#yuribait

[flowergirlmiwa]

by the way i am completely down with anything and everything being incorporated into a "group of girls hang out and might kiss :ooo" anime. maybe-lesbians build shit? maybe-lesbians play golf? maybe-lesbians pilot gundams? maybe-lesbians suffer from crippling anxiety? all great! i want those ambiguously gay girls to do ALL the activities

here is a list of things i think they should get possibly gay women to do next

lesbians playing yu-gi-oh! lesbians compete in esports lesbians work at a library together lesbians that work at a candy manufacturing factory lesbians being tortured in the depths of hell together lesbians who work at a space camp for preteens lesbians that work on the set of the price is right lesbians who are really into collecting beanie babies and bond over craigslist lesbians that work at goodwill and dare each other to try on ugly clothes

any context where women can interact regularly and you can turn it into an anime please do it i need women injected into my veins i need them to hold hands semi-platonically

#my post #yuribait is yuri! #yuri #girls love #cute girls doing cute things #yuribait #as a disclaimer i don't actually watch shows like that LOL i dont watch anime at all #i'm just glad they exist

[l0ttienat]

hello tumblr world have this

what if when we were seventeen i drank your blood for protection and in doing so doomed us both? and you found me 25 years later

#lottienat #nat scatorccio #lottie matthews #the prophet #jesusjudas #the nonbeliever #yellowjackets #yuribait

[nicotomato]

New key visual

That hand holding though 😏😏😏

🌝🌝🌝Mehehe

#lycoris recoil #lycoreco #chisato nishikigi #takina inoue #shoujo ai #girls love #shoujo ai anime #yuri #yuri? #original anime #original art #yuri bait #yuribait

[inventedsanity]

wake me up when in a historical manhwa, the author actually makes the female leads together instead of queerbaiting us

#webtoon #manhwa #queerbait #yuribait #yuri #yuri shipping #yes im talking about psyeda #yes im talking about #ban yeoryeong #and #ham dan i #psyche callista #medea solon #are literally in love #they kissed and made out and told u me???? #like how u still call them straight #psydea

[houkagokappa]

There are few things I hate more than when an anime gets condensed into whether or not it’s yuribait. I was looking up comments on the upcoming Hibike! Euphonium projects and so many of them focused on the series ending up a failure somehow because it was just bait, or that those who shipped KumiRei must be mad because their ship sunk (and these commenters found joy in it because shippers are delusional).

First of all, these commenters don’t understand shipping at all. Shipping is about fun or interesting what-if’s, not collecting proof of what must happen. It’s supposed to be lighthearted and not that serious. It can be brainrot inducing, but there’s a degree of separation between what’s canon or a headcanon and things you simply dream of seeing without believing or demanding that they’ll happen in the series itself. And yes, representation is important too, but it’s separate to shipping, especially depending on the series and what sort of realistic expectations you can have for it.

Second, those who mock shippers for reading into things too much tend to be very quick with their own assumptions. You can’t presume that a character is straight just because they haven’t shown signs of being gay. If they’re “too young to know” it extends to ALL identities, including heterosexuality. Sexuality can be fluid and there’s a lot more to it than two opposites - bisexuality or asexuality are almost always conveniently forgotten as other possibilities, along with all other romantic and sexual identities. Not to mention how difficult it can be to realize your own sexuality and be open about it thanks to heteronormativity and societal pressure to fit in.

It’s such a shame when the canon status of a ship seems to be the only thing some people get out of a series or think is what others watch or read it for. Of course it’s fine to watch or read something for a ship and it’s not like I haven’t done it myself, but when you equate the value of something to whether or not a ship in the series becomes canon it’s quite sad and disrespectful towards the creators and fans. I love Hibike for its portrayal of finding a passion, working hard towards a goal and all the complex feelings that come with it. Kumiko’s extremely relatable for me and it’s interesting how untypical she is as a protagonist. Her relationship (as it’s shown) to Reina is important to me, but it’s more of an additional treat than the sole purpose for my love towards the series.

I do read their relationship and their feelings towards each other having a romantic undertone. I don’t think it’s far-fetched or impossible even when they’ve shown interest towards male characters. You can love multiple people and you can love them simultaneously in different ways. I don’t need to see them enter a romantic relationship for their feelings or this reading of them to be valid and true, or for me to find enjoyment and meaning from it. It’s sad that those who claim it’s bait can’t comprehend that queer readings are possible even without explicit hand-holding* confessions** kisses and sex (whether it’s a more serious interpretation or just for some fun shipping) and that some yuri fans can’t be happy with what we got, but demand more from a series that never intended to cater to those demands. There are plenty of yuri works to watch and read for those explicit moments, and there are plenty of other things to love about the series in addition to the relationships.

*no wait they’ve done this **they’ve done this too

#my nonsense #hibike! euphonium #yuri #yuribait #besides hibike i've been seeing similar comments about lycoreco and suisei no majo these past few days #also jojo lmao #along with the hundreds of shows that center around girls with close relationships to other girls #that get called yuribait as soon as the poster is revealed and they're posed together #the threshold to call something yuribait is incredibly low #i should've probably criticized the term too #since actual bait is pretty rare to come by? #altho i guess it's mostly used to specify a targeted audience #altho then again i believe some people truly believe others will get baited #and it's not like those people don't exist... #sigh

[ak1115]

Oh my god dont tell me hes the ML

Ugh the empress was taken. Why do this... after all the yuribait...

Right after stuff like

Still holding out hope

#the villainess empress's attendant #yuribait #maybe #manhwa #webtoon

[halveablock]

take responsibility!

#gundam witch from mercury #suletta mercury #miorine rembran #i wanna see suletta sweating at how intimidating miorine is for the next 24 episodes #me keeping up with gundam news prior to premiere: hmmm this looks like yuribait im gonna end up eating up the crumbs aren't i #me after episode 1: AN ENTIRE BUFFET

[moonsinkfoxgirl]

-- ひろがるスカイ！プリキュア 第2話 ／ Hirogaru Sky! Precure, Ep.2

they are so gay

#hirogaru sky! precure #hirogaru sky precure #precure #so cute #the yuribait is strong with this one

[necronatural]

every time i find a new villainess/woobie yuribait rofan an angel gets its wings

#pers #this one is I Awoke as an Imprisoned Villainess #if villainess/woobie yuribait appeals to you read the holy grail of eris btw

[burstfoot]

"Kill yourself" is so overdone. "I hope your favourite operators' operator record consists them talking to a bunch of faceless one-off NPCs instead of any other actual characters" is real. It could happen to you.

#arknights #i wanted more bloopy in glaucus' operator record :( #i'll raise her to e2 60 for more yuribait HG don't test me #quercus' first one is also like this

[metanarrates]

romance is when killing with hammers

#narrates #kinda being yuribaited right now by a very mid manwha

[flowergirlmiwa]

inspired by this post i made a while ago that's making the rounds again

#my post #yuri #yuribait

[itsvs]

yuri? in my dungeon? that's more likely than you think

#ryoko kui had no reason to draw them like that but she did it anyway #and god how real she was for that #if she keeps yuribaiting like this i might go insane... #dunmeshi #and yet some mfs would still ship m/m pairs with little to no subtexts #ryoko kui is literally feeding the yuri in a silver platter AND YET YOU FUCKERS JUST DONT SEE IT

[aroacehanzawa]

mutuals you should watch the girl king (2015) for swedish royalty yuri

#filmed in my hometown btw. sorry i just doxxed myself. but it's for the noble cause of yuribaiting you guys

[inventedsanity]

is it my destiny to fall in love with queer bait ships :(

#manhwa artist try not queerbait/yuribait readers challenge!!! (IMPOSSIBLE) #inso's law #your throne #ham dan i #ham dani #ban yeoryeong #webtoon #insos law #manhwa #when the two female leads have more romantic tension and potential with each other than them being with male leads #and still dont end up together #they are like kiamei level of fucking in love and yet the artist still tells us they are straight #like alr bro we believe u #medea solon #psyche callista #psydea #psyche x medea #medea x psyche #ham dani x ban yeoryeong #ban yeoryeong x ham dani #yuri #webtoon stop queerbaiting us #queerbaiting #it's always the queerbait content which has more tension #queer #then the author just gave us the biggest queerbait comic

[mymarifae]

i feel like i’m hallucinating

#?!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!!?!!!!!!!??????HOW THE FUCK DID HORIKOSHI MANAGE TO WRITE SOME OF THE MOST POTENT YURIBAIT I'VE SEEN ALL YEA #R #GET AWAY FROM ME #i was looking at some of the other stuff from this and TOGA.................................. #i miss her. not enough to pick up bnha againDESPITE HOW INSANE THIS IS but i miss her