[ SECRET POST #2906 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2906 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Is Korrasami 'queer baiting'?

[nyxelestia]

I think people are so used to seeing friendships as being superficial next to romances that when they DO see a deep, meaningful, and mutually supportive friendship, we end up subconsciously coding them as romances - because for most movies and TV shows, that often is used as a shorthand for romance or intentional subtext.

I loved the Katara and Zuko friendship in the original series, and while I could see where people were coming from for the romance...I saw that for pretty much every friendship (or hateship, since my Avatar OTP is Jet/Zuko for delightfully fucked up reasons).

Pretty much same goes for Korra and Asami, and in many ways compounded by the fact they're both women. When so many major movies and TV shows still can't pass the Bechdel test, how often do we see female friendships? And more importantly, how often do we see female friendships where they aren't in competition with each other, or secretly one or both of them isn't actually a good friend? This is compounded by the fact they share an ex-boyfriend - in more movies and shows than not, any personal connection to the same man is fertile ground for competition, regardless of how tenuous that connection is or should be. Not only does their past relationships with Mako not interfere with their current friendship, they can even make light of that messy history - which just serves to further highlight their friendship with each other.