Loki and What We Do in the Shadows: Why Do Shows Continue to Queerbait?

I can now add Loki and What We Do in the Shadows to the ever growing queerbaiting list. Both shows intentionally played up the relationships between the two same sex characters (Loki and Mobius and Nandor the Relentless and Guillermo de la Cruz) then turn it around and make it seem as if fans and viewers were misinterpreting the shows.

And in the case of What We Do in the Shadows, they claim there is a power imbalance and it's problematic since Nandor is Guillermo's boss. There is no imbalance because Guillermo is a vampire slayer and can totally take care of himself.

I notice that there was never an issue with relationships being problematic for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There was no one behind the scenes saying that Buffy and Angel (and later with her dating Spike) had an issue with power imbalance or age difference. Same goes for Isabella "Bella" Swan and Edward Cullen from Twilight and Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton from True Blood or any other vampire and human relationships. These relationships and romances are seen as normal and run-of-the-mill since they're heterosexual/straight. But Nandor and Guillermo who are both queer characters can't be together because it's problematic but those other relationship aren't.

Meanwhile, the writers for Loki completely played up Loki and Mobius' relationship and connection especially during the second season. But now in an interview the show's Executive Producer is stating that Loki and Mobius are just friends and that there are not enough healthy male friendship on screen. You know the classic statement they release when they want to make it seem as if viewers and fans have completely misread all the scenes they purposely wrote.

Since the beginning of TV there has never not been an abundance of healthy male friendships. And not to mention heterosexual relationships. I find it interesting that they were okay with putting Loki with Sylvie who is another version of Loki but draw the line at putting him in a relationship with Mobius. And not to mention Loki is supposed be queer as well. So they're cool with selfcest (as long as it's straight) but not with a gay or queer relationship.

I really can't stand queerbaiting, it's a terrible writing technique. And fans are rightful upset because the Showrunners and writers are purposely writing these shows in a certain way but don't want to follow through with it. So they try to make the viewers feel as if they have misinterpreted things. I love watching shows and writing about them but after awhile you notice the same things over and over again from the creators, showrunners and writers when they constantly use the same queerbaiting techniques.