Queerbaiting in tv and movies? Good, bad, ugly, or huh?!

Queerbaiting is the practice of hinting at, but then not actually depicting, a same-sex romantic relationship between characters in a work of fiction, mainly in film or television. The potential romance may be ignored, explicitly rejected or made fun of.

The derogatory term "queerbaiting" is meant to imply that this is done for the purpose of attracting ("baiting") a queer audience with the ultimately unrealized suggestion of relationships that appeal to them.[1] The concept arose in and has been popularized through Internet discussions among the fandom of popular films and television series.