Slown-burn is literally my favourite trope and it's a tragedy there aren't more sapphic ones on tv. Arguably Xena was a slowburn of epic proportions but alas it's was all subtext (or whatever it was the 90s understood of that term - wild times lol). And any other I can think of where either animated shows for kids or ended as queerbait (*cough* Rizzles and Supercorp *cough*).
yes supercorp totally could have been a slow burn had the writers put their 3 brain cells together 👀 and xena definitely belongs somewhere in this conversation, too
Since you were saying that, at least until now, most of the lesbian slow burns could be found in animated series, I have a question for you.
Do you include Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy's relationship in "Harley Quinn: The Animated Series" in those examples? Are they include in what a "typical" slow burn is or should be?
Even though it only took two seasons before they got together, I still think they get to have a pretty good "will-they-or-won’t-they" dynamic (for an animated series which is - of course - not quite the same as a "real" show like "Big Sky").
I mean, it's still not perfect but, in that case, the series is actually aimed at adults. So, there is some sexual tension (especially in comparison to the other animated shows mentioned).
I haven't watched it, so I can't say! But that's a good point, especially ie. the tension that's just not there in shows aimed at younger people. I don't think there needs necessarily needs to a list of criteria qualifying what is or isn't a slow burn, since I suppose it also has to do with context. The most famous example often happen with the main characters of the show – which I suppose does apply to Harley Quinn in this case. It does seem like a particular dynamic that is most well-suited to things in the vein of procedurals, but I guess it doesn't necessarily have to be that way.
Slown-burn is literally my favourite trope and it's a tragedy there aren't more sapphic ones on tv. Arguably Xena was a slowburn of epic proportions but alas it's was all subtext (or whatever it was the 90s understood of that term - wild times lol). And any other I can think of where either animated shows for kids or ended as queerbait (*cough* Rizzles and Supercorp *cough*).
yes supercorp totally could have been a slow burn had the writers put their 3 brain cells together 👀 and xena definitely belongs somewhere in this conversation, too
Since you were saying that, at least until now, most of the lesbian slow burns could be found in animated series, I have a question for you.
Do you include Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy's relationship in "Harley Quinn: The Animated Series" in those examples? Are they include in what a "typical" slow burn is or should be?
Even though it only took two seasons before they got together, I still think they get to have a pretty good "will-they-or-won’t-they" dynamic (for an animated series which is - of course - not quite the same as a "real" show like "Big Sky").
I mean, it's still not perfect but, in that case, the series is actually aimed at adults. So, there is some sexual tension (especially in comparison to the other animated shows mentioned).
I haven't watched it, so I can't say! But that's a good point, especially ie. the tension that's just not there in shows aimed at younger people. I don't think there needs necessarily needs to a list of criteria qualifying what is or isn't a slow burn, since I suppose it also has to do with context. The most famous example often happen with the main characters of the show – which I suppose does apply to Harley Quinn in this case. It does seem like a particular dynamic that is most well-suited to things in the vein of procedurals, but I guess it doesn't necessarily have to be that way.