Is Buffy Bi?

Joss Whedon once again proves that he’s a friend of Sappho with his latest twist in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics – Buffy is sleeping with a woman!

Whedon began writing Buffy comics last year under the designation, Season Eight, which picks up with the Scooby Gang about a year after the events of the series finale that aired on UPN in May 2003. Whedon’s decision to write “canon” content in comics has allowed Buffy fanatics (like myself) to get our slayer fix.

The New York Times broke the bisexual storyline yesterday, and I would have missed it (and been completely surprised when I read issue #12) if it had not been for my devotion to Pink is the New Blog. I love PITNB and cannot be mad at him for loving Buffy as well, but I wish I could’ve been surprised. Such is life.

I’m very happy that Whedon has decided to allow Buffy the space to explore her sexuality. I don’t think this in any way negates her love for Angel (and Spike?), and it shows Buffy grappling with her identity. It’s probably one of the few areas where you can show Buffy questioning what she’s doing because, unlike most of us, she already has a “calling.” She’s a “chosen one;” she’s been appointed by the universe to kill vampires, demons, etc., so where can she be unsure of herself? The bedroom.

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea that Buffy is bisexual. She’s still being a positive role model for women by being positive about sexuality, yet she’s allowed the confusion of not knowing what you’re doing with your life all the time.

~ by LD on March 6, 2008.