Even though college didn't exactly work out for former cheerleader Buffy Summers, she's still finding time to experiment with same-sex hookups. That is, when she's not slaying vampires and doing all other sorts of mystical whatnot in the comic book continuation of her eponymous TV show.
“It puts the reader in this ‘Oh my God’ moment,” [creator Joss] Whedon said during a telephone interview. “And it puts Buffy in an ‘Oh my God, what did I just do?’ moment.”
But before fans start blogging frantically, they should know that Mr. Whedon is clear where this is headed. “We’re not going to make her gay, nor are we going to take the next 50 issues explaining that she’s not. She’s young and experimenting, and did I mention open-minded?”
Bravo, Mr. Whedon: yet again, you've managed to tread the line between appealing to the pubescent urges of your fans and being totally progressive. You may, in fact, be our hero. (Assuming you don't kill off Buffy's new f-buddy in, like, the next panel.)