#there is no ambiguity so obvi no bait

[brsb4hls]

Ok but Loki 2 clearly is not 'queerbaiting'. I keep seeing that take and I hope it's clowning and not serious.

That would skew important media discussion, since actual baiting wouldn't be taken seriously anymore if everything gets labeled 'baity' no matter the circumstance.

If anything it's friend-baiting cause my cynical ass is afraid Loki will get screwed by the narrative and end up alone again.

[bisluthq]

I mean, again, she said exactly that through Aaron: it’s not what the song is about but it’s great to see those interpretations. She didn’t do a single interview for folklore, she was silent for months, she only appeared when she needed to receive an award/promote something. If she didn’t intervene in the Ginny situation (which was WAYYYYY more widespread than the doxxing one, although not worse) she wasn’t doing to intervene in the betty one.

Her fans are always attacking people, being racist, being homophobic and bullying other fans/artists, and she never says anything. Wanting her to speak out for the betty doxxing is wishful thinking. I personally think she should intervene more often, but she didn’t get to be this successful and to have this many fans by policing them and criticizing them or calling them out when they’re being homophobic/racist/disrespectful.

And about the art... we cannot have it both ways hahah. We cannot accuse her of baiting and then ask her to recognize a sapphic interpretation of a song or to make it somehow “official” through Taylor Nation

Either she’s straight and she learnt from her YNTCD/ME! “mistake”, or she’s bi and, again, she learnt that she needs to be more subtle if she wants to hint at the fact that she’s queer without coming out (e.g. not talk about official sapphic interpretations, but still have some sapphic lyrics).

I think it’s the opposite if she’s straight she should’ve acknowledged it.

Like that’s allyship.

It’s not baiting.

The ambiguity - and her lack of interest in addressing it - is what’s problematic to me.

She could say “lol oopsie my straight ass boyfriend and my own straight ass accidentally wrote a lesbian anthem lmao that’s not what we meant but as allies to the queer community we dig that that’s what they heard! James is a 17 year old boy in our minds but if someone pictures a girl that’s awesome - music is so universal! #Swiftwyn4GayBetty” - obvi being facetious but you get my drift.

Instead she gave ammo to the homophobes.

And yeah I know she’s never gonna fetch her stans but that’s very frustrating. She’s not perfect and I don’t expect her to be but I wish she’d try a bit harder with regards to sorting out her fandom.

Something like what Harry did with his TPWK shtick.

I know she won’t but yes I can wish lol.