I just got Fire Emblem: Three Houses and I’m super hyped, I love the series and I’ve loved every single Fire Emblem game that I’ve ever played; I haven’t ever really been disappointed with anything that they’ve ever done. I was looking into support conversations (Because to be honest I basically play this game as a dating simulation with fighting as a fun side-bit.) And I noticed that for a M/M protagonist you get three potential interests, of which the characters seem to have weak plot relevance. (And I could be wrong, you never know.) While I don’t know about the content of these relationships, it’s a bit of a slap to the face and here’s why; a W/W protagonist has the option of five relationships, three of which are in your party (one is a house leader) and all five give a sense that they’ll have quite a bit of plot relevance. I’m super excited for those who do pursue W/W relationships in these games because you have some awesome solid choices! And I don’t want to give the impression that this is at all a scenario where I’m complaining because of the fact that you have more individuals to choose from, or their possible content. This is simply a view of how I’m perceiving relationships that pertain to my style of play through. However, as someone who pursues a M/M relationship when I play through games the fact that this title doesn’t even have a house leader to choose from feels almost negligent. Many thought that Claude would be available to romance as a male character, which he isn’t. And this isn’t like a Mass Effect Andromeda situation where the coding for Jaal to be romanced by a male Ryder was there and not implemented, because as far as we currently know there isn’t such information within the game regarding Claude. This is frustrating mostly because (And this is my personal opinion) it feels like who ever we chose isn’t really going to matter, as they’re all side characters. Does that mean I’m not gonna play the game? No. Does it mean I’m going to not enjoy the game? Probably not. All of this has just been to say that it’s 2019, and it’s a bit silly at this point in time, in this type of market to do something that feels like they may not really care about how certain individuals are represented within their game.