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*** And just like ''Rekka no Ken'' above, [[PlayerCharacter the Avatar]] is for all intents and purposes this in that they determine who supports with whom (and yes, they can ship ''themselves'' [[LauncherOfAThousandShips with anyone they like of the opposite gender]], too). Though they will [[GameplayAndStorySegregation deny ever setting anyone up before]] when Cherche asks them to help find a mate for her Wyvern, Minerva.

-->'''Mareeta:''' "You'll regret it forever if you don't say it now. Or do you just want to stay as his '[[LikeASisterToMe cute little sister]]'?"

-->'''Mareeta:''' "You'll regret it forever if you don't say it now. Or do you just want to stay as his 'cute little sister'?"

** No matter who the Inquisitor romances, a number of the companions have become this by the time of the ''Trespasser'' epilogue. Cassandra has an adorably clumsy conversation in which she tries to give them advice about marriage (which is even funnier if the Inquisitor romanced ''her''). Vivienne sets up a spa day for the Inquisitor, and during the event will ask how the relationship is going and offer kindly remarks. Sera's diary in the tavern will contain at least one reference to the romance; it's downright hilarious if [[spoiler:the female Inquisitor marries Cullen. "[[ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks Desks watch out!"]]

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition,'' various NPC people hanging around in Skyhold's throne room will make shippy comments when the Inquisitor and his/her chosen love interest confirm their relationship. The remarks will vary depending on who the LI is.

** Iris, who is good friends with Klaus, gets on deck for his romance with a female player, making certain to reassure the player that they are JustFriends.

* In ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', {{Hollywood Nerd}}s Chris and Ashley start the game crushing on each other, and both Sam and Joshua are pretty forward about wanting to see them together. [[spoiler: [[TheTrickster The latter]] turns out to be one hell of a shipper - certain comments he makes imply that while his primary goal in putting the two through the psychological wringer together via elaborate horror prank is to... well, put them through the psychological wringer, he's also hoping to ''aggressively'' drive them closer together]].
* In ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]'', most of Soma's friends will tease him about Mina, with [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend flustered reactions from both]]. Julius, however, is completely, absolutely, sincerely dead-serious about wanting them to find happiness together. [[spoiler: Given that he's a Belmont, Julius probably knows too well that Dracula's evil began (twice) with losing his love, and doesn't want Soma to go down the same road.]]

* Joule of ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'' is obviously in love with the eponymous character GV, but she CannotSpitItOut. The manifestation of her powers, Lumen, who can exist like a separate entity from Joule, tries to bridge the gap. Why?
-->'''Lumen''': I'm your heart y'know...a mirage of your true feelings.

** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358Over2Days'', Xigbar gives Roxas dating advice for impressing Xion, which he doesn't completely understand due to his naïvety. [[spoiler:It's implied that Xigbar doesn't mean it and is playing a cruel joke, as he always knew of Xion's true nature as a Replica that was designed to eventually absorb Roxas.]]

* ''VideoGame/SunriderAcademy'''s swim team ship their captain with Kayto, going so far as to hold up these signs at the national championships:
-->''KAYTO/SOLA <3''\\
''WE SUPPORT YOUR LOVE''

*** If Prince Ryoma and his subordinate Kagero reach S-Support/marriage level, she'll tell him that one of her friends encouraged her to reveal her SubordinateExcuse towards him. Said friend's name isn't mentioned, but there are two ''very'' strong candidates: Kagero's best friend [[TheOjou Orochi]] (who is also a potential bride for Ryoma) and [[spoiler: [[MatchmakerCrush her ex-boyfriend]] and [[WorkingWithTheEx actual partner/Ryoma's other subordinate]], [[{{Ninja}} Saizo]].]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', Rise ships Kanji/[[spoiler:Naoto]]. The main character also has the option to approve of this pairing. She also ships Yosuke/Chie, which creates a hilarious [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend he's not my boyfriend]] moment. It should be noticed that Rise also ships herself with the protagonist, very overtly; it's possible she both tries to weed out competition ''and'' thinks the other pairings are cute.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': Sojiro Sakura actively encourages the main character to find a girlfriend and openly supports his efforts. It's most noticeable on Valentine's Day, where Sojiro will close the shop early so the protagonist and his companion of choice can have a romantic date alone.

** Cloud and Aeris get lots of this, [[spoiler: even though she dies halfway through the story and later it turns out her TrueLove was Zack, Cloud's dead BigBrotherMentor]]. Marlene insists that Aeris likes Cloud and gets really upset if Cloud says he doesn't know. When Cait Sith checks Aeris's and Cloud's horoscopes for compatibility, he says they're a perfect match, gets excited, and offers to officiate at their wedding if Cloud wants (though sometimes he will say he feels bad for Tifa).
** Cloud remembers his mother telling him that he should get 'an older girlfriend who will take care of you' (paraphrased), which can be a nod towards either Tifa or Aerith. While Aerith is slightly older than Tifa, Tifa acts in a more motherly way [[spoiler: though in ''Advent Children'' Aerith shows motherly traits too.]]

** In ''FireEmblem: Rekka no Ken'', GenkiGirl Serra also seems to be one of these. Her A support with ChivalrousPervert Sain has her wondering out loud about Lyn's love life and vying for a possible LoveTriangle with [[TwoGuysAndAGirl Eliwood and Hector]].

** In ''FireEmblem: Radiant Dawn'', Micaiah refers to the "warm feelings" Naesala has for Leanne, and that [[HoYay Soren has for Ike.]] Additionally, Ike was astonished to discover that Jill and Haar were not cohabiting.

** The [[FireEmblemJugdral Seisen]] mangas bring up several of these, too. In the Oosawa manga [[HappilyMarried Ethlyn, Quan]] and [[ActionGirl Ayra]] ship [[KnightInShiningArmor Fin]] with [[spoiler: [[BadassPrincess Raquesis]]]], while [[WhiteMagicianGirl Adean]] ships [[spoiler: her UnluckyChildhoodFriend Azel with his ''other'' female friend [[{{Bokukko}} Tailto]]]], and [[CoolBigSis Mahnya]] ships [[BlowYouAway Lewyn]] with her little sister [[LadyOfWar Ferry]]. OTOH, in the Fujimori version [[{{Trickster}} Dew]] ships Adean ''hard'' with her bodyguard [[HorseArcher Midayle]].

* ''VideoGame/Sunrider Academy'''s swim team ship their captain with Kayto, going so far as to hold up these signs at the national championships:

* Joule of ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'' is obviously in love with the eponymous character GV, but she CannotSpitItOut. Unfortunately for her, the manifestation of her powers, Lumen, who can exist like a separate entity from Joule, tries to bridge the gap. Why?

* In ''[[DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy]]'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil]] ships [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Firion]][=/=][[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]], encouraging the two of them to talk of their [[SomethingAboutARose love of flowers]].

*** Also, Ninian [[WhenSheSmiles laughs for the first time in the game]] when she hears Eliwood lampshading Hector and Lyn's SlapSlapKiss dynamics. Yup, Ninian ships Hector/Lyn; reasonable, since otherwise Lyn might end up with Eliwood, which would be kind of bad for her…

** Cloud and Aeris get lots of this, [[spoiler: even though she dies halfway through the story and later it turns out the guy she loved was Cloud's dead BigBrotherMentor]]. Marlene insists that Aeris likes Cloud and gets really upset if Cloud says he doesn't know. When Cait Sith checks Aeris's and Cloud's horoscopes for compatibility, he says they're a perfect match, gets excited, and offers to officiate at their wedding if Cloud wants (though sometimes he will say he feels bad for Tifa).

** In a mild, platonic example, Tifa is shown to be pleased, and sometimes even giggly, whenever Cloud and Barret are getting along rather than just [[SitcomArchNemesis fighting like they usually do]].
** A nurse that helped take care of Cloud in Mideel [[spoiler: after he barely survived falling into TheLifestream and washed up ashore there]] is a pretty clear Cloud/Tifa fangirl, telling Cloud "IfYouDoAnythingToHurtHer" when he comes back since [[spoiler: Tifa stayed behind for a while to nurse him back to health.]]

** Robert Garcia/Yuri Sakazaki: Mai Shiranui, and most likely King as well. In Mai and Robert's XIII pre-fight talks, once Robert ticks her off via pointing out hiw {{Stripperiffic}} her outfit it, Mai openly refers to Robert as "Yuri's boyfriend" in the middle of a huge rant against him. It's specially notorious since Yuri and Robert's potential romantic relationship [[DownplayedTrope has been downplayed in the KOF continuity.]]

** Kyo Kusanagi/Yuki: In the KOF:KYO semi-canon continuity, Athena and Kensou seem to support their relationship once they get into Kyo's circle of friends. (Though it may be an "IWantMyBelovedtoBeHappy" from Athena.) Kyo's sort-of pupil Shingo Yabuki also is pretty partial to it, and so are Kyo's HappilyMarried parents Saisyu and Shizuka. [[spoiler: Chizuru is GenreSavvy enough to actually ''exploit'' Kyo and Yuki's bonds in the game, asking Yuki to lay low and using her sudden absence as a SecretTestOfCharacter... and this is ''before'' she finds out that Yuki is a BarrierMaiden whose safety should be entrusted to Kyo, so she won't be sujected to HumanSacrifice to empower {{Orochi}}.]]

* In ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]], most of Soma's friends will tease him about Mina, with [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend flustered reactions from both]]. Julius, however, is completely, absolutely, sincerely dead-serious about wanting them to find happiness together. [[spoiler: Given that he's a Belmont, Julius probably knows too well that Dracula's evil began (twice) with losing his love, and doesn't want Soma to go down the same road.]]

* In ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]], most of Soma's allies will tease him about Mina, with [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend flustered reactions from both]]. Julius, however, is completely, absolutely, sincerely dead-serious about wanting them to find happiness together. [[spoiler: Given that he's a Belmont, Julius probably knows too well that Dracula's evil began (twice) with losing his love, and doesn't want Soma to go down the same road.]]

*** Princess Camilla can potentially [[InvokedTrope invoke the trope]] by asking either Silas or Arthur to help her winning a Male Avatar's affections. [[spoiler: Like in Takumi and Oboro's case, this can go into MatchmakerCrush territory, [[LoveHurts specially for Silas who once had a huge crush on Camilla and she kinda liked him back too]].]]]

** Cloud and Aeris get lots of this, [[spoiler: even though she dies halfway through the story]]. Cloud remembers his mother telling him that he should get 'an older girlfriend', which nods towards the older Aeris rather than the younger Tifa. Marlene insists that Aeris likes Cloud and gets really upset if Cloud says he doesn't know. When Cait Sith checks Aeris's and Cloud's horoscopes for compatibility, he says they're a perfect match, gets excited, and offers to officiate at their wedding if Cloud wants (though sometimes he will say he feels bad for Tifa).

** Cloud and Aeris get lots of this in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', [[spoiler: even though she dies halfway through the story]]. Cloud remembers his mother telling him that he should get 'an older girlfriend', which nods towards the older Aeris rather than the younger Tifa. Marlene insists that Aeris likes Cloud and gets really upset if Cloud says he doesn't know. When Cait Sith checks Aeris's and Cloud's horoscopes for compatibility, he says they're a perfect match, gets excited, and offers to officiate at their wedding if Cloud wants (though sometimes he will say he feels bad for Tifa). Barret, on the other hand, seems to slightly prefer the idea of Cloud hooking up with Tifa, teasing him about him being excited to 'see [his] baby' before returning to Tifa's bar - although when he tells Cloud who he thinks he should date, he only suggests 'one or the other'.

** Cloud and Aeris get lots of this in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Cloud remembers his mother telling him that he should get 'an older girlfriend', which nods towards the older Aeris rather than the younger Tifa. Marlene insists that Aeris likes Cloud and gets really upset if you have Cloud say he doesn't know. When Cait Sith checks Aeris's and Cloud's horoscopes for compatibility, he says they're a perfect match, gets excited, and offers to officiate at their wedding if Cloud wants. Barret, on the other hand, seems to slightly prefer the idea of Cloud hooking up with Tifa, teasing him about him being excited to 'see [his] baby' before returning to Tifa's bar - although when he tells Cloud who he thinks he should date, he only suggests 'one or the other'.

** Robert Garcia/Yuri Sakazaki: Mai Shiranui, and most likely King as well. In Mai and Robert's XIII pre-fight talks, once Robert ticks her off via pointing out hiw {{Stripperiffic}} her outfit it, Mai openly refers to Robert as "Yuri's boyfriend" in the middle of a RantInducingSlight. It's specially notorious since Yuri and Robert's potential romantic relationship [[DownplayedTrope has been downplayed in the KOF continuity.]]

** Kyo Kusanagi/Yuki: In the KOF:KYO semi-canon continuity, Athena and Kensou seem to support their relationship once they get into Kyo's circle of friends. (Though it may be an "IWantMyBelovedtoBeHappy" from Athena.) Kyo's sort-of pupil Shingo Yabuki also is pretty partial to it, and so are Kyo's HappilyMarried parents Saisyu and Shizuka. [[spoiler: Chizuru is GenreSavvy enough to actually ''exploit'' Kyo and Yuki's bonds in the game, asking Yuki to lay low and using her sudden absence as a SecretTestOfCharacter.]]

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has Hinata shipping his partner Oboro with their lord-of-liege, Prince Takumi, whom Oboro is crushing on ''really'' hard. [[spoiler: This can potentially go into MatchmakerCrush territory, if Hinata and Oboro's whole support chain is pursued]]
*** If Prince Ryoma and his subordinate Kagerou reach S-Support/marriage level, she will tell him that one of her friends told her that she should reveal her SubordinateExcuse to him. Said friend's name isn't mentioned, but there are two ''very'' strong candidates: Kagerou's best friend [[TheOjou Orochi]] and [[spoiler: [[MatchmakerCrush her ex-boyfriend]] and actual partner/Ryoma's other subordinate, [[{{Ninja}} Saizou]].]]