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Eek it’s been quite a few months now since I’ve properly visited LJ, I’ve mostly been on Twitter this year and really lost track of this site I’m afraid, but I came across this article today and thought it was interesting after the many fandom debates there have been on this question

Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator would make Willow bisexual in modern-day remake after being persuaded against it: ‘We’re not ready for that’

Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, Joss says that some of the confusion regarding Willow’s sexuality would be cleared up today, since he was pressured to not make the character, over fears her same-sex attractions would feel like a ‘phase.’ ‘There are you things you can’t do, thanks to [the society at the time],’ the Marvel director explained.

‘It [was] like, “OK, you can’t make Willow bi, you can’t say this is a phase, because that’s what people do to deny their existence.”‘

Joss continued: ‘So, if I did it now, I’d be like yes she can be bi. Because some people are! But back then it was like, no…we’re not ready for that.’

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"For Joss to say that we weren’t ready for that back then doesn’t entirely make sense to me either, because most of the viewers were already assuming that Willow was meant to be bisexual and just fell in love with the person, the concept of bisexuality did exist back then and it wasn’t that big a deal."

YES THIS.

A lot of us bi people felt it just added to bi erasure.

SIGH

ugh, that was me. Stupid lj! It didn't have me logged in.

I did think that that would have made more sense in a lot of ways, especially in light of Vampire Willow already being portrayed as bisexual, and it did seem like that’s what they were going for in New Moon Rising as well.