Talk:Bolin/@comment-76.64.87.208-20120813234937/@comment-24.177.250.122-20120814002914

It all depends on the type of "smart" you're talking about. In one sense it's smart not to include homosexuality in your show, because it will avoid getting you and your show embroiled in the surrounding controversy. On the other hand, it's smart to include homosexuality in your show if you consider that you'll probably be recorded in history books as the person who dared to stand up against discrimination and under-representation of homosexuals, just like the people who dared to do the same when facing the persecution of blacks in this country. Also, in the present-time you'll be respected by the portion of the population who supports gay rights.

I personally wouldn't mind if they made Bolin bisexual, but there might be a better way for Bryke to go about it than just suddenly introducing that as a facet of his character when there was no sign of it before. They'd be better off with a new character, or one who hasn't had any previous romantic entanglements on-screen.