yessikg comments on Queerbaiting rule

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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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[–] Traegert@lemm.ee 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 -

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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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[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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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