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Honestly, I think it's fair to want more verse (and switch!) couple representation. Most queer men are verse or have at least tried both roles, but like 90% of BLs have exclusive top/bottom couples. I don't think that every couple should be verse (nor that this couple should definitely be verse), but how disproportionate it is to real life is giving heteronormative and fetishization (which is a whole can of worms ).
Although it's definitely weird how people want the couple to be verse only when they are both buff. Some people definitely demand it just to fit their personal preference rather than considering the characters' dynamic. I feel like they're seen as "equals" in the relationship and are both often portrayed as "having top energy" (aka from how they look, there isn't a portrayal of your stereotypical top and bottom), which means they both are seen to have the potential to be on top — something a stereotypical BL couple doesn't have.
Is it really too much to ask for more twink tops with buff/"average" bottom? Or a twink couple?? I think it's fair to want BL in general to have more variety as well as better and more accurate representation, because so much of it is based on stereotypes, is very unrealistic, or is problematic (so much damn romanticization and normalization of noncon and dubcon — for example, just the straight-up pornographic rape or the sex scenes where the bottom says "it hurts," "no," and "stop," and the top doesn't stop. Like dude, even if the bottom is feeling pleasure, you should always listen to your partner and make sure they're comfortable, thx