Is Thancred Waters homosexual?

[Mhaeric]

Unless I get an official SE statement of his age I just won't believe it. No head of state would take the word of an underage child serious. On the other hand at what age are elezen considered to be an adult? It wouldn't be accurate to project human ages onto them

You do know that the twins weren't actually in 1.0, right? Their first appearance in-game was in 2.0 when they are already 16 and the timing of when you met them varied slightly depending on your character's legacy status.

[Wyssahtyn]

Unless I get an official SE statement of his age I just won't believe it. No head of state would take the word of an underage child serious. On the other hand at what age are elezen considered to be an adult? It wouldn't be accurate to project human ages onto them

Sharlayans are considered of age at sixteen. "Recent graduates of the Studium, the twins were now sixteen summers old─old enough to be considered of age in Sharlayan society." - Tales from the Calamity: In Louisoix's Wake.

[Cilia]

In fairness, after their interdimensional escapades in Shadowbringers the twins are now mentally of age in most modern countries. That said, legal age is probably a bit lower in Eorzea due to the time period.

Thancred? Nah, he's always spending 2.X getting wasted after his attempts at wooing women fails. He tries to hit on F'lhaminn and fails hard. He's chatting up a Miqo'te woman on the promenade during "The Parting Glass" who runs away before things get dicey. So... pretty sure he's not gay. His relationship with Minfilia is meant to be more of a father / daughter thing than romantic attraction due to him essentially being a surrogate father to her, much like the relationship between Raubahn and Nanamo (that people also mistake for romance).

(Also, obvious troll is obvious.)

[Vyrerus]

I don't know what decade you're living in, but there's lots of ways gay people can conceive children. And considering all the things that are possible in this game's universe, I'm sure there's even more ways.

Within our own decade to conceive children at the very least means implanting a fertilized egg into a willing surrogate mother. There really aren't a lot of ways. Sorry to burst your bubble, but there's no gay relationship that can produce children on its own.

I'm sure if they put their minds to it, they could do stuff like that in XIV, but given Emet-selch's emotional attachment to his offspring, it's more likely that he sired them himself with someone he loved very much.

Of course, all this really makes me wonder is who were the Garlean mothers? Who is Zenos's mum? Who is Varis's mum? They never show the moms!

[Caitlinzulu]

ok thanks for the info

[Kurando]

With a name like Thancred Waters, he is clearly "gender fluid", get it? I'll show myself out....

On a more serious note, a lot of stuff in the game is open to interpretation so players can adapt the fiction in to whatever they want. You don't need confirmation of something to allow your mind to wander.

[Cilia]

Of course, all this really makes me wonder is who were the Garlean mothers? Who is Zenos's mum? Who is Varis's mum? They never show the moms!

Garlean society is set up to be patriarchal (only the Emperor's wife and mother can have the "yae" title; other royal women are stuck with the "wir" title and have no claim to the throne), so the lack of female Garlean royals is to be expected.

Zenos' mother died when he was young. The other female Garlean royals haven't been elaborated upon.

[Alleluia]

Was messing around in the 2019 Q&A for another thread and this seems relevant to the above:

13. We've seen a lot of the men of the Garlean imperial family - can you tell us about Solus' or Varis' wives or daughters? Do they keep to the background or are they public figures to the people of Garlemald?

Oda: It’s purely a coincidence that most of the Garleans we've focused on have been male. Of course there are female characters, and it’s not that they are forced to the background. However, the wife of Varis died after she gave birth to Zenos, so it would be difficult to bring her back to the story.

Yosida: The only possibility would be to talk about her during the side stories. Speaking of side stories, the Rising is coming up, so we will release the Tales for Shadowbringers, soon! Please look forward to it next week.

[TitanMenII]

(SERIOUS) I've been playing this game for a long time now and I've been playing through the main story again for the 3rd time and I just started to notice Thancreds behavior towards certain men such as Alphinaud. Whenever he is around him since the start of their reuniting in heavensward it just feels as if there is a sexual tension between the two something that I NEVER see between any other interaction with him and others. I know his personality is nonchalant and flirty but he seems to go the extra mile on his jokes and conversations with Alphinaud. I would usually ignore it but the thing is that Alphinaud visibly BLUSHES whenever Alphinaud flirts with him. Not in dialogue but in-game emotes you can see Alphinaud blushing as a response towards Thancreds remarks towards Alphinaud. Honestly I was kind of disturbed by it as it never seemed something I would ship but honestly at this point I'm in love with the idea of it and I hate to see them beat around the bush with it (and no its not infatuation). What do you guys think though? If you want to call me bs on this just go back and rewatch the scenes and see the interactions between those two its amazing and beautiful.

Hmm I don't think Thancred is gay with Alphinaud but he might be pansexual and a bit in love with Urianger.

[MistakeNot]

Thancred is in his early thirties.

Alphinaud is 16.

Time bubble is a thing here, but even if we pretend it's not for half a second, that's still a disturbing insinuation you're getting at there. It's also some pretty gross stereotypes about the predatory nature of certain LGBT+ relationships. (Not sure the forums will let me get more clear than this on this point.)

Alphinaud was 16 when the game started. With all that has happened through the game, there is absolutely no chance at all of him still being only 16 at the current point in time.
Impossible to say if he is 18 or 19 or 21, but he is guaranteed not 16 anymore.