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nonbinarypastels:

hot take: the answer to the Bury Your Gays trope does not automatically have to be only having the purest, softest coffee shop au kind of queer media and only the most uwuified queer characters. we can have dark queer media, queer media in the suspense and crime and horror and any other genres, morally grey and morally bankrupt (or at least not one-dimensionally heroic) queer characters — all without killing off every queer character that shows up in the media in question for no damn reason. 

queer characters don’t have to all remain saints in G-rated comedies in order to stay alive in their media or to be worthwhile to the people viewing that media. 

#also wanna add that like#i don’t believe you can NEVER EVER have a queer character die in media#(especially if the creator is queer)#but.#if that’s the ONLY story queer characters get in your media#then you have a problem#if you have one gay character in your story and they die#(especially to further het angst or show how sad it is 2 b gay)#then you have a fucking problem#but if you have a story full of queer characters#some of whom get happy endings#all of whom have strong stories#and a gay character dies#the playing field is a bit different#you can go dark and sad if dark and sad isn’t the only queer story you have to offer#file under: things i have too many thoughts about#etc 

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