queer ships in until dawn are so crucial to me. as much as i love the source media, it has a very...heterosexual vibe, to the degree that a lot of fans treat josh/sam as canon, because the other pairings in this game are strictly m/f, and the game states they're close. so there must be romantic feelings, right?
but like. this is what makes the m/m and f/f ships hit extra hard for me. this is a group that divides pretty neatly into m/f pairs and, given the time period they grew up in, they'd likely be drowning in comphet. as a queer person (especially one who grew up in that same time period), it's so validating to depict them seeing the person society dictates they should be romantically interested in, the Obvious Choice - and then not feeling that romantic interest, finding it somewhere they didn't expect.
jess and em realizing that, actually, neither of them wants to be with mike! and that in hindsight, their intense negative reactions to each other's boyfriends had more to do with their feelings for each other than the boys themselves.
chris and ash as super close friends who commiserate over the fact that everyone assumes they are or should be together, simply because ash is into guys and chris is into girls (and guys). they love each other, one hundred percent, but not like that.
gay josh and lesbian sam discovering themselves side by side, confiding in each other before they open up to anyone else. this is their connection.
many other possibilities, but like, THIS IS THE JUICE!!!! until dawn characters i will never stop queering you!!!!
