Lots of people in Timothy/Camellia’s life assume he’s either a gay drag queen, or a straight trans woman. Awkward as it is for Bianca, he’s surprisingly used to this.
If this took place in 2022, I would’ve had him say “not interested in men.” So, not ruling out all nonbinary people, but not ruling them all in, either. In-universe, his experience of attraction has all been with people who identify as women, but, well, this was 2012. We’ve come up with a lot more sophisticated language to describe Weird Gender Experiences since then.
…also, as a person who inhabits a Weird Gender Experience, Timothy only goes for bi/pan women. On the grounds that he feels too female to satisfy a straight woman, and too male to make a lesbian happy. That being said: did anyone ever ship Timothy/Bianca?
Evening, XXXX Station.
Bianca (thinking): So, Camellia — well, Timothy now, he’ll be in “guy” mode — and Reseda are supposed to meet us here . . . Then we walk a few blocks to where Miranda and Poe wanted us to rendezvous. And we hope like hell that she really does just want to talk, not to start another fight over Patrick.
Timothy: Bianca! Patrick! Over here!
Bianca: Thanks for being backup, you two.
Timothy: No problem. You seem worried. Afraid it won’t go well?
Bianca: No, it’s not that, it’s . . . If you want to know, I’m all preoccupied with this fear that I’ve been subconsciously fetishizing trans guys.
Timothy: Ah! Yes, that would be bad.
Bianca: You must have experience with this, right? If a guy hits on you while you’re all dressed up, how do you decide whether he’s decent or a creep?
Timothy: Easy! The decent ones graciously back off when I tell them I’m only interested in women.
Bianca: Maybe I’ll just save the world some trouble and never speak again.
Timothy: Nonsense. Then who could give Patrick his orders?
Hey Erin! In reference to https://www.bicatperson.com/comic/annotated-interlude-2-page-14/
Agender is a gender if off is a TV channel!
Now do you see how that joke is offensive?
Or even more frustratingly: “Asexual is a sexuality if bald is a hair color!” “Come on, you just need the right person. Asexual isn’t a sexuality!”
Do you see why this is offensive Erin?
“Atheism is a religion if Off is a TV channel! Now let me tell you about our lord and savior so you can actually have a religion!”
Do you see how this is offensive yet, Erin?
“Oh! You just need to find the right church, then we’ll religious you right up!”
I already have a religion, thank you, it’s atheism. That is the right one for me. It is the one that feels right and makes me feel comfortable. Lay off me.
Heck in Canada, in 2019, they ruled that Athiest ‘churches’ can’t be tax-exempt like Christian ones because ‘Atheism isn’t a religion’, neverminded that they’re just as engaged in spiritual outreach as Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or other religions. Just trying to build a support network for Atheists and a way to reach out to struggling young Atheists who might be experiencing pressure from their parents, school, or classmates.
But nooo ‘Atheism isn’t a religion’
But seriously, I am extremely shocked that you made that joke Erin, because everything I know about you says that you’re very much against the erasure of identities, and here you are blindly engaging in it. I’m really upset, and I know I’m over-reacting, but you’ve been biting back too and I’m in half-panic mode.
I have my own little rituals I do, to center myself, and to remind myself that, really, nothing is that important. We live, we make mistakes, and we die. And in the process, we try to have some fun. There’s no scorecard at the end of life, no videogame-like tally that says ‘YOU COMMITED THIS MANY SINS AND SAVED THAT MANY PUPPIES’
It’s comforting to know that, in the end, it’s all unimportant… and at the same time in the here and now, it’s all so very important because we are just flickers in the void that is eternity. It’s so beautiful.
And then someone comes along and says “That’s not a religion!”
The fuck it’s not.
For what it’s worth, at one point I figured that Timothy, Reseda, Bianca, Sparrow and Patrick would eventually split a duplex with Patrick, Bianca, and Emma Li in one unit, with Tim/Sparrow and Reseda in the other.