[ SECRET POST #3175 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3175 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I thought the mark of queerbaiting is that the canon simultaneously plays with implicit queerness, and goes to great lengths to deny it. I thought that was the reason it was more than just a charge that can be leveled at anything with subtext.

Is there some place in Agent Carter where Peggy talks about how totally nohomo she is or something?

[(Anonymous)]

I think your definition of queerbaiting is correct, and people tend to misapply it frequently, often to just about any subtext.

I can't speak to Agent Carter specifically, though, as I have not watched it.

[(Anonymous)]

There are people who'll argue that it's such a new term that it doesn't have a set definition so they can apply it to anything they want, but I think you're right. I really think it cheapens the term to apply it to every canon where there are potential same-gender couples who don't ever actually get together, or every time a character is single for a long time and doesn't turn out to be gay, or every time two same-gender characters are in an intimate situation. Queerbaiting requires the knowledge that an audience exists for queer characters and queer ships, the savvy to know how to appeal to that audience without being explicit enough to offend other parts of your audience, and the desire not only to attract that audience but to exploit it. Just ship teasing and subtext can be done in a completely non-malicious way.

[arcadiaego]

I feel like the definition has changed as the term is more frequently used...although that might be just because I've seen it a lot lately in the Hannibal fandom.