I’m sick of:
- forced straight relationships with 0 chemistry just because they apparently needed to add a love story *cough Steve Rogers/Sharon Carter cough*
- gay characters whose entire storyline is about them being gay (boring and not the kind of representation I’m looking for)
- when two characters of the same sex have a great chemistry and clearly love each other (whether in a romantic way or not) but only “love each other like brothers”. *cough Destiel and Stucky cough* Because we all know, if they weren’t of the same sex, they would be canon since the very first scene together.¹
- which leads me to the next thing: when the first character of the opposite sex than the main character is introduced to the story and you just KNOW they’re going to be a couple within the next hour. I’m having a really hard time explaining this right now, so I hope you’ll get the point anyway. (E.g. Cassandra Clare does it very often, like many other YA authors. Or Marvel)
- when the love interest of the female main character seems to be the most important thing in her life, even though she barely knows him and he treats her like shit. *cough Bella and Edward cough*
- queerbaiting in general (yes I’m looking at you Sherlock)
I want to see/read more of:
- strong friendship and other not sexual/romantic relationships (e.g. Dean and Sam Winchester, Harry and Ron, Harry and Hermione, Frodo and Samwise and many more)
- interesting, non-toxic, well built up romances, between a man and a woman AND same-sex (e.g. Harry and Ginny and many others)
- LGBTQ+ main characters in fantasy etc (their sexuality doesn’t even have to be a big part of the story) I’m tired of the gay side character who just exist for representation. (I can recommend the Nightrunner Series by Lynn Flewelling)
- canon lesbian pairings. Are there any canon lesbian ships? There’s the one from Pretty Little Liars (Isn’t there a lesbian ship in Riverdale too?) Oh and the very short-lived one from Supernatural (I’m not going to mention it because of spoilers)
- friendships between men and women because guess what, men and women can be friends without having sex! (Again, Harry and Hermione are a great example, the Doctor and Donna)
If I forgot something, feel free to add it. What’s your opinion? I’m curious
¹Just wanted to add, that this point bothers me a lot especially in Supernatural because even though I (and that’s MY opinion) don’t ship Destiel in a romantic and sexual way. But no one can deny that they would be in a romantic and sexual relationship since S4, if Castiel would have chosen a female vessel. That’s a fact and I hate it.
