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Ike could have easily married a generic, or he could have adopted.

Of course, considering he's saying he's a descendent of Ike, that doesn't necessarily mean that Ike is his ancestor. Maybe he's related to Ike by blood but isn't his child. Like... maybe he's Mist's descendent and ended up kinda looking like Ike. I dunno.

Again, it's an interpretation of the fans. =P I was just throwing Eliwood/Ninian and Hector/Lyn as an example. My point being is that it's all up to the fans to decide if the information is true to them or not, despite how much information is provided in the game.

Another example I can give out is Rei and Lugh's father. We're aware that Nino can be paired with either Erk and Jaffar. And in one of the twin's conversation, one of the twin (can't remember which one) borrowed the book from "father's" room. Some will think that the father is Erk since he's a magic unit and he uses tome to battle; thus, will claim that information is proof. However, as I stated before, it's an interpretation of the fans. "Father" can also be a monk who run the orphanage. Therefore, it can be the monk's book and not Erk. It's unknown how the mind works in the fan, with or without information given from the game/company.

Heck, it's similar to the Masked!Marth before the true identity reveals. I'm not saying that I don't accept Paris as the descendant of Ike (I'm still in doubt until I have more info on him). I'm just merely stating that it's hard to prove if Paris is canon or not due to the interpretations of the fan as well as the information from the game.

I'm not saying Ike is gay, as a disclaimer (even if I think so).

For starters, Paris is a DESCENDANT of Ike. Not the son of Ike, from what I understand. Ike is very ambiguous, and calling Paris a descendant rather than his son actually furthers that notion; it's more distant. Ike still has no canonical romantic pairing. He's just the only main character in the series to leave the continent with one of two males canonically and have no ending with a woman (I'm not saying he's gay, I'm just saying there's a LOT of homoerotic subtext surrounding him that I appreciate; it's very much like in the ancient world before the word "homosexuality" existed). We just know that at some point, he had a child. THAT'S IT.

Also, all this "Ike had a kid = not gay" is pretty bad reasoning. I'm not saying Ike IS gay, but gay people can ******** the other sex and have kids, last I checked. And it's remarkably heteronormative to say he's not gay JUST because he had a kid rather than because he's not gay. Heck, one of my best friends is the daughter of a lesbian who got knocked up from stranger-sex after getting too drunk. I'm DEFINITELY not saying anything like that happened with Ike, or that he's gay, but determining someone's orientation by whether or not they have a kid or not is presumptuous if not offensive. I know plenty of LGBT people with biological children.

I'm not saying Ike is gay. I'm just saying him having a kid isn't what determines his sexuality.

You know who else had kids? The guys in ********> And that's how I feel about Paris; his existence doesn't mean s**t about Ike's sexuality and it doesn't sink anything. All that homoerotic subtext surrounding Ike is still there.

Well, Paris is related to the discussion of FE:Awakening and we were kinda discussing about Paris's origin. Of course, I dunno how on earth did we go from how Paris is related to Ike to Ike's sexuality. >>;

But like I said, we should wait more until we get more info on Paris. As for the Ragnell, I can't answer that due to haven't finish the RD game. >>;

When Sanaki gives Ragnell to Ike in RD, she explicitly says it's a loan, so it's presumable he returned it. I imagine Paris having it is something they didn't bother to think about.

Just because Paris looks more like Ike, it doesn't proof that Paris cannot be born through Mist's line. In the mystery of science, gene can skip a generation or more instead of passing down the next generation.

For example, a friend of mine told me that one of her relatives had a redheaded daughter in the family despite that both parents are blond (and no, neither cheated each other.) So with genetic technology, they discovered that one of their ancestors was a redhead. So if it can happen in RL, it can happen in the game too.

And as you pointed out, Paris is an descendant, not a son of Ike. So he may have gotten that look, despite if he comes from Mist or Ike. In addition, it is another strawgrasping. After all, since when do FE logic base on science? >>;

I only said "heterosexual life partners" because that's what it's called on TV tropes. I like the idea of putting Ike in the "other" category, although I think Soren definitely is in that category as well.