#Queerbaiting

[kavenyhrouzer]

#dominicana #gay panic #krall #model body #queerbaiting #tik tok #flexible #bojack s6

[fadingcollectorcreation]

#queerbaiting #napoli #mvmt watches #selfie girl #men and women #lies #badge #dib x zim #parisian #a love story

[potatomoonjuice]

Marvel will literally put a guy on top of another guy, chest on chest, and swear on their life they're not gay. BFFR

#marvel #queerbaiting #lokius #sambucky #sam wilson #bucky barnes #loki #loki laufeyson #mobius #marvel swore on their life thats why they've been going downhill #gay #i know they're not really “into each other” according to the writers but cmon

[magicalfeminazi]

lately I've come across a couple people both here and on tiktok that are now getting into supernatural and basically going "woah you destiel shippers were not kidding, I always thought you were probably exaggerating". And it's like we definetely were not, but I also wonder where this reaction comes from and I think I've got it.

We all know what fandom is, especially if we're talking about non-canon ships. We take the subtext and make it textual, we live in the crevices of stolen glances and romantic paralels. But most of the time there's another (straight) canon ship that the writers can use to queerbait us, being like "see? this is who he really wants". Take BBC Merlin, for example: the devotion and closeness between Merlin and Arthur is obvious, but it's easy to point at Arthur's feelings for Gwen and say "see? this is what's real. you're reading too much into it".

Destiel doesn't have one. The very (mysoginistic) nature of the show means neither Dean nor Cas have any significant relationships the writers could point to and show us the "truth" so there is nothing to distract from what's obviously happening on our screens. There is no great romantic storyline to tell us "this is who he really wants" so they are all that it's left and what's between them becomes undeniable. What's even worse, the other main relationship in the show is as platonic as you can get because Sam and Dean are related (let's ignore the existence of wincest please and thank you), so the difference between Dean's relationship with Sam and his relationship with Cas is so stark, so obvious, that is hard to even begin to compare them and try to paint them both with the same brush.

I know I'm just rambling but would love to hear your thoughts on it.

#supernatural #destiel #queerbaiting #deancas #dean winchester #castiel #dean x castiel

[kaos-snakey-loki]

#based on a true story #it's me #i'm the clown #loki #mobius #loki season 2 #lokius #loki spoilers #if this image just ends up looking like it was made on a potato- that's because it was #loki s2 #mcu #queerbaiting

[disappointmentthemusical]

what i love for the live action ATLA is that the fandom is fully aware that sokka and zuko's actors are queerbaiting us, but every post is like "YESS!!!! TRICK US HARDER!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!"

#atla #queerbaiting #zukka

[bloggingboutburgers]

...Maybe queerbaiting can only ever mean homobaiting or transspecbaiting

Idk don't kill me those are just cans of worms

#no one can know i don't like sex #queerbaiting #asexual #aromantic #aroace #not 100% a hot take but i doubt aro ace bait actually exists tbh #because i don't think writers and audiences care about aro or ace people enough to even think of writing them as bait #it's in THAT sad a state #my art #nonburger

[temporaerthaervaerk]

Queerbaiting sucks... but

I find it so affirming as a person who struggles with their romantic orientatation. I just live for that state of not quite friends/not quite lovers.

Like yes, they are partners, yes, they live and die for eachother, yes, every other relationship they have loses all meaning compared to them. But also no, they haven't kissed, and they don't want to kiss, and yet, somehow, every single word, every single glance, every single touch carries so much meaning and conveys so much love because this amount of platonic love is usually unheard of and they don't want the other to misunderstand. And I just- aaah, it gives me so much hope and reminds me that romantic love isn’t the only type of love worth experiencing and showing on screen/paper.

I do wish it was done intentionally and wasn’t just a product of homophobia and capitalism. Like I really, really hate the reason I get this representation. Like, it also leaves a somewhat sour taste in my mouth, because I can see that if the world was more accepting, it would probably be a romantic relationship.

(I sometimes see people calling queercoding queerbaiting, and just to make it clear, that isn't what i'm talking about)

#queerplatonic #qpr positivity #qpr #qpr pride #queer platonic love #queer platonic relationship #queerbaiting #supernatural #bbc merlin #manager kim #nbc hannibal #or maybe not #hannigram is canon #oh well #i've seen people debate it so i'll keep it #house md #bbc sherlock #sherlock holmes #teen wolf #merlin #aromantic #aromantism #asexual #asexuality #demiromantic #demisexual #lgbtqia #controversial opinion #? #i dunno

[corujalesbica]

Queerbaiting at its finest

#lgbtq #sapphic #lesbian #the marvels #ms. marvel #marvel #captain marvel #captain marvel x valkyrie #valkyrie #valquiria #loki #lokius #mobius #loki laufeyson #loki season 2 #loki series #loki x mobius #mobius x loki #queerbaiting #queer #disney queerbaits like humans breath

[epitome-of-an-openbook]

As a multi-shipping bisexual person who has been crying tears of joy for the past two episodes over the bi-buck story arc - I need you all to know that the weirder you guys are about it (and let's be real right now, you guys are being INCREDIBLY weird about it), the more uncomfortable I, an actual real life queer person, get with Buddie.

I genuinely love Buddie, one of my all time favorite fics across any fandom is "My Fingerprints Smeared on Your Heart", but I'm very hesitant to believe it will ever happen. So when ABC brings in Tommy and starts a VERY WELL WRITTEN and BEAUTIFUL queer story that UPLIFTS MY HEART and then I go into fan spaces to see people trashing on BuckTommy, or screaming "no Buck thats the wrong guy", or wanting the relationship to end with Buck cheating (which is incredibly biphobic btw) with Eddie, or implying/hoping that Tommy is an abuser that Buck can be saved from by Eddie, or any of the countless other scenarios that turn Buck's happily-and-safely-exploring-his-sexuality arc into small-or-traumatic plot point for the purpose of making Buddie canon it makes me feel deeply uncomfortable with Buddie and my fellow 911 fans. And that makes me sad, because I love fan spaces and I love interacting with people who like the same things as me!

Also, please learn the difference between queerbaiting and queer coding.

#911 abc #bucktommy #buddie #evan buckley #eddie diaz #tommy kinard #bisexuality #fan culture #queerbaiting #queer coding

[sonora-reyes]

I don't know when everyone somehow collectively forgot the actual definition of queerbaiting but like... yall know queerbaiting was never about REAL PEOPLE'S actual identities right? It's about the MEDIA they put out.

Queerbaiting is when media hints that there will be queer rep to lure in a queer audience with no intention of ever delivering on that rep.

Queerbaiting is NOT when a celebrity experiments with gender or sexuality without coming out. They are allowed to explore!

Queerbaiting is NOT when an author writes a queer book without explicitly stating they share the same sexual or gender identity!

Queer media is NOT queerbaiting just because you don't know the creator's sexuality or assigned gender at birth!

Is the media explicitly queer? Then it's not queerbaiting! Simple as that! No one owes you an explanation of their own identity, full stop.

#queerbaiting #god I'm so tired of this debate #also real people can't queerbait you about their own fucking identity jesus christ

[cinnamon-coffees]

kit conner isn’t queerbaiting you.

billie ellish isn’t queerbaiting you.

taylor swift isn’t queerbaiting you.

harry styles isn’t queerbaiting you.

REAL PEOPLE ARENT QUEERBAITING YOU!! it’s a term used in media literacy. no one owes you an explanation about their sexuality.

#lgbtq community #lgbtq #queerbaiting #kit connor #omg #heartstopper

[nymika-arts]

just been seeing some posts today

#id say how is this still an argument we're having but am i even surprised #get ur heads right pals #911 fox #discourse #queerbaiting

[fleursfairies]

id rather be queerbaited than watch a show full of very toxicly straight people

#sometimes its just ends up that way #queerbaiting #queer #movies #tv shows #harry potter #destiel #jeric #johnlock #newtmas #wolfstar #merthur #marvel #mcu #stucky #lokius

[smosh-mouth]

maybe two bottoms do make a top

#shayncer #shayne topp #spencer agnew #gay #queerbaiting #smosh games