The widespread fan observance of a fanon queer (relation)ship as part of an accepted body of work in a piece of media due to an a priori assumption that the characters within the fanon (relation)ship are or will be confirmed queer and circular argumentation where the inevitability/conclusion of the (relation)ship is assumed as true, often to convince or mislead a non-viewing audience that the show includes and delivers on queer representation.
Queer-leading is done in place of providing or supporting actualized queer representation in media and often leads to the phenomenon where individuals begin engaging with a piece of media expecting queer representation and then get disappointed when media that never promised queer representation fails to deliver on that representation.
Queer-leading is done in place of providing or supporting actualized queer representation in media and often leads to the phenomenon where individuals begin engaging with a piece of media expecting queer representation and then get disappointed when media that never promised queer representation fails to deliver on that representation.
Person 1: "I can't believe ABC's 9-1-1 keeps queerbaiting us! How can it give us bi-Buck, but not canon buddie?"
Person 2: "Girl, that's not queerbaiting; it's queer-leading. 9-1-1 and ABC never promised canon buddie; fans on Twitter just misled you into thinking it was endgame."
Person 2: "Girl, that's not queerbaiting; it's queer-leading. 9-1-1 and ABC never promised canon buddie; fans on Twitter just misled you into thinking it was endgame."
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by flora Hawkins March 24, 2024
Get the Muske-queers mug.When delusional people in fandoms want to say "I'm butthurt my favorite pairing didn't happen", but they want to sound noble while saying so.
"I can't believe those two didn't end up together after so much teasing!"
"They barely even talked to each other-"
"QUEER BAITING!!!"
"They barely even talked to each other-"
"QUEER BAITING!!!"
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Get the Queer cowboy mug.When a male non gay/non homophobic person acts like he is busy or has to either A go home to his girlfriend B doesn't have time to do whatever it is you are asking cause of his girlfriend C he is claiming he is busy with his girlfriend but is just lying
Person 1 - yo bro I just won 2 free tickets at work to test drive any car for 1 hour at the Ford dealer ship wanna join
PERSON 2 - Ahhh shit bro I'd love to but I gotta get home for dinner I'm starving
person 2 is an example of being a "Queer Bait"
PERSON 2 - Ahhh shit bro I'd love to but I gotta get home for dinner I'm starving
person 2 is an example of being a "Queer Bait"
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Like a straight punch, but with a nasty twist at the end.
(alt): Also a fruit cocktail (ie. a punch) with an unexpected or unannounced addition, potentially of the mind altering variety.
Like a straight punch, but with a nasty twist at the end.
(alt): Also a fruit cocktail (ie. a punch) with an unexpected or unannounced addition, potentially of the mind altering variety.
A strike to a pressure point that leads to the opponent humiliating themselves could be considered a queer punch, as could a knock-out blow from an unexpectedly capable opponent.
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