'''Basic Trope''': The more masculine of a {{Yaoi}} couple will be the one on "top".
* '''Straight''': Bill is [[OneHeadTaller taller than]] and more stoic than his partner [[{{Uke}} Andy]], and is usually the "top" during sex.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bill is [[ManlyMan the manliest man in the world]] and won't ever take a submissive role in bed.
* '''Downplayed''': Bill is more masculine than Andy, but still takes on a submissive role every now and again.
* '''Justified''':
** Bill is naturally a masculine guy who takes little to no pleasure in being on the bottom.
** Bill is a BDSM dom.
* '''Inverted''': {{Uke}}
* '''Subverted''': Bill is tall, masculine, and stoic... But is still the "catcher".
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But mainly because his partner is [[ManlyGay even more masculine]].
* '''Parodied''': Bill is constantly in baseball gear, and always has a glove on his non-dominant hand. [[StealthPun He's the greatest pitcher in the country]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bill is a blatantly stereoytpical seme who plays pitcher to Andy... but only the first time they have sex. The next time, he's on the bottom. After that, he's on top again.
* '''Averted''':
** You can't tell who's the Uke and who's the Seme if you skip the sex scenes.
** Alternatively, Andy and Bob do "things" that don't ''require'' a seme or an uke. (Mutual masturbation, for example.)
** [[NoHuggingNoKissing There is no sex scene at all.]]
* '''Enforced''': "Women are going to be reading BoysLove 99 percent of the time. We need a manly character who is dominant in bed, because the ladies [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys need a guy like this]] and they like to see the pretty uke get "swept away"."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Of course I'm on top. A real man never takes it up the ass."
* '''Invoked''': Bill knows Andy is attracted to Semes, so he purposely acts more like one.
* '''Exploited''': Bill uses his dominant appearance and mannerism to [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale avoid being raped]] [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale by pretend to rape the rapists instead]] and scared them away.
* '''Defied''': Both Andy and Bill are developed believably as rounded male characters, and their sex scenes aren't shown in the work at all.
* '''Discussed''': "Hey, [[YaoiFangirl Carol]], do you think Bill is Andy's seme?"
* '''Conversed''': "Of course Bill's the seme. He's the tall, manly one."
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Bill doesn't want to only be on top, but Andy won't sleep with him unless Bill tops. This drives a rift into their relationship and they break up.
** Alternately, Bill and Andy's relationship is based on IfItsYouItsOkay and Bill still sees himself as straight, so he only sleeps with feminine {{Uke}}s. His issues accepting his relationship with Andy drives them apart.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Bill realizes being with Andy is worth never being on the bottom and they get back together.
** Bill realizes he is attracted to Andy not because he's just a hole, but for his whole person.
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