I never finished supernatural. What was the qieerbaiting in that? I swear to the gods if you say "Dean didn't fuck Sam" I'm gonna lose all hope in humanity.

[–] JesusLikesYourButt@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Did you never make it to season 4? Castiel and Dean are probably the most popular ship for that show.

[–] Traegert@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

.........Wat. Dean is VERY straight and Castiel is an amorphous asexual agender "beyond human comprehension" concept possessing a human body. Just because Jimmy the dude he's possessing is a dude doesn't make it a dude. That's been a thing the whole series with demons swapping from male/female bodies and seducing people in both. Cas doesn't have a gender, or sex, or preference. Did tumblr go THAT fucking crazy over gay sex in supernatural they turned an agender asexual philosophical embodiment of an idea into a romantic love symbol? Holy reaching, Batman. Literally

Also I got to like, two seasons before the end, I think

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If you watched that many seasons and you didn't see the Castiel and Dean queerbaiting, you are never going to see queerbaiting

[–] Traegert@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Have you tried entertaining the thought that you're expecting things where they don't logically make sense? If you want a real example of queen baiting look at The Magicians. It had one of the most emotional deepest bonding episodes between two of the male main characters who -

SPOILERS AHEAD

lived an entire life together, decades, kids, I sobbed. And then they killed one of them right before they could get together. THATS the shit you should be upset about. Not this weird ass very clearly fanfiction between a straight man and an asexual.

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Here's a good breakdown of The Last Great American Queerbait (yes that's a nickname for Supernatural): https://youtu.be/-Q0eX9Rrah0 And here's a video about all the problematic queer representation in the show: https://youtu.be/XPgrZTax5Nw

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[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Really funny that you bring up The Magicians actually because Sera Gamble was a showrunner in both shows #girlBoss #queerbaitingQueen

[–] Traegert@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

I REALLY REALLY wanted Q and Eli to get together at the end. Fucking peaches and plums man