Is Faith bi..?

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Mesektet Ra said:
I stand with epo and Buffy. I, myself, am bisexual, and I don't nessecarily consider being bi having to consider other girls as life partners. BUT I also don't believe in having both a guy and a girl at the same time - been there, too many problems, and I'm all for the monagamy thing anyways. I just like chicks, that's how I roll.

Anyway, is Faith bi. YES. I make that a resounding YES. She just is. I can't really put my finger on a specific, and it's not just Buffy she's after. She likes girls in general. I just get the feeling.
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But if she was, don't you think they might have done something with it? Take the body swap. She could have caused greater harm to the group dynamics by messing around (or trying to) with Willow and/or Tara. They could have done Willow/Faith as broken girls trying to help each other in S7. Instead, they've done Willow/Kennedy and Faith/Robin. Along with Faith/Riley, Faith flirting with Spike, Faith screwing Xander, etc.

Like I said, I doubt the Wiki pulled her being BPS out of thin air so I assume it's from an interview or script notes. Combine that with the fact that she made passes at girls (with all the subtlety of a tank) but never did anything (when the script would have given the chance) to express a homo or bisexual orientation, I think she's just messed up in the head.
 
JoeHundredaire said:
Like I said, I doubt the Wiki pulled her being BPS out of thin air so I assume it's from an interview or script notes.
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Why wouldn't they? It's not like they've never made unsubstantiated claims before. It's one of my biggest, personal complaints about using the site for reference without double-checking claims.

Here are the Google pages for Faith, and borderline personality disorder.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&h...faith+borderline+personality+disorder&spell=1

Find me a supporting reference. Without one the claim by Wikipedia means nothing. It's simply a contributor (who could be anybody) with an opinion.
 
Given that I doubt Joss even knows what BPS is, I'd doubt there's an article you'd pull with the exact phrase. But she's clearly mentally unstable and it does match up with a lot of her symptoms.

*shrugs* You could substitute any above ref to BPS with one of a number of pyschological disorders and it would still explain deviant sexual behavior without being truly bisexual. My point stands.

EDIT: And before someone jumps on me, I'm not labeling anything other than heterosexuality as 'deviant'. I mean her behavior deviates from any true standard of sexuality (hetero/homo/bisexual). My best friend is a bisexual hermaphrodite. I'm not saying bisexuals don't exist, I'm just saying I don't think Faith is one.
 
That's OK. I'm not really disagreeing with you. As I said above, Jill Valentine has kind of sold me on her theory. That one doesn't necessarily contradict yours.

It's the Wikipedia thing that's the bug. It's my pet peeve that people sometimes hold it up like it's a stone tablet from God. It isn't. It's information that may be generally accepted fact, or may be just another opinion from another internet user.
 
JoeHundredaire said:
Given that I doubt Joss even knows what BPS is, I'd doubt there's an article you'd pull with the exact phrase.
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Hmm, that makes sense... in your head, but nowhere else. You do know that Joss created Faith, right? If he didn't know what BPS was, wouldn't that contradict your argument of Faith having it..?
JoeHundredaire said:
But she's clearly mentally unstable and it does match up with a lot of her symptoms.

*shrugs* You could substitute any above ref to BPS with one of a number of pyschological disorders and it would still explain deviant sexual behavior without being truly bisexual. My point stands.
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Your point totally stands. Except that Faith never sexually interacted with any female in the show, making the discussion of her being bisexual or hypersexual completely retarded.

Someone once told me I use the word "retarded" too much. I just looked at them for about twenty minutes.
 
Whedon once said that he didn't realise it at the time, upon reviewing the Faith episodes, he had to agree that Faith had "fallen" for Buffy. Wood hints at it in Season Seven when he says that Faith "cares a lot more about Buffy" than she's willing to admit. I personaly believe that there was an attraction there, but neither girl reacted to it because of their otherwise hetero orientation. I've always believed the same thing about Willow and Tara, that the attraction between them was both special and exclusive, which is why I could never accept the Willow/Kennedy pairing in Season Seven.
 
I didn't think that Faith was bi. I got the impression that she liked to push the boundaries of people's expectations. She liked shocking people and I think she would have done anything to be noticed.
 
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Does her doing anything to be noticed include hitting on a girl?
Love of Fuffy aside, my personal opinion on this is that if you want to see it you will, but if you dont you wont. There are subtexty bits in the show that can lead you to conclude such things, but theres few enough allow them to be dismissed.

I think thats what makes Faith so cool, theres so much you dont know about her. This thread alone is proof enough that a conclusion cant be reached because there really isnt enough evidence. And i think thats awesome.
 
Veronica Mars said:
Love of Fuffy aside, my personal opinion on this is that if you want to see it you will, but if you dont you wont. There are subtexty bits in the show that can lead you to conclude such things, but theres few enough allow them to be dismissed.

I think thats what makes Faith so cool, theres so much you dont know about her. This thread alone is proof enough that a conclusion cant be reached because there really isnt enough evidence. And i think thats awesome.
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Wow , totally agree with you. it's just depens on what you think or wanted her to be. Personally I did see that vibe but i Just don't care if she's straight or bi or whatever. I think her character just like that you know , mysterious she's always do whatever she wanted to. i don't think we'll know the real answer
 
Faith and the "love heart"

Winifred said:
Lol, i'd have to agree! She certainly gave off that vibe, especially with the interaction between her and Buffy...what was that about?! And the whole drawing a love heart on the window when going to Buffy's class? Hell yeah there was a vibe going on!
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The so-called "love heart" on the window was a heart with a stake through it, in other words, she was indicating that it was time to do some slaying. That said, I agree that there is a definate sexual attraction between our two favorite Slayers.
 
Well look at it from a character point of view and not the actor herself.

Faith is attracted(and not always sexually) to power, the Mayor and Angel, Giles and Buffy. And Faith also just wants to get off(hence the usage of Xander and the use it and lose it attitude she has towards men) so it could be a mixture of both that she gives off that vibe.

I don't think Joss intended it to be that way, at least thats MHO.

Faith's character is kind of written as a foil for Buffy, everything Buffy's too afraid to express(or to aware of the consequences). But Faith is essentially written as a very sexuall and cocky creature. She just liked to irk people out, shock them, and kind of toe the line of danger. She'd prolly be up for anything but I don't think she's bi.
 
I agree that Faith sometimes gave off a vibe hinting toward bisexuality. However, I think her behavior can be summed up to what Bubbles suggested.

If the power-scenario doesn't satisfy your theory, keep in mind that Faith is a very sexual being. Because of her nature, it is possible that we've read into her sexuality far too much.
 
yep i definitely get the i like girls vibe. but she obviously likes boys. or better yet boys that buffy is involved with.

in the commentary doug petrie was saying eliza kept pushing faith's sexuality. so if faith was never meant to be gay eliza sure played her that way well WINK WINK HAH!

all joking aside i totally think faith was bi.
 
i vote not bi per se, but would do another (hot) girl in a pinch or if she had something to prove or gain by it...
 
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