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Queerbaiting: Manipulating the LGBTQ+ Into False Representation | Corporate Casket

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Why Is Dumbledore Gay?

The Harry Potter fandom is frustrated with Rowling only including queer or ethnically diverse characters in the Potterverse after the fact. For some, it reeks of rallying desperately seeking credit for inclusivity without ever needing to explicitly commit to it in her literature. One show that I consistently saw mentioned in my research is Sherlock featuring Benedict Cumberbatch. According to one of my sources, Sherlock deviates from the source material all the time. They apparently won't deviate enough to write Watson and Holmes as a couple,. Even though the writers or director or whoever is in charge of this hints at a relationship between them on a consistent basis for clicks. It's just so frustrating that a community that's so

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