This sort of terminology is preferable to phrases such as: “biological male/female,” “natal male/female,” “born male/female,” “male/female bodied,” etc.

This sort of terminology is preferable to phrases such as: “biological male/female,” “natal male/female,” “born male/female,” “male/female bodied,” etc.

Often, this trope is utilized in order to avoid the necessity of then writing and portraying a queer relationship/character in a nuanced manner. This was and is often meant to afford the creators and/or copyright owners with the veneration of their wider audience for having a queer character in their story without having to actually create a character or relationship of substance.

This is also a means of having a queer character without having to deal with potential fallout in socially conservative audiences; it is a means of making the existence of a queer character more ‘palatable’. This is an older trope and in classic queer literature was considered the only way a queer story could end, i.e., unhappily. (Seen, eg. in Maurice by E.M. Forster.)

This philosophy is often adopted in regard to J.K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter series), H.P. Lovecraft and his omnibus, and even J.R.R. Tolkien. Rowling and Lovecraft are generally separated from their works due to their political beliefs, whereas Tolkien’s statement that the Lord of the Rings is not an allegory for WWII is generally disregarded in favor of analyzing his writing through the lens of a WWII survivor.

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Eg. Draco Malfoy loves green apples. Malfoy was seen eating an apple in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and later placing one in the Vanishing Cabinet while working on it in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. These two short scenes have been extrapolated into common fanon in the WWoHP fandom, sometimes even as a cargo ship.

Some fandom ship names are defined in this glossary, but no where near all that exist. A list as such would be nigh insurmountable.

When used as a verb it can mean taking a person, object, place, or thing and making it either LGBTQ+ or simply different from how it once was. It is rare to hear, but the term queer has been used to describe changing the race, ethnicity, religion, or other defining aspect of a character.

Similar to racebending.

A recent reboot is She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2020) by Netflix from executive producers ND Stevenson and Chuck Austen, of the 1985 She-Ra: Princess of Power.

Seen in works such as

• Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

  • originally a Twilight Bella Swan/Edward Cullen fanfiction, Master of the Universe by Snowdragons Icequeen

• Alchemised by SenLinYu

  • originally a WWoHP Dramione fanfic Manacled by SenLinYu

• The Love Hypothesis by Julie Soto

  • originally Head Over Feet a Reylo fanfic in the Star Wars universe

• The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare (TMI)

  • TMI borrows from more than one of Clare’s fanfics

    • Mortal Instruments, a WWoHP Ron Weasley/Ginny Weasley fanfic

    • The Draco Trilogy, ultimately a Draco Malfoy/Ginny Weasley fanfic trilogy

    • These were all posted under a slightly different spellings of her name Cassandra Claire and Cassie Claire, as well as thegraybook and epicyclical).

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Also seen as ship.

Derived forms: sprinters, sprinting, word-sprint

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