for those who come after

•Pears. She/Her. Lesbian. Oldest Sister.•

[watch-the-sun-rise]

PHM characters as text posts: Pt. 7/?

Part 6

[annabelle--cane]

[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.

[joyandotherstories]

Reblogging to keep the accurate definition and examples of queerbaiting circulating in the world

[solarpunk-nightbird]

Do the kids these days know that the traditional payment for "having your friends help you move" is "order everyone pizza after"?

Feed your friends. Feed your loved ones. Feed the people who help you. Feed your neighbors. Feed your community.

Seriously though, with a lot of people, especially friends, you shamelessly and blatantly trade pizza / food for help and labor <3

[iambad]

ok i’m done being crazy lol

[iambad]

no i’m not

[geigercuntter]

I have loved people i should’ve beaten with sticks instead LOL

[heathersapples]

"I am her prisoner. As you were once, if I'm not mistaken." House of the Dragon, 2026 Season 3, Episode 5

[lumeninfusco]

Ironically, being bombarded with advertisements 24/7 has made me LESS susceptible to the FOMO effect of limited time offers and discounts

[sweatermuppet]

doctors hate when you have a cursory question about any single chronic illness or pain but they also hate when you have any level of knowledge about anything medical ever. interesting

[lianedegrenade]

the detached brutality of all these “women need to have more babies” thinkpieces man

[lianedegrenade]

split your body wide open for the stock market

[heckyeahponyscans]

one of my coworkers just warned another that if he didn't see Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" right away he'd be "spoiled for sure", which really tickled me considering the story has been around since Ancient Greece

[voydhymn]

having many trinkets and books is so cool and fun until you realize you have to dust them

[officerhaughtstuff]

You’ve heard of the Roaring 20s........

now get ready for the Screaming 20s - coming to a decade near you in 2020

[heterokatedison]

is it too early or can we start screaming now

[heterokatedison]

in retrospect perhaps we should have started sooner

[jorolle]

this post is the equivalent of a newspaper from the day of the outbreak being blown past by the wind after you wake up in a post apocalyptic world

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[angelbabymikaa]

why the fuck is everything labeled mature content now who runs this app? mormons??????

[the-quasar-hero]

Why do you blog?

Honor

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Justice

Voting ended onJul 25

[sinisterbells]

regent

[stupendousnightinspo]

rhaenyra when anyone asks her to do something for them: *queen face* *retail smile* *panic behind the eyes* *armor on* *leaves*

rhaenyra when alicent asks her to do something for her: *breathes for the first time that day* yes of course baby girl