missy pantone: uberdyke
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fox1013, she mentioned that she had recently rewatched Bring It On with some of her friends, and one of them had mocked her afterwards, louding proclaiming Missy's heterosexuality.
Which, you know, actually surprised me. Because, Missy? Say what you want about slash goggles, but she's totally coded as queer. I cannot think of, off the top of my head, anything in the movie to support her heterosexuality besides a default "Everybody's straight unless expressly said otherwise!" attitude.
On the other hand:
--She is referred to as a "dyke" or "dykey" more than once in the movie, and later inquires after two other characters' lesbianism (or lack thereof).
--All her primary relationships in the movie are either with women, or with men who are either queer (Les) or perceived as such (Jan, with whom she has no sexual tension). The lone plain straight guy she interacts with is her brother.
--She has no romantic interest in the movie. She's not the main character, like Torrance, with her romantic subplot with Cliff, but even characters like Jan, Les and Aaron -- all of them smaller roles -- are shown to have romantic interests (thumbs with Courtney, the male cheerleader, the "you're not my cousin" girl).
--On the same line, Missy is one of the few characters whose sexuality *isn't* expressly stated. Jan, Aaron, Courtney and Whitney are all firmly stated to be straight, and Les to be gay; Torrance and Cliff, as said earlier, have a whole heterosexual subplot. Missy (again, one of the bigger characters) is left completely ambiguous.
I mean, I'm sure there's a way to not read her as queer as a three dollar bill. I just don't see it.
fox1013, she mentioned that she had recently rewatched Bring It On with some of her friends, and one of them had mocked her afterwards, louding proclaiming Missy's heterosexuality.Which, you know, actually surprised me. Because, Missy? Say what you want about slash goggles, but she's totally coded as queer. I cannot think of, off the top of my head, anything in the movie to support her heterosexuality besides a default "Everybody's straight unless expressly said otherwise!" attitude.
On the other hand:
--She is referred to as a "dyke" or "dykey" more than once in the movie, and later inquires after two other characters' lesbianism (or lack thereof).
--All her primary relationships in the movie are either with women, or with men who are either queer (Les) or perceived as such (Jan, with whom she has no sexual tension). The lone plain straight guy she interacts with is her brother.
--She has no romantic interest in the movie. She's not the main character, like Torrance, with her romantic subplot with Cliff, but even characters like Jan, Les and Aaron -- all of them smaller roles -- are shown to have romantic interests (thumbs with Courtney, the male cheerleader, the "you're not my cousin" girl).
--On the same line, Missy is one of the few characters whose sexuality *isn't* expressly stated. Jan, Aaron, Courtney and Whitney are all firmly stated to be straight, and Les to be gay; Torrance and Cliff, as said earlier, have a whole heterosexual subplot. Missy (again, one of the bigger characters) is left completely ambiguous.
I mean, I'm sure there's a way to not read her as queer as a three dollar bill. I just don't see it.
