#lesbiansubtext

Alien: Resurrection (1997): Another beautiful, close moment between the two ladies. #alienresurrection #aliens #sigourneyweaver #winonaryder #ripley #call #ripleyandcall #bluray #lesbiansubtext

Alien: Resurrection (1997): Ripley penetrates Call. I think this is a little too strong to even call "subtext". #alienresurrection #aliens #sigourneyweaver #winonaryder #ripley #call #ripleyandcall #bluray #lesbiansubtext

Noomi Rapace in Brian De Palma's wild and masterful "Passion" (2012). #passion #briandepalma #noomirapace #bluray #lesbiansubtext

One of many surreal moments in Kazui Nihonmatsu's totally berserk kaiju "The X From Outer Space" (Uchu daikaiju Girara; 1967). #thexfromouterspace #kazuinihonmatsu #kaiju #daikaiju #uchudaikaijugirara #peggyneal #itokoharada #lesbiansubtext #criterion #criterioncollection #dvd

Fans respond- Tired of seeing their favorite characters apart, many fans flock to the Internet to legitimize the romantic partnership they see between two female characters. On the Internet, individuals who recognize the lesbian subtext in their favorite shows, movies, etc., are very common and quite prolific in their creativity and support of the lesbian subtext illustrated on television. Fans of lesbian subtext respond to the subtext by creating images, videos, blogs, fanfiction, and even writing essays, tweets, and other written documents supporting the lesbian subtext between their two favorite characters together. These online mediums of ingesting and depicting lesbian subtext help individuals locate other fans who share their ships (two individuals that they see together and believe should be in a relationship). Over time as the relationship between the subtextial couple evolves and more and more support gathers for one particular ship, large fandoms develop. Fandoms are a group of fans who unite in support of their ship. They occasionally attack other ships, but for the most part, fandoms are used to locate and engage with likeminded individuals. Individuals can become very involved in their fandom. Within fandoms, fan made images, videos, fanfiction, essays, tweets, and opinions are shared. Fan made images all fall under an umbrella term of fanart, but these images come in many different packages. Fanart can be made of manipulations (where an individual uses photoshop or a similar image editing program to crop and create pictures where lesbian subtext couples appear to be together. Some manipulations simply feature the faces of the two main females side by side holding hands or with faces near one another. Others depict more intimate encounters such as kisses and sexual embraces. Fan made videos are frequently termed fanvids. These videos are usually composed of clips from the show or stills from the set or events the shows actors attend, and even from other shows the actress has been a part of or clips from adult videos edited to represent a sexual encounter between the two female leads. Clips are edited to juxtapose the two female characters. Some fanvideos are sad, some videos correspond with fanfiction, some are meant to illustrate sexual relations, while some are comedic (e.g. Crack videos) and other are educational. Educational videos generally are aimed at pointing out the extant subtext in the show. These videos avoid any use of manipulations and simply take clips and still shots directly from the show to elucidate the lesbian subtext for other fans who may not recognize the subtext without first being prompted to do so. Fanfiction (fanfics) is exactly what its name suggest. It is fiction written by fans for other fans to consume. Fans flock to numerous sites for fanfiction. There are webpages dedicated to particular fandoms while others like Archive of our own and fanfiction cater to a wide range of fandoms and ships. Fics can follow the story line of a show or veer off into a world of its own. Fanfics are fans chance to creatively manipulate and interact with their favorite characters. Fanfiction is particularly popular with LGBT couplings that are far less likely to ever actually happen on the show. Through fanfiction, fans can see the happy ending they want for their two favorite characters, or similar to most other couples, fans can place the two female characters in situations that test the relationship and the characters dedication to one another. Fanfiction provides a varied depiction of LGBT relationships, some healthy, some not so healthy, that much of main stream media has yet to fully adopt. The key is that fanfiction provides representation which can be instrumental for someone trying to understand their own sexual identity. It's no surprise that with such a vast outpouring of support from fans, some individuals have chosen to write essays about lesbian subtext in their favorite shows (or create tumblr blogs dedicated to exploring the rampant subtext). These essays are generally meant as a way for an individual to explain what they are seeing in a show to other fans who deny the existence of their ship or as a way to converse with likeminded fans, or still as a way to show the shows creators that the subtext exist between two or more female characters. Occasionally individuals use these essays to argue to the shows writers that two characters should absolutely be a canonical pairing or they are used my fans as a way to predict the future of a show by guessing which partnerships they believe may occur in she shows future/ which pairing they believe are endgame (the ultimate pairings the show ends with). Lastly, tumblr and Twitter are crawling with posts and comments about different fandoms. Lesbian subtext pairings occasionally trend on Twitter with hash tags such as #SwanQueen and #Rizzoles. Individuals tag the shows actors and writers in these posts and even receive acknowledge and sometimes acceptance of their ships from the actors and shows creators. Fandoms are persistently growing in numbers and popularity. I for one am astounded by the following pairings such as Emma and Regina from Once Upon A Time and Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles from Rizzoli & Isles have gathered over the past few years. As a fan myself, who has watched these fandoms from inception, it is great to see the numerous mediums of fan creation grow and evolved with the characters growth over seasons of the show. However unlike episodes of shows, fandoms never take a break. They are alive and active year round, creating polls and garnering more support for their ship. Below are a number of post and reblogs exemplifying fans creations depicting the lesbian subtext in OUAT and Rizzoli & Isles. Each post is accompanied with tags such as fanart, fans respond, fanfiction, fanvideos, etc. to explain what exactly they are and how they pertain to fans response, consumption, and reproduction of lesbian subtext on television.

All the feels.