that’s not true. in diva deva mata, nobody ended up together despite them fighting for a man’s attention
Yep. Pretty much. I just wanted to be helpful, so I gave them a very basic idea of what the ending is like so they could decide for themselves on whether or not it would be worth it for them to watch it. I didn't expect for them to take that, combine it with some out of context tweets they saw, and act as if they know exactly what happens within the series. Anyway, I have definitely learned my lesson and will not be responding to them anymore. It's just not worth the headache...
Here's a link to the conversation (turned argument for some reason) I had with them that I think sparked this whole situation. https://mydramalist.com/780136-mu-te-love-love-in-the-number#comment-24726154 They wanted to know whether it was queerbait or not, to which I replied 3 weeks later and said it wasn't. Maybe I could have worded myself a bit better, but I do still feel like I was very clear about it.
(if the link doesn't work, try opening it in browser)
that’s not true. in diva deva mata, nobody ended up together despite them fighting for a man’s attention
Don't even bother. I've tried telling this person several times, but they love just taking a part of what I say, removing all context around it, and running with it. I tried to point out how queer people beyond mlm are treated by GMMTV and this person goes "LESBOPHOBIA!!!" like i think it's deeper than that actually.
I am begging everyone who are swearing up and down that this story isn't yuribait to please look at this with the context of the other stories in this series; all the main characters — except the kathoeys — end up hard confirmed in a relationship with someone. I find it odd that for the ONLY GL-coded story, they for some reason decided to leave it vague in the end. In a vaccum, I think the ending is fine, but knowing the way majority of the other stories have ended makes me look at it very differently.
YES! Yuribait is specifically about yuri; sapphics; wlw. In this case, the promotional material was very much implying NaLeemhai would be endgame. Is there technically yuri in this story? Yes! Absolutely! BUT in my opinion, it is still yuribait because, 1) it wasn't originally supposed to be a GL in the first place, and 2) because with the context of the other stories*, you would expect Na to get with someone at the end, and the promotional material, made it look like it was going to be Leemhai.
*In the other MuTeLuv stories, all the main characters end up hard confirmed in a relationship; the only exceptions are in Diva Deva Mata (the kathoey storyline) where all of them end up single, and now in Hello, Is This Luck? where it's vaguely implied Na and Leemhai get together after meeting up 6 months later.
Because you called it queerbait when I very specifically said it wasn't and it felt like you didn't listen to what I actually said. Yuribait ≠ queerbait. That's been my entire argument all along.
I literally called this yuribait from day 1???? I am NOT the one you should preach to about this. We are practically on the same page; I just disagree witht you calling it queerbait, because BY DEFINITION it isn't. Hope that helps. Now please go preach at someone else.
imply what? na literally slept with leemhai TWICE. it doesn't have to end with them in a relationship for it to…
I never called this queerbait. But it IS yuribait. Please get it right. Not because they don't get together at the end, but because they leave it vague as if they didn't want to confirm that yes they do in fact get together. If it was "doomed yuri" (saw a comment mentioning that earlier), why would they leave it at a hopeful ending? Where is the doom in that?
It's like they didn't have the guts to stick the landing either way, and went for the safe vague middle ground.
Anyway, I have definitely learned my lesson and will not be responding to them anymore. It's just not worth the headache...
Here's a link to the conversation (turned argument for some reason) I had with them that I think sparked this whole situation.
https://mydramalist.com/780136-mu-te-love-love-in-the-number#comment-24726154
They wanted to know whether it was queerbait or not, to which I replied 3 weeks later and said it wasn't. Maybe I could have worded myself a bit better, but I do still feel like I was very clear about it.
(if the link doesn't work, try opening it in browser)
Is there technically yuri in this story? Yes! Absolutely! BUT in my opinion, it is still yuribait because, 1) it wasn't originally supposed to be a GL in the first place, and 2) because with the context of the other stories*, you would expect Na to get with someone at the end, and the promotional material, made it look like it was going to be Leemhai.
*In the other MuTeLuv stories, all the main characters end up hard confirmed in a relationship; the only exceptions are in Diva Deva Mata (the kathoey storyline) where all of them end up single, and now in Hello, Is This Luck? where it's vaguely implied Na and Leemhai get together after meeting up 6 months later.
My bad, I forgot a comma. Let me go fix that.
It's like they didn't have the guts to stick the landing either way, and went for the safe vague middle ground.