#BBC queerbaiting

[blessyouhawkeye]

i do think merlin and arthur had the perfect dynamic. an episode would end with arthur being like merlin you're my closest friend and confidante and the greatest man i've ever met. and merlin would be like i'd kill and die for you we are two sides of the same coin. and then you'd start the next episode and it would begin with arthur smacking merlin upside the head and calling him an ugly peasant and merlin calling arthur a fat idiot.

[yuri-luver69]

NO breakup hits as hard as it does in a queer tv show about two middle aged men who go through a horrifically tragic divorce when they were never dating in the first place

[haveyoumetmythief]

Me: It is Perfectly Normal to struggle while doing visual tasks in the dark, and fumbling while plugging in my phone is a neutral act. It has been over a decade, can you please just-

The Thing Inside My Brain:

[jam-campasta]

listening to a new podcast to heal my bbc sherlock trauma

[sirlancenotalot]

[temporaerthaervaerk]

Queerbaiting sucks... but

I find it so affirming as a person who struggles with their romantic orientatation. I just live for that state of not quite friends/not quite lovers.

Like yes, they are partners, yes, they live and die for eachother, yes, every other relationship they have loses all meaning compared to them. But also no, they haven't kissed, and they don't want to kiss, and yet, somehow, every single word, every single glance, every single touch carries so much meaning and conveys so much love because this amount of platonic love is usually unheard of and they don't want the other to misunderstand. And I just- aaah, it gives me so much hope and reminds me that romantic love isn’t the only type of love worth experiencing and showing on screen/paper.

I do wish it was done intentionally and wasn’t just a product of homophobia and capitalism. Like I really, really hate the reason I get this representation. Like, it also leaves a somewhat sour taste in my mouth, because I can see that if the world was more accepting, it would probably be a romantic relationship.

(I sometimes see people calling queercoding queerbaiting, and just to make it clear, that isn't what i'm talking about)

[dunyaandco]

redrawing another screenshot because it's good practice and because I'm a merthur whore let's be honest

[dogboywilson]

how it feels to be a bbc sherlock fan in 2024

[leaffsheep]

watching Sherlock for the first time ever and im currently on S2 Ep1 and let me tell you… the amount of jealousy radiating off John is insane… I actually can’t believe it

[rusted-soda-can]

When I watch the ship I knew was going to be queerbait turn out to be queerbait

[lokiiied]

smh gay people can never say “i love you” it’s always a firm handshake and “sherlock is actually a girls name” or “thank you, mobius”

[taleofdaringdo]

Some of you haven't been queerbaited enough, and it shows

- sincerely a queer bucktommy fan, who suffered through Destiel, Johnlock, Cherik and many more

[ponkydraws]

Did yall know that Johnlock is in the Oxford definition of queerbaiting?

No like actually.

Cuz I didn’t

[khruschevshoe]

Give a hand to those in the Lokius fandom once again experiencing the sweet, sweet taste of queerbait in the year of our lord 2023. Join the queliot Fandom for peaches-and-plums margaritas in room 413, the destiel fandom for beers in room 1518, the supercorp fandom for flaming shots in the penthouse, and the Johnlock Fandom in the nonexistent basement for graduated-cylinder-champagne flutes!

Once you're drunk enough, we're burning down Disney hq at noon tomorrow-

[starfruitsomething]

the fact that they are literally in the definition of queerbaiting-