HoYay

hoyay HoYay! English Alternative forms en :HoYay! en hoyay Etymology From a contraction of "homoeroticism, yay!", after a thread so named on the forum Television Without Pity.Christy Carlson, "IS this because I'm Intertextual: Law and Order, Special Victims Unit, and Queer Internet Fan Production", in Queer Online: Media Technology & Sexuality (Kate O'Riordan & David J. Phillips), 9780820486260, Peter Lang (2007), page 182Allison McCracken, "At stake: Angel's Body, Fantasy Masculinity, and Queer Desire in Teen Television", in Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (eds. Elana Levine & Lisa Ann Parks), Duke University Press (2007), 9780822340430, page 138 Noun - en fandom slang Homoerotic subtext in a television show, film, book etc. en 28 June 2001 Mike Zeares Re: New writer joins BUFFY staff https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer/nkFlO4BGGiM/I0ojumUDLKAJ alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer This should really help the HoYay! quotient on BtVS, which was largely lacking in S5, Willow and Tara notwithstanding (it's not as much fun if it's *text*). en 26 January 2002 Shadowy Moon [username] Re: Religious groups praise "Lord Of The Rings" https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.gossip.celebrities/oHbkXsY4dfc/YZ2RGlQjRjEJ alt.gossip.celebrities Tangentially, speaking of HoYay! movies, the local movie reviewer here said about "The Count of Monte Cristo" that he's seen less homoerotic subtext in a Village People video. en 2008 Sharon Marie Ross; Louisa Ellen Stein Melanie E. S. Kohnen The Adventures of a Repressed Farm Boy and the Billionaire Who Loves Him: Queer Spectatorship in Smallville Fandom Teen Television: Essays on Programming and Fandom https://books.google.com/books?id=rSGfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA215&dq=%22hoyay%22 214–215 McFarland & Company 9780786435890 Considering fans' previous seemingly blanket endorsement of everything queer, one has to ask why HoYay! fans don't favor the queer Lex/Lana/Clark triangle. en See also en queerbaiting References en Fandom LGBTQ Narratology