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* Thrawn himself might as well be [[Asexual]], but quite a few characters clearly don't feel that way about him.

* [[The Thrawn Trilogy|Thrawn and Pellaeon]]. In the ''Thrawn Trilogy'', Pellaeon was watching and trying to [[Commander Contrarian|second-guess]] the various things Thrawn did. A little [[Ho Yay]] there, but not much, considering. Maybe the most notable incident was the one where Thrawn [[Pragmatic Villainy|pragmatically]] subverted [[You Have Failed Me]] in ''The Last Command'', and Pellaeon realized that everyone on that bridge - including him - would die for the Grand Admiral. He also blushes when Thrawn compliments him and gets a shiver up his spine when Thrawn smiles.

* [[The Thrawn Trilogy|Thrawn and Pellaeon]]. In the ''Thrawn Trilogy'', Pellaeon was watching and trying to [[Commander Contrarian|second-guess]] the various things Thrawn did. A little [[Ho Yay]] there, but not much, considering. Maybe the most notable incident was the one where Thrawn [[Pragmatic Villainy|pragmatically]] subverted [[You Have Failed Me...]] in ''The Last Command'', and Pellaeon realized that everyone on that bridge - including him - would die for the Grand Admiral. He also blushes when Thrawn compliments him and gets a shiver up his spine when Thrawn smiles.

* [[Timothy Zahn]] also wrote the [[Hand of Thrawn]] Duology. Pellaeon, who at that point in time is the Supreme Commander and basically the head of the Imperial forces, violently denied the rumors of Thrawn's return - "''I watched him die!''" - actually losing his temper, which is a big deal for [[The Stoic|Pellaeon]]. After calming down he told his second in command that he'd been with Thrawn for just over a year, and was his senior fleet officer, his student... perhaps even his confidant. Thrawn had not picked him at random; very little that he did was random. But if he ''had'' returned, and he hadn't come back to Pellaeon...

{{quote|'''Pellaeon''': "Then he's chosen someone else," Pellaeon finished, the words a sharp ache in his heart. "And there can be only a very few reasons why he would do that."

'''Second''': * firmly* "It can't be position. You ''are'' Supreme Commander, after all. And it certainly can't be competence. What's left?"

'''Pellaeon''': "Vision, perhaps." [Pellaeon is trying to negotiate a [[Peace Conference|peace treaty]] with the New Republic, which Thrawn might or might not have approved of. But why not just tell him to call it off? Is this where Thrawn wants him, about to talk to the New Republic?] * pained* "Or else simply out of his way. Where I can't interfere with whatever he's planning."

'''Second''': * lengthy pause, uncertain voice* "I don't believe he would do that to you, sir. Not after all you went through together."

'''Pellaeon''': "You don't believe that any more than I do." * Quietly* Thrawn wasn't human, you know, no matter how human he might have looked. He was an alien, with alien thoughts and purposes and agendas. [[Am I Just a Toy to You?|Perhaps I was never more to him than just one more tool he could use in reaching his goal.]]"

'''Second''': * hesitates, reaches out and touches Pellaeon's arm* "It's been a long road, sir. Long and hard and discouraging. For all of us, but mostly for you. If there's anything I can do..." }}

* Then there's ''[[Outbound Flight]]'', set before the Clone Wars and featuring a much younger Thrawn and three Corellian traders he's hosting as captives/guests. One flatly dislikes him and tends to be ignored. One idolizes him from almost the moment she meets him. One is the viewpoint character. Thrawn likes the viewpoint character; he's curious, observes everything, is generally pleased and amused by this curiosity and quick learning and the fact that the viewpoint character can be nudged into [[Sherlock Scan|picking up on some of the things Thrawn picks up on]]. Okay, that's not a lot, considering, but there's this exchange.

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'''Car'das''': * blushes* }}

** The viewpoint character also notices that the idolizing character is giving Thrawn the kind of look "a language student shouldn't be giving her teacher. An unpleasant sensation began to drift into his gut. She couldn't actually be falling for Thrawn, could she? Surely she wouldn't let herself be drawn in by his intelligence and courtesy and sophistication."

** In ''[[Star Wars/Choices of One|Choices of One]]'', Thrawn and Car'das are ''always'' together, except in one of the final scenes (or when Thrawn is only a voice in a commlink). Car'das once asks Thrawn why he chose Car'das, who thinks of himself as a failure, for this duty. In a moment of surprising vulnerability, Thrawn tells him "You're the only one I can trust", which shocks and touches Car'das.

* ''Command Decision'', a short story Zahn wrote for the Star Wars Adventure Journal, has a brief section where Parck, the captain who brought Thrawn back from the Unknown Regions and is going into "exile" with him is the viewpoint character. As part of an [[Obfuscating Stupidity|Obfuscating Weakness ploy]], Thrawn sent Parck and some troopers out unarmed to be captured, and Parck's faith in his admiral is absolute. And rewarded, since like in every similar situation, the enemy is doing exactly as Thrawn planned, and Parck is either informed of these plans beforehand or is savvy enough to pick up on his own that everything is falling into place.

{{quote|Parck nodded, a warm glow of satisfaction filling him. Satisfaction, and the usual admiration for his commander.}}

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** The climactic battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan has the narration lamenting that the two are closer than brothers, closer than lovers, two halves of the same warrior. Obi-Wan has to let go of his love for Anakin to beat him.

** The moments are collected [http://community.livejournal.com/starwars_slash/6098.html here], and there are many.

** Karen Miller's tie-in novels to the [[Star Wars]]:[[Clone Wars]] series take the Anakin/Obi-Wan [[Ho Yay]] [[Up to Eleven]] as well as throw in a little [[Obi Wan/Bail Organa|Bail Organa]]. [[Crack Pairing|No, seriously.]] [[Wild Space]] alone involves [[Obi Wan]] holding a crying Anakin, [[Obi Wan]] tenderly touching Anakin's face after a sparring match, looking his shirtless former padawan "up and down," Anakin cradling a wounded [[Obi Wan]] and wanting to hold his hand, and Bail and [[Obi Wan]] comforting eachother as they nearly die in eachother's arms.

** Also, in the first chapter, both Obi-Wan and Padme try to visit a wounded Anakin in the Temple Infirmary, causing the healer to remark that that he is "just as bad as her." In regards to the other, both Obi-Wan and Padme think to themselves the equivalent of "I love Anakin more than you ever could" at separate points in the book.

* In ''[[New Jedi Order|Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand]]'', Face Loran of Wraith Squadron is working undercover with Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade, wearing a mask that makes him look like one of the Vong. As he's about to go scout a potentially dangerous bridge, he asks Mara for a kiss for luck, prompting her to remark that she doesn't know whether to mark that down as 'exceptionally daring' or 'exceptionally stupid'. Undaunted, Face turns to Luke.

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