No love for V-day.

[Ashkendor]

This isn't interracial.

They're both elves.

So an irl relationship between a white person and a black person isn't interracial because they're both human?

[Almalexia]

So an irl relationship between a white person and a black person isn't interracial because they're both human?

Let me answer your question with another question:

Would the distinction between "black person" and "white person" still exist if we lived in a world where elves/catpeople/Martians were commonplace?

[Eye_Gore]

in a world where elves/catpeople/Martians were commonplace?

Sounds like a Friday night around these parts.

[KodiHivaer]

Let me answer your question with another question:

Would the distinction between "black person" and "white person" still exist if we lived in a world where elves/catpeople/Martians were commonplace?

Yes, because there are Duskwights (darkskinned) and Wildwoods (lightskin), Dunesfolk and plainsfolk, Seeker of the sun and seeker of the moon, etc.
Just because it might not be the common black and white doesn't mean that there isn't a form of discrimination/stereotyping, there's still a distinction via name, skin color,class,creed and they judge each other based on clans.

Just replace black and white <someotherracehere> with the races/clans in this game and you'll get the same thing under different cultural/worldly standards/

[Kiroh]

Actually it has improved somewhat this year. Last year the heart fireworks were gender specific and locked, meaning even players could only enjoy if they were M/F. This year all players got both pieces of the heart as options and M/M and F/F players can show off their love with heart shaped emotes too!

[Lycelle]

[Parodine]

The Wanderer's Palace HM unlock couple was a gay couple. Interracial at that. And the dialogue that was included, at least in English, was super tasteful and supportive. 'Dealing with hate for too long' etc. It made some nice parallels to real life and was one of the nicer things they've done to show support.

[Marquiss]

Western players are so needy and easily offended, jeez.

[Zaft]

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Am I disappointed there wasn't at least one same-sex couple who required help during the quest? Yes, very. Especially so after they allowed for same-sex marriage as well as gave that one same-sex couple for the WP HM questline. Am I fine with how the quest was regardless? Yes. It was cute, and far more likable than last year's. Even with the lack of outfits this year, I believe the questline was done well and sweet.

However, I would have liked it more if they just kept up their good record of starting to include more than just heterosexual characters and couples within the world. Especially on an event which is meant to be a celebration of love, it would have been nice to see a same-sex couple included for at least one of the city-states. People here may wanna whine and moan about how "de gayz r takin over evrything", but representation is extremely important for people. I assume a vast majority of the people in this thread are heterosexual, which means you're already the majority that's represented everywhere in the world and in everything. Give a thought to those who are not the majority, and have to look extremely hard to find even a small bit of representation in the world that lets them know "hey, you matter just as much as anyone else". No one's asking there to be homosexual couples on every corner of the game world - only that there is just a bit of represenation for them as much as there is for heterosexual couples and npcs. Asking for a bit of representation is not going to hurt anyone.

Y'know, unless you're a homophobe. In which case no one gives a crap how comfortable you are.