Ship Tease/Video Games: Difference between revisions

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** Yuri and Flynn are also close, close friends. [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Close]], [[Ho Yay|close]]..."[[Yaoi Guys|friends]]."

** There's even a skit where Judith asks everyone about their ideal romantic partner -- Estelle starts waxing lyrical about romance novels, Karol describes someone who sounds suspiciously like Nan, and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|everyone else just says they want someone who isn't like Raven.]]

* ''[[Tales of Graces (Video Game)|Tales of Graces]]'' has Asbel and Sophie. Seven years before the game's events, they start by vowing to protect each other. Then after they reunite seven years later, there is a scene that has Asbel kneeling in front of Sophie, letting out his regrets for his failing her. Then, after Sophie regained her memories they <s> have a date</s> have a little chit-chat at the place where they first met. And remember the 125th entry of [[The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches]], "If any character in the game ever meets any other character standing alone at night looking at the moon, those two will eventually fall in love"? Despite this, Asbel still ends up with Cheria, his childhood friend. this is justified because {{spoiler|Sophie is not human.}} [[Fan Preferred Couple|Doesn't stop the shippers, though.]]

* ''[[Tales of Graces (Video Game)|Tales of Graces]]'' has Asbel and Sophie. Seven years before the game's events, they start by vowing to protect each other. Then after they reunite seven years later, there is a scene that has Asbel kneeling in front of Sophie, letting out his regrets for his failing her. Then, after Sophie regained her memories they <s> have a date</s> have a little chit-chat at the place where they first met. And remember the 125th entry of [[The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches]], "If any character in the game ever meets any other character standing alone at night looking at the moon, those two will eventually fall in love"? Despite this, Asbel still ends up with Cheria, his childhood friend. this is justified because {{spoiler|Sophie is not human.}} [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Doesn't stop the shippers, though.]]

* Up to ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', most people think that {{spoiler|[[Super Robot Wars Advance|Axel Almer and Lamia Loveless]]}} could never get along, as almost every appearance they have, they're usually enemies/rivals. The sequel ''Original Generation Gaiden'' gives them a chance to fight under one banner, and gives them a subplot that might have linked them together romantically, where the latter feels indebted to the former for saving her life. The end of the story also adds {{spoiler|Axel}}, in attempt to find his own paradise (on {{spoiler|Lamia's}} suggestion), promises to tell her first if he ever finds one. Awww...!

** The game also adds up the teasing about pairing him and {{spoiler|[[Super Robot Wars Compact 2|Einst Alfimi]]}}. There has been a lot of older men/little girl fan pairings in SRW, and both of them traveling together in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' all the time attracted the attention of [[Lolicon]] fans, viewing them as a pair (it helps that {{spoiler|Alfimi}} just happens to be {{spoiler|a clone of [[Super Robot Wars Compact 2|Excellen Browning]], the [[Alternate Universe]] counterpart of Axel's deceased lover Lemon Browning, who also happened to have built Lamia}}). It's also supported with the way she states before their departure: "I may be the only one who understands him". Fortunately all these haven't produced some sort of [[Die for Our Ship]] phenomenons for either girl.

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** One ending of the third game has Etna and Flonne [[OT 3|both wanting to pretend to be the mother of his baby]].

* In ''[[War Craft]]'', the strong alliance between Thrall and Jaina Proudmoore has raised some... interesting stuff going on between those two. The White Gnomeregan Punch Card also contains "Thrall and Jaina sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G." (in binary, but still), and Jaina happens to resemble Thrall's {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister|Dead Surrogate Big Sister]] Taretha from ''[[Lord of the Clans]]''}}. ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' even gives them nearly identical character models.

** As of ''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm''. Thrall has met a nice lady named Aggra, and [[Word of God|Chris Metzen confirmed them to be mates at Blizzcon]]. (Chris Metzen '''despised''' the [[Fan Preferred Couple|incredibly popular Thrall/Jaina ship]] and seemingly invented Aggra just for the purpose of [[Ship Sinking|making Thrall committed]] and has even gone on to say "Thrall/Jaina will never happen. EVER!")

** As of ''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm''. Thrall has met a nice lady named Aggra, and [[Word of God|Chris Metzen confirmed them to be mates at Blizzcon]]. (Chris Metzen '''despised''' the [[Fan-Preferred Couple|incredibly popular Thrall/Jaina ship]] and seemingly invented Aggra just for the purpose of [[Ship Sinking|making Thrall committed]] and has even gone on to say "Thrall/Jaina will never happen. EVER!")

** [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Varian]] [[The Brigadier|Wrynn]] and [[The Heart|Jaina]] [[Technical Pacifist|Proudmoore]] get a bit too, particularly in Icecrown Citadel after his [[Pet the Dog]] moment toward Saurfang the Elder.

{{quote| '''Jaina''': [sobs]<br />

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** The most famous and cited instance of teasing occurs when {{spoiler|[[Ho Yay|Sora held Riku's hand]] (who at the time took the form of an older man due to events in the [[Prequel|Prequels]]), kneeled before him, and began crying.}} In context though it's [[Not What It Looks Like]].

** There's the numerous scenes between [[Official Couple|Kairi and Sora]]. At one point Sora imagines himself dancing with her, and towards the end they share a heartfelt hug.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' did its share of Ship Teasing. Between the little come-back-safely speech Ilia gives to Link (complete with appropriate music swelling in the background), the hand-holding scene between Link and Zelda before the final battle, and the heartstring-tugging farewell by {{spoiler|Midna}} in which she almost says something emotional to Link, the shippers had a field day...especially considering that Link's a [[Heroic Mime]] with no dialogue to offer clues.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' did its share of Ship Teasing. Between the little come-back-safely speech Ilia gives to Link (complete with appropriate music swelling in the background), the hand-holding scene between Link and Zelda before the final battle, and the heartstring-tugging farewell by {{spoiler|Midna}} in which she almost says something emotional to Link, the shippers had a field day...especially considering that Link's a [[Heroic Mime]] with no dialogue to offer clues.

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'' is dripping with this for Link and Zelda.

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' also seems to be heading in the Link/Zelda direction, to the point of ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR6tYh4IL9w an official trailer]'' detailing their romantic chemistry. They even somewhat trick shippers into thinking a kiss is a part of a ceremony.

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' was the game that first got the shippers into a frenzy:

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' was the game that first got the shippers into a frenzy:

*** Nabooru's "Promise" to Young Link, which gets a sight less ambiguous when she muses that she should have kept it in light of how handsome he grew up to be.

*** Talon asking Link if he wants to marry Malon and the Gossip Stone which says she wishes for a knight in shining armor to sweep her off her feet.

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** In [[Mass Effect 3]], James Vega flirts with a female Shepard, but it never goes further than that.

** Tali gets flustered around a female Shepard, but she is only a romance option for male Shepard.

* It's a matter of cut content rather than [[Ship Tease]], but the fact the sheer amount of interaction with [[Token Evil Teammate|Bishop]] and [[Fan Preferred Couple|Neeshka]] in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' that never goes anywhere is infuriating...Neeshka's [[Relationship Values|influence goes down]] whenever you [[Clingy Jealous Girl|agree with another girl]] for instance.

* It's a matter of cut content rather than [[Ship Tease]], but the fact the sheer amount of interaction with [[Token Evil Teammate|Bishop]] and [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Neeshka]] in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' that never goes anywhere is infuriating...Neeshka's [[Relationship Values|influence goes down]] whenever you [[Clingy Jealous Girl|agree with another girl]] for instance.

** Some dialogue with Kaelyn in Mask of the Betrayer could potentially be interpreted as this, but not blatantly.

* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'', if a male player character tells Mira that they just want to get to know her better, her immediate assumption is that he wants to get her into bed. Her immediate refusal ruins it, though.

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'''Ashe: {{spoiler|'''[[Say My Name|BALTHIER!!!!]]}} }}

** Ashe and Basch is also plausible. In the ending, Penelo writes to Larsa, and she tells him how she hopes Basch will see Ashe because she thinks Ashe misses him (which Basch reads after Larsa hands him the letter).

* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy]]'', a series of scenes involves [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Firion]] trying to approach [[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Lightning]] to talk to her, only for a string of [[Moment Killer|Moment Killers]] to scare him off. It turns out he lost his rose and she found it, and he's trying to ask for it back but is embarrassed about the [[Hot Blooded]] rebel having to ask the resident [[Action Girl]] for his flower (in his exact words, "a grown man asking for his flower back..."). However, the subtext is very thin, and is complete with [[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Cecil]] appointing himself Firion's wingman.

* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy]]'', a series of scenes involves [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Firion]] trying to approach [[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Lightning]] to talk to her, only for a string of [[Moment Killer|Moment Killers]] to scare him off. It turns out he lost his rose and she found it, and he's trying to ask for it back but is embarrassed about the [[Hot-Blooded]] rebel having to ask the resident [[Action Girl]] for his flower (in his exact words, "a grown man asking for his flower back..."). However, the subtext is very thin, and is complete with [[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Cecil]] appointing himself Firion's wingman.

{{quote| '''Cecil:''' "You were staring at Light. Is it about her?"<br />

'''Firion:''' "No, not exactly. I..."<br />