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AZSkiffyGeek

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2. I saw this thrown around about the show Good Omens

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Thu Nov 3, 2022, 01:58 PM

Nov 2022

I'm straight, so take my opinion/interpretation with a grain of salt.
I'd never picked up any gay overtones when I read the book - and even watching the TV show I felt like the characters were more Ace than anything else. But it was a beautiful depiction of non-sexual love between to male-appearing characters. They just never consummated it, so it was called queerbaiting.
At the same time, Our Flag Means Death had a lot of LGBT+ representation, but the main characters never actually hooked up in the end, yet that wasn't called queerbaiting, so I'm not sure what the difference is.

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Is it ever OK to use the term queerbaiting? [View all] Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 OP

It seems that "queerbating" has been co-opted, like other words have been in the past. Behind the Aegis Nov 2022 #1

I saw this thrown around about the show Good Omens AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2022 #2

Much ado. lambchopp59 Nov 2022 #3