...I called it waaaay before I reached Heavensward though.
^A certain fair-haired gunner does too.
Estinien had a thing slowly developing for Ysayle until he found out about her... Supposed Dragon-thing... with Nidhogg's brother, at that...
Ysayle actually had a bit of a thing...for Alphinaud. The whole emotionally wounded bishounen, try-hard-to-live-up-to-impossible-ideals attitude really got to her... Pity he's not a few years older, and maybe with a beard to make him look less girly...
The reason Emmanellain was so upset in the end of 3.1 is that Artoriel is trying too hard to be their half-brother in order to please their father. He's deep in a pool of misery. 'He would have prefered it if I were dead if it brought him Haurchefant back'
His depression will eventually result in possession by an Ascian.