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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I watched it and found every one of the characters completely loathsome (except for Cam, who was written off early on).[/quote]

Op here.

I found Belly annoying. She started off cool and I had high hopes for her in the first episode where she gives Conrad grief for smoking weed. I thought she would be confident and cool. But she turned out to be boring, immature, and self-centered. No clue how she’s the heroine in a book series.

I also thought she wasn’t pretty or interesting enough for all the attention she received. Her friend was way more confident and interesting.

Her older brother was similarly insecure despite his false bravado. He seemed very shallow.

[b]No clue why they felt compelled to have a bisexual character. The insertion of that scene seemed rather gratuitous and a big departure from the storyline/crush. [/b]

I liked the Asian mom. She was interesting. The white mom made me cry.

Conrad seemed genuine and interesting. He just seemed much older than Belly, and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why he liked her.

Does the book do a better job making Belly more interesting? [/quote]The entire point of LGBTQ+ representation in media is about normalizing it. Their existence is not gratuitous and it doesn’t have to be a big deal or major plot point. He’s bi; the end. Coming out stories are important, but so are stories about AFTER coming out and seeing a bi teen live his life with acceptance by his friends and family.[/quote]

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