Shipping has always been part of fandom culture and there is nothing wrong with it. Whether it’s HP, supernatural,…
What you’re saying doesn’t make any sense. So if I ship a heterosexual couple, it’s queerbaiting? People are really stretching these terms just to act like activists while at the same time being fans of like ten actors who are homophobic or have other problematic histories I know their track records very well.
Shipping has always been part of fandom culture and there is nothing wrong with it. Whether it’s HP, supernatural,…
Now that you mentioned it, I remembered I used to ship Alina with the Darkling from Shadow and Bone(Leigh Bardugo). It’s not as popular as Twilight or Harry Potter, but it’s relatively well-known and even got a Netflix series.
Finally I see folks using queerbait correctly cause saying BL actors queerbait does not make sense but this does.
You’re wrong straight actors doing “fan service” is queerbaiting, yes. An academic professor from Thailand is going to defend their own culture, but this is clearly queerbaiting, unless the person makes it clear they are homosexual, which is not the case for most of them.
I found Sea’s performance in the series really good. It shows that it’s not just a matter of BL actors not knowing how to act, but rather the poor scripts they’re given.
Just as it is a choice to watch BL with homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic, and ableist actors, as well as…
Didn’t convince me. Fanatical BL fans watch GMMTV BLs with actors who are transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic, and fatphobic, don’t complain, and even defend them so I’ll watch WU without any guilt.
I don't give a damn about GL so I never bother to even comment on anything related to it. So why do I see so many…
From what I’ve read, the concept of Bromance was about creating stories where straight men express more emotion, unlike how they’re typically portrayed in the West.