Pitter Patter, Ferda

[justarandomart]

happy pride month!! some aro ace Phantumps to celebrate!

[redstonedust]

unfortunately i dont think its queerbaiting if the creator is just so terminally heterosexual that they never remotely considered the same gender relationship their show is centered around could be read as romantic. it is deeply painful however.

[melanqueerly]

Maybe accidental queer baiting? The way someone may not mean to say something rude, but it may come off rude, so it's rude. Frustrating either way.

[phinarei]

Not being a dick, just a friendly clarification.

By definition you can't accidentally queerbait. Queerbaiting is specifically using a same sex pair from the show to market the show to queer audiences with no intention of ever following through on a romantic relationship.

There is officially licensed Destiel merch signed off on by Kripke. Teen Wolf had a commercial with the actors for Derek and Stiles draped over each other talking about being "on a ship." Both shows actively used scenes between them as marketing while actively mocking fans for wanting them together. Sherlock has multiple characters refer to Johnlock as a couple, including characters we're supposed to believe are never wrong about human behavior and pushed those scenes in marketing. Then they acted insulted when fans saw them as a couple.

That's queerbaiting.

Done on accident it would just be queer subtext. Done because they had no other choice due to censorship is queer coding.

The specific meaning of the word is really starting to get lost and it's a pretty important one to keep accurate. It describes a very specific phenomenon that was done repeatedly and maliciously for decades and is meant to examine that specifically.

Doing it on accident sucks, but it isn't a tactic of capitalism intentionally intended to suppress queer representation while making money from queer fans.

[zoesupreme]

well the thing is that's an extremely reasonable concern

[cryptotheism]

[reactionimagesdaily]

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[teatimetaker]

Instagram (social media in general tbh) is really starting to piss me off but I still want to share my art cause I love drawing and its fun and don't want my art to stay sitting in my art folder

Anyway here's Dick and Bruce (shockingly enough this one of his better parenting moves)

[emziess]

Iron Lung (2026) dir. Mark 'Markiplier' Fischbach

[kidzbopdeathgrips]

just tried to preheat the stove

[calciumcryptid]

I feel like a lot of people get "All Art is Political" confused with "All Art is made with Political Intentions" which is not the same.

[irresistible-revolution]

normalize creators replying to fanon shippers with “that’s great that you’re inspired to write your own version of things. keep doing that! but please respect our version of our story.”

normalize fans being reminded that boundaries between fandom and creators exist for a reason.

normalize fans recognizing their own creative potential without seeking canon validation

normalize the idea that fandom is a hobby, not an identity to threaten and fight and harass people over

normalize a healthy understanding of the boundaries between fiction and reality

normalize just chilling the fuck out lmao

[cowboydeanwinchester]

is he … you know … open to interpretation?

[cowboydeanwinchester]

nobody on this webbed site can read

[wormcoded]

[queer-as-city-folk]

Old man, sitting in the pool steps reading his book

[queer-as-city-folk]

Artists sketch

[spacemancharisma]

UNRESTRAINED SUMMER FUN

[pitterpatterletsgetater2]

Literally me visiting my grandparents

[crapbirdphotography]

Almost good photo of a canadian goose

[theajnabi]

this feels a little TOO accurate

[001x456]

“this ship is toxic and abusive” yeah that’s what makes it hot

[rocktheholygrail]

Hannibal (2013-2015)

3x13 - “The Wrath of the Lamb”