Frustrating relative lack of LGBT NPCs in this game

[Theodric]

You don't really need the rainbow thing with Ryne and Gaia, the fact that thier whole relationship, including entire cutscenes and a lot of imagery, were very much lifted from scenes between Squall and Rinoa (one of the most explicit couples in the FF franchise) kind of makes it all come off as pretty gay.

I think people are free to draw their own conclusions on the matter. They behave like...so many other teenage girls do who are simply close friends. Just because it has some slight similarities in passing to some scenes in FFVIII it doesn't necessarily mean that it is exactly the same in terms of context. The development team rarely copy and paste plots directly from other titles anyway - there's usually a unique twist.