#like.....yes its queerbait blah blah we all agree but can we talk about how it's not even GOOD queerbait?? | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

rollercoasterwords · 2 years ago

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honestly the main takeaway from Wednesday for me was that queerbaiting used to feel like ur a starving dog who's secretly crawled under the table and is snuffling around for crumbs and scraps, but now the person hosting the dinner party knows ur under there and they're winking and passing scraps to u by hand and going good dog instead of acknowledging the fact that u are not, in fact, a dog and inviting u to eat at the actual table like a fucking human being bc they don't want to risk upsetting their guest of honor w ur weird gross freakishness. so.

in conclusion if i'm going to get treated like a dog either way personally i'd rather not suffer the additional insult of having the person treating me that way act like it's a joke we're both in on.

#already talked abt this a bit on substack but im thinking abt it again #like.....yes its queerbait blah blah we all agree but can we talk about how it's not even GOOD queerbait??#like it feels so contrived....#it's not like fucking. merthur or johnlock or sam + frodo where like #my perception of the queerness reminds me how sad it is to be straight bc u see the world with such narrow eyes #whereas queerness is the joy of discovery #the queerbait in wednesday isn't a discovery it's baked in so obviously it's almost painful #and netflix is already exploiting it in their marketing #so like.#idk man i'd way rather have early-mid 2000s queerbait #where everyone involved denies til their dying breath that any part of it is queer #than netflix winking and nudging me and doing whatever the fuck this is #ranting and raving #txt

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