I mean..some people don’t read stories with the intent of relating to the MC. Some read for escapism. One of the most commonly cited reasons for women who read a lot of BL is because with BL the MCs tend to be written as characters meant to stand on their own, unlike in a lot of het romance where MCs feel like vessels for readers to project themselves in.
Exactly. I don’t exactly care for the attractiveness or ugliness of the MC because I read it with the intention to detach my likeness from the character (but I still do appreciate a well drawn character). I can relate in terms of the narrative and their experiences as a human the their social setting but never once do I think of relating to them in terms of physical likeness and their romantic & or sexual experiences with the ML or any other male character.
Oh no is this generational gap? Nobody noticed the humor in here ig. Back in my days if you add LOL at the end it's supposed to be funny not sarcastic. *Sighs*
Also beauty and the beast trope isnt always pretty×ugly, smh. Beast is classified as "monster" that could go from the physical scars to the fearsome attitude. Again doesn't have to be ugly

The most unrealistic thing in these tropes are always the beautiful mc. Like cmon how is that relatable to us common face folks LOLOLOL
I am curious if this is the typical beauty and beast trope. But we'll see, Im still too early