how bisexual are you?? 👀

[@xlogophile]

It's genuinely impressive that Shaaba hasn't HEARD about x files xD like, I totally understand not watching it (I haven't either cause it's not my vibe) but to completely miss it is amazing

[@jennifers5560]

Yeah, when she said she had not heard of it, I was like “How is that possible??” Was it not shown in the UK?

[@r2Gt06]

@@xlogophile I feel old 🥲🥲

[@Scarygothgirl]

I know! But if she's only just watched Buffy, that era of TV is new to her. It's what I grew up on 😂

[@blackk_rose_]

to be on the internet in any capacity and not have heard of it is truly impressive. i haven't seen it either, but i see a reference to it somewhere at least a few times every year for sure!

[@Fabala827]

@@blackk_rose_yeah, I feel like Shaaba is about to spend the next three years of her life realizing she’s been missing x files tropes/jokes/etc this whole time lol. X Files is one of those things where if you’re a younger millennial watching for the first time, it can feel cliche, but it feels cliche bc it literally CREATED the cliches as we now know them hahaha.

[@thecolorjune]

Mulan was my hardcore relate princess bc being AuDHD I also felt like I was constantly masking who I was and was struggling to meet society’s expectations. Also I had a crush on her. The trans, bi, and neurodivergent communities can all share her 💕

[@elaineb7065]

Mulan is for everybody who needs the courage to break out of the "conform" box

[@bore-aliss]

Mulan (the movie) is solid bi rep because Shang. I know the movie is full of stereotypes, but she was also my favorite, to the point I intentionally watched the straight-to-VCR sequel

[@lexterminate]

As a big buffy fan, I also am here for spike and Buffy but I think the beauty of their whole dynamic is how they evolve from season to season and even though things are super messy and toxic, they do eventually become 2 people who always fight for each other and I love that.

[@missnaomi613]

And when you consider what we learn about pre-vamp Spike (and pre-vamp Angel) in flashbacks, you just have to love Spike!

[@FinneganTheCaptain]

Not a bisexual awakening, but a reaffirmation that I am, in fact, bi: Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles in 10 Things I Hate About You.

[@angiep2229]

I was never really into Heath Ledger, but I love Julia Stiles!

[@alexhika]

this is so real omg ❤

[@ArtichokeHunter]

100%

[@TeaGirl421]

The way Gillian landed straight up at the top of the scale, no thought needed - respect.

[@jeanette8175]

Inara and Kaylee from Firefly. I'm not bi (I'm ace actually) but I so so love and adore those characters, I could watch them all day.

[@MullingInk]

Grey-ace/demi here, but absolutely, they’re incredible characters and incredibly aesthetically pleasing. 😊

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Shaaba is going to talk about the bi-products of culture (I’m so proud of that one)

[@CatlovingNB]

Terrible joke. Thumbs up

[@TV-1997]

Catherine Zeta Jones and Antonio Banderas in the Zorro movie, I'm ace but like aesthetically I absolutely adore them both

[@jeanette8175]

Yes! I'm ace too, but they are so good looking. As a teen I loved this movie so much! The Mummy, too. Those actors are just really really pretty.

[@alexhika]

I could have written this comment lol ❤😊

[@Amethystar]

Absolutely! Not only are they both stunning, they are both so... charming.

[@insanetxartist]

I'm ACE but I'm a fan of Captain Jack Harkness. You get a lot more of his complex personality and why he's the way he is in Torchwood. There's also the complex relationship between him and the 10th Doctor. There was a lot of subtext there.

[@KazJonesy]

YES!!! I love how the entire Torchwood team is bi as well!!

[@gracelovely3838]

100%, I thought he was a bit annoying at first but there was so much more there

[@krazycats564]

​@KazJonesy haven't seen the show in ages but I don't remember anyone except Jack Yanto and Owen being confirmed bi? I remember Gwen kissing a girl but I don't think that was her decision. I don't remember Tosh having anything to do with a guy? Am I missing something?

[@KazJonesy]

@krazycats564 Tosh had a crush on Owen and they eventually started dating

[@krazycats564]

@@KazJonesy ohh fair. I get you. How about Gwen?

[@JamiJR]

Donna Noble is the best companion since Sarah Jane. I really want one of those big multi-doctor episodes were we have Donna, 9, 12, 13, and 15 - perhaps going up against multiple versions of The Master - including Missy. Because OH MY GODS THE SASS!

[@cspratt]

Brenden Fraser and Rachel Weisz were my awakening.

[@Jai-d5b]

Hi Shaaba! I have a lot of childhood bi crushes, but it took me till I was an adult to realize the girl ones were actually crushes :'3

[@thecolorjune]

Yes!!! I literally made a hand drawn Nancy Drew poster and gave it a kiss goodnight each night when I was 7 and did not realize I like girls until middle school 😂

[@Jai-d5b]

@@thecolorjune lmao I didn't realize till I was 17 bc I'm oblivious But looking back Raven from Teen Titans Starfire too Sam and Danny from Danny Phantom Sam from ICarly Zuko and Toph from Avatar the Last Airbender I had so many crushes as a kid that looking back on How tf was it not obvious to literally everyone? 😂

[@dia.autumn]

​​​@@Jai-d5b samee I realized when i was 17 (im 20) Alice Cullen Astrid from How to train your dragon Elizabeth and Will from POTC Isabela and Vanessa from Phineas and Ferb Troy from HSM (for a lot of time i thought he was my only crush) Wendy from Gravity falls I think i forgot a lot more but i don't remember right now

[@Jai-d5b]

@@dia.autumn OMG ASTRID YES and Vanessa And Wendy yes Alice yeah And IDK if it's Canon but off topic She's on the spectrum.

[@angiep2229]

For me it was definitely Sarah Michelle Gellar. Honorable mention to Clea Duvall in But I'm a Cheerleader, Jordana Brewster from D.E.B.S. and Natasha Lyonne in friggin everything.

[@ArtichokeHunter]

clea duvalllllllll

[@idkpoop111]

Absolutely morgana from merlin. Oh my GOD. Also, rodrick heffley and jade west are my favourites on this list and I've definitely realised my pattern is more angst dark clothes haha

[@RowanArk]

On reflection, Morgana from Merlin as well 😂😂😂😂 that's so funny, I didn't realise this was other people's too

[@hello_its_jo9951]

Miss Honey is such a classic! The lesbian English teacher stereotype 😂 (… yes me too lol)

[@TokeTiger]

Miss Honey and Ms Frizzle 👌🏻 I ship it actually

[@hexonyou]

@@TokeTiger i mean there have definitely been hints in The Magic School Bus that The Frizz has had girlfriends in the past. This would just be such a wholesome pair

[@sarahwbs]

I love that Sarah Michelle Gellar made the list twice 😍

[@EdieBird]

I missed the first in the series... I didn't realize it THEN but Xena AND Gabrielle from "Xena: Warior Princess" for sure. And also Milla Jovovich in literally anything gets me all revved up...LOL When Mulan first came out on video I was babysitting a little girl who, after seeing it, developed a mortal terror of haircuts. She thought if you cut your hair short you would become a boy. Led to some very interesting discussions. (including that hair grows back and doesn't affect who you actually are)

[@bitchenboutique6953]

XENAAAAAAAA! The reason I never watched Buffy was because I was so loyal to XWP!

[@rage_of_aquarius]

Definitely get Daphne when she joined the Hex Girls that one time... Also, Katara (I wanted someone to take care of me, ok), Margot Robbie, Padme & Anakin, Santana from Glee, and Betty, Toni, and Cheryl in Riverdale.

[@nathryl03]

This is your regular reminder that you're all awesome, beautiful and valid little beans, just the way you are ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 Love you all ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Ok but no one mentioned Jess, Jules and Joe in ‘Bend It Like Beckham’? Shocking

[@christinameisoll1268]

Fun fact (if i rememder right): originally it was planned for Jess and Jules to fall in love with each other. But then they decided to make the movie less "controversial"

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@christinameisoll1268 Yes, I know that but the queer subtext still remains

[@bore-aliss]

@@PokhrajRoy. yeah, I genuinely forgot there was a dude in that movie

[@Moth.187]

i may be aspec but i was so waiting for the hex girls from scooby-doo and colin morgan and katie mcgrath in merlin. also dark willow? absolutely 👌

[@harlivie.]

not bi but pan, however my pan awakening (me realizing i’m pan & lesbian, not just a lesbian lmao) was sebastian stan specifically as the winter soldier/bucky barnes

[@NuraCalise]

I get the Draco from Very Potter Musical (even though that was way after my coming out as bi) because a girl playing a boy must have given confusing feelings to some people.

[@leila_h_photography]

Also, Lauren Lopez is just plain fabulous! ✨😍

[@TokeTiger]

My bisexual awakening was Captain Amelia from Treasure Planet (and Jim too but it was mostly Captain Amelia)

[@noa_thinks]

although i do get your ick about xander from buffy, there’s a certain charm of oz’s stoicism that i liked. also, there is a fan theory that oz is trans masc so i think that’s the reason i both relate and am attracted to him 😅 buffy and faith were an early pair of my queer awakening too

[@MullingInk]

Oz read as pretty neurodivergent to me at some points too, which always makes my heart grow fonder.

[@librasgirl08]

Watch Hook! It's a great film! Rufi-oooooo! And Tinkerbell looks different later.

[@gracelovely3838]

I absolutely love this video! Very cute. Amy and Rory are tied with Donna for me

[@alexhika]

I feel so privileged for having gone through my entire life with Gillian Anderson ❤ I was born when X-Files came out and my mum loved that show, I have been religiously following her career and (respectfully) thirsting over of all her characters 🙏🏼 I also love the Victorious discourse, it was such a wonderful revelation for me when I found out having a crush on Beck and Jade is a very common bisexual experience 😂

[@jessicagrace4622]

YOU HAVENT SEEN HOOK?!?!? With Robin Williams and Julia Roberts !!!

[@TokeTiger]

I definitely recommend you watch it Shaaba! It’s great

[@missnaomi613]

So good!

[@konijnie97]

Shaaba, you can't just casually go "If it's Dipsy, a little more to the middle" and expect us NOT to ask questions. (I was also dying of laughter.) And to whoever said Draco from AVPM, i see you. To me it's mostly just Lauren Lopez in general, but I see you

[@Itmustbe_bunnies]

It's not my favorite of their musicals, but I could totally see someone having that reaction to Lauren/Draco. I'm guessing Shaaba must not be familiar with Starkid, because I don't think she would have judged Lauren as Draco so poorly if she was!

[@thatotherted3555]

@@Itmustbe_bunnies I definitely get the sense Shaaba hasn't seen Firebringer and would love it

[@bradiedean7466]

​@@thatotherted3555Oh I can totally see Shaaba singing the "I don't really want to do the work today" song to herself

[@ElizabethGuillot]

For me it was Michelle Pfieffer as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in Batman Returns.

[@TransGuyShane]

When shaaba finds out daphne and buffy are both played by smg ♡♡

[@missnaomi613]

She is stunning, though.

[@TransGuyShane]

@@missnaomi613 oh I 100 % agree. Smg (as buffy mainly) was one of my biggest crushes (she is still drop dead gorgeous today)

[@ShadowAnimeation]

One for me that wasn't mentioned was Regina and Hook from Once Upon A Time, I honestly still can't tell you who was hotter XD

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

Hook, mate, definitely Hook.

[@BringDeathByPickles]

I can't belive there was no mention of the female cast from "The Craft" from 1996 - it is a must see, Shaaba! Trust me. Right up you alley.

[@eucebo]

HOW, SHAABA?!?! HOW HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF THE X FILES!?!?!?!?!? ..... I WANT TO BELIEVEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@DragonFae16]

This might just be the ACE in me talking, but I have never been able to understand finding a cartoon character attractive. It just doesn't compute in my brain. I mean, maybe the ones drawn to closely resemble real life, I guess I can maybe understand. But the ones drawn in other art styles are incomprehensible to me.

[@lostinmymind8147]

Mavis from hotel Transylvania was soooo pretty and I loved her so much and I couldn’t figure out why 😂

[@5210smile]

It is insane that you haven't heard of X-Files. That show was AMAZING in the beginning...got a bit crazy, but worth it!!

[@TransDragon]

I love Donna Noble so much! 💚

[@loraserafimova7750]

you did ma boy Roderick so dirty, im giving you the bombastic side eye

[@caiargagnon]

No worries, Shaaba. I was a spike/buffy fan❤

[@existing_person]

my head WHIPPING up at the mention of rose tyler because i love her SO much and was definitely part of my bi awakening lmao

[@RoboticComplexity]

Lucy Lawless as Xena 🥴

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

Well, it was Morena Baccarin in Firefly that made me start questioning. Very bi now, thank you Inara. Oh dear, it was actually Rin from Fate/Stay Night. I was just really in denial back then...

[@chloeywithaY]

My bisexuality awakening in 3 words... The Hex Girls

[@The_impossible_Girl_501]

Faith lehane is one of my lesbian awakens she's from buffy!!!!!! 🖤🏳‍🌈

[@silverghostcat1924]

Spike was way better than Angel!

[@MirandolinaAmaldin]

Angel's lame. His hair grows straight up and he's bloody stupid.

[@Itmustbe_bunnies]

Spike over Angel every time!

[@theashwoodfaerie2]

But Spike tried to r*pe Buffy though

[@klaratehcoolcat]

Don't even bother paying attention to everything of the first season of adventure time.its all amazing and excellent writing but it's all fun and games. Get thru season 1 and 2 and then you'll deffo start paying attention because it's so much fun and great stories!! Plus the long form stories are insanely good. It's a show that grows up as you watch it. Really really incredible writing and fascinating how it turned out in the end! Also depending on who you are, you'll either wanna do Marceline, Bubblegum, or Huntress Wizard and that's non negotiable. simply a fact As for me? I just want to bone lady rainicorn, then Nergal from Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy. Not together, but in that order. Yes, my pfp is a thirst trap.

[@leighann9608]

Had never seen the Mummy before, and went with a group of friends to see the 20th anniversary rerelease. Couldnt put my finger on why I felt like the odd one out until the group of about 10 people were gushing about their bi awakenings to the film. Apparently its a thing!

[@liska_dae]

This is old, but my first crush was Uhura from Star Trek TOS. I also felt an attraction to Khan from that era.

[@elysej91]

Selena Gomez is in a show called Only Murders in the Building, and you should TOTALLY check it out!!!! It's SOOOOOOO GOOD

[@Babethepiig]

Casper & Kat were my Bi awakening 👻 millennial early bloomer 😂 ❤

[@MoernKrakensry]

Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2, and Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in Alien. Not even a bi awakening as I don't think I'd been attracted to dudes yet, just baby gay and the bi snuck in later

[@MoernKrakensry]

and Catwoman from Batman The Animated Series

[@CaitlynSpencer]

I watched Hook ALL THE TIME as a kid...everything makes sense now 💗💜💙

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

My immediate thought was "Where would Shaaba put herself on the scale?" Because I’m fairly confident she has been a few girls' bi awakenings.

[@lostinmymind8147]

The pirates of the Caribbean ones are a big relate!

[@saraimrie]

Oz/Seth Green was my first celebrity love

[@ArtichokeHunter]

we love a nonthreatening silly man who respects his (queer) girlfriend (oz, idk anything about seth green as a human)

[@reignofbliss]

Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider. Baby bi me was NOT prepared

[@killer_rabbit42]

Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit

[@300DBenz]

In hindsight I’ve had multiple bi awakenings over the years, but Tom Ellis from Lucifer and Nathan Fillion from Firefly are the two that made the biggest cracks in my eggshell.

[@DelennIrving]

Edit: I forgot to add my own bi awakening. Fairuza Balk as Nancy Downes from "The Craft" (1995). "We are the weirdos, Mister." That line is everything. Yes! A Doctor Donna fan! Donna Noble is iconic, and I never cried over a companion the way that I did over her. Donna saying "I don't want to go back," just broke me and I really just kept hoping that the Doctor could fix things. Her storyline just feels so unfinished for me, and I want more Donna! Also, I never like Rose that much. Don't get me wrong, she did grow on me over time, and I cried as hard as anybody at the end of her time with the Doctor, but Donna is just... she will always be the Doctor Donna to me.

[@HAnnB24]

It was Kristen Stewart in Happiest Season that make me start coming to terms with it, but probably Totally Spies that first triggered it before I buried it so deep I didn't think about it for almost 15 years...

[@AtticusRat]

I'm not bi, I'm queer but one of mine was probably Esméralda from The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Disney version)

[@AtticusRat]

Thought of another one, Adam and Barbara from the OG Beetlejuice movie

[@claratalbot7613]

My bi awakening was a bit chaotic as I grew up not knowing that bi was a thing, let along bi-romantic & ace & when I did learn it was a thing I was told it wasn't real & just me being indecisive. Meanwhile, I had a crush on Tifa Lockheart & Vincent Valentine. I have 4 lists of characters because I have one for characters I had a crush on as a child/younger when they were around my age, male characters, female characters, & then non-binary/trans characters

[@Soilfood365]

Has shaaba not seen the very potter musical? Because the laday playing Draco is giving the most bi energy that ever happened outside of a Brian Fuller TV series.

[@M-Joy]

Oh, Felicia Day was a big one for me admitting it to myself. Felicia Day, Nathan Fillion, and Neil Patrick Harris in Dr Horrible's Sing Along Vlog was a yes I want them all

[@cathleenc6943]

If you like the Buffy series, you should also watch the movie, which was made first. It's awesome, hilarious, and Paul Reubens has what I consider the best, most hilarious, and possibly the longest lasting vampire death in the whole history of vampire movies. 🤣😂🤣

[@proserpina4448]

I support the person whose bi awakening was the 13 th Doctor. I feel you. My I might be gayer than thought- egg began to crack with River Song and with the 13 th Doctor: over and out. I didn't know I could get celebrity crushes, but here we are. I'm a lost cause. She is brilliant, I adore her energy, she is funny and pretty.

[@Itcouldbebunnies]

Alex Kingston was adorable in E.R. and A Discovery of Witches as well...Actually, she's adorable in everything she's in.

[@proserpina4448]

@@Itcouldbebunnies I don't think I've seen Alex Kingston in any other roles than River Song. I might check out the films/ series you named. A Discovery of Witches sounds intersting. In River I like that she's badass, confident, knows her own appeal. She is just cool. And a bi icon in the way she just casually talks about her husbands and wifes alike. I still wonder who her second wife is. My headcanon is the 13th Doctor, another queer icon.

[@michael-cw7nx]

My bi awakening was my step brother... To be fair I never thought of him as my step brother, just a good friend who's dad happens to be with my mom

[@Sapphic_rainbow_666]

If you're looking, totally spies is on KZbin and yeah, I agree, they are awesome and definitely helped my gay awakening

[@GorditaGuerita]

I got so exited to see Mulan on the list but you HAVE to add Shang to that! Daphne from Sooby Doo is great but have you seen Velma from Scooby Doo?!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Among Indian actors, there’s definitely a few bicons/icons for the bi: Saif Ali Khan (‘90s Saif is so chaotic bisexual coded), and the on screen pairing that is Kunal Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma.

[@embem2000]

For me it was Korra and Asami from "The Legend of Korra." The scene where we first see Asami I felt just like Maco. I also love when Korra cuts her hair in season 4 🥰

[@citricanemone3925]

My parents were really into Star Trek, so for me it’s Jean Luc Picard and either Tasha Yar or Deanna Troi. After all this time I still think these actors are gorgeous.

[@felvkitties8]

I love Willow and tara so much.

[@mailin_lune]

I was screaming for Twilight Alice the whole time ^^ And Emily! OMG, the only reason I watched PLL for that long xD

[@borealernadelwald]

When Twilight came out, I had my hair cut like Alice's, haha. I had to straighten it though, since my hair is naturally a bit wavy/curly towards the tips. Recently found those old pictures again and a few from that same time where I didn't straighten them and they fell so nicely (the sole reason I took those pictures). Went to the hair dresser a few days later, because I wanted that messy haircut... but my hair didn't want to look like it did in that picture and I got so stressed out/dysphoric that I went to another hairdresser the following day to have them cut short (around 5-10 cm, but the next time I'll get them even shorter). And this is the story how I finally started to feel more like my enby self. I love my new short hair and I'm glad that I found those old pictures - even with that extreme dysphoria in between - because it took me on a journey to find myself and my style again.

[@MargoBTS]

Also Nicola Coughlan owns my soul!!

[@Hopischwopi]

I think my most prominent bi awakening moment were Kim Possible and Sheego. I think there were some others before but those two hit me the most.

[@the_nikster1]

I agree with the Buffy cast BUT my specific bi-awakening included Angel, Spike, and Faith.

[@darenallisonyoung8568]

Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge

[@Joey-kd8lj]

For me, I would say Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity in the Matrix along with Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman in Batman (2022) are what made me realise I'm attracted to women. (I'm ace and panromantic, although I find myself more attracted to femininity)

[@Nova-_-]

what the heck when you said 'hi peaches' my brain short-circuited for a sec there well guess I have to add that to the list of terms that get me flustered then

[@DanielReads]

Ursula and George in that 90s live-action George of the Jungle !

[@redlobter]

My friend from church camp. We got married as a joke at campfire (it wasn't a joke to me)

[@kerrybutcher283]

Michelle Pfeiffer as cat woman

[@Goldlucky13]

i feel the same about the spike/buffy story it's just---- so good-- but i feel guilty for thinking that lol

[@MarcusH]

Shaaba my love, my light.... If you were here in the States, with a couple of weeks to just BINGE, I'd make you watch The X-Files, Fringe, Millennium, and a couple of other very ... odd Sci-Fi TV series. I watch them for a variety of reasons, but the three listed above were either made by the same guy, or are so OBVIOUSLY inheriting of each other it's amazing. Definitely some OG television you should watch. Just remember, the last season of X-files (*ducks proactively*) wasn't that great, and I didn't even bother with the one season 'revisit' they did recently. With the core answers finally achieved (it's this huge, sweeping storyline that builds and builds and builds), there just wasn't that much left to ponder.

[@hithereimhereguys]

This is super niche but one of my first crushes was Adagio from My Little Pony Equestria Girls Rainbow Rocks. She was the bad guy leader and she was hot and had a good voice (she was literally a siren 😂) and I didn’t realize until I was a little older but I was rooting for her not the good guys (though I also had a thing for Rainbow Dash as a human and pony)

[@Jo-sg8qb]

How has one not heard of the X-Files?

[@mschrisfrank2420]

I see your Buffy cast and raise you the Angel cast…especially the later seasons.

[@twixyDaemon]

3:28 no because that’s not her best pic and she sounds gorgeous just as much as she looks gorgeous.

[@LesleyvanderLaar]

Jessica Biel in Blade 3, and also Amy from Doctor Who and low key Kate Winslet in Titanic...

[@M-Joy]

I agree with the assessment of Spike and Buffy relationship, it was major red flags, but I loved them so much, I was so surprised I liked the bad guy because I didn't usually. Angel was whiney and annoying.

[@211Celestine]

Tia Carrere from the Relic Hunter Alyssa Milano in Charmed, short hair era (took me a whild to understand that I didn't to be her, but to be WITH her) Buffy & Spike : so wrong, but so thirst worthy 😅

[@anitalandry8976]

Even though I am not bi, when I was in high school, we used to joke I was 3% bi for Megan Fox in the Transformers movies. And even though I have absolutely no interest in women, even now at 27, I can’t watch Transformers without experiencing some weird butterflies anytime she gets on screen 🤣

[@christinakyleloves]

Love you Shaaba!!🩷🩷🍑🍑

[@reneejackson6633]

Agree completely on Spike v Angel

[@melinabenson2808]

YOU DID MARCELIIINE DIRTTYYY😭

[@MissSnuffles117]

I didn't know I was queer in any way until I was an adult, but looking back there were some red flags. Missy Peregrym as Haley in Stick It was definitely one. But also Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft in the 2001 Tomb Raider film. 👀