#until we learn how to use it responsibly but oh my godddddddd it's so annoying

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unintentional subtext is not queerbaiting. intentional subtext is not queerbaiting. queercoding is not queerbaiting. queer themes are not queerbaiting. queer themes in works by cishet creators are still not queerbaiting. writers of any gender identity/sexual orientation seeing fans pick up on queer themes and intentionally playing up those themes as much as they can get away with are not queerbaiting. chemistry between actors is not queerbaiting. chemistry between actors who then decide it’s more interesting that way and lean into it is not queerbaiting. a real cishet person behaving in ways that do not perfectly and completely fit with your idea of what cishet people of their gender are supposed to be is not queerbaiting. I am going to scream

#this post is dedicated to the star trek posts I have had to see with my own two eyes calling garashir (!) and kirk/spock (!!!!) queerbaiting #and to the people in spn fandom who reinvented gender essentialism when misha collins said he was straight by accusing him #of having spent 10+ years queerbaiting i.e. not conforming to their highly circumscribed mental image of heterosexual masculinity #I know I am far from the first person to complain about how we should have the word 'queerbaiting' taken away #until we learn how to use it responsibly but oh my godddddddd it's so annoying #jules.txt