one thing i'll truly never understand is how much most of the userbase on here genuinely seems to despise any and all people who fall victim to queerbait? and then y'all act so high and mighty about the fact that you don't gaf about the show or the ship in question and it's like. okay? who gaf about you? like actually what are we doing.
"but it wasn't queerbait, they just deluded themselves into thinking that it would happen" you mean they expected payoff for something and just. never got it? hey so you'll never guess what the literal textbook definition of queerbait is but why don't you give it a fucking shot huh?
"but it really wasn't queerbait in this case!" okay so there are literal queer teenagers out here who are so used to having no hope at all for their futures but they actually allowed themselves to feel hope for once and ended up having their hearts and trust broken, and then when they seek comfort from the queer community on here they're met with genuine disdain and a bunch of condescending remarks and are told that they "should've known better"? you people truly are doing wonders for queer youth's self esteem when it comes to dreaming and hoping for bright futures for themselves. good job y'all.
"but—" no. shut up. nobody cares if your media literacy is superior. nobody cares if you always knew how it would go and think the situation is fucking funny. shit like this sends queer teens into depressive episodes and makes them feel all cynical, hopeless and deeply disrespected and all y'all care about is whether it was actually queerbait or not. it doesn't fucking matter! what matters is to acknowledge the fact that so many queer people are so desperate for the kind of representation that makes them specifically feel seen so that stupid shit like whether or not a ship is or isn't canon feels like life or death to them, and what do y'all do? you make fun of them in times of their lives where they most likely feel like the laughing stock of the whole entire world anyways simply because they're queer and long for representation, in a fandom that most likely brought them so much joy and made them feel safe and welcome when they needed it most and also on tumblr in general just because y'all love to act condescending and cruel towards everyone you think is cringe and gullible and naive and what-fucking-not. and yeah, it really is that deep which is why i don't gaf whether this post receives backlash or not.
"is this post about stranger things" yup. for the most part i'm over that whole thing, though, so don't get it twisted. this isn't me taking out my disappointment because a ship i like wasn't endgame on everyone else, i actually couldn't care less about the fucking ship anymore when all of the queer stranger things characters, the queer viewers etc. were all mocked and ridiculed and done dirty in so many other ways than just in terms of the damn ship that wasn't endgame.
what i care about most is the fact that y'all are so fucking weird about queerbait. "idk about y'all but i'm having a blast seeing all of these people crashing the fuck out over this shit while i knew from the start how it would end" cool. tell me why y'all feel the need to share shit like this?
genuinely fuck y'all because why are you bullying literal teenagers and also just queer people in general? and acting superior for having been through "actual queerbait" before, on top of that. "destiel was worse" I DON'T GAF ACTUALLY BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T AFFECT ME. y'all can whine about your own experiences elsewhere or you can treat other people with common decency and get off your high fucking horse, that's up to each and every one of you. from the bottom of my heart, nobody gives a fuck whether y'all had it worse back in the days when [insert ship] didn't happen and therefore know better than to get your hopes up now. get the fuck over it or shut the fuck up regarding shit y'all weren't apart of. nobody fucking cares.
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