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[Lights and Waves]

Fang and Vanille, the Sailor Uranus and Neptune of JRPGs, one of the few good things to come out of Final Fantasy XIII.

Are they or aren't they, and why was/is Square so afraid to make it official?

 

[Kyari]

the closest thing to a gay character since Sephiroth[/IMG]

Uh .... what?

 

[Nesther]

Think it was pretty obvious that they are/were romantically involved.

 

[Frumix]

Better love story than Squall and Rinoa.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

God knows what kind of secret fiction Toriyama has on these two characters buried away on his computer... *shudder*

 

[derwalde]

You lost me at sephiroth.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

In Toriyama's FFXIII secret fan fiction stories? Of course.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Better love story than Squall and Rinoa.

Yes because then my list could be official.

 

[John Kowalski]

It is in my heart.

 

[johnsmith]

Don't they have the same family name? Aren't they sisters? Is this another Elsanna situation?

 

[mcz117chief]

I saw it as close friends, nothing more.

Don't they have the same family name? Aren't they sisters? Is this another Elsanna situation?

They have different, one is Dia (Vanille) and the other is Yun (Fang)

 

[Velkyn]

the closest thing to a gay character since Sephiroth

Spoiler

(Don't even try to dispute this one, you know it in your heart to be true)

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Huh?

 

[toastyToast]

I don't think they were ever clear about it. The incentive for them not confirming one way or the other is that everyone can be satisfied in the ambiguity

 

[BadWolf]

Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

Don't they have the same family name? Aren't they sisters? Is this another Elsanna situation?

They are just from the same town iirc.

 

[Samus4145]

You lost me at sephiroth.

I was lost at the Sailor Uranus and Neptune of Square Enix.

 

[KingBroly]

I think they were like...members of the same clan and basically saw each other as sisters.

But A LOT of people saw it as something else.

 

[Supermanisdead]

Don't they have the same family name? Aren't they sisters? Is this another Elsanna situation?

No they aren't. Oerba is the town they're from.

 

[Off-Kilter]

Way to derail your own thread from the very start.

The next 5 pages will be nothing about this absurd Sephiroth characterization

 

[Ivan Amiibo]

There is literally nothing in the game saying they were in a relationship. This would be a strange thing to hide and only weird fanthings would read this into it.

when they say "we stick together, you hear me" they don't mean their vaginas. it's a common saying among friends going through something.

 

[rhandino]

I think they were like...members of the same clan and basically saw each other as sisters.

But A LOT of people saw it as something else.

well, Fang was originally male so maybe they didn't bother to change the script =P

 

[sixteen-bit]

if it isn't, it sure is headcanon

 

[WrenchNinja]

Did Sephiroth show interest in anyone other than Jenova? Lolwut

 

[Lights and Waves]

I took out the Sephiroth bit from the OP before anyone else go their masculinity bruised. Now, back to the topic at hand.

 

[kurahador]

The game isn't written by tumblr or gaf, so no.

 

[BlueBadger]

I mean.. I just assumed they were. Sure it was never admitted outright, but it's very strongly implied, IMO. And

Spoiler

Fang gropes Vanille's boob (or vice versa) in one of the cutscenes

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when they say "we stick together, you hear me" they don't mean their vaginas.

I can't stop laughing at this for some reason

 

[Caffeine]

I thought they were step sisters

 

[Anko]

Seemed that way to me, both in English and in Japanese.

But I doubt SquEnix would ever confirm it.

 

[Big Chungus]

you need to work on your tags

 

[WrenchNinja]

I took out the Sephiroth bit from the OP before anyone else go their masculinity bruised. Now, back to the topic at hand.

what

 

[rhandino]

Did Sephiroth show interest in anyone other than Jenova? Lolwut

The sword is his penis... or something.

 

[Jpope]

I think Squeenix would of stated something implicitly that they were together. Squeenix have been pretty direct about relationships of characters in the past games. It just seems like fan headcanon.

 

[Chocolate & Vanilla]

Don't they have the same family name? Aren't they sisters? Is this another Elsanna situation?

Edit: bad memory, ignore.

 

[Stone Ocean]

I like to pretend Ragnarok Fang had a thorny dick, it makes the headcanon more interesting

 

[SoraanTribal]

It's probably not canon (at least officially), but I always saw them as being romantically involved.

 

[Riposte]

At this point, what's the difference between sisterly love and romantic love, as far as people being able to tell them apart? Can you make two non-familial characters share the former without people thinking it's the latter?

 

[KingBroly]

well, Fang was originally male so maybe they didn't bother to change the script =P

Part of me thinks Toriyama didn't realize it was changed until after the game came out, lol.

 

[Supermanisdead]

Dia was her clan, Oerba was the city. Fang's name is Oerba Yun Fang.

 

[rhandino]

Oerba Dia Vanille. Oerba was the village
and Dia is Latin/Greek for "of" in this context so Vanille of Oerba, Fang of Oerba.

Dia is the clan and Fang full name is Oerba Yun Fang...

 

[Regulus Tera]

How does anyone look at their story and not realise they are a couple?!

 

[Brave]

Sephiroth is gay..?

 

[Anko]

I think Squeenix would of stated something implicitly that they were together. Squeenix have been pretty direct about relationships of characters in the past games. It just seems like fan headcanon.

Really? They confirm same sex relationships all the time? Where have I been... Please point me to those games. I seriously need to know.

 

[SOLDIER]

I didn't play it but I recall reading that LR debunked this ship in a big way.

 

[Garlador]

Could go either way (heh). I honesty don't know. A part of me totally thinks so, while another part of me remembers that Frodo and Sam in Lord of the Rings were totally "just friends" as well....

 

[SoraanTribal]

I didn't play it but I recall reading that LR debunked this ship in a big way.

I played/beat LR and have no idea what you're referring to here. LR did nothing to really debunk this at all. Maybe the opposite even.

 

[Chocolate & Vanilla]

Dia is the clan and Fang full name is Oerba Yun Fang...

Could have sworn both were Dia. My bad.
My logic would be right if my memory wasn't so wrong

 

[BadWolf]

I played/beat LR and have no idea what you're referring to here. LR did nothing to really debunk this at all. Maybe the opposite even.

I need to play LR.

 

[Pro]

I never got anything other than they were really good friends. Not blood sisters but sisters in that sense. Like Sam and Frodo. I don't think there is anything suggestive of hugs and "sticking together no matter what". Holding hands in their crystal state etc...just very close friends.

Could go either way (heh). I honesty don't know. A part of me totally thinks so, while another part of me remembers that Frodo and Sam in Lord of the Rings were totally "just friends" as well....

Lol already mentioned.

 

[John Kowalski]

At this point, what's the difference between sisterly love and romantic love, as far as people being able to tell them apart? Can you make two non-familial characters share the former without people thinking it's the latter?

The difference is the lust in their eyes.

 

[Strangelove77]

Nah. Close enough though. Kinda like Frodo and Sam in LoTR.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

It's more of a big sister relationship tbh but amped up to be mega anime. Not enough touchy/feely type Yuri hints in there.

Lol'd at Sephiroth being gay though, the only thing he's gay for is himself.