Hey you know what's super funny about the idea of "good bi rep"?
For a character to be canonically bi you have to make sure and establish that they're attracted to multiple genders. Not all mediums allow you to get inside every character's head or show what they're thinking. Flirting can be read ambiguously, and god forbid they flirt with a character who's not into them and be read as pushy or predatory. So it can be super handy to just mention an ex or two! But you better not mention too many exes because that would make them a slutty bisexual which is (checks notes) bad, and you definitely better be careful about making them poly, because that might make them, uh... greedy. Oh, and those exes? They better be perfectly amiable breakups with no conflict or drama, because it's bad to represent queer people in toxic or abusive relationships (especially queer women! very bad), and you definitely can't have them have lost a partner if the partner was queer because that's "bury your gays..." You should probably also eliminate all trauma from their backstory, just to be safe. You should probably also make sure they're not involved in crime, deception, or anything of the sort, because that would make them "deviant" and a stereotype.
But don't worry! Once you've carefully crafted your nice, monogamous, experienced-but-not-too-experienced Lawful Good bi character, you will be rewarded with your audience deeming them "boring" and quickly passing them over for other characters. :)
I've seen people (on other platforms) talking about how Constantine's relationships with men aren't taken as seriously as his relationship with women (which are more fleshed out and have a deeper emotional connection). I totally agree, but after some thought, I don't think the solution is to give him the same relationships but with men. I wish the stories really go into why he has different relationships with different genders. Explore stuff like internalized homophobia, or trauma from the abuse he's suffered at the hands of men, or maybe his alienation within the queer community due to biphobia. I feel it would make a lot of sense for the character, especially in the Hellblazer style of stories where everything is super political
Ambessa is not a butch. Canonically she is a bisexual woman who is very feminine. She just also happens to be a warlord. She can be soft and lovable. She loves being a mother. Headcanons are fun but I find it hard to read them, or just fics in general, when they call her a butch. Now I do enjoy some of them, but it’s mainly due to the fact that it seems like people are completely ignoring who she is and labeling her whatever simply because she’s muscular and that’s not ok. Also, whether you know it or not that feeds into stereotypes about Black women. It is that serious. I wish it wasn’t but…we don’t live in that kind of world. Show me her wearing dresses, picking out jewelry, applying makeup, getting her hair done….These are things we know she does from the book and show alone. Imma have to open up my docs cuz we definitely need more fem Ambessa fics out there.🧍🏾♀️
Evan “Buck” Buckley is a main character from 9-1-1! He is canonically bisexual and has an ex-boyfriend named Tommy Kinard, as well as four ex-girlfriends named Natalia Dollenmeyer, Taylor Kelly, Ali Martin and Abigail Clark. He also kissed Lucy Donato and hooked up with Jesse and “Groovyheels”.
Okay hear me out this is a half baked idea the came to me whike driving and thinking about bi!reader.......
TW: drink spiking (brief mention), fight, mention of hospital
Something something you're at a bar with friends and telling them it's easy to get a guy your age, you just have to show a little of your tits, lick your lips and spread your legs.
Women are harder than men, but so so worth it. You flirt and talk and connect buy her drinks, and bam. So they're wondering who's the hardest, you answer with older men.
Cut to an older man with greying curly hair sitting at the bar top. You sidle up next to him and start talking. Easy stuff, casual, nothing serious, mostly small talk. You're about to make a move, when you notice just past him a guy is putting something in a drink. Then the girl comes back.
You mutter an excuse me and push past the man and block the drink so the girl can't drink it. You tell her what you saw and confront the man, he ofc get defensive and starts calling you names. You fire then right back at him and tuck the girl behind you just in case. The man starts getting in your face and trying to intimidate you, it doesn't work.
The old man steps up and goes to step between the two of you and the guy swings. Before anyone can move, and the older man going to step in, you swing back, hard. The man goes down, the bartender is yelling, and the older man pulls you out of there.
He's surprised and impressed with your hook. He insists you get the hand looked at in case it's broken. You try to brush him off but he persistent. Says there's a hospital nearby and he'll walk you there. You finally relent. He walks you in through the ambulance bay, where he's greeted as Dr. Abbott as he pulls you into a room.
