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Queerbaiting rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Did you never make it to season 4? Castiel and Dean are probably the most popular ship for that show.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    .........Wat. Dean is VERY straight and Castiel is an amorphous asexual agender "beyond human comprehension" concept possessing a human body. Just because Jimmy the dude he's possessing is a dude doesn't make it a dude. That's been a thing the whole series with demons swapping from male/female bodies and seducing people in both. Cas doesn't have a gender, or sex, or preference. Did tumblr go THAT fucking crazy over gay sex in supernatural they turned an agender asexual philosophical embodiment of an idea into a romantic love symbol? Holy reaching, Batman. Literally

    Also I got to like, two seasons before the end, I think

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If you watched that many seasons and you didn't see the Castiel and Dean queerbaiting, you are never going to see queerbaiting

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Have you tried entertaining the thought that you're expecting things where they don't logically make sense? If you want a real example of queen baiting look at The Magicians. It had one of the most emotional deepest bonding episodes between two of the male main characters who -

    SPOILERS AHEAD

    lived an entire life together, decades, kids, I sobbed. And then they killed one of them right before they could get together. THATS the shit you should be upset about. Not this weird ass very clearly fanfiction between a straight man and an asexual.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Here's a good breakdown of The Last Great American Queerbait (yes that's a nickname for Supernatural): https://youtu.be/-Q0eX9Rrah0 And here's a video about all the problematic queer representation in the show: https://youtu.be/XPgrZTax5Nw

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  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The character is not canonically ace, he has several love interests but some people interpret him as ace

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