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I wish more people in fandom understood (or would make the distinction between) a character who is queer coded, and a character they have a queer reading for.
I think that many fans do understand the difference, but insisting that a character is queer coded gives them a feeling of the right to enforce their interpretation on others in a way that a queer reading does not.
I have a really big problem with “accidental queer coding”. Because it’s not queer coding — it’s your queer reading, based on stereotypes, which assumes that queer ppl would look and behave that way.
Queer coding is an important topic in the history of the queer community that was created intentionally because explicit queer representation was forbidden. Queer coding is never accidental, it has to be intentional. Stop ignoring the historical context.
Can’t you yourself hear how stupid you sound when you say “Sirius ran away from home, it’s so queer coded…”
All of this, exactly.
Queer coding is always intentional.
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