What Does This Mean?
The underlying or implicit meaning of a text, dialogue or performance that is not stated outright but is understood by the audience; fans often use it for hints of romance or intimacy between characters that the story never makes explicit.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""Everything they say is polite, but the subtext is a full argument.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Wikipedia describes subtext as implicit meaning understood by an audience and credits the theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski with developing the modern concept in acting. Wiktionary gives the word as sub- plus text, with dated citations from 1996 (verb) and 2011 (noun). Wikipedia's slash article notes that slash is based on perceived homoerotic subtext between characters.
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