But this isn't an issue with bad writing; it's an obstacle evolving from the readers' own perceptions of, and problems with, the issue. It's sort of like, hrm, writing a book about a teacher/student romance and trying to make him sympathetic -- there are readers who will simply never ever see this romance as a positive thing because for them, teacher/student is Out Of The Question. It's much the same way with bisexual; for a lot of the queer world, the question of bisexuality hits some major buttons.
That said, there are bisexual lead characters (first off the top of my head is Tanya Huff's Henry), but they're really quite rare. When a reader says, "it's not you, it's me," it doesn't change the fact that this boils down to "I'm not buying it nor reading it." I suppose dealing with that is a personal decision in return, on the part of the author.
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Date: 2006-06-24 02:28 am (UTC)That said, there are bisexual lead characters (first off the top of my head is Tanya Huff's Henry), but they're really quite rare. When a reader says, "it's not you, it's me," it doesn't change the fact that this boils down to "I'm not buying it nor reading it." I suppose dealing with that is a personal decision in return, on the part of the author.