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Disaster Bi
| Synonyms: | Disaster bisexual, bisexual disaster, bi disaster |
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A disaster bi (also called a disaster bisexual, bisexual disaster, and bi disaster) is a bisexual person or character who is some combination of messy, impulsive, unsuccessful in life, full of chaotic energy, and/or socially inept or inappropriate. The term is used outside fandom, typically as a humorous self-identification, but it is also applied to characters who are canonically bi or headcanoned as such by fans.
Origin and spread
The phrase "disaster bi" has its origins in a variant of the popular 3x3 D&D alignment chart meme. This variant, first posted to Tumblr as a blank template by user mechanicalriddle in November 2017, has axes labelled "gay/bi/lesbian" and "distinguished/functional/disaster."[1][2] The original post by mechanicalriddle has gained nearly 14,000 posts, and the meme format has become popular in fandom.[2]
By 2018, the term had spread outside of fandom, becoming a humorous self-identification among bisexual people.[3] It often comes up in discussions of the so-called "disaster" tendencies some bisexuals claim to share, like an inability to sit correctly in chairs,[3] or overuse of the finger gun gesture.[4]
Disaster Bi Characters
Canonically bisexual
- Anders of the Dragon Age franchise[5]
- Katarina Claes of My Next Life as a Villainess[6]
- Greta of the Castlevania anime[7]
- Isabela of the Dragon Age franchise[8]
- Loki of the Marvel Cinematic Universe[9]
- Luz Noceda from The Owl House[10]
- Harley Quinn of the DC Extended Universe[4]
- Valkyrie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe[11]
- Zagreus from Hades[12]
Canonically straight or unknown
References
- ^ "Explained: gay–bi–lesbian/distinguished–functional–disaster meme" from memedocumentation on Tumblr
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gay-Bi-Lesbian / Distinguished-Functional-Disaster" article from Know Your Meme
- ^ Jump up to: a b Josh Jackman, "Bisexual people can't sit on chairs properly, says internet", PinkNews, November 27, 2018
- ^ Jump up to: a b S.E. Fleenor, "Birds of Prey is pure bisexual disaster energy", SyFy, June 18, 2020
- ^ "anyone else lovin anders the bisexual disaster 2nite" post by fadespirit on Tumblr (reblog by yamisnuffles)
- ^ Vrai Kaiser, "My Next Life as a Villainess is as Perfect as its Bisexual Disaster Heroine", FanByte, June 26, 2020
- ^ Brenton Stewart, "Castlevania Introduces Alucard's Perfect Disaster Bisexual Match", CBR, May 18, 2021
- ^ Ash Parrish, "Tevinter Is Nice, But I Hope Dragon Age 4 Visits Rivain, Too", Kotaku, January 25, 2021
- ^ "Loki is also a disaster bi but lets be honest, he's a disaster disaster too" post by sspock on Tumblr
- ^ Post by crotakushinobi (reblog by ultraericthered)
- ^ "Valkyrie is the shitty, sloppy disaster bisexual icon we've all been waiting for..." post by andhumanslovedstories on Tumblr
- ^ Ash Parrish, "Why Everyone's Horny For Hades", Kotaku, October 1, 2020
- ^ "How GRRM accidentally wrote Jaime as a repressed bisexual (or, why bi!Jaime supporters read it that way)" meta by wickedjaime on Tumblr