problematic tropes are only problematic due to their prevalence, not bad in and of themselves; they are bad on a statistical level.
this complicates the discourse significantly as it means any individual application of a terrible trope is not very terrible at all, a subtlety that is hard to express and which most people don’t seem to get.
bold talk for a post that doesn’t even pass the bechdel test
“not everything has to be gay” oh my god what tf are u watching where everything is gay. what is it. tell me
And, since the people who say this also say “you’re disrespecting their friendship” and “why can’t you just let people stay friends”, that’s why I hate those phrases, too.
The one issue I’ve ever seen with podfic was with people not asking permission before recording one and some people not respecting a “no” when they asked permission. I just remember it got bad because some podficcers got really mad about people not wanting them recording their fics, because they saw it as an accessibility thing over everything else. I do think some fic writers overreacted, but they do have a right to control their fics and give permission as they want. That wank was several years ago, though, so hopefully both sides have settled down by now.
“There is no heterosexual explanation for this” also known as “I don’t believe in close friends being affectionate with one another”
Ship what you want, but please remember that friendship is definitely an Actual Thing
Platonic relationships are a thing. Straight, same sex friends being affectionate is a thing. Women who don’t fit society’s mold for femininity being straight is a thing. Men who don’t fit society’s mold for masculinity being straight is a thing.
also, people with same-sex attraction can have same-sex platonic relationships.
Okay, yes totally, but a lot of times it’s pointing out people ignoring queer subtext, so that’s kind of a big thing.
I know what you mean. Ive seen a lot of them where yeah, totally, thats just what friendship is, but like a big part of it is voicing Hey! Stop Saying The Queer Subtext Just Isn’t There!
Also, do you say the same of people who insist that a man and a woman who glanced at each other once must be in luuuuuuurve? Because I hear people say it a lot when people ship queer couples, but hardly ever when it’s straight couples?
Quite frankly, fucking all of this. Oh no, queer people jokingly talk about seeing people who reflect their types of romantic relationships. Oh no, they’re being so mean to poor, persecuted friendships. ;_;
“There is no heterosexual explanation for this” also known as “I don’t believe in close friends being affectionate with one another”
Ship what you want, but please remember that friendship is definitely an Actual Thing
Are there people who say this and actually mean it? Because I interpret it as people using hyperbole to look at possible subtext, when there’s not a lot of queer characters around. People don’t forget that friendship is a thing, ffs. They just get tired of there being no queer characters.
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