Talk:Bmblb/@comment-28171999-20170624144130/@comment-4010415-20170628055436

On one hand, you are right about many, many situations out there, anon. In very many cases, fans scream "Queerbaiting" and throw tantrums just because their same-sex ship didn't become canon, even though there were never any real hints put forth by the creators that those characters had any such feelings for each other.

For example, I've seen people claim "queerbaiting" in regards to the ship of Castiel and Dean in Supernatural, claiming that the show itself makes implications of romantic feelings between the two... when it really doesn't, especially considering that the characters have outright stated that Cas' relationship with Dean is that he's family. That's it. Sure, the actors like to joke, and the show likes to make jokes in the few episodes that make jokes and references to the fandom, but that's about it. They've actually cited one reason behind the habit of scenes having less focus on Sam and Cas is because Jared (Sam's actor) messes with Misha (Cas' actor) so much and intentionally messes Misha up during filming. Jared's kind of a prankster who can't be trusted not to do something whacky or silly.

Anyway... on the other hand, I'd say that this song is actually enough to cause an issue in the fandom if neither Yang nor Blake have any such feelings toward each other, not even one-sided unrequited feelings. Jeff, Miles, and Kerry had to what effect releasing a song with this content being themed all around bumblebees would have. If they don't have any intentions on following up on it in the show, they shouldn't have released a love song that has bumblebees as its theme. Jeff could have easily written a love song using something else as the theme. He's done it before (Not Fall in Love With You).