hi, so i love destiel, but it really bothers me how they're trying to vote destiel over a canon f/f ship that recently faced a huge blow. i really do feel that clexa needs this victory to show how the creators have hurt the lgbtq fans and queerbaited us (also because it's a CANON ship you know), all i'm asking is that maybe just for once, the spn fandom backs down and lets a canon, revolutionary f/f queer ship have the representation it deserves over a noncanon ship. do you get what i mean?
“All i’m asking is that maybe just for once, the spn fandom backs down and lets a canon, revolutionary f/f queer ship have the representation it deserves over a noncanon ship”
Whoa, let me stop you right there.
See here’s the thing; I watch the 100. I love Clexa. In fact, I’d pick Clexa over any other ship on the 100 any day. I personally think that it’s fucking rude, how Jason R handled this; there were other ways to go about it even if the actress won’t be available in the near future. I have all the respect in the world for this ship, and if Clexa wins the poll, I think it would be well deserved.
But that doesn’t mean that we aren’t allowed to fight for our own ship. You wanna talk queerbaiting? Yes, let’s!
“The ship being canon’ aside, the Destiel fandom has had its fair share of it. Writers knowing what they’re doing to play Lgtb+ fans and leave them hanging, and knowing exactly how to do it. And they’ve done it for years with Destiel.
Using romantic tropes for them, adding millions of ‘almost’ moments and tons of subtext, but never quite going there. Everybody knows what the fuck is going on: show runners, writers, fans, popular media sites have called the show out on it in lengthy articles. Yet they never deliver.
Some of the most blatant examples:
( Misha played Cas feeling like a jilted lover, as asked by Jeremy Carver)
Or this, writers leading you on:
Or this, the exact same lines and tropes being used for a heterosexual couple on the exact same show:
Or this because ‘hAHA’, everyone knows:
Or this, even the actors exactly knowing what’s going on, even if it’s only ‘implied’:
Not to mention that ‘boner scene’ where Cas was viewed the way any love interest would:
Not to mention all of the other ridiculous unnecessary stares that were in no way platonic:
Besides, as I’ve explained before, the kind of queer baiting that’s going on with Destiel is so subtle but so very much there: [x]
Don’t get me wrong; I haven’t said a bad word about Clexa (I enjoy the ship, actually) and I wouldn’t do anything to sabotage them, but please don’t make people feel guilty for sticking up for their own ship.
And I get it, the Clexa fandom is suffering right now (and with good reason) but even though Rothenberg was a dick about how he ended it, at least you guys got the confirmation that Clarke/Lexa had those kind of romantic feelings for each other, got an actual on screen kiss and a sex scene, whereas the Lgtb+ fans who’ve been loyal to SPN for years are still being called insane for seeing Destiel even after all of the above shit (and much more) has been happening for over freaking 8 years now.
I’m not saying we have it worse, I’m not saying anyone has it worse. I’m just saying that, with all due respect, we are all fighting for our own ships and own representation. Sadly, Lgtb+ ships are still treated terribly in almost every fandom, but I think no one has to ‘back down’ from things that they’re passionate about.
Clexa fans should vote for Clexa, Destiel fans should vote for Destiel, and I’m sorry if you disagree.
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