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A character can be clearly bisexual and still feel more like a symbol than a believable person.
Sometimes bisexuality appears mainly to create drama, attract attention, or make a story seem inclusive. The character may have little personality beyond their relationships, disappear after one storyline, or be introduced without showing how their identity connects to the rest of their life.
Authentic representation does not require a perfect role model. Bisexual characters can be complicated, flawed, private, uncertain, confident, monogamous, non-monogamous, or still learning about themselves. What often matters is whether they are given the same depth, continuity, and ordinary humanity as other characters.
Small details can make a difference: bisexuality remaining valid regardless of the current partner, relationships not being treated as proof of a different orientation, or the character having concerns, ambitions, friendships, and conflicts unrelated to sexuality.
What has made a bisexual character or story feel genuinely authentic to you—and what made another example feel tokenistic or included mainly for appearance?
Please focus on the storytelling and representation rather than expecting every bisexual character to reflect your own experience.