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[podling]

I just still don't get why Willow is a lesbian rather than bi.

I mean, okay, yes, it's an internal thing, and you can't understand other peoples internal identifications, never mind a fictional persons, but still. It seems that in TV world there are no bisexuals.

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[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

I think that's been remarked on before... along with something of a furoré over Tara's death. Apparently (unknown to Whedon when he was writing it) the sympathetic-gay-character-who-dies is a major stereotype.

You could also argue that we've only seen a few years of their lives; people often take a long time to decide which bit of the non-closet room to go stand in.

[podling]

I've seen the question before too, but every so often it just pops up in my head. But you're right, that's a very good point. People change continuously, and the non-closet (cool phrase, yeah!!!) is a big room...

And really, what I say and who I am, and how I self identify... I suppose aren't really necessarily huge public issues. They can be (well, I mean, not for me, I'm not famous or fictional) but it's an individual thing. Sorry... babbling again. :)