home-wrecker-holmes:

venix-savreux: takashi0: thespectacularspider-girl: home-wrecker-holmes: “THESE DISNEY CHARACTERS FOR CHILDRENS MOVIES ARE QUEER CODED BECAUSE THEY ARE EFFEMINATE AND ONE OF THEM HAS A DYKE HAIRCUT”

do you understand what that sounds like Fucking this. When the fuck did we start saying that stereotypes were an okay thing to do? “Coded” what the fuck is this “coded” shit I’ve been seeing lately. First one I saw was “black coded” the fuck does that even mean It means “I’m racist”

“Coded” is a fucking stupid term to imply a character is gay/black/etc when they’re not obviously so. A recent, common example is “Garnet is black coded”.

What they mean by coded is “this character behaves in a way stereotypical to certain demographics and must be that demographic”. It is basically apply stereotypes to characters.

For example, one argument I had lobbed at me claimed Scar was “queer coded” because he pranced around a bit. Or Jafar was “queer coded” because he wore makeup. See where this is going?

They’re saying “these characters aren’t adhering to the gender binary, ergo they must be queer”. Its fucking awful and condescending. Imagine saying this to a real person and realize how offense it sounds.