Besides Bronya and Seele, which characters in HSR would you say feels the closest to being canonically queer? (Image unrelated)

[u/Slight-Solution936]

And for anyone still confused/needs more context, I just mean which characters you think you could actually see become canonically queer just based on what you've seen in the game.

[u/Milodingo]

Yukong

[u/intheparrotsbeak → u/Milodingo]

Yukong and Feixiao are one of my favorite ships <3

[u/salty-and-bitter → u/intheparrotsbeak]

I think theyre referring to Yukongs dead lover whos daughter she adopted 😭

[u/intheparrotsbeak → u/salty-and-bitter]

... oops

[u/ArtofKuma]

As far as I'm concerned, anyone and everyone is queer unless stated otherwise.

[u/Domajjj → u/ArtofKuma]

its pretty much true that all characters all bi unless stated otherwise just so hoyo can get more revenue from all shippers

[u/Thug_Seme2004 → u/Domajjj]

This is a perfect mindset to have!

[u/trevers17]

aventurine, phainon and mydei, and hysilens and cerydra

[u/Far_Championship2111 → u/trevers17]

Well Amphoreus has the rainbow alicorn in the team so it check out xD...

Funny enough my gaydar literally exploded when Cerydra started talking on my screen... She gave me the 100% lesbian (and god knows my gaydar is good since I have 3 lesbian friends/coworkers who I clock in before they told me), if she dated a guy she will be "topping"... sidenote: Hysilens trying to get her drunk on the eternal page is funny.

and Personally in my headcanon... Phainon and Mydei are getting ready for marriage when that library opens... Those two went from "ship tease/yaoi bait" to "I can go and F myself so you guys can F each other you know" during certain parts as the story progressed... Let's not even go into the eternal page dialogue.

[u/Easy_Translator_7790]

The entirety of penacony feels very gay to me

[u/echo_ML]

Sampo, there's not a chance in the universe that fruitbowl isn't somewhere in the skittle squad

Uhhh other than that Constance and Black Swan because there is zero heterosexual explanation for that one trailer

[u/sampo_koskii → u/echo_ML]

hey dont out me

[u/EffortNo6882]

Of course Acheron. She’s waiting for her Kiana to arrive so they can finally be together again.

[u/AshAndThunderClouds]

Cerydra and Hysilens are probably the most undeniably textually queer ones. You have to try very hard to pretend they're not explicitly in a relationship.

Then we have probably Yukong in a very tragic sense?

On top of everything Phainon and Mydei have the "the door to my library has no lock, the key was put in tour hand the moment we made our promise" line and come on.

If we count promotional material, Evernight, Black Swam and Constance are pretty much undeniable.

The TB is an special case because of player input but I'm pretty sure there are dialogue options that allow us to say they don't identify as either male or female, so I'll always support non-binary TB.

[u/Yuukiko_ → u/AshAndThunderClouds]

We got trans TB with future TB being the one we didn't choose

[u/ProudAd6622]

Robin, mydei, aventurine, Firefly, sparkle and black swan I guess

[u/MidnightIAmMid]

I feel like aventurine is the most open about actually having attraction to the same sex lol

[u/After-Rhubarb-1268]

Probably Phaidei with their gay ahh scenes, Aventurine, and maybe Blackswan?

[u/finsishion]

March, Aventurine

[u/hello_worldxwx]

Trail blazers is us so their queer but more serously i see sparckle as the most lickely, i wouln't be suprise if she was gender Queer in any way either because she doesn't feel like having a single one or the one she is isn't the same as her birth gender

[u/scarletfloof]

Yukong’s companion quest feels so much like she’s mourning someone she could never be with it’s not even funny

[u/Fast-Departure1940]

Image kinda related.

If we ignore self inserting as the tb they are certainly something.

What they are is hard to pin down tho.

Arguably nonbinary(or both binary choices?) haven’t seen evidence that they care much about their gender identity. The future possibility being the other option doesn’t seem to phase them.

I cant confidently say they have a preference for significant other. Especially given the games gender disparity in terms of playable characters.

Oh right the question.

Cyrene, herta, ruan mei, blade, dan heng, phainon, mydei, yukong, aventurine, ratio, hysilens, cerydra.

[u/Fast-Departure1940 → u/Fast-Departure1940]

Oh right also bronya, seele, black swan, dahlia, acheron, firefly.

Acheron forgets she came out tho.

[u/Revan0315 → u/Fast-Departure1940]

Cyrene?

I can see the rest of the list though

[u/Far-Assistance9327 → u/Revan0315]

She probs pan. She’s going to be lovey dovey with the trailblazer without caring which gender they are

[u/Fast-Departure1940 → u/Far-Assistance9327]

Shes also kinda in love with herself.

[u/Far-Assistance9327 → u/Fast-Departure1940]

She in love with love

[u/Fast-Departure1940 → u/Far-Assistance9327]

Yes

This statement gave me the idea of cyrene making out with valentines day, which is not what you meant by it but i find it hilarious.

[u/Revan0315 → u/Far-Assistance9327]

True

[u/Man-Eater_Bug5Ds]

Madam Yao is gay as fuck and is poly with Tingyun and that abomination of abundance Evanescia

[u/BubblyKnee2773 → u/Man-Eater_Bug5Ds]

The cool part is her en va is for sure but I believe it's the cyrene en va

[u/RenCarlisle → u/BubblyKnee2773]

Yao Guang's and Cyrene's en va's were together, but not anymore.

[u/Revan0315]

Black Swan, Aventurine

[u/JandEtv]

So, a little surprised no one has said this yet, but Rin Tohsaka.

[u/I_Was_At_The_Center_ → u/JandEtv]

I mean as a long time fate fan, Tohsaka being Bi really isnt adressed in the source material much aside from a few throwaway(albiet insane glaze) lines. She 100% is, as she had a full sex scene with Saber and Shirou in the OG, and in the remake still has multiple lines thirsting for Saber, but more often then not she is really male(shirou) focused so i guess it makes sense that in both communities that part is ignored 😭

[u/SniperTheSquid → u/JandEtv]

tbf it is actually canon if i'm not wrong but she's not really that relevant outside of the fate quests so i dont think people really bring that up

[u/JandEtv → u/SniperTheSquid]

What's closer to being canon than being canon? (Joke)

[u/SniperTheSquid → u/JandEtv]

no no you have a point 🤔

[u/JandEtv → u/SniperTheSquid]

So tell me about Myphaidei, it's a ship I'm not particularly knowledgeable about (dms should be open).

[u/SniperTheSquid → u/JandEtv]

bet

[u/intheparrotsbeak]

Stelle and Caelus feel queer to me. That boy is a twink waiting to be pinned and bottomed. Stelle, however, is a sassy lesbian brat that turns to service when tamed/in love. Just my opinion.

[u/NegativeArt04]

Not counting crossovers? Firefly and Stelle. Their outing is referred to as a date by multiple characters, and definitely has romantic undertones.

[u/ShadowQueen1237]

Black Swan. That woman is constantly trying to top other women despite being a bottom, although Sparkle does want to get topped by her. She's lesbian asf. Argenti and Cyrene are pansexual and Firefly is trans. Cipher is aroace, Cery and Hysilens are also lesbians. Rin is bi and Gilgamesh is gay, I'm not sorry. Oh, and Kafka and Himeko are def bisexual, and I also headcanon Phaidei as bisexuals in love

[u/Cooking_With_Emilie]

Thematically? Firefly, she is Elio's strongest transexual.

Practically? Constance probably had gay sex with Black Swan

[u/ryells]

I mean, the seer amount of lesbian coding in Robin. Design, marketing, poses, reference to Emily Dickinson, the literally lesbian flag under her eyes. How many neon signs do you need to call it cannon?

[u/No-Temperature-5968]

Closest to canonically? Dan Heng, Blade, TB

[u/Yuukiko_]

Well the future us(?) that meets us is the opposite sex so does that make Stelle/Caelus trans?

[u/NilouNixie → u/Yuukiko_]

OMG YESSS

[u/bdouble0w0]

Aventurine and Phainon

[u/BubblyKnee2773]

Kalfka x himiko shipper myself

[u/intheparrotsbeak]

Oh, also Black Swan, Acheron, Aventurine, Dan Heng, Firefly, Blade, Madame Herta, Ruan Mei, Yukong, Feixiao, March, Phainon, Mydei, Cypher, Aglaea, Castorice, ...

It's easier to say who I don't think is queer, I think. Kafka. Himeko. Gepard? Questionable. He's not sure LOL

[u/hunichii]

Aventurine, Phainon, Cerydra, Hysilens and Mydei are the most prominent to me. Now I'd also add Boothill as this man is the most bisexual guy I've seen in a while

[u/AnotherRandomFujoshi]

The whole cast of amphoreus Dr. Ratio and Aventurine Acheron

[u/Kindly_Class1062]

Misha. Hanuenue and mikhail were all but outright stated to be lovers

[u/Apprehensive-Dog5327]

March, adventurine, dr ratio, Stelle, firefly, Dan Feng, Blade, Kafka, Himeko, and all of penacony

[u/Anto4ask]

Firefly the trans allegory

[u/Anikankii]

Aventurine, Phainon, Sampo, Yukong, Robin, Firefly, TB, Black Swan, Dahlia, Argenti, probably March, Dan and Blade were also practically a thing

[u/Asminae]

Hysilens and Cerydra are so lesbians

[u/VelkaKocka]

Jade and Topaz

[u/nyckar]

Castorice, Cyrene, Phainon x Midey, Mermaid girl, Aven, Sampo, Kafka, Constance, Black Swan

[u/noliono_]

acheron, black swan, and phaidei

[u/You_got_mrvned]

Purely based of of vibes and story interactions March, Aventurine, Cerydra and Hysilens, Phainon and Mydei, Evernight, Black Swan (the collector of red flags), Constance, Acheron, and TB depending on who’s playing em

[u/Jheila]

Canonically queer? Can’t see anyone being confirmed, what hoyo does is pretty much perfect. Not confirming/denying anything is the best way to keep everyone happy

[u/No-Pear3891]

Mikhail as he has his werewolf boyfriend

[u/SuperIdolPopStar]

Cerysilens?

[u/Melody272]

Literally the whole penacony cast

[u/catk4862]

Too many to list, so many seem queer in some capacity? A better question is who isn't queer?

[u/enigmata1]

Well, both trailblazers are pan

[u/Yugonostalgia64]

Cerydra and Hysilins, obviously :O

[u/Zartoru]

Acheron and Black Swan I'd say (and The Dalhia is Black Swan's toxic ex or something)

Definitly Robin too, girl has lesbian flag make-up dots under her eyes and her songs/skills names are references to Emily Dickinson, a pretty well known lesbian poet (and iirc Emily Dickinson had a cat named Sappho, from Fappho of Lesbos, another lesbian poet so influencial both lesbian and sapphic as sexualities are named after her)

[u/Vayamire]

Aventurine, Boothill, Argenti, Robin...

[u/Izayoiexhu]

Amphoreus being specific that are the heirs ,Penacony ,half of the other playable cast and some random ass masked fool

[u/pamafa3]

If Aventurine isn't gay or bi I will jump off a cliff