That makes a lot of sense -- being gay is a core part of Pike's identity, whereas being polyamorous is not. Pike's behavior right now is poly, but if he hadn't started a relationship with Kirk/McCoy he could just have easily ended up in a monogamous relationship. Opposite to me -- being poly is part of my core identity, but being bisexual isn't (I just realized one day that I was bisexual, shrugged my shoulders, and moved on).
Of course, this is another difference between Pike and Kirk / McCoy -- neither of the latter is gay, and McCoy if anything is closer to being het. It also seems more important to each of them that they are poly -- after all, they are a couple in an open relationship and they end up needing to explain/justify that reasonably frequently. I will be interested in seeing if/when this comes up again.
I also wanted to mention that I like reading about a gay character in fanfic. So often in m/m slash the men are bisexual, or even primarily het (but making an exception for the one man they are attracted to). Given the actual statistics on human male sexuality (bisexuality is rare, men are almost always either gay or straight) this also seems more realistic to me -- and very interesting.
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Date: 2010-01-07 11:25 pm (UTC)Of course, this is another difference between Pike and Kirk / McCoy -- neither of the latter is gay, and McCoy if anything is closer to being het. It also seems more important to each of them that they are poly -- after all, they are a couple in an open relationship and they end up needing to explain/justify that reasonably frequently. I will be interested in seeing if/when this comes up again.
I also wanted to mention that I like reading about a gay character in fanfic. So often in m/m slash the men are bisexual, or even primarily het (but making an exception for the one man they are attracted to). Given the actual statistics on human male sexuality (bisexuality is rare, men are almost always either gay or straight) this also seems more realistic to me -- and very interesting.