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A [[Relationship Reveal]] is often another way to out an ambiguously homosexual character. Contrast [[Suddenly Sexuality]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'': [[Word of God]] says that Sweden is gay.
** Might be more of [[Single Target Sexuality]], as Himaruya said "he's gay for Finland".
*** It could even be said that he ''acts'' gay around Finland, either being a [[Straight Gay]] or [[If
* The ''[[Mai-HiME (Anime)|Mai-HiME]]'' [[All There in the Manual|artbooks]] canonize one relationship that was somewhat ambiguous in-series: Shizuru and Natsuki find happiness together at some point after Shizuru's graduation at the end.
{{quote| "Ultimately when the Battle had concluded, Natsuki again spoke affectionately to Shizuru who was graduating. Before one is aware, happiness will visit these two..."}}
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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* In the extensive [[Alternate Universe Fic]] series ''[[Roommates 2009 (Webcomic)|Roommates]]'', Bowser Koopa, Jr.'s nerdy brother Iggy Koopa is known to have a girlfriend, but also seems remarkably comfortable with gay topics (even where [[Rule
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** Robert Hewitt Wolfe has [http://www.exisle.net/mb/index.php?showtopic=38718&st=160&p=857040&#entry857040 stated] that he wrote Garak to be attracted to Bashir, but Bashir [[Oblivious to Love|never realized this]].
** Earlier, some of the show creators had said they originally intended to make Geordi gay on Next Generation, but backed down from it. This may explain why he consistently had little luck with women; some of the earlier [[Expanded Universe]] novels are also dripping with [[Ho Yay]]. (In ''A Call to Darkness'', when Geordi is ordered off duty to relax, he heads to the holodeck and activates his program of Ancient Greece, and spends a lot of time walking around holding Homer's hand and talking in rather intimate fashion.)
** Dominic Keating said about [[Star Trek Enterprise|Malcolm Reed]]: "God knows I played him gay!" No one's quite sure [[Sarcastic Confession|whether or not he's joking]]. However, Malcolm is easily the most-slashed character of the series in fandom. According to an interview, apparently B&B called him up and said "by the way...we're going to make your character bisexual." According to Keating himself, he thought it over, then went "Fuckit, I've played gays before" (And how!) and went for it. Executive backpedaling ensued, and they claimed it was "a joke" (Hence the excruciating "[[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|I'm straight, totally straight, totally not at all gay]]!" episode "Shuttlepod One". He's also claimed that when playing Evil Malcolm in "Through a Mirror Darkly": "I just made him gayer and evil."
* And speaking of ''[[Star Trek]]'', when Gene Roddenberry (creator of [[Star Trek TOS]]) was asked about the [[Ho Yay]] between Kirk and Spock, he admitted "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk/Spock there is certainly some of that]." [ And then there's the infamous, "We certainly believe the affection was sufficient for [a physical relationship], if that were the particular style of the 23rd century," which most slashers are convinced settles the matter altogether. There's also an [http://www.alternateuniverses.com/judygran/footnote.txt analysis] of the infamous footnote in the novelization of the first movie that suggests that you could in fact go either way on this.
** In an inversion, [[George Takei]] (who is gay) specifically said that Hikaru Sulu is ''not'', in response to many fans who assumed that because Takei was, that necessarily his character was also. Sulu also canonically has a wife and daughter, though the former has never been introduced.
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* Venom from ''[[Guilty Gear (Video Game)|Guilty Gear]]'' is officially declared as so--in a drama CD, not in the games. The games' story modes heavily imply his devotion for Zato is actual love, but never say it outright.
** Though his response to being jabbed in the backside by one of Faust's attacks (which elicits a different response from each character) is "Only HE can do that!"
* Dr. Fetus, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Meat Boy (Video Game)|Super Meat Boy]]'', has been stated to be homosexual via Twitter, but is ''INCREDIBLY'' deep in the closet, hence [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|why he acts as hornily as a Middle Schooler]] on [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|his own Twitter account]].
* The creator of ''[[Persona 2]]'' admitted that his preferred pairing for the game was Tatsuya and Jun, and it had been his intention, had he had sole control of the script, that would have been the canon pairing from the get go.
* ''[[Grand Chase]]'''s Ronan and Lass, while still ambiguously hinted, are apparently seeing more and more canon because of '[[Word of God]]' sending out an art piece depicting them in a questionably innocent yet highly slashable position.
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** While we're on Disney shows, Nathan Lane, the voice of [[The Lion King|Timon]] once referred to Timon and Pumbaa as "Disney's first gay couple."
* Paul Dini has gone on record that Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, within the [[DCAU]], have a same-sex relationship going on (presumably when the Joker isn't around). This was never part of the animated series itself (as it aired in a kids' time slot), but it was hinted at when they did the [[Sexy Shirt Switch]] thing when not out committing crimes. There was [http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee357/Pichu_Chu/lesbiansbl1.png more hinting in a comic book] set in the same [[The Verse|Verse]]. The sheer amount of subtext hinting to this crossed the line in the comic and became just plain text.
** Richie from the animated version of ''[[Static Shock]]'' was based partially on the gay character Rick Stone from the comics. When asked, [[Dwayne McDuffie]] said that the two are separate characters, but both gay. And no, Virgil doesn't know yet. Apparently Richie's [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|over the top flirting]] was meant to be a clue, but the timeslot didn't allow for [[Coming Out Story|that particular character arc]].
* [[Seth Macfarlane]] finally said this regarding Stewie in ''[[Family Guy]]''. Not that there wasn't a lot of [[Ambiguously Gay|blatant hinting before hand.]] They were going to do an episode where an [[Coming Out Story|out teenage Stewie uses a time-machine to team up with baby Stewie in order to keep Leviticus being written]], but decided it'd be funnier to keep him confused.
** Though in the most recent episode he still fell in love with a girl. Take that as you will Stewie is probably bi.
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