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At risk of being cancelled on my fresh new blog, i wanted to get out some complex feelings I have about bi characters in video games, as a bi person.
I'm seeing the playersexual discourse raise its ugly head again and make no mistake, I am very staunchly on the bi/pan character identity defence train here. It makes me really angry when people try to erase those identities for selfish reasons, or because deep down they see bisexuality as this hybrid identity instead of its own thing. I want more bi characters in video games.
But what also annoys me is the fact that a lot of the time, bisexuality is treated like a mechanic, it's there to facilitate player enjoyment. Players will use it to pretend that Character is in fact a big fat lesbian or ignore the queer aspects of their identity so they're like Straight +. The actual bi content is seen as optional, player initiated, and often completely unexplored. Convenient, keeping the queer out of the way, neat and tidy. This is what I mean by characters appearing to be playersexual - there is more development given to the player's experience, rather than to the character's identity and how it impacts their interaction with the world.
Of course it's easier to just make everyone bi. It means everyone has equal access to content. It makes sense in a lot of more colourful settings for the definition of sexuality to be more diverse as well, so I don't even have complaints about there being 'too many' bi people for 'realism' (and hell, we often congregate irl anyway). But you can't just slap on an 'anything goes' label for the romance and call it a day. Likewise, modding characters to be 'bi' I find really squicky because there's more to bi identity than just being conveniently available all the time. Bisexuality in video games is so often more about the players and their desires than the characters themselves. That's upsetting.
This is why I will generally advocate for diverse identities, even if it means I don't get to romance my favourite character. Because then people can see their all their identities reflected, because then it makes all identities more real - part of who they are and not a mechanical convenience.
To be clear, I also don't think this phenomenon is black and white, and there are games that have really great representation and really terrible rep at the same time. I just think we can do better and we can criticise how bi people are written in games without invalidating it as an identity.
#meta#bi on main#feel free to discuss#i feel bad when i both want to defend all my bi favs#but also side eye the way they're written#you know what I want to see desperately?#a bi character that flirts a little with everything that moves but doesn't want to date anyone#literally just says you're not my type to everyone#or maybe they're only into feminine gnomes#let bi people be picky#let them say no to people#let them have preferences that differ#let them date no one at all and still be IDENTIFIABLY BI#i want bi characters in stable relationships#so often bisexuality is used as a vector for player-driven romance and nothing else and i'm sick and tired of it
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what i've done for pride this month target audience: me. ft. kristen on a queer mission and a gaggle of sapphics + their favorite aroace little guy
#fantasy high#dimension 20#kristen applebees#ayda aguefort#riz gukgak#figueroth faeth#my art#this was focused on canon queer rep#but my other main hc is adaine#the ''straight ally' of the queer friend group (is asexual)'#TO me. i've been there#plus gorgug very clearly bi/pan but has too much#going on to worry about that rn.
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Positive Reinforcement š
The joke is that alhaitham will do the stupid grand sage job even if he hates it only because nahida asked him to stay by her side. He is a walking mystery but you can also read him like a book.
#wanderer#nahida#alhaitham#genshin impact#gi#idraw#me f2p cyno main: now i explain my jokes#tbh i dont main but he has his bis#cant wait to get alhaitham#scaramouche#also its acting grand sage#that happens when i dont read what i write#1k#5k#10k
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gay firefighter (singular) show is now gay firefighter (plural) show
#thatās growth#two queer main cast members#911 spoilers#911 abc#911 show#oliver stark#evan buckley#bi buck#ryan guzman#eddie diaz#hen wilson#buddie#7x04
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orange tailed marsh dart
#damselfly#orange-tailed marsh dart#bi-coloured damsel#big#insect#didnt get to do a damsel this invertober so heres a fella. also refreshing my main blog icon i like keeping it my damsel art
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I love that representation because I don't think anybody is just one thing, especially in 2024.
#taylor zakhar perez#rwrb#red white and royal blue#rwrbedit#userninz#chrissiewatts#userveronika#usersteen#usermegsb#mine*#this is so important#what if i cried#we got so so lucky with taylor playing alex#like look at how he talks about him / bi / queer rep#he gets it#and also a testament to how casey wrote the book and matthew with the script#that their queerness isnt a main barrier to their happiness nor is it what they are solely about#'you cant box people in' say it LOUDER
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The Orochi Hakkesshu in KOF XV
Bonus:
#orochi#vice and mature#mature and vice#king of fighters#kofedit#kof#kof xv#kof 96#kof 97#capcom vs snk 2#snk vs capcom chaos#Orochi Hakkesshu#our gifs#our stuff#lgbt#lgbtedit#sapphic snakes#main characters#gay#queer#lesbian#bi#gaming#gamingedit#orochi shermie#orochi yashiro#orochi chris#goenitz#ryuji yamazaki#the king of fighters
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This flawless exchange happened 13 years ago today
Oh babygirl you donāt want anyone to answer that
Update: soooo, umā¦ at least weāre next to the subliminal gay sex kittens, what a treat
Straying further from gods light, yay!
#supernatural#spn#dean winchester#jensen ackles#bi dean#dean is bi#gay#bobby singer#spn 6x01#6x01#exile on main street
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Thank you kaiji, very cool!
#noah rambles#mortal kombat#bi han#kuai liang#tomas vrbada#this is way too shit to put on my main so its being dumped here#art tag
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Call me homophobic, but I don't actually think it's great representation to stick a complex, dynamic, newly-realized bisexual character permanently with a flat, boring, underdeveloped love interest just because that was the first guy who showed interest.
#in my hater era#like what you like#but goddamn#the argument that this is somehow outstanding queer representation is baffling#they have had 13 episodes to DO something with this character and they have chosen not to#no development anywhere#even though they literally brought him back so there is built-in background ripe for the picking#and yet#anti bucktommy#anti tommy kinard#the saddest part is#i don't even hate him#he's not important enough to hate#there is just absolutely nothing to him#and that's sad because whether or not he was intended to be long-term or endgame#the writers are better than this and the character SHOULD have SOME development#like why are we all swooning over 911 shoehorning in a returning character to tell a bi buck story#but treating that character like the most expendable love interest in history#i don't like him but actually i think queer characters#and especially ones who are part of such a major later-in-life bisexual realization storyline for a beloved main#deserve a little more respect than what 911 has been giving him#anyway#might delete later i don't know#also i need to stop looking at the 911 subreddit#worst takes i've ever seen that place is a cesspool
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I feel called out.
#legend of korra#the legend of korra#tlok#avatar korra#janet varney#bisexual main character#bisexual visibility#bi girls#bi panic
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Twitter is being predictably normal about the maia arson crimew thing
#everyones totally cool with her being polyam therian but theyāre shitting their pants over it saying itās a bi lesbian. like ok.#(I am also cool w the therian and polyam thing I just canāt believe thatās where the goalpost is#Iād think being mspec would rank lower on the list of bullyable things than kinning and Literal Crimes yknow)#maia arson crimew#yeehaw on main
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People are saying itās cringey that Nick kept saying āIām bi, actuallyā and that proves they donāt actually understand anything. Every time he said it out loud, it was in response to someone saying he was gay. And heās not gay, heās bi, actually. The one time he says it preemptively (the IG caption), thereās still a ton of comments calling him gay. So yeah, he did have to say it every time because people assuming heās gay is just as invalidating at people assuming heās straight.
#heartstopper#like congrats on never having to defend your sexuality I guess but some of us arenāt so lucky#and to have a main character on a major tv show confidently and regularly declare heās bi is INCREDIBLE#and youāre gonna complain because itās cringey?#the overuse of the word cringe is the death of art
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giggling kicking my feet blushing twirling my hair
#hornyposting on main#i need them biblically#iām gnawing at the bars of my enclosure#britanny broski monkey sounds#hades#hades 2#gaming#gaymer#bi panic#bisexual#queer#nblm#nblw#nblnb#melinoe#melinoĆ«#hades melinoe#hades melinoĆ«#nemesis#hades nemesis#moros#hades moros#chaos#hades chaos#hecate#hades hecate#heracles#hades heracles#hera#hades hera
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silly drawings i made to turn into keychains for me and my best friend :3
#mortal kombat#mk1 2023#shang tsung#bi han#bi han sub zero#mortal kombat fanart#shang tsung fanart#bi han fanart#these are our mains#i find it very funny playing online with her considering it's literally just me spamming fire skulls and getting frozen a bajillion times#i swear i'm good at mk i swear#level 30 on invasions baybee#still haven't fought evil bi-han#i'm too scared
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Headcanon Agatha as queer, as a lesbian, as bisexual. All that matters is that witch is not straight š¤·š»āāļø
(From a lesbian š«¶š»)
#the things yāall fight about never fails to amaze me#do I headcanon her as a lesbian? yes#are others allowed to headcanon her as bi or pan? also yes#not putting main tags on this bc the stupidity in this fandom is not something I want to deal with#but damn the biphobia in this fandom is sooooo fucked lol open the schools#also some of yāall need to understand that Twitter and tumblr are like an echo chamber#anyways rant over š«¶š»
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