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* Character B already has a love interest who is \\\"less significant\\\"

Fifth, please don\\\'t spoil the endings for me. I haven\\\'t finished the game. And please don\\\'t get so worked up over this. I\\\'m not trying to push a shipping agenda, here, I\\\'m trying to make sure tropes that fit get documented.

EDIT: To address the things you edited in: I can\\\'t think of any pairing in the original that you would normally expect to develop a romantic relationship. So, no, I don\\\'t think any of the original cast would fit this trope.

As to why I would expect Noel to be the love interest: He\\\'s a male lead in an RPG paired with a female the same age. He\\\'s protecting her, they\\\'re bonding, they\\\'re saving each other\\\'s lives. Given the conventions of the genre, one would normally expect them to become involved. Heck, see RescueRomance, TheDulcineaEffect, MysticalWaif, etc. for examples of where this happens. The audience expects it, because in an RPG, a male character saving an attractive female character = romance. I\\\'m not saying it\\\'s right, just that it\\\'s a very common trope and thus an audience expectation.

# Character B already has a love interest who is \\\"less significant\\\"

Fifth, please don\\\'t spoil the endings for me. I haven\\\'t finished the game. And please don\\\'t get so worked up over this. I\\\'m not trying to push a shipping agenda, here, I\\\'m trying to make sure tropes that fit get documented.

EDIT: To address the things you edited in: I can\\\'t think of any pairing in the original that you would normally expect to develop a romantic relationship. So, no, I don\\\'t think any of the original cast would fit this trope.

As to why I would expect Noel to be the love interest: He\\\'s a male lead in an RPG paired with a female the same age. He\\\'s protecting her, they\\\'re bonding, they\\\'re saving each other\\\'s lives. Given the conventions of the genre, one would normally expect them to become involved. Heck, see RescueRomance, TheDulcineaEffect, MysticalWaif, etc. for examples of where this happens. The audience expects it, because in an RPG, a male character saving an attractive female character = romance. I\\\'m not saying it\\\'s right, just that it\\\'s a very common trope and thus an audience expectation.

# Character B already has a love interest who is \\\"less significant\\\"

Fifth, please don\\\'t spoil the endings for me. I haven\\\'t finished the game. And please don\\\'t get so worked up over this. I\\\'m not trying to push a shipping agenda, here, I\\\'m trying to make sure tropes that fit get documented.

EDIT: To address the things you edited in: I can\\\'t think of any pairing in the original that you would normally expect them to develop a romantic relationship. So, no, I don\\\'t think any of the original cast would fit this trope.

As to why I would expect Noel to be the love interest: He\\\'s a male lead in an RPG paired with a female the same age. He\\\'s protecting her, they\\\'re bonding, they\\\'re saving each other\\\'s lives. Given the conventions of the genre, one would normally expect them to become involved. Heck, see RescueRomance, TheDulcineaEffect, MysticalWaif, etc. for examples of where this happens. The audience expects it, because in an RPG, a male character saving an attractive female character = romance. I\\\'m not saying it\\\'s right, just that it\\\'s a very common trope and thus an audience expectation.

* Character A is NOT a love interest to Character B