I see it mainly in Fantasy Books.
One Brother is the good one, he is manly, strong, don’t care about riches, and have a good heart. He will be the protagonist or the protagonist friend.
The other one is the Bad Brother, he have a more weak body, have femine traits, always using fancy clothes and jewels, is less loved by others, and he is jealous. He will be the antagonist.
In a arc of >!Ranger!< this trope is reverse, which was a breath of air.
Villains have been queer coded for decades. You can guess why
lol just because they have a flair for the dramatic?? Come on, most of us would wear capes and make grand declarations if we could
That and being gay is bad mmkay? Levels of casual cultural homophobia
Sauron, famously a gay man.
And today, all villains must be rich white men. You can guess why.
What do you mean “today”? The novels I read from the 1800’s are a goldmine of rich, white villains… it’s almost like they were always hated…
Uh, because billionaires are villains?
Finally some realism