Plus, Sorey and Mikleo are both male, so clearly we must apply a higher standard as to what would make them a canon romantic relationship (/sarcasm in case it needs to be said.
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Plus, no offense to your friend, but her opinion reeks of heteronormativity - a guy is a nice to a girl, therefore they must be in love. With that said, though, her notion that “Sorey was nice to Alisha therefore it’s canon” falls under an equally similar level of “reliable sources” and so it’s not really like her opinion is that much more reliable either. In the grand scheme of “reliable sources” as teachers and professors would tell you in school, Tumblr would probably count as an “anecdotal or opinion” source at best, which would actually rate it below sources such as wikipedia for credibility. To be fair to your friend, Tumblr isn’t a reliable source. The only reason she teases Mikleo more is because Sorey’s too straightforward and genuine to rise to her teasing, while Mikleo gives her the reactions she finds so entertaining, so, of course, she keeps teasing him for her personal amusement … just like any annoying sibling would, lol. So I see all the teasing and bickering as more of just how she is (in a lot of ways, she’s even less straightforward about how she feels than he is, lol) but when it all comes down to it, she cares - just in her own way, and definitely as a little brother.Īlso doesn’t help that the better I get to know Eizen, the more he has his moments where I’m like, “Man, that’s so Sorey and Mikleo” (especially when he’s being all excited over the treasure and stuff you find in Expeditions), so I can’t help but think she sees both Sorey and Mikleo in that light and taken them both under her wing as little brothers. There’s one early-ish game skit I remember where she catches him working on his artes late at night (I think you can get it right around when you meet Sergei the first time, so right after Tintagel Ruins), and instead of teasing or picking on him, she gives him genuine advice on what he could do to get stronger. But I do see them as having more of a Vitriolic Best Buds/annoying siblings kind of relationship, especially as you go further in the game. Personally … I don’t get Mikleo and Edna as a romantic ship - for one thing Mikleo’s Top 3 Priorities is Sorey, Sorey, and, uh, Sorey. Soymilkheaven answers an ask floofypinkmagilou On the other hand Sorey/Mikleo is the one making all the waves (ha ha, sorry, I need to get my terrible Lailah puns into this blog somehow) because Word of God actually backed the “Sorey’s not interested in girls” lines we get in Zestiria, not to mention Sorey never shows any romantic interest in any of the female characters in the game. So while we’ve had a few characters pop up here and there, Jude and Milla didn’t make a splash (partly because at the end of the day, on the surface, Jude/Milla appears to be a male/female Official Couple). There is also Dist the Reaper in Tales of the Abyss (which is actually an older title than Xillia), who can be read as bisexual or gay (especially with his mannerisms and possible crush on Nebilim, a female character), but I don’t believe he’s ever been confirmed by Word of God either - plus, there’s also the part where he’s a villain for Abyss. No Hugging, No Kissing is still in effect (like it is for pretty much every Official Couple), but they do get multiple romantically coded scenes throughout both games. And yes, Jude/Milla is actually the Official Couple for Xillia, and they’re also one of the more romantically written ones too (for a Tales game, anyway). That said, there hasn’t been any Word of God backing on either of them, but if you ask me, there’s plenty there as it is. Jude has a line or two in Xillia that suggests he might be bisexual, and Milla outright says that “human definitions of gender don’t apply to ” in a scene, since she is a Summoned Spirit, which would make her non-binary. Vesperia, in my opinion, is one of those games where the party comes together to form a tight knit group/found family, but there’s no actual romance involved.Īs for LGBTQ+ in Tales, I believe that would actually go to Xillia’s Jude Mathis and Milla Maxwell. There’s a good bit of baiting between them (in terms of their relationship) but they’re far from canon in my opinion. Yuri would be from Tales of Vesperia, and the usual Fan Preferred Couple for him is with Flynn.