlie I just stated the fact that r4pe being called a form of love wasn't something fetishized but that crazy bat shit really happened so yeah, don't be surprised if some dheads still think of it that way. I don't support it btw.
All of those you all say above like men having long hair, men having feminine faces and r4ping and all, they are a thing in asian countries, it does exist in real life, so some authors just use real materials (of course they also alter it somehow to fit their taste or to fit the story's theme idk sth like that).
However, everyone has personal favourite genres and I respect that of each person and as long as you don't get reality and fictional taste mixed, everything's fine. The story isnt my work, I read it for free (on pirate places even) so what can I do but waltz away when I don't like one, bc yeah I don't have a say in anything. I mean I give the author no money what rights do I have? Fictional characters can do whatever they want in their world for all I care, just don't think you yourselves can do immoral things in real life.
Though I do agree some authors have some problems themselves.
It all started with hetero standards and people's view from all the way back. People preferred men to be strong and take the first step (thats why it led to the r4pe thing) while women must be soft and conservative yada yada, so basicaly men to be the "protect one", and women are the "protected one" (although guess what-or-who they protect women from lol and funny thing many incels still have this kind of mindset). Later on, that model image also applied to homo couples with the bottom being "the women". Many people, lgbtq+ people even, also have a thing for the strong-and-weak kinda contrast and so now you see that in many mangas, manhwas, manhuas where whatever the "uke" does there will always be a "seme" who is more powerful or stronger than the "uke", and the "uke" is usually femininely beautiful.
Here's the thing that is different between westerners and easterners: for most westerns, top/bot is just a position in bed and it doesn't affect or has little affection to each character's personality/appearance. But most easterners consider the traditional "top", including the appearance and personality, and d!ck size of course, to be the alpha male or almost the same as that image of "traditional male in hetero relationship", and the same goes to the "bottom", which means they are twinks and kinda weak as you might have seen everywhere, aka "traditional female in hetero relationship".
There are always exceptions and there are more and more people who don't go along with those traditional types anymore so just read whatever fit your check and ignore those which don't.

god, when will korean stop drawing straight couples, put a dick in the girl and then call it a bl? how is that a man?