It’s wonderful that the bi community is being represented by such a high profile legacy character, but on a personal level, I must admit I would have loved Tim to have been asexual. To me, he’s always read as Gray A, and I do think there’s a valid asexual reading of Tim to be found in the comics.
I think there’s some part of me that doesn’t want Tim to get lost in a lot of noise and light around just one specific m|m relationship. On a very personal level, I also don’t find Bernard very interesting nor their relationship very believable or compelling; it feels a bit Shiro and Curtis to me*. Didn’t Harper’s brother have a crush on Tim, for example? Way more interesting in my opinion! We haven’t had great Tim content over the years, so for me, I hope what drives his story is Tim-as-character and not Tim-as-right-on-product.
Again, I don’t intend to rain on anyone’s parade here: If you’re delighted for Tim and Bernard, more power to you. I just ain’t buying it, and selfishly, would have loved some ace!Tim rep. :) *Where at the end of VLD Shiro was shoe-horned into a relationship with a rando. NB: I know Bernard isn’t a total rando but also... his re-entry is somewhat.
