Thread:RABNerd VP/@comment-31195725-20191129203759

Hello. Claiming that queerbaiting is a “homoerotic subtext with no intention of pairing” is a blunder. Firstly, homoerotic subtext can have completely different goals and in fact in most cases it is not added to hint at the romantic involvement of the characters. But this does not make it queerbaiting, because this term means the deception about the potential of queer ships, which is used to attract queer audiences and shippers.

For example, if I portray the friendship of two straight male characters very intimate and filled with romantic metaphors, this will not be queerbaiting if my motivation is to portray a bromance-like friendship, rather than attract slash shippers by fake subtext-ish BL couple. 