One thing I’ve often found weird is the difference between male lead tropes in Western vs. East Asian television. In EA, the man is a skinny, sometimes frail even, genius who is beautiful.

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    In the West, the stereotypical dude in romance or rom-coms is a dumb jock who is hot.

    (You might be asking what prompted this weird post. Basically, I’m just astonished by how weird the dudes in Le Coup de Foudre and Put Your Head On My Shoulder are in comparison to everything I grew up watching.)

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    I wanted to give a longer reply (twice!) but it said I used an inappropriate word 😂

    So, western media and EA media base their portrayal of guys on their own society’s general idea of what a good guy is. Concerning their physical, body types are different in EA and the West.

    If we can mix both of their good parts, we can obtain a better guy in romance. Someone who knows what he is doing, has social skills and stays humble.

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      Agreed, although I think part of what makes each of these tropes winsome in their own way is the fact that we kinda realize their flawed.

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