#THIS IS NOT QUEER BAITING ISTG

[ranibosprimkle]

Some of you fuckers don’t know what queerbaiting is and it shows. Hilson is NOT queerbaiting, it’s queer CODING. Given that the show released in 2004, they COULD NOT SHOW EXPLICITLY GAY PEOPLE ON SCREEN. Because of this, queer coding is the closest they can get. Using terms like queerbaiting in place of queer coding can be harmful and misleading. Please I’m actually fucking begging you if you do this to take a step back and think of when and where something was released it we’ll help immensely oh my god

[peanutbutterex]

Ngl the latest news about wwdits just cements in my mind that as much as i love wwdits, ofmd is the better show

[naifaylin-of-syllandesa]

“AFTG isn’t a Slow burn until the second time you read it” ?????? yeah okay what kind of fluff are y’all used to reading on AO3. I was recommended that series by a friend, Andrew decked Neil with his exy racket 20 seconds into the book, and followed that up by tHE most sexually charged scene between Andrew and Neil in the elevator and I was at lunch with that friend that same day demanding answers as to when they were getting together. How did nobody see it coming until the 3rd book ISTG for the love of queer coded characters they had more tension 3 chapters in to the book than Keith and Lance had 6 seasons into voltron and that drawn out queer-baiting pile of bullshit

[mazzystar24]

Bestie im worried again, like I’m glad Eddie looked proud/supportive of Buck for the kiss, but I can’t shake the feeling that they’re going to continue on with that and just have him be “supportive best friend” even though that would make no sense after how he was acting at the party.

I feel like they keep luring us in with subtext and setting up plots, just to flip the script completely and rip the rug out… like they did in ep 4 with building up the fact that Buck wanted Eddie’s attention the whole episode and then suddenly out of the blue…. it wasn’t Eddie’s attention he wanted?

None of it is making sense to me, and I’m scared they’re doing what other network programs always do and are just baiting us with the ship most of us want when they’re just going to leave us with something rushed snd watered down that has had like zero buildup or foreshadowing… like Buck’s sudden devotion and interest in Tommy came entirely out of left field and it feels so weird to me thst they’re keeping him here because it just doesn’t make sense.

Hey bestie!

I wouldn’t worry babe like it makes sense for him to be supportive even if they do go the buddie route, like he loves loves loves him, so the fact that he saw him not a week ago awkwardly lie to HIM and doubt himself sm he asked “is that weird” when coming out to him and now seeing him happy and carefree and coming out in the most buck way imaginable? No matter what he may feel or whether he realised it or whatever else, he’d be feeling enormous amounts of pride because that is his best friend and someone he truly loves regardless of anything else

As for episode four I think the fact that Eddie is SO heavily embedded in the episode was so hopeful for us, like the man’s name being used hit a record high in that episode istg😭😭 (saw someone say it’s the bechdel test except try not to talk about Eddie edition and that is the funniest and truest thing😭😭)

Like before 7x04 came out even and people were speculating bucktommy being a thing I was saying that the second they make one of them queer I would feel more sure that buddie canon is coming or is rather more definitely on the table and nothing I’ve seen since has changed my mind tbh

As for buck being suddenly devoted to Tommy, buck falls hard and fast like we know this about him so it makes sense I’m not saying that like oh yeah he’s in love with him and yada yada butttt he is enjoying his time and this new relationship and that’s good to see. Like the audience is meant to kinda feel what Buck feels so every scene with that relationship gives you that new relationship energy where it can go either way you know?

Anyways I’m yapping but the point is I honestly think that things have been looking up for buddie fans and I would be cautiously optimistic 🫡

[sociallyawkward22]

Istg Marvel better not fuck this one up

I have not gotten fully through Loki yet, so I cannot watch the final that will be dropping today

However, I know what everyone is thinking and what it looks like Marvel is going to do. I had this conversation many times, and I understand that Marvel wasn't made for the romance it's for action. But if your going to market something as queer then it needs to represent that. Also there are so many romantic side-plots in Marvel, so it wouldn't kill them to have another one.

I'm not saying this just because I ship Lokius, I'm saying this because I care about LGBTQ+ representation.

Honestly from the looks of it, it's almost like Marvel is marketing it as queer for the audience???

Tom Hiddleston himself has acknowledged this, so what is going on? Among so many others.

I have loved Marvel since I was little, but this queer-bait is ridiculous. I really hope they can fix this. I know that there are people demanding Lokius and I really hope they can fulfill that.

But I can't say I would be surprised if this was all one giant queer-bait for the money.

Also it would suck if Mobius was a Thor replacement. After Loki has been through so much just for him to learn the only people capable of caring for him is his mom and brother? Mobius really needs to be his own character.

[spicymambaae]

i never cared at all about her sexuality, but its so weird how people are just forgeting that bisexuals exists lmao, she has rumous with a man thus shes from straightland even tho she said a bunch of fruity stuff through all these years

IKR!

People can be so radical sometimes istg my problem here is with all those fake bitches that never really cared about her except for whether she likes eating pussy or nah, and now she's the villain for queer-baiting like?

But hey, next thing we know, she'll be making out with a woman (yk who I'm talking about) , and the world would be at peace again 🙃

[whiskeyswifty]

I really like your opinions on the whole lavander thing. I wanted to follow you but I'm trying to distance myself from the Taylor things because istg sometimes it feels like everyone in this fandom is insane and it's getting really hard to emotionally keep up with her bait and switch things. Like this was a bit of a slap in the face to me. At this point I just wish she would stop with the queer flagging with things that are historically important to the community. Though I get why she would want to subtly let people know if she is part of it. But idk. Just thanks for being upset too :/

thank you so much! i rattle off my dumb thoughts sometimes, and i know i say this a lot, but i truly am glad that someone understands them and appreciates them and shares in whatever i'm feeling! i totally understand wanting to distance yourself from all of this (and her disgustingly homophobic fanbase in general like... all the lgbts who are still here are braver than any us marine). i also take great pains to curate my online experience to only include people that positively impact my emotional and mental health, so i support you fully and i think it's great that you're doing that! this is a taylor swift blog and i do conduct a lot of gay activity on it so completely understandable if it's somewhere you want to avoid to preserve your sanity haha.

i share your conflicting feelings, 100% i do. it makes me feel insane because i do feel upset, but then i'm made to feel like i'm overreacting, but i KNOW i'm not overreacting. i know they (hets) just want me to shut up so they can take lavender and strip it of all it's meaning and history so they can enjoy it heterosexually and free of the "gross" gayness i'm "forcing" upon it. it's so upsetting. we want to be able to be excited just as much as the rest of everyone else about this album and it definitely feels like a kick to the kneecaps at most, and sours a piece of it at least. she can be straight all she wants but can she JUST SAY PURPLE.

if it helps, it sounds like it's good that you're critical and you're not denying yourself very real feelings. you should always be critical of art, especially artists who seemingly want to do right by others. it can be a particularly prickly facet of engaging with art, but is by far the most important and it keeps culture moving forward rather than settling into the status quo or worse, backsliding because we forget our history. i hope you find your shelter from this shitstorm and get to enjoy her music far away from all the things that upset you. I know i will cuz i have wonderful gay friends and gay internet corners that help turn my ire into laughter. that's what gays have been doing for centuries! you can always trust this blog will be where me and the gay people in my phone can all be unapologetically gay together!

[msookyspooky]

Are you going to make Amber and Tara canon in your scream 5 fic?

I'm not sure yet but probably bc it makes sense they were a thing! I'll never queer bait or refuse a gay relationship with my writing. Sexual tension and angst that turns into endgame? Sure! But never doing like what Stranger Things did with Will and Mike or what Wednesday is doing with Wednesday and Enid or what Scream 5 did with Tara and Amber 😒😒😒 2022 and we have to hide gay relationships still while using obvious tension for views? Like, ISTG I think some 80s movies had more queer interactions in horror than today (Other than Fear Street and IT) its so crazy to me bro

But most likely I am bc it adds tension AND makes perfect sense why Amber acted how she did. I literally thought "What is this bitches problem bro??" with how she acted with Tara towards her own sister (I didn't like Richie or Amber as characters so seeing them both so obviously be GF was very 'boo! 🍅🍅' for me personally) and even tho I still don't like Amber very much, realizing when I got home that in the script she was Tara's gf I was like "OOHHHH Well that makes perfect sense now why tf did they get rid of that??"

It actually would have made Amber being GF not as obvious bc what looked like a very strange overprotective friend acting sus could have just been a girlfriend protecting her girl from hurt just a little too much.

But remember; I change things up so anyone can be Ghostface in my writing 🤷🏼‍♀️ So whether she is GF or not is debatable but definitely will heavily consider making her and Tara a couple like they should have been in the movie

[talesofunlikelysapphicpairings]

I didn't even realize that I have talked a lot about being single in my old AO3 account (that I cannot open now for some reason; it isn't a big deal— as most things are for me these days) then I saw someone's comment asking if I still need a girlfriend. 😭 Kinda, yes. It doesn't even have to explicitly be a girlfriend. I just genuinely want to flirt with somebody but I don't want a stranger who I will lose contact with in a few days. (In my opinion, everything gets better with somebody after some time has passed— conversation, flirting, knowing.) 😭 And please, I don't want a homoerotic friendship (one of the pillars of queer baiting in the media, ISTG) with some straight girl irl because I still need more lesbian friends. 😭

(OML, putting this here because my Twitter is a mess of my rambling thoughts and emotions at this point)

[mutantoide]

This is the only safe space I have on the web rn, so, I'll vent.

I am tired of trying to fix what is broken. I am tired of having to repair, again and again, what the world broke in me. I'm tired of the lies, of the pressure to be married and start a family or be non-favored by others. So, so tired of the LGBTQ+ scene in Bogota and fvck1ng queer girls closeted deeeeeeep inside, passing for By-Curious®️, passing for BestPartyGyalWGayCompany®️. Party, party and intellectual dishonesty, so scared of setting themselves free and blossoming 🌸.

I'm tired of denial, of the stupid queer bait jokes. I'm tired of feeling the push for surrender to middle age status quo when my heart, finally, feels on its #Reinassance era. And I'm angry, like, LOUD, like, ROAR, that being alive feels so solitary if you are a bit overweight and not trendy w' outfits. If you're not craving trendy, you are left behind. Why?

Tired of pre-emptive loneliness, because the world cannot be trusted with my heart. I don't want to be lonely, 🌈I just want to be queer and soft and happy🏳‍🌈. Why the eff is that so hard. Why do I feel bogotanxs being brainwashed and dissociating mid-conversation 90% of the time, istg that at least cisheteros have been more honest than most this 2023. Like, matter of factly. Like, do less, let go.

What I'm saying is that I am tired of my life being this perpetual quest for materials to repair my cracks. This overwhelming feeling of crumbling, no matter what. And I swear to Lady Gaga that I wish it was different, I really do.

But I'm just feeling the shards and cracked edges of, well, my entire being. And I would appreciate of I didn't had to EVER wake up again, at all, to that.

[sinclair-scrambles]

Hey there. Do you mind giving context about the sunset aroace flag and how it's harmful to Black people? (/genuine question cause I've never heard of this)

Ppl has issues with the flag for two reasons:

it's made by someone who supports bi/pan lesbians (bs)

it looks similar to apartheid South Africa flag

Related to 2, they may seem different at first glance but see if you can identify them apart like this.

There are stories of black South Africans panicking at the sunset aroace flag bcuz it looks like the flag that put them through hell. Shouldn't that be enough of a concern for the queer community to discard it?

Y'all say hastag BLM but when black people tell you not to use a flag that hurts them you blame it on them. Some people istg. (Not aimed at you OP I'm just riled up over this topic as an aroace myself)

[ID: my south african friend brought this up to me today. it doesn’t matter how different the flags are--when you spraypaint it, when you see the flag from far away, all you see is the orange, white, and blue

the apartheid south africa flag is a flag that is a threat to their lives, their safety, and their country my friend proposed that we could flip the flag, like an upside down cross, and i would like to suggest shifting the colours like this (similar to what they were like on the original aroace flag):

Image of an flipped sunset aroace flag with the orange shades replaced with yellow.

the colours all have the same meaning, they’re just different shades now. i don’t like to reblog bait but please reblog this, regardless of if you’re aroace or not, so we can spread word and use a flag that doesn’t represent white supremacy

/end ID.]

[make-byler-endgame]

I feel like everyone is taking this comment from noah as like "reassurance" and all that bullshit but I'm honestly taking it as a massive fucking slap in the face. Like he literally went from MASSIVE byler fan to him telling us to be patient after volume two got released and we found out he was talking bullshit. He literally queerbaited us tf

[duerice]

HOW IS IT FIRST EPISODE IN AND ALREADY THE CHEMISTRY IS OUT OF THIS WORLD

If there’s one person who can deal with Loki apparently it’s Mobius and his unfathomable ability to be sassy and annoy the bejesus out of a god

He literally agrees to arson w/ our boy???? 😩😩😩

ALSO LOKI TOOK HIS HAND?????? 

AND TOLD HIM A WEAKNESS??????

Bro we’re on episode 1 calm down my heart can’t take this 😭😭

[annamillersthings]

Completed watching stranger things s4 and Will Byers is definitely queer right cuz there is no way he is het i don't buy it . If they don't actually address this it'd be so disappointing which will be crazy cuz I LOVED the Robin storyline .

[salunalover]

YO THEY QUEERBAITED US WHAT (idk if that’s the right word BUT U KNOW WHAT I MEAN)

Sam is in ONE SCENE basically and she’s left SAD

I beg you… fanfic writers.. somebody.. I NEED you to make a aftermath or somethin or a scene rewrite

Maybe write a dif AU where they do actually go on the trip and Luna is less dumb

Maybe you can write a slightly dif story from the story where Luna, after she finishes her song, Sam goes onto the stage and kisses Luna or soemth idk

Maybe Luna apologizes

PLEASE SOMEBODY JUST FIX THE MOVIE

[archtypically-ambisextrous]

Honestly the way some of y'all have been writing about stranger things is giving me johnlock conspiracy flashbacks