[ SECRET POST #2543 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2543 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.
[Fangirl]


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02.
[Anne Neville, The White Queen]

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03.
[Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan]


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04.
[Merlin]


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05.
[Elementary]


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06.
[Whitechapel]


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07.
[Grey's Anatomy]

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08.
(Legend of Korra)


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09.
[Papa Pear Saga + Doctor Who]


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10.
[Godfrey Gao as Magnus Bane in "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones"]


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11.
[Kwon Yuri, Tiffany Hwang and Jessica Jung of Girls' Generation]


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12.
[Les Miserables/Anton Zetterholm/Rob Houchen]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01pages, 015 secrets from Secret Submission Post #363.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Friendship or queerbaiting?

[darkmanifest]

Queerbaiting, to me, is basically jokes where faux gay behavior between same-sex friends, usually male, is the punchline. Like "oh ho ho, aren't we and my good chum over here so adorably intimate and shit, but lemme just loudly hammer into the audience's head that I like the opposite sex so folks don't get the wrong idea ho ho ho". Most shows/films don't want to commit to actual gay/bi characters on their primary cast, so they try to have their cake and eat it, too, get those who like gay couples twitterpated, but at the same time not alienate the bigots. Supernatural was overflowing with this from the start and is still doing it nine seasons later last I paid any attention to it. Just my take.

And yes, it can happen in books, though it's rarer since written fiction is more free to have non-straight characters on the main cast.