queerbait
I've mostly seen this happen with "yuri" manga and anime. Now, I get really happy when I see realistic wlw and mlm representation, and I love to read to both BL and GL. So it should be pretty normal for me to be excited to see more of it, right? but when the anime/manga actually "starts", I notice that whatever I was getting so hyped up over is just one of the "they're my bestfriend and I'd like to do everything with them!" bullcrap again. I'm not saying that I hate the author(s) or anything, but I'm just tired of getting used to it. Also, It's not rare to see straight romance at all but the heteros always complain how **we** are getting too much representation when it's actually the complete opposite. Well, back to the queerbait topic, I don't wanna get so excited to see wlw/mlm rep only to get disappointed with the "bestfriends" shit again. Also, before anyone hits me with "there literally is a lot of rep?? there's so many english movies out there that-", no. I have tried watching that kinda stuff way too often but I just can't relate to it. I live in an asian household where women are supposed to learn cooking, cleaning, studying, grow up to be become a graceful woman and get married to a man but I genuinely don't want that. I would rather be homeless than live the kind of life where I would be filled with regrets. I get anxiety attacks whenever my parents simply bring up the topic of LGBTQ+. How could y'all expect me to relate to english movies where the MC lives in a perfect white household with a loving family? It's fine if y'all don't agree with me because I just wanted to get this out there.
I hate queerbaiting too. Like if you wanna put queer people in your show or whatever it is, please represent us properly. They always brush it off by saying they are best friends like what.
And sometimes when queer people get represented, they kill them. Yesterday, I finished "How to Get Away With Murder" and I was surprised when the gay couple l......
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10 04,2021