Well, it IS Final Fantasy; they've got a standard to uphold.
Balthier's colorful jewerly amuses me way more than it should (if you turn the camera just right, you can see lotsa bracelets inside his sleeves, even).
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It specifically was Baasch and the blond kid at the beginning, followed by him and Reks and then Reks going "...Vaan....!" that killed me dead. Other than that, not a lot of gay, just that HUGE AMOUNT ALL AT ONCE.
I dunno; there's lots of gay in the opening half hour or so but the game is really het.
...actually, the game is really devoid of romantic romance which is to say that in five years Larsa is going to form a harem of Vaan and Penelo, and that we all know that Balthier is knocking boots with everyone Fran, but really they have a Best Friends Forever thing going as much as they do a lovers thing.
...But Basch totally regrets not meeting Reks earlier and tapping that, you can tell.
Yeah, actually, there have been maybe two genuinely believable pairings I've run across so far that didn't START with one half dead (Ashe/Rasler is quite appealing, but, well, dead before gameplay starts). Everything else thus far is really just speculation about 'hay maybe after the game is over, if they're both still alive and neither has betrayed the other or anything'. Larsa/Penelo for the win, though.
And yes, the vibe I get from Balthier and Fran is 'totally committed to each other in a mostly non-romantic way, probably sleep together, probably sleep with anyone else they fancy, possibly share (at the same time or not)'.
Larsa/Penelo makes me indescribably happy, but Penelo is obviously about Vaan, which is why a harem makes perfect sense. I remember, actually, remarking to someone that Penelo was going to marry Larsa someday on the basis of her scene with him, and that feeling has not since changed. It's just that Vaan may be their concubine.
Well, I suppose I can't ARGUE with Vaan being part of Larsa's/their harem. Because Penelo indeed has a huge honking crush on Vaan, which is probably the only thing saving her from swooning over Balthier. (Most of the party probably only has one thing saving them from swooning over Balthier, but they are all very effective things.) It's just that Vaan is dumb, and apparently has not discovered girls yet (he doesn't seem to have discovered boys either).
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Balthier's colorful jewerly amuses me way more than it should (if you turn the camera just right, you can see lotsa bracelets inside his sleeves, even).
::curious which part specifically inspired this comment::
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It specifically was Baasch and the blond kid at the beginning, followed by him and Reks and then Reks going "...Vaan....!" that killed me dead. Other than that, not a lot of gay, just that HUGE AMOUNT ALL AT ONCE.
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...actually, the game is really devoid of romantic romance which is to say that in five years Larsa is going to form a harem of Vaan and Penelo, and that we all know that Balthier is knocking boots with everyone Fran, but really they have a Best Friends Forever thing going as much as they do a lovers thing.
...But Basch totally regrets not meeting Reks earlier and tapping that, you can tell.
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And yes, the vibe I get from Balthier and Fran is 'totally committed to each other in a mostly non-romantic way, probably sleep together, probably sleep with anyone else they fancy, possibly share (at the same time or not)'.
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But remember, Fran never gets tied up.
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I wanna cuddle Reks. XD And Vaan.
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