Bisexuality IS An Option -- And An Intriguing One, At That

[originalpuck]

Is slash canon? Well, that's the question that has been prominently displayed on metafandom, and in every BNF's journal across the web. And, predictably, I've been following this debate with a lot of enthusiasm. Unfortunately, this whole mess has left me (a pansexual woman) with a headache and a vague feeling that the general slash community is turning a

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[originalpuck]

Like I said, the amount of bisexuals in fandom's fiction is an entirely different discussion (though your words were a great temptation).

they don't want to explore the sexualities of those characters...

What I'm discussing specifically in this post is the meta that does focus on those things, precisely. The point is that, in the fandom meta that I have been seeing, the arguement goes something like this:

Anti-Slasher: I'm against slash since they're straight in canon.

Slasher: But sometimes straight people are either gay the whole time and surpressing it, or come out later in life.

Anti-Slasher: But the canon shows they get married, have kids, got a white-picket fence...yaddayadda

Slasher: Gay people have come from straight marriages, and have been known to leap fences in a single bound...yaddayadda

-or-

Anti-Slasher: I'm against slash since orientation isn't mentioned in canon.

Slasher: Why should it have to be mentioned if the character is gay? Why assume that if a character's orientation isn't mentioned, that they're het? Straight shouldn't be the default -- there's GAY or LEZ, too!

And, during all of this, there is me:

Me: *facepalm* Bisexuality, anyone? It's really real, I swear it!

For a better picture than what I'm giving about the context of my post, check out some of the rants I've linked to inside the post, or check out the back-archives on metafandom.