#The bait is set

[hotcinnamonsunset]

🎣lure me in, baby!

[iinryer]

the catholic guilt and the “second chance”… i think at the core it’s just eddie desperate for the forgiveness that only he can grant himself, but keeps refusing to

[pisc3s-baby]

[bunnyboy-juice]

bunny butt: shiny edition ✨

[op is a femme dyke, he/ze/bun pronouns]

[rebouks]

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Levi: It’s okay-.. you’re okay. Robin: God-.. do you have a bobby pin, Penny? Penny: [sniffs] Yeah…

Jacob: Uh, guys. Tess: Oh my go-… Jacob: SHH!

Robin: What is it?! Aster: [whisper yells] You might wanna hurry up. Robin: I’m trying!

[Robin’s palms began to sweat as Tess screamed and several heavy footsteps thudded down the hallway, though his frantic efforts to force the doors locking mechanism eventually paid off]

[static crackling]

Penny: Robin, what the fuck. Levi: What is it? Robin: [hisses] How should I know?!

[post-justice]

The deity of darkness was roaming around Crossroads at a rather late hour, specifically leaning against a railing, watching the waves, half dazed.

A trail of smoke was coming from them, & they were visibly out of it. Were they even in their right mind?

[averycutesalamander]

im already writing a fic about it but hunter/prey kink goes so fucking hard with boothill. the tracking after you've fled, trying to make as much distance as you can, fully aware of the way this will inevitably end; the stalking as he prowls nearer, panic bubbling in the back of your mind, flinching at every tiny sound; the moment where you look back and catch a glimpse of him - a flash of his white hair - through the trees, and your heart surges with instinctual terror; hearing his laugh echo through the forest as he lets you run, stumbling over roots and fallen branches.

you run and run and run with every ounce of your energy, and he always stays just one step behind, the red glint of his eyes piercing through the dim light of the fading sun. you completely burn out just after darkness falls, stumbling and pressing tight against the trunk of a tree, panting so loudly that it feels deafening - and that just makes it worse, because what if you can't hear him coming? as you catch your breath, you're left in utter silence, surrounded by the dark, your eyes struggling to adjust, and you don't have a fucking clue where he is.

not until you hear his voice inches from your ear, low and gravelly. "gotcha."

you bolt like a startled deer, and you get just far enough for hope to begin to bloom in your heart - are you actually going to manage to get away?

until his lasso snaps around your ankles, sending you tumbling to the ground; his hands are on you a moment later, and that's how you really know you're fucked, in more ways than one. he could subdue you singlehandedly, you know - but he lets you fumble, lets you genuinely struggle with all your might, watching in open amusement as you desperately try to push him away, to wriggle out from under him. and when the last drop of fight has left your veins, he grabs you by the throat and pins you to the ground, easy as breathing, his eyes glowing red like hot coals.

you never stood a chance.

"time's up, lil' rabbit," he purrs, licking his pointed teeth like a starved wolf. "now you're all mine."

[giantkillerjack]

Me: I don't like when shows queerbait me.

Other Fans: Well then just watch other shows, dummy!!!!

Me: 👍👍👍 wow what a tidy way to dismiss and invalidate a legitimate reaction to homophobic story tropes! 👍👍👍

The "just leave then" response to people wanting more inclusivity from the stories they love is not just emotionally invalidating - it is also one of the things that keeps storytellers from feeling that they need to improve in the future by making fans feel stupid for demanding better representation in the first place.

This kind of response doesn't just make you sound like a conservative (since this is a VERY popular response that conservatives have when confronted with leftist media criticism), it also fundamentally ignores the fact that there may not BE an equivalent story with good rep to go to after leaving the queerbait-y one behind.

Delicious in Dungeon is special and unique; that's why I genuinely love it. It is that love that makes me want it to do better.

When I see that Shuro is allowed to openly express romantic love for Falin, but Marcille/Falin is relegated to mere implication, it makes me really sad. It may not be a romance manga, but there ARE straight couples, and hetero desire IS on display - which makes the lack of open queerness all the more noticeable.

So when people say "just go watch something else" in response to my genuine sadness and irritation that a beloved story is excluding people like me..... Are you telling me there's a nearly identical queer show - with a similarly active fandom - all about found family learning to cook beautiful foods in a dungeon? Is my favorite-guy-ever Senshi going to be there? Is there actually a place for me to go to??

OR is there only one Delicious in Dungeon, and that's what makes it great?

I think actually folks who respond this way just want me to leave, and they don't really care where I go, so long as their favorite thing doesn't have to stand up to criticism.

Because I don't want lesbian media elsewhere. I want it here, with my friend Marcille. Here, where the seeds of queer romance were purposely planted to hook my attention. What's so wrong with being disappointed if those seeds never grow to bear fruit??

We can like good art and still demand it does better. And we can validate people who are sad it isn't doing better without getting defensive. Critical analysis is healthy and important. It's how good and bad stories are fully understood, and it's how better stories get made.

And while I will try to enjoy the plentiful delicious crumbs I am being served (since it is more than most shows give me), just because I CAN squish a bunch of crumbs together into the approximate shape of a muffin, that doesn't mean I've been served a meal.

More on this topic because I love a good analogy

My original post about queerbaiting in Dungeon Meshi (that inspired this one with the replies I got from it)

[melancholyfleurs]

this just in: a femme in their seduction outfit. is it working?

[erosyrup]

the amis sit in for R's drawing class, with R as a model. some draw better than others...

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a doodle i made for @/claireverlasting for Barricadescon!

version with all their names labelled here!:

[lesbianleonardo]

sooo normal about this (lying)

[chirpsythismorning]

I rest easy knowing that the planted milkvan roof pap photos will be referenced on the straight-baiting Wikipedia page soon enough.

[extraaa-30]

wait did we (the good omens fandom) crowley ourselves???

Us: imagines canon confirmation for aziracrow so hard for years, endlessly bullies neil gaiman on tumblr dot com, begs and pleads and manifests

Neil: fine. un-baits your queers

bonus:

every time #good omens trends for no reason

[witchydykebitch]

Local goth bitch wears cutesy pj's <3

Men + Minors DNI

[transvampireboyfriend]

for my bday, can u all rb this and tell me in the tags about what you're looking forward to tomorrow? or next week? or next month? big or small but something that will most likely happen and you're looking forward to. just in your day to day life. tell me why you wanna live <3

[hypermascbishounen]

There's a deep irony in Berserk being so admired by people who really really hate what Berserk is about on an emotional level, but especially when writers want to take influence from it. Because Berserk is very strong thematically, and someone who can't acknowledge subtext is going to whiff on emulating anything good.