The Tricky Term “Queerbaiting” - Use It, Don’t Abuse It

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  @thetake · 4 years ago · pinned

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  @amelieflorelle · 4 years ago

  In terms of real life people being accused of “queerbaiting” (like the discourse on Billie) I’m like, so y’all know outing people is bad and yet you’re pressing people to prove their queerness and rush to come out?? 😬

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  @p0pp4 · 4 years ago

  In defense of The Good Place, they acknowledged that Eleanor is bisexual and while they were willing to explore the idea but they didn&apos;t have enough screen time.

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  @abbycolby4543 · 4 years ago

  The Good Place isn&apos;t queerbaiting, Eleanor is cannonically bi. A bi woman ending up with a man but also showing attraction to women ain&apos;t queerbaiting, and a bi woman ending up with a man doesn&apos;t make them any less queer.

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  @Spicie95 · 4 years ago

  As an aromantic asexual, I just want more portrayals of good friendships in media. I am most likely never going to have a romantic partner, but I have friends whom I love, and I think most people in general need to see friendship story every now and then.

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  @nint357 · 4 years ago

  People saying Harry Styles queerbaits because he doesn&apos;t dress &quot;like a man&quot; is such bullshit. You&apos;re supposed to support blurred lines when it comes to gender expression yet you jump at other people&apos;s throats when they do it. What the hell is wrong with you? <br>Leaving aside the highly toxic mindset that people need to come out so that they can justify what they are doing and going back to Harry, even if he&apos;s a cisgender straight man, why do you care if he dresses in a skirt, silk see through shirts or dresses? I thought fashion was for everyone, but now we&apos;re gatekeeping clothes as proof of queerness?<br><br><br><br>Kind of irrelevant but this reminds me of those idiots that say that cis people, bi people in a het relationship and ace people shouldn&apos;t be at pride because &quot;they don&apos;t get it&quot;. Shit man, do you even hear yourself? Like, congrats, you have unlocked the <b>woke homophobia</b> achievement

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  @sisicreative5306 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I don’t understand why Harry Styles has to either be gay or dress “straight”…???? Like… this kind of binary thinking around gender and sexuality is exactly what I thought we were trying to avoid

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  @crustyplush · 4 years ago

  Hannibal was NOT queerbaiting. Hannibal was canonically in love with will. It was said on the show, by the creator, and by the actors.

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  @heavaden · 4 years ago (edited)

  But the Tahani one was legit. Eleanor is bi and is super attracted to her. They&apos;re even married in one of the snaps

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  @sds_09 · 4 years ago

  I never thought Hannibal was queerbaiting. It was just queer, it was not really trying to hide it. Maybe at first, but as the series progressed, the subtext became text. The reason that Hannibal and Will never kissed, was not because the writers did not want to go through with the queer aspects of their relationship. It was because for Hannibal and Will, the CHARACTERS, it made sense that their relationship will end bloody and tragic. Their love for each other had nothing to do with the other being sexually attractive. It was &quot;attraction of the minds&quot; at its purest.

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  @zonedutopia · 4 years ago

  Billie Eilish is a teenager, nobody should expect person that young to have label set on them, she can express her way on discovering herself in her videos without ppl bitching about it

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  @RebekahSage · 4 years ago

  I don&apos;t understand why people think Ariana is queerbaiting. The line &quot;I like women and men&quot; is written by and sung by Victoria Monét who is openly bi

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