[ SECRET POST #2099 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2099 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Different anon, but can someone give me an example of "queer baiting" in the show? I've seen all six episodes, and I feel stupid because I'm not sure what this is and I can't recognize when it happened.

[luxshine]

It's the general idea that, for all that people think they are a couple, they aren't and the show will never go that way. They don't bait the characters... they bait the audience.

[(Anonymous)]

So when a show teases a m/f pairing for ages but never goes with it...is that straight-baiting? And is it something we should be just as worried about?

[luxshine]

Well, *I* personally find 'will they/won't they?' annoying no matter what kind of characters we're talking about. I'm also incredibly tired of the fact that most m/f couples on TV that get the 'will they/won't they' treatment... usually end up ruining both characters when they finally do it (since Moonlighting, IMO).

Also, while m/f pairings get teased forever... well, I still haven't seen a series where the m/F pairing doesn't get together in the end. OTOH, I've yet to see a series where an m/m pairing gets teased and gets anywhere close to making them canon with it.

[(Anonymous)]

I still haven't seen a series where the m/F pairing doesn't get together in the end

Joey and Phoebe in Friends.

Willow and Xander in Buffy could also count. I mean they sort of got together for a little bit in series 3 but then it was instantly dropped and Willow became gay so...*shrug*

Nathan and Kelly in Misfits is probably the most blatant one I could think of. They had a series and a half of serious build-up and then it came to them having sex it was suddenly "Oh I'm not into you after all." This shipper was not happy about that one.

And from my childhood nostalgia, TK and Kari in Digimon. Grr.

[luxshine]

That's why I said *I* haven't seen a series where that happens.

I don't watch Friends, or Misfits, or Digimon. But Xander and Willow weren't teased in a will they/won't they way, it was more of an unrequited crush from Willow, with Xander pinning for Buffy, so it's a different dinamic.

[elephantinegrace]

Jesus laundromat Christ, I can't believe I've found another TKari shipper! Let me love you!

[hwc]

There are more of us than one would think! <333

[(Anonymous)]

Don't forget Jeff and Annie in Community.

There wasn't anything romantic about The Doctor/Donna, but they did make a lot of jokes about people thinking they were a couple.

[brightblueink]

A lot of the TK and Kari hinting was added in the dub, apparently. I like the dub for the most part but I've never been pleased that they teased my 12-year-old self that way. Particularly after what happened to Taiora.

[(Anonymous)]

M/f teasing is very rarely treated as a joke, and when it is, it's usually centered around finding the other's personality gross/something else specific to them gross. Not their entire gender, or the thought of being seen as straight. Or they have a strong platonic connection that they can't see going any other way, while having het relationships elsewhere. Even with Harry and Hermione, while they never agree with the thoughts other characters have about them as a couple, the idea of them being together is treated as legitimate.

It's also no where near the same thing since straight couples happen all over the place, while queer couples don't. The teasing sucks because that might be the only mention of gayness existing in a whole series. Besides lesbians who go for dudes and stuff.

[sistermagpie]

Katara and Zuko in ATLA. And boy did people yell about het baiting there!

But yeah, I think there are plenty of shows with a m/f lead where there's a running joke of people assuming they're a couple or are married etc. Though often it does lead to an eventual pairing.

[(Anonymous)]

That's just ship teasing. But actual straight couple in mainstream shows are the norm and plenty while LGQBT couples are not, which is why queer baiting is problematic, especially when it's played for laughs.

[avatarmn]

It's not that, it's all the times that someone thinks Sherlock and John are a couple, and the audience is meant to laugh at John's discomfort and denials.

[(Anonymous)]

Second this. I think the show has set up Sherlock and John as two people who deeply care about each other but I've never seen any hints that they'd actually get together romantically.