User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E8 - Blake Sucks - Impressions/Recap/@comment-4010415-20171207055023/@comment-26397825-20171207061104

Miles and Kerry said that they didn't want sexualities to be a big deal. I'm pretty sure they wanted it to just be another aspect "like whether they like tea or coffee" (I am paraphrasing, but they did compare it to a preference for tea or coffee) because sexuality does not and should not define a character. It should never be the thing they are designed around; it should never be their driving force.

People complaining that a characters sexual orientation reveal needs to be plot important is just wrong. That's not who they are as a person, and it's not what should drive a story forward. It is an aspect of a character, but it is not the sum of that character or their importance to a story.