History HoYay / FireEmblem

* There is one example between Rickard and Julian. Rickard tells Julian that he "always fell for a pretty face and the right features." That wouldn't mean much if Rickard himself wasn't so "pretty." Oh, and then he tells him how he dumped him for Rena, and "Did our love mean nothing to you?" in Fire Emblem 12.

There's plenty of HoYay/Les Yay subtext in the ''FireEmblem'' games, most notably with Florina/Lyn (''Blazing Sword'') and Ike/Soren (''Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn''). Due to the emphasis on RelationshipValues to [[{{Shipping}} build trust]] between comrades, anyone can theoretically be paired with anyone. Yes, even [[NoYay Oliver/Reyson]], although that's... not exactly stretching it...

* Soleil. Her personal skill is even called ''Girl Lover'' (Japanese) or ''Sisterhood'' (localization)! Sadly, she can only marry men due to BiTheWay and Syalla being the GayOption rather than her, but marrying the kid characters to each other doesn't give anything other than support bonuses, so she can just as easily remain at A support with another girl...

* In the Japanese version of the game, Takumi and Leo's A support has Takumi saying they shouldn't let their relationship end with 'mere friendship'. Leo agrees.

** Heck, Camilla as a whole brings a lot of this via her supports with Luna and Belka, and her affection for the Avatar is just as suggestive if the Avatar is female.

* Soleil. Her personal skill is even called ''Girl Lover'' (Japanese) or ''Sisterhiid'' (localization)! Sadly, she can only marry men due to BiTheWay and Syalla being the GayOption rather than her, but marrying the kid characters to each other doesn't give anything other than support bonuses, so she can just as easily remain at A support with another girl...

** In the localization, Soleil's Laslow has next to no trouble with Soleil's girl flirting. At the same time, Soleil nets 'self as sort-of date with a cute village girl.

* Soleil. Her personal skill is even called ''Girl Lover''! Sadly, she can only marry men due to BiTheWay and Syalla being the GayOption rather than her, but marrying the kid characters to each other doesn't give anything other than support bonuses, so she can just as easily remain at A support with another girl...

** Niles and Leo's supports have Niles in a ''very'' vulnerable role as he and Leo discuss the night they met, [[spoiler:when Niles' former comrades threw him under the bus and sent him into such a DespairEventHorizon that he didn't try to beg for his life when Leo attacked him.]] While the memory itself is painful, Niles considers it precious because Leo gave him a home and a true purpose.

* Azura and Jakob's devotion to the Avatar remains the same no matter what gender the Avatar is. ''Especially'' Azura and the Avatar, whose relationship garners quite a bit of focus during the story. Even if only a male Avatar can romance Azura, a female Avatar is still ''very'' close to her and their supports are exactly the same, ShipTease and all.

* Azura and Jakob's devotion to the Avatar remains the same no matter what gender the Avatar is. ''Especially'' Azura and the Avatar, whose relationship garners quite a bit of focus during the story. Even if only a male Avatar can romance Azura, a female Avatar is still ''very'' close to her and their supports are exactly the same, ShipTease and all.

* Odin and Zero are ''very'' devoted to Leo, even fanboying over his body during Leo's Paradise Scramble.
** Zero and Leo's supports have Zero in a ''very'' vulnerable role as he and Leo discuss the night they met, [[spoiler:when Zero's former comrades threw him under the bus and sent him into such a DespairEventHorizon that he didn't try to beg for his life when Leo attacked him.]] While the memory itself is painful, Zero considers it precious because Leo gave him a home and a true purpose.

* Orochi and Kagerou go way back, and the former teases the latter quite a bit in their A support.

* Azura and Jakob's devotion to the Avatar remains the same no matter what gender the Avatar is.

** The Hubba Tester is a really weird example, since his readings are as likely to confirm whatever theories one might have about the character relations as they are to shoot them down, since the readings are random (and change every time the game is saved, too). Nontheless, it can create interesting results. Doubles as a potential source for IncestYayShipping for those that are into that.

** Despite Ares's attempt to kill him, Seliph extends his hand to him, offering him a place with the army. He argues that even if Ares does kill him, the emptiness he feels will still be there, and Seliph doesn't want to leave him alone any longer. Even though he doesn't seem entirely convinced, not only does Ares end up halting his attack, he flat-out tells Seliph that he doesn't want him to get hurt and gets ''pissed'' when Ishtar aims an attack at him. There's also this line.

** Despite Ares's attempt to kill him, Seliph extends his hand to him, offering him a place with the army. He argues that even if Ares does kill him, the emptiness he feels will still be there, and Seliph doesn't want to leave him alone any longer. Even though he doesn't seem entirely convinced, Ares does end up halting his attack, and turns on Ishtar in an interesting line.

* Shortly after meeting, Leif cheers Seliph up when the latter starts feeling TheChainsOfCommanding. Seliph later returns the favor after Leif learns the truth of what happened to his parents.

* In game and in the Oosawa manga, Eldigan seems distressed when he has to fight Sigurd, but when the time comes to actually confront him, he seems [[http://www.taadd.com/chapter/FireEmblemSeisennoKeifu20/672187-6.html surprisingly excited]]. When Sigurd can't bring himself to fight Eldigan, Quan steps in to save him, with Sigurd begging both of them to stop. Come to think of it, Sigurd and Quan have a bit of this themselves, despite [[BestFriendsInLaw Quan being married to Sigurd's sister]]. When Sigurd says something cruel to Quan after Quan tries to comfort him for not knowing [[spoiler:Sandima's Fenrir spell]], Quan says he's "heartbroken" and Sigurd is quick to [[http://www.taadd.com/chapter/FireEmblemSeisennoKeifu5/672117-49.html apologize]]. When Sigurd returns the next morning, Ethlyn says that Quan was ''especially'' worried.

* When Arvis appears to give Sigurd the Silver Sword, he asks if Sigurd is willing to accept it as "proof of our love". He says he's joking, but Sigurd isn't sure he sees it.

* In game and in the Oosawa manga, Eldigan seems distressed when he has to fight Sigurd, but when the time comes to actually confront him, he seems [[http://www.taadd.com/chapter/FireEmblemSeisennoKeifu20/672187-6.html surprisingly excited]]. When Sigurd can't bring himself to fight Eldigan, Quan steps in to save him, with Sigurd begging both of them to stop.

** As for Elincia? Her relationship with Lucia went from RomanticTwoGirlFriendship in POR to blatant lesbian ship tease in RD!
* It's a tradition among Fire Emblem yaoi fangirls to slash the red knight and the green knight. From Kieran/Oscar in "Path of Radiance" to Kent/Sain in "Blazing Sword", all the way back to Cain/Abel in the very first Fire Emblem, it can't be avoided. (Until ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' broke the trend with a female Red Knight, making the pairing het...while giving the Red Knight plenty of LesYay of her own.)
** Some of them are significantly more slashy towards each other than others. Kent and Sain, for example, have paired endings with other female characters, and even in-story, outside of supports, Kent has a BodyguardCrush on Lyn and Sain is a HandsomeLech. [[EyesAlwaysShut Oscar]] and [[HotBlooded Kieran]], on the other hand, don't seem to show interest in female characters: Kieran is ''obsessed'' with Oscar, and Oscar, while initially dismissive, grows friendlier towards Kieran, even giving him a special skill scroll in a base conversation in ''Radiant Dawn'' because Kieran has the tendency to hurt himself while practicing. D'aww!
** Considering that all of Kieran's A rank support consist of him saying he wants to fight together with someone forever, complete with several awkward pauses centered around "fight" and "together," it starts to sound like he's coming on to everyone.

** "Tibarn, I...owe you my life. You took me in, made me a part of your family... I owe you so much. No matter what happens in this war, I will stay by your side, be it in body or in spirit."

** She and Ophelia have especially strong LesYay vibes, which are also something of an homage to their fathers' HoYay in ''Awakening''.
* Odin and Zero are ''very'' devoted to Leo, even fanboying over his body during Leo's Paradise Scramble.

* In Tharja's and Vaike's C Support, Vaike becomes concerned that Tharja is stalking the Avatar. When he confronts her about it, he admits that he understands since the Avatar is quite attractive, regardless of gender. Vaike starts to list off the features that he finds attractive about the male Avatar, including his soft, silky hair and his strong, bulging- before he gets cut off by Tharja.

* There's plenty of HoYay/Les Yay subtext in the ''FireEmblem'' games, most notably with Florina/Lyn (''Blazing Sword'') and Ike/Soren (''Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn''). Due to the emphasis on RelationshipValues to [[{{Shipping}} build trust]] between comrades, anyone can theoretically be paired with anyone. Yes, even [[NoYay Oliver/Reyson]], although that's... not exactly stretching it...
** But probably the most infamous example of all is the very close friendship between "[[TroubledButCute angsty, angry, and Seme]]" Raven and "[[DudeLooksLikeALady are you sure it's not a girl?]]" Lucius. And yes, if you play the support game, you can get a ending with them together.
*** Also Legault/Heath. Legault is probably as close as a Fire Emblem character is going to get to out-and-out Bi, but it's most overt with Heath. Their supports involving Legault telling Heath that they were "made for each other" and that he was interested in him because of a thing called love. [[spoiler:Turns out he was joking around.]]
*** Legault has asked Matthew if he was falling for him after he was asking him too many questions.
**** Not to mention, Legault and [[spoiler: Lloyd Reed]]. This quote from Legault says all:

** Nino from Blazing Sword has some RomanticTwoGirlFriendship vibes with Rebecca and Florina. Who have some RTGF subtext among themselves, too.
*** And what about Rebecca's hero worship of Louise the Lady of Violets? Including pretty much drooling over her for being so beautiful, ladylike and strong?
** Let's not forget that, for two women who are ''both'' incredibly [[FragileFlower shy and nervous]], Ninian and Florina become ''very'' comfy with each other's presence through their supports...

** Just about everything Heather says in ''Radiant Dawn'' is a come-on toward another girl. It's even more blatant in the Japanese version, but the localization team was really just toning down her perversions, rather than [[HideYourLesbians hiding her orientation at all]].
** It's a tradition among Fire Emblem yaoi fangirls to slash the red knight and the green knight. From Kieran/Oscar in "Path of Radiance" to Kent/Sain in "Blazing Sword", all the way back to Cain/Abel in the very first Fire Emblem, it can't be avoided. (Until ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' broke the trend with a female Red Knight, making the pairing het...while giving the Red Knight plenty of LesYay of her own.)
*** Some of them are significantly more slashy towards each other than others. Kent and Sain, for example, have paired endings with other female characters, and even in-story, outside of supports, Kent has a BodyguardCrush on Lyn and Sain is a HandsomeLech. [[EyesAlwaysShut Oscar]] and [[HotBlooded Kieran]], on the other hand, don't seem to show interest in female characters: Kieran is ''obsessed'' with Oscar, and Oscar, while initially dismissive, grows friendlier towards Kieran, even giving him a special skill scroll in a base conversation in ''Radiant Dawn'' because Kieran has the tendency to hurt himself while practicing. D'aww!
*** Considering that all of Kieran's A rank support consist of him saying he wants to fight together with someone forever, complete with several awkward pauses centered around "fight" and "together," it starts to sound like he's coming on to everyone.

** Eirika's not just limited to L'Arachel, either; she has her fair share of LesYay with childhood friend Tana as well. At the very least, she has a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship going with both.
** Also, if you get an A support between Gerik and Joshua, Gerik follows Joshua to Jehanna and serves him for the rest of his life because he is impressed by his swordplay.

** There's also [[WhiteMagic Artur]] and [[TheGambler Joshua]]'s supports, in which Joshua, as payment for a coin flip he wins, gets Artur to do some late night training sessions with him. All of which occur ''offscreen.'' In their B, a big deal is made over whether Joshua is "exhausting [Artur] in training." And at the end of their A, Joshua says, "I want you to keep being my partner."
** Speaking of Tethys and Marisa, while their A support is primarily just good-natured teasing, sometimes it really sounds like Tethys was slipping in some under-the-radar flirting...

** Marisa also goes through a serious DefrostingIceQueen routine with Tana. And Tana mentions that she "doesn't know what she would do" if Marisa said no to being friends with her.
* While theoretically "anyone can be paired with anyone," only certain couples get paired endings, and that's usually pretty telling. A pretty obvious example is Ike in ''Radiant Dawn'': despite ShipTease throughout all of ''Path of Radiance'' between him and Elincia, he has paired endings with two characters, neither of whom are her, both of whom are male. If you're wondering, they're [[SingleTargetSexuality Soren]] and [[LittleBitBeastly Ranulf]].
** As for Elincia? Her relationship with Lucia went from RomanticTwoGirlFriendship in POR to blatant lesbian ship tease in RD!

** It's a tradition among Fire Emblem yaoi fangirls to slash the red knight and the green knight. From Kieran/Oscar in "Path of Radiance" to Kent/Sain in "Blazing Sword", all the way back to Cain/Abel in the very first Fire Emblem, it can't be avoided. (Until ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' just made red/green a ''het'' pairing, that is.)

*** Maribelle and Olivia's A support has the two of them going [[ItMakesSenseInContext out on the town and hitting on noblemen, complete with [[WolfWhistle wolf whistles]] and pickup lines]]. Olivia turns a few of her cheesy pickup lines on Maribelle, whose reaction boils down to "how vulgar!...eh, works for me." Olivia then says she'd much rather hang out with Maribelle than men. And of course, both ladies are blushing the entire time.

-->"... Wait, was your first through REALLY Chrom?!"