hello! i've seen a lot of people reducing robin's lesbian coding to 'three dots under her eye', which is simply untrue; here's a few in-depth explanations of robin's lesbian coding.

  1. the one most discussed about, the three dots under her eye. although the colors are quite pale, you can recognize them as being pink, white and orange; the three main colors present on the lesbian flag. a common counter-argument for this is for people to claim that instead of representing the lesbian flag, these three colors would be reffering to xipe (the aeon or harmony)'s halo. however, this argument falls short quite fast when you actually look at xipe for more than three seconds and realise that their halo is composed of every color on the rainbow. if the goal really was to show robin's devotion to xipe through her makeup, colors like a brighter red, green or yellow would've made much more sense.
  2. robin's interactions with women. although i do think this isn't the strongest argument to show robin's sexuality, it does play a part in it. in robin's first few minutes of screentime, she flirts with march 7th, which could tell us hoyo's intentions with the character's first impressions. during robin's trailer, she's also shows dancing exclusively with women; and you can even spot the lesbian moon flag at some point, but this feels more like a fun detail than concrete proof.
  3. the most telling argument in my opinion, yet also the one most often forgotten - robin's obvious ties with Emily Dickinson, a poet now recognized for her being sapphic. some people like to argue on Emily's sexuality, pointing out the fact that 'she could be bi' and 'she married a man'. for the second argument, it doesn't take long to realise that in the past, arranged marriages were much more common than now, and Emily could've wanted to marry a man as a way to protect herself, since queer people were much more persecuted then than they are now. for the first, honestly, the specifics of her sexuality do not matter in this discussion. Emily Dickinson's poems do not, at any point, refer to a male lover, or ever put the emphasis on men. however, the poetess' love for women is heavily talked on in her works. since people like to argue that 'robin is based on the poems, not the poet!', i'd like to point out that women play an important place in both Emily's life and her poems.
    -> edit, emily dickinson did not marry, she refused to - which only proves robin's coding further imo.

honorable mention to the marilyn monroe pose, although i don't really count it since marilyn was bisexual, and it's also just a popular pose for popstar characters.

1st

  • by user @TerminationOfDesire_ on pinterest.

2nd

  • also by @TerminationOfDesire_ on pinterest.

3rd

  • by user @shaaribyte on pinterest.

will most likely add to this later on.

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Pub: 08 Jun 2025 18:02 UTC

Edit: 07 Sep 2025 19:49 UTC

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