The show said that she was a lesbian. It's kind of a thing in media to treat bi people as someone who just hasn't settled on a sexuality yet.
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You're right. I misread the sentence. Sorry.
It's been a while since I've seen Marti Noxon's New Moon Rising, but if I recall the message of the episode was blatantly "I'm sorry Oz. I was confused. My love for you was never romantic love, because I'm 100% gay." Clearly, Willow had romantic feelings for both Oz and Tara, but the episode was focused on retconing Willow's previous relationship as a confused error on her part. Willow should have been bi, but that episode (and various lines from later in the series, like her telling Xander on his wedding day something like "Thank god I realized I'm not into men, or it would be us getting married today.") made it clear that Season 4-5 showrunner Whedon and Season 6-7 showrunner Noxon felt differently.
^ Willow self-identified herself with the term "gay", but her previous relationships with - and attraction to - men demonstrate that she was clearly interested in both genders; this is further evidenced by her "Wishverse" counterpart, who was screwing (and/or screwing with) both Xander and Angel while simultaneously coming on to her.
She simply chose to date/sleep with women exclusively after meeting and falling in love with Tara.
She simply chose to date/sleep with women exclusively after meeting and falling in love with Tara.
It's called bi erasure.
Wow, Buffyverse Dialogue Database is still active. That was a blast from the past.
From Season 6's Hell's Bells
WILLOW: You're getting married. My little Xander.
XANDER: All growed up.
WILLOW: It's a good thing I realized I was gay, otherwise, hey, you, me and formal wear...
From Season 7's Him
XANDER: What the hell are you doing?
WILLOW: Proving I love R.J. the most!
XANDER: Will, honey... R.J.'s a guy.
WILLOW: I did notice that, yeah. 'S why I'm doing my spell, 'cause, you know, he doesn't have to be.
From Season 6's Hell's Bells
WILLOW: You're getting married. My little Xander.
XANDER: All growed up.
WILLOW: It's a good thing I realized I was gay, otherwise, hey, you, me and formal wear...
From Season 7's Him
XANDER: What the hell are you doing?
WILLOW: Proving I love R.J. the most!
XANDER: Will, honey... R.J.'s a guy.
WILLOW: I did notice that, yeah. 'S why I'm doing my spell, 'cause, you know, he doesn't have to be.
While they're at it maybe they can make Xander gay. Or at least, you know, a better person.
Hollywood is full of talented actors of all races who could play Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They have a ton of choices who all have merit. In casting calls, the distinguishing feature tends to be that the actor fits the "look" of the director's vision. The casting call notice usually even refers to the specific race, hair color, body type, accent, etc. being requested.
It's not just Hollywood. There is a history of both heterosexuals and homosexuals being uncomfortable with the notion of bisexuality. Bisexual women often get accused of really being heterosexual, and bisexual men are often assumed not to be really be attracted to women.
This stigma towards bisexualism is present among heterosexuals and the LGBT community alike. According to a 2013 study by Mackey Friedman, Ph.D., M.P.H., at the University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health, “Bisexual men and women face prejudice, stigma and discrimination from both heterosexual and homosexual people.”
In this study, 15 percent of respondents expressed feelings that bisexuality was an illegitimate sexual orientation. Even within the LGBT community, those who were gay or lesbian presented more negative bias toward bisexual people than those who are bisexual presented. This prejudice leads to feelings of isolation and marginalization from both communities, even resulting in higher chances of substance abuse, depression and risky sexual behavior.
Patrick Richards Fink and A.J. Walkley explore this concept of stigma in their “Positively Bi” talk series for The Huffington Post. “I've seen it put forth that this is an expression of patriarchal phallicism — bi women are deemed to be "really" straight, and bi men to be "really" gay, because the only authentic sexuality in our culture is one that places masculine sexual expression at the center as the only "real" sex,” Fink said.
http://www.upbeacon.com/article/2016/04/why-we-need-to-destigmatize-bisexuality
Why Bisexuals Feel Ignored and Insulted at LGBT Pride
Many bisexual people at Pride have to combat the assumption that they are, in fact, heterosexual just because they show up at the festivities with a partner of another sex.
Samantha Allen
06.22.18 8:57 PM ET
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“When I attend Pride parades with my significant other,” she continued, “I feel as though we get constant glares and rude under-the-breath comments because we ‘look’ as if we are two heterosexual people in a place we don’t belong.”
Hannah is far from alone: Forty-three percent of bisexual women in a 2016 survey conducted by the dating app Her said they felt uncomfortable at Pride, as Broadly first reported.
The particularly strong stigma around bisexual men doesn’t make it any easier for them to attend Pride, either; in fact, studies suggest that bisexual men are considerably less likely to be comfortable being out than bisexual women, who are, in turn, less likely to be out than gay men or lesbians (PDF).
Like Hannah, many bisexual people at Pride have to combat the assumption that they are, in fact, heterosexual just because they show up at the festivities with a partner of another sex.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-bisexuals-feel-ignored-and-insulted-at-lgbt-pride?ref=scroll
I like the idea of her being black. I do wonder how it plays though in her backstory when Buffy is suppose to start off as being a kind of shallow valley girl type who grows up when she becomes a slayer. I can see them making changes. Like how maybe her mom and dad are famous rich actors and she is going to a almost all white private school and then she meets her watcher and learns about the bigger world. She makes friends with a couple of kids who don't go to the school and hate it because they are poor and simply hate the system and a few who are part of the school. One who is more of the Cordy type.
Jason
Jason
Seems like on the business side, everything is "rebooting the property." That's why people have such a hard time with this. If press releases would be more specific about remake vs reboot vs retool vs spin-off vs revival there wouldn't be confusion.
I just want more Anya.
I just want more Anya.
Perhaps this show will be in the world without Shrimp and thus you can get Anya and somehow make both shows exist and be connected to each other, just with both of them being in different universes.
Jason
Exactly.I just want more Anya.
Were you as concerned about the original Buffy casting being a result of selecting the actor who turned in the best audition? If not, then you shouldn't be concerned about it now.
I wonder if their has ever been any attempt to bring back a version of this franchise with a Kristy Swanson version of Buffy? The movie was from what I recall a cult hit at the time so someone must have liked it enough to want to make a show about it beyond just Joss Whedon.
Jason
Jason
I doubt many would be interested. I'll quote from wikipedia on this one:
The idea was first visited through Whedon's script for the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which featured Kristy Swanson in the title role. The director, Fran Rubel Kuzui, saw it as a "pop culture comedy about what people think about vampires."[28][29] Whedon disagreed: "I had written this scary film about an empowered woman, and they turned it into a broad comedy. It was crushing."[30] The script was praised within the industry,[31] but the movie was not.[32]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer#Origins
"Vampires can drive?"
"They can fly."
"They can fly."
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