#bi coded character

[jelestes]

it gets worse each season, it’s not even funny anymore quinta brunson get this woman a girlfriend right now !!!

[gayboyemployee]

i wish people who had absolutely zero media literacy/reading comprehension would stop using “-coded” when they clearly have no idea what it means

[bugsbenefit]

genuinely still baffled by the "they don't need to address Mike's sexuality, all that matters is that he's in love with Will" crowd. especially when people say it who claim to care about Mike's character (when you could also just say you don't really care for that part of the show, which would be fine, no one cares about all characters/arcs)

because Surely you realize how him being gay or bi would change his entire character, right. whether he's attracted to girls or not would change the way all his actions up until now are to be interpreted. not even making a statement on his sexuality here, this is generally speaking

if he was actually attracted to El you'd have to address when and why he suddenly stopped loving El since in fiction "it just happened" isn't usually a satisfying answer to breaking a multi season couple up. Why is Will it for him? he's been acting weird for ages so when did he realize? and what made it click he fell out of love with El for good? you'd have to give some explanation for why he was able to proclaim his love for El accidentally in s3 and then fail to do it in the same season while looking uncomfortable with kissing her and so on since his pov was so majorly withheld

if he's not attracted to girls his arc in s5 needs to focus more on comphet and how dating El affected him/why he felt he couldn't break up with her/homophobic attitude in his surrounding slash Hawkins. or the idea of platonic and romantic love in general. there would be no how he got from point A(El) to point B(Will), like what the focus of a bi!Mike s5 arc would have to be on to explain what happened, but a focus on how he ended up at point A in the first place and why he was stuck there/how it affected him

and even core moments of the series would have entirely different meanings depending on if he's attracted to girls. "it's not my fault you don't like girls" being a peak example. if he's gay it's easy to explain it with projection. if he IS attracted to girls though it would read as a much more intentional (even if blurted out) act of homophobia, since it would be him pointing something out that Will genuinely does (not liking being around girls) but he himself can't relate to

and that's all just the surface level differences. Mike being attracted to girls or not being attracted to girls would give his arc an entirely different focus in s5. AS WELL as make his past actions have entirely different meanings. the idea that "it doesn't matter for his character" is so insanely wrong it's wild how many people confidently peddle it

[agir1ukn0w]

not that anyone cares but the fact that this is what Nami's face looks like right after Sanji flirts with her is making me very happy

[pinkfey]

another thing. saying karlach is a lesbian because she’s muscular and astarion is gay because he’s flamboyant in the name of “coding” shows ur asses. not only can u not wrap your brains around bisexuals existing outside of a binary presentation but u have a some lesbophobia and homophobia to work through too. coding ≠ pure stereotypes lmao.

[beanghostprincess]

Saying Sanji is "straight-washed" might be the funniest thing in the whole world because yes, his character is heavily queer-coded and reflects queer experiences, and no, it is not about his sexuality. It's about his gender. You got it a bit wrong, bestie.

[aardvaark]

obsessed w the episode of Bones where they’re telling some wealthy lady with a mini pomeranian that her ex husband is dead and she starts crying and instead of offering any kind of comfort, brennan just takes the dog off her and happily exclaims (and this is verbatim) "he’s so compact!!"

[alltoounwell1989]

quinn fabray, my favourite lesbian glee character

Yes. I'm still rewatching glee and a few things have caught my eye about ms.fabray is how gay she truly is. She says sentences like "I'm not *that* into that" when talking to Santana when she thinks that Santana is offering her sex. In season 3 after her makeover she states "I was never interested in the clothes or the makeup or the BOYS" and after she hooked up with Santana she said "it's more of a onetime thing for me" and then went in for a second time, smh.

Anyways here is quinn looking at rachel:

Heart eyes. And here is her staring at Rachel's boobs:

I can't believe so many people thought this bitch was straight

[ninadove]

Good morning everyone.

No in-depth meta post from me today, I just wanted to remind y’all that this conversation happened.

[jessicawhitlysimp]

every time ted lasso confirms another character is queer i think there’s no way they’ll do it again but the they do,,, they’re pushing me deeper into my delusions

[audhd-nightwing]

tim & jon: *get confirmed as canonically bi*

dick & kon, their queer-coded older brothers: …

[jelestes]

no because if I were in that writers room y’all would have kathryn hahn as abbott elementary’s new sub and melissa schemmenti’s fling for season 4.

[respectthepetty]

So much blue in this episode of Middleman's Love for a character who is color-coded.

If only there was an actual blue-coded character, so we could know that Jade's every waking moment is being consumed with thoughts of that blue-coded character.

Instead of a bi-colored one!

That's why you're sad in the same spot as Step by Step's Jeng, Mai, since y'all both live in that amazing apartment with the Cinderella steps and big ass windows yet are crying over a boy rejecting your confession. If only BOTH of you had a consistent color, so the color exchange would seem obvious to the other guy.

If only.

From one bi boy to another

"Fix it, Pretty Boy"

[writer-of-worlds]

Thinking about it, I'm legit curious.

[jantotrash]

Friend: I love that show! Who's your favorite character?

Me: oh, that's easy, my favorite is

[byler-alarmist]

I am SO DEEP in the weeds right now about the "Surfer Boy" motif in Stranger Things beginning in S3 and being cemented in S4.

It began with kind of a joke post, but now I'm fully convinced if its deeper meaning re: queer coding and what it could possibly mean for S5.