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)?

Looking for both specific stuff within narrative or external (interviews/cons/promos etc), any help appreciated :)

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[gnine.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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).