not all magnus ' romantic liaisons over the centuries have been with men-indeed , in city of lost souls , he describes himself as `` a freewheeling bisexual '' -but his self-presentation and affect in the mortal instruments is most often a sort of glam-camp style that places him in a g*y tradition that dates back at least to the supremely suave victorian-era writer oscar wilde ( whose many elegant epigrams include `` if i am occasionally a little over-dressed , i make up for it by being always immensely over-educated '' ) .