Young Justice animated series

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Originally Posted by Leo656

Honestly, I feel the worst for bisexual people because they seemingly get it from all sides (wakka wakka). Straight people hate them for being "deviants", and gay people hate them for "not picking a side". It really must be frustrating to be a marginalized minority and be forced to eat sh*t from OTHER marginalized minorities who really ought to know better.

Ain't that the truth.

I've had a lot of gay/lesbian folks get mad at me over it. When I was younger, and dating, this one girl I was interested in was like, "Bi? Why are you bi? Just be a lesbian! Join the dark side, lol!" I didn't like that attitude at all. If sexuality is something inherent, as many LGBT claim, then how could I 'choose' to be a lesbian? And honestly, I thought it was distasteful to call it the dark side like that. I dunno, I guess she was just immature. Actually, I got dumped by a girlfriend when I admitted to being bi because she assumed that meant I'd cheat on her with a guy too.

As for straight people, what I have mostly gotten is dudes who think me being bi means I am a 'rainbow haired land whale', and they just assume my ideologies, and harass me over it. It sucks.

In terms of fiction, it just seems lazy. "We don't want to write the character with any nuance, so we simply say they're 'bisexual' but exclusively grant them same-sex partners, just to make sure people really 'get it'. And also, that way we can walk it back later if people don't care for it." It's rare you see any character written to be a "proper" bisexual; they generally end up Just Being Gay, and again, that's kind of lazy from a writing standpoint.

Yeah, I agree. It's weird because they act like it's the other way around, and that a bisexual in a hetero relationship doesn't make it legit and whatever. I think there's better ways to write bi characters and make it organic, and better ways to explore a teenager realizing they might not be completely straight. They just opt not to, posture about sexuality and how 'woke' their characters/show are, stick them with the same sex, and call it a day. This is why I wrote that challenge for people to describe Violet outside her sexuality, race, religion, and her powers. I bet they can't. Because she is completely defined by these traits. Not a very interesting or compelling character at all.