http://adenar.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] adenar.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] omonatheydid 2018-06-10 03:12 pm (UTC)

That's kind of what I'm saying - they're so general and with such mild 'hints' that I wouldn't include them on a playlist myself, but since so many people do, it makes me wonder if there's something that I'm missing, or if we're all just desperate for acceptance/representation so we fall for even the most unintentional queerbait. For an example, I think it's wonderful that Jieun/Yongguk/their lyricists had interracial/lgbt couples in mind for the song, don't get me wrong, but in the actual execution of the song/mv there's absolutely no reference to it. Since other songs have more explicit lyrics/video representations, even in minor ways, I feel like they could've done at least a bit more than 'oh btw this is about xyz even though it's nowhere in the mv or lyrics'. I'd never fallen for TV programmes like Sherlock or Supernatural where it's super queerbaity, even before the queerbaiting discussion started, so I think I just don't have an interest in things that aren't obvious.

I'm not telling you to remove the videos - everyone has their own standard for what representation they respond to and what degree so I would never want to step on another lgbt person's toes like that - I just kind of wanted to see if anyone else felt the same way or if I'm just stupidly picky. I kind of regret commenting to be honest I get very anxious about this kind of thing. Sorry if I'm overexplaining myself and only making my comments more confusing

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