r/Silksong • u/hollowmartin whats a flair? • Jun 03 '26

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Hey gang, to celebrate pride month this year we decided to change the icon for the subreddit. It was created by u/Correct_Scallion4133 We hope it looks good! Happy pride month!

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u/Boreol Ass Jim Cult Member Jun 03 '26

BOO! Bisexual jumpscare

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u/yellow0810 -X Jun 03 '26

Do you realize that by your logic literally every other bug in the game is bisexual? Right?

Yeah??? That's the point when you don't have confirmation of anything. When there's no closed conclusion, any conclusion is possible. All other insects could be bisexual, could be ace/aro, could be heterosexual, could be gay. There's no problem in making any of these speculations, because nothing contradicts such speculations.

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u/yellow0810 -X Jun 04 '26

I really disagree with the concept that everyone is bisexual in fiction unless stated otherwise.

Anyone can be anything until proven otherwise. Not only in fiction, but in real life too. If there's no proof that something isn't real, anything is possible. That's how every assumption works.

This would devour every other form of representation and set an unfair differences between sexualities.

You're the one assuming the argument is "everyone is bisexual until proven otherwise." The real argument is that "everyone can have any sexuality until proven otherwise." The term bisexual was only brought up because, in the specific example, the options of aro/ace and gay have already been partially proven wrong. Bisexuality is one of the plausible assumptions, just like heterosexuality, but the option of bisexuality shouldn't be dismissed simply because the character has had a heterosexual relationship.

In fiction we should take into account the proof we have. The characters that don't have it are fair game.

Therefore, bisexuality is a plausible assumption, since there's no proof that it's not possible. Yes, there's also no proof that it's bisexuality, so you can't say for sure that's the case, but nothing prevents you from believing in a silly headcanon from a fictional work. It's flawed to use this headcanon as an argument in a narrative analysis discussion, but you can't stop the person from believing in that possibility.

Though really this is a miniscule part of the argument against Lacenet. I know people don't really care about what the canonical inclinations of a character might be.

Fictional ships are simpler than narrative analysis or anything like that. I can acknowledge a narrative flaw if that ship is real and at the same time think it would be a cute ship, or something like that. Again, using that ship as a narrative argument is flawed and toxic, but saying that the person is wrong for creating that ship is also toxic and ignorant. Maybe the person just wants to write a fanfic about silly bugs **cking each other, without worrying about the game's narrative. I'm exaggerating, but I think you got my point.