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In film and television, especially in dramatic or suspense genres, just as in real life, two men or women looking intensely at each other or even touching does not mean they are sexually attracted to each other.<ref>Early ''Star Trek'' fans saw James Kirk and Cmdr. Spock's wordless exchanges as evidence that they were developing a kind of intuition or telepathy common to people who work closely together, rather than a sexual connection. Kirk's becoming telepathic was a subplot in [[Claire Gabriel]]'s [[The Thousandth Man (Star Trek: TOS story)|The Thousandth Man]] and a major plot point in later episodes of [[Jacqueline Lichtenberg]]'s [[Kraith]] series.</ref> However, [[TPTB|showrunners and producers]] who point this out, may be accused, rightly or wrongly, of [[Queer Baiting]].
In film and television, especially in dramatic or suspense genres, just as in real life, two men or women looking intensely at each other or even touching does not mean they are sexually attracted to each other.<ref>Early ''Star Trek'' fans saw James Kirk and Cmdr. Spock's wordless exchanges as evidence that they were developing a kind of intuition or telepathy common to people who work closely together, rather than a sexual connection. Kirk's becoming telepathic was a subplot in [[Claire Gabriel]]'s [[The Thousandth Man (Star Trek: TOS story)|The Thousandth Man]] and a major plot point in later episodes of [[Jacqueline Lichtenberg]]'s [[Kraith]] series.</ref> However, [[TPTB|showrunners and producers]] who point this out, may be accused, rightly or wrongly, of [[Queer Baiting]].
==Subtext and Queerbaiting==
Canon creators have used subtext as a way to gain consumers, and [[queerbaiting]] is just one of the hooks utilized. Inferring that a gay or queer relationship will never be be canon or shown, is a way to get spark viewer interest, which translates to dollars, and may give viewers a vague sense of "progress."
{{Quotation| For the record, I just want to say right off I don’t like the term [[slashwink]] that AfterElton coined - it’s cutesy and feels a little bit demeaning. HOWEVER, it is NOT the equivalent of queerbaiting in my opinion....Slash wink, for want of a better term, is when a showrunner/writers intentionally insert subtext for fans as a favor to fans, but have no intent to go through with it. Queerbaiting is throwing in subtext to slash fans with no intent to do anything either, but it’s also about surrounding the subtext with “no homo" text to make sure that no one actually gets the “wrong" impression. It’s much more homophobic because [[TPTB]] obviously feel that if non-slash fans pick up on the subtext it would be bad and so work to ensure that doesn’t happen. Neither gives slash fans the canon ship they want, but queerbaiting is homophobic/malicious whereas slash winking is friendly teasing. <ref>[http://fannishtalk.tumblr.com/post/43238148062/fandom-evolution-and-slashwinking-vs-queerbaiting Fandom evolution and Slashwinking vs queerbaiting] a [[tumblr]] post dated 2013 </ref>}}
==Subtext, BDSM, and Kinks==
==Subtext, BDSM, and Kinks==