[ SECRET POST #6107 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6107 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

DA

No, they just seem aware that queerbaiting is not about ships? Plenty of it is "is this character queer representation or not" even if ships aren't in the picture and writers being like weeeell maaaaaybe who knows???

[(Anonymous)]

When has this happened? Because I can think of many more instances of a fandom going ‘this is totally meant to be canon/this character is meant to be queer’ only for the creators to explicitly state this isn’t the case and never will be, but the fandom ignores it and carries on deluding themselves, only to get act betrayed when it doesn’t happen just like the creators said it wouldn’t.

[(Anonymous)]

That would not be an example of queerbaiting, then?

Queerbaiting by definition is when the creators actively bait or hedge, not when they outright state it isn't true

[(Anonymous)]

This. It's also not queerbaiting if they leave it open or ambiguous so the characters could conceivably be interpreted as being queer, either. Queerbaiting is when the creators deliberately hint toward a character/characters being queer when they never intend for that to be an actual possibility and know all along that the character in question is going to wind up being straight.

[(Anonymous)]

If you want a concrete example, Rizzoli and Isles where the writers/cast knew they were and would end up straight but played up the lesbian subtext for the viewership numbers.