[ SECRET POST #2543 ]

[case]

⌈ 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?

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Now you see, I don't get that vibe from Almost Human because a large chunk of that banter reads like badly written heterosexist machismo. Even that scene (prompted by Kennex's shock that MX models have a "Ken Doll" crotch) ends with Dorian taunting that Kennex isn't sexually active either.

Re: Friendship or queerbaiting?

[(Anonymous)]

I actually kind of agree with you about Almost Human, now that I think about it: like for the most part, despite the set up being so rife with the possibility of top-level queer-baiting, John and Dorian still aren't really slashy in the way I kind of expected them to be. Like, the parts are there, but in execution doesn't come out that way. They don't seem to like each other much, and while there is some chemistry, it still doesn't quite get there. Like the writers had a plan to get that kind of iconic buddy relationship which we've just come to associate so strongly with slashy overtones, but there are just no slashy overtones. I definitely feel like the scene I mentioned could have been very, very gay, but the actors didn't play it that way. So maybe Almost Human has cracked the code w/r/t buddy cop relationships that are close but not fanbait.

(But I still feel pretty sure Pretty Lady Cop's only there to be in a relationship with John lest people worry he's gay. Like, I think the actress is fine and adorable, but just...not that well developed as an endgame love interest. She likes soccer? And bourbon? And is a good cop? Well done, feels like I've known her forever).

Re: Friendship or queerbaiting?

[cbrachyrhynchos]

It doesn't help matters much that one of the people in the car is nearly an expressionless robot demonstrating a limited range of emotional affect...

...and the other is Dorian.

Re: Friendship or queerbaiting?

[(Anonymous)]

Heh, true. But that's legitimately my favorite part of the show, that the actual robot is better at humaning than the human.

I mean, that, and the implication that everything that's bad now (police brutality, healthcare, corruption) are like 300x worse and everyone's just accepted it. Like, it doesn't even get a dystopia wash, who even knows with Almost Human.