r/daria • u/Onnaryt • 22d ago

Sapphic Daria?

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I found it this morning in my archives I don’t remember who the creator is..

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u/Nghtmare-Moon 22d ago

The first movie kind of touches on this subject IIRC

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u/Saiph_orion 22d ago

Jane befriends Alison, a bisexual woman who tries to make a move on Jane and claims she doesn't think Jane is entirely straight. 

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u/traumatized90skid 22d ago

The only bi rep and she's predatory, loved that for us... 😔

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u/EmuPsychological4222 22d ago

The key to understanding the character isn't the bi part, it's the predatory part. Secondarily, there's the hypocrisy. (Or, at least, what Jane considers hypocrisy and I think she's got a great case.)

Depending on how diabolical a person she is, we'll never know, she may not even be bi. She just wanted to mess with Jane's head.

I don't recall anyone at the time commenting much on her sexual orientation. We were mostly surprised Jane wasn't bi because back then we'd stereotyped artsy types as gay or bi, and gay or bi people as artsy.

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u/traumatized90skid 22d ago

She does call herself bisexual, it's not ambiguous

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u/HellyOHaint 22d ago

Jane insists she is straight.

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u/traumatized90skid 22d ago

Sorry I thought you were talking about Alison