Do you think Trigger meant for Galo and Lio to be written as gay specifically or just MLM? Do you think bi headcanons are problematic?

i was hoping we were over this kind of thing in fndoms and really didnt want to see it pop up w prmr x_x no i dont think its ‘problematic’ i think ppl get too into framing gay and bi as two radically different sexualities with no overlapping experiences and while ofc theyre not the same, gay/bi men are both attracted to men, as men. so really i dont think its that big of a deal. ppl can project whatever they want as long as theyre not writing them straight or genderbending them or whatever. 

also i dont think its helpful to look at how the (most likely cishet) prmr writers wrote this, esp framing galos rship w aina as proof he is gay specifically, bc their writers r cishet and their understanding of both gayness and bisexuality arent.. on point. bc theyre cishet. imo the way its framed seems to be more ‘galo has this subtle arc implying hes in2 men but cant do anything abt it considering hes kind of under obligation to Follow The Rules and do things Correctly + hes not in2 aina but he IS in2 lio and theres a whole Thing w aina being framed as the easier choice in the way that its Correct and he’d get societal approval but it would b wrong for him (and aina!) vs lio and helping lio as the Wrong Choice in the eyes of kr*y and the foundation and their society as a whole.’ i dont rly think that implies enough 2 tell u specifically what sexualities theyre meant to be (esp considering thats not a certain sexuality specific experience its kind of just a common lgbt one and even then its not exclusive to lgbt ppl; in this case it is, bc its written for a man who is attracted to men, but it doesnt HAVE to be) beyond ‘clearly galo is attracted to men, specifically lio, and not attracted to aina’. the way its written also has the vibe that galo is aware hes attracted to men already so lio is kind of just a turning point in several ways for him but i could go down the rabbit hole w talking abt this so lets get back to the point. 

my point of this isnt to say galo could theoretically b attracted to women bc frankly i dont care and im not interested in arguing that, my point with this is to try and bring up that when the writers r (again, most likely) cishet, they bring stereotypes n certain ways of writing shit to the table that lgbt writers probably would know to avoid to clarify things in a more specific way if they cared about it. triggers still at the point where they cant say the words in love or gay wrt galo and lio so i think if ppl r looking for clarification theyre prob never gonna get it. i can make assumptions abt galos specific sexuality from how they wrote the movie, youre Supposed to be able to see what theyre implying about him and so i could absolutely see galo being gay and that being the intent with him, but ultimately if trigger doesnt specify hes gay then its not like.. problematic to hc him as bi. its only problematic if trigger explicitely states that galos gay. i do not think implication is enough fuel to get on someone for being problematic 

my other point with saying all this instead of saying ‘no i dont think its problematic’ is that i dont particularly like how fandoms frame this as a Vs. i saw this shit happen w hxh fans abt hxh chars like killua and i dont want to see it repeated here, cuz it inevitably gets homophobic and/or biphobic when ur arguing abt one hc being ‘problematic’ when theres IMPLICATION but no explicit confirmation abt gay or bi. id b interested in talking to ppl further abt how galos written but im not interested in arguing abt whether hes meant to gay or bi cuz i dont think it matters! what matters is he is in love with lio and they are husbands :) love wins

also cuz i cant find a good spot to include this, but since u asked for both: i have no idea about lio. he clearly likes men and hes designed to be read as into men on sight (particularly to galo lol) but galos the one with the hetbait scene and the protag with more time spent on him and this underlying arc so i dont rly think you can say anything clear abt him except clearly he IS attracted to men lmao. but in galos case, given how trigger writes, implication isnt rly enough to say that bi hcs for him r problematic

tldr: no its not problematic lmao