sapphic swirl
A trope where Sapphic (wlw/nblw) relationships in media consist of a white person and a person of colour (usually a Black person.)
The trope is disliked because the (white) creators need/try to be as close to whiteness as possible, whether it be main characters is mixed with white or a relationship always have to include a white. In these ships if the person of colour is Black, they are usually mixed with white and/or lightskin and/or have a looser hair texture (2a-3c).
Examples: Lumity (The owl house), Catradora (SheRa), Deena and Sam (Fear Street), Rules (Euphoria), Lily and Ola (Sex Education), Sydney and Sofia (IANOWT).
The trope is disliked because the (white) creators need/try to be as close to whiteness as possible, whether it be main characters is mixed with white or a relationship always have to include a white. In these ships if the person of colour is Black, they are usually mixed with white and/or lightskin and/or have a looser hair texture (2a-3c).
Examples: Lumity (The owl house), Catradora (SheRa), Deena and Sam (Fear Street), Rules (Euphoria), Lily and Ola (Sex Education), Sydney and Sofia (IANOWT).
P1: "God I'm so done with the sapphic swirl trope."
P2: "Yea I can't wait until I see sapphic ships that don't have a white person in it."
P2: "Yea I can't wait until I see sapphic ships that don't have a white person in it."