Thank you--I appreciate that. I definitely get where you're coming from.
I'm on the asexual spectrum, and well... we see a lot of asexual erasure. Dina hasn't stated what she is, so assuming that she's a lesbian after her first homoromantic kiss just seems like a leap in logic. It's not an unreasonable leap, of course, but it's a leap enough that I noticed it, you know? And a LOT of people on the comment sections of the actual comic are jumping to the same conclusion, so I guess it's been becoming a bit of a sore spot for me. :/
I think she could possibly be bi as well. I haven't seen anything of her that implies she'd never be attracted to men. But that's just me!
I think she dated some dudes in the older continuities, but I know very little about them outside of Shortpacked!'s version. I'm not spoilering this because she's almost not in Shortpacked!, and I have no idea if my memory of some random strips I've seen of the other comics is correct. If someone wants to point them out, then they can spoiler them at their own discretion.
I agree that they'll probably be referred to as a lesbian couple, because it's a typical shorthand for two women in a relationship.
With all the bi and ace erasure, I wish it weren't that way.
I don't know. I'm tired. But today's strip is FREAKING CUTE. That is all.