you bring up fire emblem post-awakening a lot but wanna mention that fire emblem 4 from 1996 had phantasy star 3-style romance too (i.e who you ship in the first generation becomes the parents of the second) so I think romance has been a staple in that series for longer than it seems lol.

my son, i am so proud :,)

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