#webtoon stop queerbaiting us

[kanmom51]

1)I hope this will make sense and I wish to stress I do not wish to be offensive in regards the boys and the webtoon/watpadd project. But I have to say, as a queer person I felt partly uncomfortable on how some of the interactions seem to have the possibility of being queerbating. We do not have the whole story yet sure, but to put some interactions which lead to believe in the potential of rappresentation and then harshly already have the characters deny any interest in men while putting +

Cont./ 2)very queercoded moments, I am not sure how I feel about it. Because I have doubts whoever made the story will commit to it. The boys collaborated sure, but we do not know how much choice they had in the matter, so the possibility this is being used to gain interest, it does worry me.

So, disclaimer again: before I start talking about this, I want to make it clear that I haven't read any of this yet.

Saying that, I do feel that I have to put in a couple of words here.

I will start with us not knowing the whole story yet. I think that we need to wait until the end of the whole thing, when we have the full picture in front of us, to make conclusions about queerbaiting.

And I'll tell you why that is anon.

You talk about:

"to put some interactions which lead to believe in the potential of representation and then harshly already have the characters deny any interest in men while putting very queer coded moments"

I get what you are saying. But let's stop for a second and remember this is a glimpse of the start of a story.

We don't know where this is leading, not yet.

But there is a thing called character development. Is it maybe possible the character is conflicted? That the coding is there because there will be a development in said character, who now may deny his attraction but will come to terms with it?

Wouldn't that be interesting? The story mimicking a real life conflict almost every queer youngster has to go through when coming to terms with their sexuality?

I'm not saying that's what is going to happen, but it is a possibility.

This is a Hybe project, and I don't know just how deep the guys involvement in the storyline is, but I don't think they would agree to be part of something that stands against what they believe in, which is at the very least great support for the LGBTQ+ cause, if not at least some of them being part of said community as well.

#ask #anon

[theliloniontm]

Dumb thing that shouldn’t be said

Dear korean isekai webtoons,

Stop queerbaiting us by suggesting one of the female characters is a rival to the male lead. Stop making supposedly strong female friendships that has such romantic tension that if they were straight they would be shipped together. If you ain't gonna make them canon, don't get our hopes up.

Sincerely, me

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