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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-03-24 03:43 pm

[ F!S Friending Meme XIII ]

F!S Friending Meme XIII


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[identity profile] karuvapatta.livejournal.com 2013-03-24 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I never really thought of it as queerbaiting (that is to say, it wasn't half as bad as Sherlock). They just truly, genuinely loved each other in a platonic way?

Which doesn't stop me from reading every M/A fanfic that comes my way :D
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[personal profile] wldcatsprstr_14 2013-03-24 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yea, but people are all like 'WHY COULDN'T THEY SAY THEY LOVED EACH OTHER ON THE SHOW??' and were pissed whenever there was a seriously suggestive moment to that effect that never explicitly said it. They kept saying the writers were queerbaiting.

I honestly have no problem with them never saying it. Almost every meaningful moment they had said they loved each other. Even from the early days. I've seen movies where a male/female canon pairing never said they loved each other, never kissed, never even touched intimately and it was beyond clear that they loved each other and were in love. So explicit stating never mattered for M/A,

[identity profile] karuvapatta.livejournal.com 2013-03-25 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
There were moments when I genuinely expected them to say "I love you", and I gotta say, in early seasons I could almost convince myself that they would take A/M all the way, so to speak. But I can't really be mad - many things disappointed me in this show, but A/M was always going strong. And I agree that the affection was so obvious they never really had to state it out loud.