I saw a crummy take today about CR ships and I want to address something that comes up in queerbaiting discourse: bisexual erasure.

Queerbating is when two characters maintain a same-sex tension relationship that is never addressed, and leaves folks hanging. CR didn't do that.
When characters actually profess the same-sex attraction, it is no longer queer-baiting or coded, but queer in fact. It's open. The feelings are apart of the actual narrative and not hidden away.
When characters expresses romantic feelings for multi genders, that's bi/pansexual
The post I saw, claiming that CR had queerbaited is honestly crap. Characters can be complex and have feelings for multiple genders, and have personal baggage about relationships in general. That's not queerbaiting, that's character depth.
The same sex attractions in CR isn't a punchline, it's an actual part of their dynamics as characters, which is refreshing to see in media, and amazing to see in an improvised space, and it's honestly nice to see fictional characters process romance the way I do in media.
Listen I’m all for critiquing the content I love, because critique makes us all better consumers and creatives but damn
Also not all of this has directly to do with CR but a lot to do with discussions on Queerbaiting I have seen in the community that kinda leaves bisexuals out
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