Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
They can, though in my experience as a gay guy I've found that there's a much more sizeable portion of people who like to paint any gay people who have different thoughts, beliefs and opinions as 'homophobic' even when that isn't the case at all.
That's sadly how it goes because the term isn't ever used in a way to depict like genuine hate so much as "something you said might not be well received among a demographic." Like I'm trans myself, but have a lot of viewpoints that conflict with the perceived dogma which gets me called "transphobic" a lot when I'm the furthest thing from transphobic. At worst I have views that other trans people refuse to agree with and that's their opinion, just as mine are mine. Nothing I say is genuinely hateful, it just goes against what they think I should hold as beliefs because of that attribute. I have a very confident and openly gay friend who is a conservative, and of a minority demographic. He's straight up told me over one discussion we had, can't remember the exact text of it but it his remark was along the lines of "I've felt more hatred from progressives for being a conservative than I ever felt from conservatives for being gay, or black."

Though hell, you're just talking established canon with the guy but he's arguing on such ideological, and emotionally driven viewpoints I don't think you're in for a fun time. It's never established Gaia and Ryne are a couple, it's left open to interpretation so that way they can don't risk offending anyone for any reason. I agree it can come off that way, but it also can not come off that way. It really depends on the reader. I never once got the interpretation that Ryne and Gaia were a couple in English, but I can see how people would be led to that conclusion. However I'm not going to ram what is essentially my headcanon down people's throats. Square has said they watch Blizzard, and the hamfisting of representation in that game for the sole purpose of having it has divided the community pretty extensively. Square is wise to take an "if you see it that way then alright but we won't explicitly say anything" approach.