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entrop-y · 3 months

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i know it was almost certainly unintentional, but watching season eleven, it really seems like reid just has devastatingly hopeless, unrequited feelings for morgan

the online discussion of ‘queer coding’ in criminal minds often leaves a lot to be desired (and often fundamentally misunderstands what queer coding is) so i am not even arguing that—especially by season eleven—reid is an explicitly/intentionally queer coded character, but the dynamic of their relationship (the specific dialogue, the body language, and how reid handles morgan’s departure) just accidentally, but so clearly, frame it that way

#i think any kind of coding requires authorial intent #so for example while reid is indesputibly autistic coded #(he is autistic)#i would argue while he reads as queer he is not queer coded #(emily is the only character on cm’s original run i consider to be queer coded)#this doesn’t negate the interpretation or understanding of reid as being queer #i just don’t think it was intentional beyond season one #spencer reid #cm #criminal minds #derek morgan #emily prentiss #moreid #spencer reid x reader

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