Queerbaiting / Slashbaiting

[erilyn]

Yo, what are some good examples of queerbaiting / slashbaiting fans (eg shows/TPTB try to have their cake and eat it too, by appealing to fans who want to see non-heterosexual characters/couples/storylines, but without actually, you know, making it canon

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[shinetheway]

H50 springs to mind?

[erilyn]

Sorry, I should have been more specific, in that I was hoping for specifics (like moments/plots in episodes). H50 is definitely the sort of show I'm thinking about though, thanks!

[shinetheway]

ahahaha okay, so I actually have to have WATCHED the show, hmm? :D

[erilyn]

thank you so much!

I've been much more focused on more recent media, I hadn't thought about XF, hmmm.

[iibnf]

Due South - specifically third season - Paul Gross wrote in quite a lot of slash bait after being made aware of slash fans.

Bullet Proof - queer baiting.

[erilyn]

Interesting, cause it's often referred to as a more modern issue, but fair point.

[deepbluemermaid]

Also, for femmeslash, there's Rizzoli & Isles (in case you're unfamiliar with it, Jane and Maura are colleagues and best friends, and often discuss guys they're interested in / dating). Just from the first season, from memory:

- the pilot has Jane staying in the spare room at Maura's place; when Maura comes in to find Jane not sleeping, she lies down with her and Jane makes a joke about it being a lesbian come-on. They do share the bed that night, presumably platonically.

- episode 1x06 takes place within a lesbian bar and has epic not-very-subtext. There's a big discussion between Jane and Maura - in bed! - over what would make Jane turn gay (season tickets to some sports team were mentioned) and which of them would be 'the man'. And then there's an actualfax undercover-in-a-lesbian-bar scene with both of them involved. Amusing recap here, with that in-bed dialogue quoted on p.3: http://www.afterellen.com/TV/2010-

[erilyn]

I've seen a lot of references to the incredible slashiness of R&I, but haven't actually seen any, but thanks for the tips about some specific stuff :)

[eponymous]

Teen Wolf, obvs.

If you're open to movies, then I felt about half of the last RDJ Sherlock Holmes movie was slashbait, which was one of the reasons I disliked it so much. I can't remember that many specifics, though the several-minute-long conversation that they have whilst Holmes is in a dress and lipstick and Watson is lying between his upraised legs would be one of them.

[shinetheway]

Also, them dancing at the party, Holmes' obvious jealousy of Mary, and the bit just before Watson saved his life. Plus the interview with Eddie Izzard where RDJ gets "jealous" that Jude looks better in drag than he does, and Jude's *chinhands* look of adoration at RDJ

[eponymous]

Two characters acting in gay in every way except for actually being romantically involved with each other? That's pretty much my definition of slashbait

[lastrega]

What she said. Too much of the time it's "Pretend gay is HILARIOUS but real gay is R-rated and will scare the kiddies" kinda bullshit, which is actually Not Cool.

[gnine]

Fun question. Off the top of my head:

Supernatural...with, surprisingly, a lot the Wincest, which just makes it extra special?

"Do they know we're brothers?" "I don't think they CARE!" When talking about Wincest fic, in the show...cause oh SPN, when you do meta, you do it with that extra special dose of CRACK!

All times they check into motels and people assume they're a couple.

And Misha Collins, at numerous conventions, often goes out of his way to bring stuff up. With him and Dean, him and Balthazar.

They have Crowley and Bobby actually kiss for a contract.

I'm sure I'm missing a million examples cause SPN, you be rather nuts! ^__-

SG-1 and SGA very occasionally did. SG-1, in ep 200, which had tons of meta references, included the bit with Jack and Daniel standing at the alter, waiting for Sam and Daniel going "y'know, if she doesn't show up, they're gonna think you and I are..."

SGA had the kiss between Rodney and Carson.

[erilyn]

And SG1 didn't bother me at all with that moment in 200, I adored the whole episode and thought it was all done in a wonderful spirit and sense of laughing with fandom, not at fandom (unlike their 100th episode and various crap from TPTB there).