Serious question. Why do SOME fujos think there's a specific "look" to be a top or a bottom?

Bc authors do give them a "look". Is also why a lot of people say "BL bottom"/"BL top" when talking abt yaoi, bc they look and behave a specific way and you can usually tell which one is which by their character design alone. And this dynamics specially are very heteronormative and misogynistic too Now if youre referring to those fujos who look a......   reply

because humans can't live without stereotyping and generalizing a trait on a group of people ️️   1 reply

They just stereotype and apply hetero dynamic logic to gay relationships sadly   reply

That’s literally just a word. Sexism. that type of thinking reflects a very old sexist idea (and one that still prevails among some people with shit in their brains) that femininity = passivity and masculinity = dominance. in many works, the seme is portrayed as the dominant, masculine and protective one, while the bottom is delicate, smaller co......   reply

P sure the legit answer is misogyny and fetishization   reply

it's just pure misogyny and an heterosexual conception of homosexuality. it has to fit the heterosexual and misogynystic standards wich are that the woman is the bottom and the man is the top, so bottom have to be feminine to look like a woman and bottom have to be masculine to look like a men but it's complete bs   reply

Twink top, Buff Top, Twink Bottom, Buff Bottom all men. Pretty top, Handsome top, Pretty bottom, handsome bottom all men. At the end of the day, I don't understand the discourse we're all here for men. Sad though there's many factors like looking for heteronormativity in yaoi, something most fans don't want to agree, something internalized we shou......   1 reply

as other people said, stereotypes and fetishization. they can't comprehend actual, realistic mlm relationships, only their fantasies.   reply