History ShipToShipCombat / FireEmblem

** Chrom/Male Avatar fans can be pretty nasty about the Female Avatar, bashing her because her and Chrom's supports fall flat compared to the Male Avatar's. Or sometimes they'll insist Chrom/Male Avatar is the ''real'' canon and that Chrom's wife, whoever she is, is just TheBeard.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' isn't without its share of pairing-based wank, especially in regards to Eirika. The [[BodyguardCrush Seth/Eirika]] and [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Innes/Eirika]] factions love to accuse each other's boys of [[EntitledToHaveYou being sexist and possessive of Eirika]] and wanting her only to StayInTheKitchen, conveniently "overlooking" how [[DeclarationOfProtection protecting people]] [[KnightInShiningArmor is a very important part of Seth's WHOLE character]] and/or that Innes has his heart in the right place but his brain-to-mouth filter needs work. (Some Seth/Eirika fans are quite harsh towards Lyon as well, hating him for his weaknesses and flaws and declaring him "unfit" as a love interest for Eirika.) In the meantime: [[BadassBookworm Saleh]]/Eirika supporters tend to be nice but some are passive-aggressive about how their ship is the superior one due to Eirika showing [[HiddenDepths an interest in the spiritual]] in their supports, [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Lyon]]/Eirika fans are quite defensive since lotsa people use their interactions to bash Eirika [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass and call her "weak", "stupid", and "anti-feminist"]], and [[ChivalrousPervert Forde]]/Eirika fans... barely exist.

** And then there are those who ship Byleth with non-Lord characters, who [[ItsPopularNowItSucks get annoyed that Byleth/Lord pairings make up 99% of the shipping fanbase.]] Those who see Crimson Flower or Azure Moon as exclusively a love story between Byleth and Edelgard or Dimitri and those who enjoy those routes for reasons other than Byleth’s interactions with the main Lords are often seen butting heads.

** In both games, Clive and Mathilda are an OfficialCouple as long as both of them live. [[note]](If not, either Clive dies young while fighting pirates, or Mathilda replaces him as commander but never marries.)[[/note]] After the second came out, some parts of the fandom (namely, the HetIsEw parts of Website/{{Tumblr}} as well as fans [[TierInducedScrappy that project their hate for his somewhat poor performance in gameplay on the character]]) have begun to bash or ignore Clive to favor pairing up Mathilda with other women, especially Clair (Clive's sister) [[CrackShip and Sonya]].

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' isn't without its share of pairing-based wank, especially in regards to Eirika. The [[BodyguardCrush Seth/Eirika]] and [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Innes/Eirika]] factions love to accuse each other's boys of [[EntitledToHaveYou being sexist and possessive of Eirika]] and wanting her only to StayInTheKitchen, conveniently "overlooking" how [[DeclarationOfProtection protecting people]] [[KnightInShiningArmor is a very important part of Seth's WHOLE character]] and/or that Innes [[NotGoodWithPeople has his heart in the right place but his brain-to-mouth filter needs work]]. (Some Seth/Eirika fans are quite harsh towards Lyon as well, hating him for his weaknesses and flaws and declaring him "unfit" as a love interest for Eirika.) In the meantime: [[BadassBookworm Saleh]]/Eirika supporters tend to be nice but some are passive-aggressive about how their ship is the superior one due to Eirika showing [[HiddenDepths an interest in the spiritual]] in their supports, [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Lyon]]/Eirika fans are quite defensive since lotsa people use their interactions to bash Eirika [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass and call her "weak", "stupid", and "anti-feminist"]], and [[ChivalrousPervert Forde]]/Eirika fans... barely exist.

*** In the case of Female Avatar, her most popular same sex love interests are [[MysteriousWaif Azura]] and [[DarkMagicalGirl Rhajat]]. The former comes under scrutiny for the [[KissingCousins same reasons]] as its heterosexual counterpart. While the latter draws ire because the localization [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated Rahjat's creepy tendencies.]] Some Azura/Female Avatar shippers bash both the character and the ship, sometimes [[NeverLiveItDown ignoring almost anything else]] [[StepfordSnarker about]] [[NotGoodWithPeople her]] [[EmoTeen persona]], while also propagating the {{Jossed}} rumour that Azura was meant to be a GayOption but this was changed due to ExecutiveMeddling.

** A more comedic and memetic one is the clash of the Male Byleth/Edelgard and Male Byleth/Hilda ships due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUUNZ53aIxE certain very]] [[https://twitter.com/kinkymation/status/1220437098869809154 popular fanworks]] having a setup where Hilda aims to seduce Male Byleth via her GagBoobs, much to [[ACupAngst Edelgard's annoyance.]] The meme is propelled by the fact that Hilda ''cannot'' join Crimson Flower, giving Edelgard a good reason to oppose her.

* There have been more than a few terse words over who [[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Ike]] might possibly end up with, though it tends to be divided between people who ship [[HoYay Ike/Soren]], and those who deny that Ike could be anything other than 100% heterosexual. It's usually not TOO bad, unless someone happens to say that Ike shows [[ChasteHero zero romantic/sexual interest in women]] and that Ike/Soren is very strongly hinted canon. Then things can get ugly. Oddly enough, Ike/Ranulf gets a pass, probably because it's not nearly as popular and neither side has as much "evidence" for their case.
** As of now, the biggest fight leaves Ike/Soren aside and gets behind Ike/Elincia and Elincia/Geoffrey shippers. Some Ike/Elincia shippers are simply ''brutal'' to Geoffrey.

** The ''[=FE6=]'' discussion is insane. Rebecca is Wolt's canon mother, but the father has to be either Wil (Guy Next Door, NiceGuy), Lowen (fellow cook, NiceGuy too, saved Rebecca from bandits so she adores him ever since then), or Sain (ChivalrousPervert) -- and the kid ''resembles all three of them!'' [[note]](He has Wil's Archer class and hairstyle, Lowen's personality and hair color, and Sain's eyes/features.)[[/note]] Lyn is the prime core of the battles, due to her four romantic options (or five, if you're a Les Yay fan for Lyn/Florina): Kent (BodyguardCrush), Eliwood (the protagonist), Hector (the bickering they have every other chapter in Hector Mode, along with their conversations in 29x/31x and the Hector's story endgame if they have an A support, in addition to Lilina having both Lyn's frontal bangs and [[ThemeNaming the name "Lyn" in her name]], albeit with a different spelling), and Rath (due to the existence of Sue in ''[=FE6=]''). Hector is also madness, with three wives: Florina (ShrinkingViolet, really wants to thank him for saving her and might have a crush on him), Lyn (explained earlier), and Farina (Florina's middle sister, exclusive to Hector Mode, recruitable in chapter 25). Eliwood has three wives as well: Ninian (according to the Marcus/Lilina supports in ''[=FE6=]'', a few slight hints in ''[=FE7'=]''s main story, and him [[RescueRomance saving her]] at one point in Lyn's story), Lyn (STILL explained earlier), and Fiora (several lords of ''Fire Emblem'' can be paired with Pegasus Knights or have ShipTease with them, possible canon from the Marcus/Lilina supports in ''[=FE6=]'' since they involve her homeland Ilia).

** One of the fiercest wars is between the fans who ship Chrom with the Female Avatar and the fans who ship him with Sumia, the two characters being the possible love interests for Chrom that are {{Ship Tease}}d the most by the game. Chrom/F!Avatar fans criticize Sumia's clumsiness and insecurity and complain that her supports with Chrom revolve too much around her cooking for him and doing his laundry; Chrom/Sumia fans dismiss the Female Avatar as a flawless protagonist and accuse her fans of [[PossessionSue self-projection]], pointing to the extreme behavior of a small VocalMinority in the fandom as justification. Both camps feel that the opposing pairing is "[[StrangledByTheRedString forced]]" by the game due to things like Sumia's appearance in the opening FMV as Chrom's (implied) wife and her having one of the fastest love growths with Chrom, or the plot as a whole apparently favoring the Chrom/Female Avatar ship even if she's married to someone else.[[note]](i.e, Lucina automatically assumes that a Female Avatar who isn't her mother must be in love with Chrom.)[[/note]]

** One of the fiercest wars is between the fans who ship Chrom with the Female Avatar and the fans who ship him with Sumia, the two characters being the possible love interests for Chrom that are {{Ship Tease}}d the most by the game. Chrom/F!Avatar fans criticize Sumia's clumsiness and insecurity and complain that her supports with Chrom revolve too much around her cooking for him and doing his laundry; Chrom/Sumia fans dismiss the Female Avatar as a CanonSue and accuse her fans of [[PossessionSue self-projection]], pointing to the extreme behavior of a small VocalMinority in the fandom as justification. Both camps feel that the opposing pairing is "[[StrangledByTheRedString forced]]" by the game due to things like Sumia's appearance in the opening FMV as Chrom's (implied) wife and her having one of the fastest love growths with Chrom, or the plot as a whole apparently favoring the Chrom/Female Avatar ship even if she's married to someone else.[[note]](i.e, Lucina automatically assumes that a Female Avatar who isn't her mother must be in love with Chrom.)[[/note]]

*** That might be because the wank fuel goes to the [[BodyguardCrush Erk/Priscilla]] vs. [[BelligerentSexualTension Erk/Serra]] ship wars instead. Priscilla? Stupid, bland, idiotic PuritySue! Serra? Bitchy, mean, shallow JerkAss! You could go on for YEARS in regards to that one.

** It gets especially heated if you ship Eliwood/Fiora ''and'' Hector with either Florina or Farina, specifically because it makes trying to ship Roy/Lilina a case of KissingCousins, despite being possible to canonicaly pair Roy and Lilina with other charaters. Not that [[ValuesDissonance the Japanese fandom are as upset as the Western one]], but it certainly makes things more viable for those who want Roy and/or Lilina with a different prospective LoveInterest.

* There have been more than a few terse words over who [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Ike]] might possibly end up with, though it tends to be divided between people who ship [[HoYay Ike/Soren]], and those who deny that Ike could be anything other than 100% heterosexual. It's usually not TOO bad, unless someone happens to say that Ike shows [[ChasteHero zero romantic/sexual interest in women]] and that Ike/Soren is very strongly hinted canon. Then things can get ugly. Oddly enough, Ike/Ranulf gets a pass, probably because it's not nearly as popular and neither side has as much "evidence" for their case.

* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' marks the return of the Lover/Inheritance System from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Genealogy]]''... and the cannons immediately started firing. Tip: Don't mention "Nowi", "Tharja", "Olivia", "Cordelia", or "Sumia" in regards to pairings — unless you want to have your brain melted... violently. (Furthermore, don't mention Sumia's daughter Cynthia, [[spoiler:The Avatar]]'s child Morgan, or [[spoiler:Chrom]]'s daughter Lucina in any given situation.)

** The most intense fights tend to be between Byleth/Edelgard and Byleth/Dimitri shippers. Both sides accuse each other of being fascists and religious fanatics respectively over each other's ships. And since Edelgard/Byleth's lesbian incarnation is much, ''much'' more popular than its heterosexual counterpart, expect the most rabid portion of Black Eagle fans to accuse those who don't ship it of being misogynist homophobes, and the most rabid portion of Blue Lion fans to accuse those who ''[[MortonsFork do]]'' ship it of being [[StrawFeminist Straw Feminists.]]

** Chrom/Male Avatar fans can be pretty nasty about the female Avatar, bashing her because her and Chrom's supports fall flat compared to the male Avatar's. Or sometimes they'll insist Chrom/Male Avatar is the ''real'' canon and that Chrom's wife, whoever she is, is just TheBeard.

*** Interestingly, there hasn't been that much interaction between Male Byleth and Edelgard vs. Female Byleth and Edelgard shippers, although this is most likely due to the former being a much less active part of the general Byleth/Edelgard fandom. This causes them to get [[BeneathNotice overlooked by most of the shipping community]], though the large number of comments expressing positive surprise towards het Byleth/Edelgard works indiciates there might be larger demand for this ship, outweighed by the lack of supply provided by artists and fic writers. However, on the occasions when the two sides do clash with one another, it usually results in the homophobe and StrawFeminist accusations, similar the above mentioned Byleth/Edelgard and Byleth/Dimitri arguments.