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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-01-28 03:54 pm

[ SECRET POST #3678 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3678 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2017-01-28 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
NAYRT

You might say character sexualities are up in the air and up for interpretation, sure. If someone interprets this guy as bi, more power to them, but saying "this character could be canonically bisexual, you cannot deny it" is just as hard a claim as saying they're straight.

But - it seems to me - the context of this argument is that OP is not justified in saying that the character is canonically definitely straight.

So.... yeah I think that the point you're making here is pretty much also the point that we're trying to make.

(Anonymous) 2017-01-28 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
AYRT

I don't know if that's the anon I'm replying to.

But they said

Point being, virtually any character has room for sexual fluidity

And no, I disagree with this. People can headcanon all they want but saying there's always room for canon fluidity is basically "everyone could be canonically bi unless proven without a doubt, somehow, magically, that they aren't" and that's too far a reach for me.

(Anonymous) 2017-01-28 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I wouldn't necessarily push quite as hard on that as the other anon would, but I also think there is much greater latitude than OP is allowing for, especially in characters that are still quite young.

(Anonymous) 2017-01-28 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
nayrt

I think you're misreading. Any character DOES have room for sexual fluidity because there are always going to be things we don't know about a character. That doesn't mean every character is actually sexually fluid.

(Anonymous) 2017-01-28 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
AYRT

If a creator confirms straight or gay, is there still room?

(Anonymous) 2017-01-28 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
That depends on what you personally consider canon. A master's in English lit has taught me nothing if not to never trust Word of God or hold it accountable as the only acceptable reading of a text.