I…really don’t…like how the writers seem to fixate on labels. My personal canon for the Queerios—if we must label, which Santana has been specifically written to avoid—is that Brittany is pansexual, Santana is bisexual (although maybe also pansexual, after Sexy), and Quinn…well, I still believe Quinn is a repressed lesbian, but whatever.
Anyway, thing is, I like labeling myself, because I feel I fit into that end of the spectrum. I have no interest in sexual or emotional relationships with men. Never have, can’t see ever doing so in the future. To me, from a definition standpoint, that’s what a lesbian is. Santana has never struck me that way. She dated Puck and had sex with plenty of other guys, and she never seemed to reference that with any kind of “I’m doing it for my image” vibe (until the Mad Gay Panic starting in Duets, anyway). She has said herself that she is attracted to boys. She’s also clearly in love with Brittany. This, to me, screams…not…lesbian.
I dunno. Basically, I think the writers are just trying to put the character in a box because it is the easiest way to handle a “complicated” storyline. Bisexuality, for whatever reason, confuses people. I think, if they are indeed aiming to make Santana a full-on lesbian, it would be something of a cop-out to avoid complexity.
But really, in the end, I think they’re only doing it so they have an excuse to introduce a female love interest while Brittany’s still with Artie. Which makes me angry, because I really hate the idea that someone who is in love (and Brittana is the only relationship I actually buy as real love, not fleeting teenage emotion) can switch it off so instantly. But whatever. Personal thing there.
(I’m so sorry that was a novel, geesh.)
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