Frustrating relative lack of LGBT NPCs in this game

[Faafetai]

Let's all be real though, ffxiv is a shonen anime. No one even holds hands in anything, and relationship are far from transparent. Just a whole lot of fan service, and zero pay off like Lucy and Natsu from fairy tail save for possibly the spin off series. It is honestly just how it will always be the closest you are going to get is the bro mance between Aymeric and Estinien. People are born from stork delivery, and there are not even multiple race children that I know of unless they all just look like one other race like Asari from mass effect. So lala plus roe equals lala. elezen plus a human equals elezen even though garlean would make a ton of sense. What I am getting at is this was started as a troll thread and we do not even get to romance anyone ourselves within ffxiv, so at the moment it feels like no representation of literally anything but sterile plutonic pats on the booty.

Really? I seem to recall early 90's anime which had gay couples in it, but when they got localized in the west they were just "good friends".
From my perspective the west has been far too late to accept homosexual relations, and nowadays are rebounding way way wayyyyy too far in the opposite direction to try and compensate.

I think you are thinking of Sailor Moon. They made them cousins >.< it just made all of the scenes interesting to say the least knowing the japanese and wondering what the censorship department was getting at. Though I do recall other 90s anime having similar things I would have to dig up the knowledge.

Edit: Oooooooh Berserk also! but unsure of year time frame of when it started. Also Revolutionary Girl Utena, I almost forgot about that one as well it is an oldie but I remember liking it when I was younger.