History HoYay / FireEmblem

** Every character that hails from the Empire has at least one same-sex ending that is ambiguously romantic, except for [[spoiler:Hanneman and Bernadetta]].

* While Byleth might be the only character who has S-ranks available to them, more than a few of the students have same-sex paired endings that come off as very subtextually romantic.

* Same-sex relationships make a return, with three male S-ranks for Male!Byleth ([[spoiler: Linhardt, Jeritza, and Yuri]]) and five female S-ranks for Female!Byleth ([[spoiler: Edelgard, Dorothea, Mercedes, Rhea, and Sothis]]).

* During the ball, on all routes, Claude sees Byleth standing alone and—regardless of gender—grabs their hand with a flirty wink, practically dragging them out to the dance floor.

* Dorothea and every woman she gets A-supports with: she gets confirmed HappilyEverAfter endings with Manuela and Petra, where she and Manuela have a relationship "full of life of love" together, or where "It is said that (Dorothea) became the person whom Petra loved the most." She and Edelgard even contemplate getting married to each other in their B-support.

* Good Lord, Lorenz and Ferdinand's C support. The two share a cup of fine tea and spend the entire conversation complimenting each other, more so than either compliments any of the ladies, and decide they must share tea and chat like that again. The voice acting really sells it.
* The Abysskeeper down in Abyss meets a Knight of Seiros sent for backup, and he initially expresses annoyance at his presence, but later comes around to him when the knight stays voluntarily, to the point where he is noticeably heartbroken at the knight's absence. Even after the timeskip, he ''still'' wonders where "Mr. Backup" is.
* During the ball, on all routes, Claude sees Byleth standing alone and—regardless of gender—grabs their hand with a flirty wink, practically dragging them out to the dance floor.

* Dorothea and every woman she gets A-supports with: she gets confirmed HappilyEverAfter endings with Manuela and Petra, where she and Manuela live a life of love together, or where "It is said that (Dorothea) became the person whom Petra loved the most." She and Edelgard even contemplate getting married to each other in their B-support.

* Same-sex relationships make a return, with five male S-ranks for Male!Byleth ([[spoiler: Linhardt, Alois, Gilbert, Jeritza, and Yuri]]) and five female S-ranks for Female!Byleth ([[spoiler: Edelgard, Dorothea, Mercedes, Rhea, and Sothis]]).
** [[spoiler: This ends up making Edelgard the first main character that isn't an avatar to have an unambiguous romantic ending with a same-sex character, though how much the romance is play out varies in each language]].
** [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Linhardt, Jeritza, and Yuri are the only three of the five who are genuine romance options for Male!Byleth. Alois and Gilbert can reach S-rank with M!Byleth but both confirm that their feelings toward Byleth are purely platonic. Not to mention that both are married (to women) and have children.]]

* Dorothea and Ingrid share a paralogue where Dorothea spends the entire time referring to Ingrid as her "darling Ingrid". Ingrid herself seems pretty okay with this. Not to mention the paralogue ends with Dorothea effectively (jokingly) proposing to Ingrid. Their B-rank Support also ends with Dorothea talking about her desire to "pounce" on Ingrid.
** Dorothea and half the female cast, particularly the ones she gets A-supports with. She gets HappilyEverAfter endings with Manuela and Petra, too. In Petra's ending with Dorothea, "It is said that (Dorothea) became the person whom Petra loved the most."

* Ferdinand and Hubert's supports start with both of them fighting over the proper way to give Edelgard advice and end with them becoming... very close. To the point where the A+ support's heartfelt gift exchange of each other's favorite tea leaves/coffee beans reads more like an S Support where they're exchanging rings, romantic music and excessive blushing included.

* During the dance in the Golden Deer route, Claude sees Byleth standing alone and (regardless of gender) grabs their hand with a flirty wink, practically dragging them out to the dance floor.

-->'''Hubert:''' Before I answer that, I would like to know what you are doing with the coffee.
-->'''Ferdinand:''' *blushing* Well, I...
-->'''Hubert:''' Is it a gift? Perhaps for someone you fancy?
-->'''Ferdinand:''' A gift, yes. For you.
-->'''Hubert:''' Hm. Who is the unlucky- [[DoubleTake Did you say for me?!]]

** Dorothea and half the female cast, particularly the ones she gets A-supports with. She gets HappilyEverAfter endings with Manuela and Petra, too.

** Dimitri and Felix have strained relations from Dimitri's bloodthirsty reaction to trauma and Felix's antagonistic nature pushing the formerly close friends apart, but it is clear that Felix still cares about Dimitri deep down. Their paired ending where Felix became more inconsolable than the queen upon Dimitri's death does raise a few eyebrows.
* Catherine and Shamir are partners in their knighthood, interact all the time like an old married couple, have a shared ending where they roam the world as an inseperable duo of heroes and Shamir up and proposes marriage to Catherine in their A support. [[spoiler: They also have a far more tragic ending if Shamir is the one to confront Catherine in the final level of the Crimson Flower route. There they angrily state that their differences always meant that it would end this way, and one will strike the other down.]]

* Soleil. Her personal skill is even called ''Girl Lover'' (Japanese) or ''Sisterhood'' (localization)! Sadly, she can only marry men due to BiTheWay and Rhajat 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...

** [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Linhardt and Jeritza are the only two of the four who are genuine romance options for Male!Byleth. Alois and Gilbert can reach S-rank with M!Byleth but both confirm that their feelings toward Byleth are purely platonic. Not to mention that both are married (to women) and have children.]]

* Same-sex relationships make a return, with four male S-ranks for Male!Byleth ([[spoiler: Linhardt, Alois, Gilbert, and Jeritza]]) and five female S-ranks for Female!Byleth ([[spoiler: Edelgard, Dorothea, Mercedes, Rhea, and Sothis]]).

* Same-sex relationships make a return, with three male S-ranks for Male!Byleth ([[spoiler: Linhardt, Alois, and Gilbert]]) and five female S-ranks for Female!Byleth ([[spoiler: Edelgard, Dorothea, Mercedes, Rhea, and Sothis]]).
** [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Linhardt is the only one of the three who is a genuine romance option for Male!Byleth. Alois and Gilbert can reach S-rank with M!Byleth but both confirm that their feelings toward Byleth are purely platonic. Not to mention that both are married (to women) and have children.]]

* Felix and Sylvain's A+ rank support has Felix [[AngerBornOfWorry getting angry]] at Sylvain for sustaining an injury (to protect Felix). It ends with Sylvain reminding Felix that he's not looking to die first, because they made a childhood promise to be together until they both die. Their paired ending in the Blue Lions route states "It is said that, in their later years, they became so close that [[TogetherInDeath they passed away on the same day, as if conceding that one could not live without the other.]]"

!!Examples in general

!!Examples from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem'':

!!Examples from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'':

!!Examples from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'':

!!Examples from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]'':

!!Examples from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'':

!!Examples from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'':

!!Examples from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates]]'':

!!Examples From ''[[Videogame/FireEmblemHeroes Heroes]]'':

!!Examples from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]''

!!Examples from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Fire Emblem: Three Houses]]''

* Catherine and Shamir are partners in their knighthood, interact all the time like an old married couple, have a shared ending where they roam the world as an inseperable duo of heroes and Shamir up and proposes marriage to Catherine in their A support. [[spoiler: They also have a far more tragic ending if Shamir is the one to confront Catherine in the final level of the Crimson Flower route. There they angrily state that their differences always meant that it would end this way, and one will strike the other down.]]

** Dimitri and Felix have strained relations from Dimitri's bloodthirsty reaction to trauma and Felix's antagonistic nature pushing the formerly close friends apart, but it is clear that Felix still cares about Dimitri deep down. Their paired ending where Felix became more inconsolable than the queen upon Dimitri's death does raise a few eyebrows.

*** [[spoiler:Dedue is loyal to the point where he will sacrifice himself without hesitation to protect Dimitri. He uses a Crest Stone to painfully change his body into a demonic beast on the Black Eagle route. If Dedue is defeated before transforming, the scene where Dimitri is killed by Edelgard alone changes into a more quietly tragic one where Dedue and Dimitri die together. In the Blue Lions and Golden Deer routes, Dimitri is slated for execution over a framed murder and he gives up his own life for Dimitri's escape. Although we find out Dedue survived later, that sacrifice and the absence of his presence to ground him were most likely the nails in the coffin for Dimitri's deteriorating mental state.]]
*** Their paired ending reveals that "while they behaved as vassal and liege in public, it is said that Dimitri and Dedue were more like family in private." After Dimitri passed away from illness, Dedue spent the rest of his days guarding Dimitri's grave and they were buried beside each other. Those two are most certainly HeterosexualLifePartners at the minimum if not more.

* As for Elincia? Her relationship with Lucia goes from RomanticTwoGirlFriendship in ''Path of Radiance'' to blatant lesbian ship tease in ''RadiantDawn''!

* Felix and Sylvain's A+ rank support has Felix [[AngerBornOfWorry getting angry]] at Sylvain for sustaining an injury (to protect Felix). It ends with Sylvain reminding Felix that he's not looking to die first, because they made a childhood promise to be together until they both die.

* Annette and Mercedes' relationship has romantic undertones; notably, their A-rank Support has Annette declaring she loves Mercedes more than anything else in the world, and their paired ending has them living the rest of their lives together happily after Annette retires from her job at the school of sorcery.

* Dorothea and Ingrid share a paralogue where Dorothea spends the entire time referring to Ingrid as her "darling Ingrid". Ingrid herself seems pretty okay with this. Not to mention the paralogue ends with Dorothea effectively (jokingly) proposing to Ingrid. Their B-rank Support also ends with Dorothea talking about her desire to "pounce" on Ingrid.

* Dorothea and Ingrid share a paralogue where Dorothea spends the entire time referring to Ingrid as her "darling Ingrid". Ingrid herself seems pretty okay with this.

** Leaving his relationship with Forsyth aside, Python himself is implied to be bisexual. He doesn't dislike the idea of dating women (unlike Leon who does shoot it down), but he refers to Alm and Lukas as "studs."