![]() Since Shipping is Serious Business, and especially so in the Star Fox fandom, the topic of Falco's celibacy is seldom a dispute between fans who actually want Falco to be celibate - rather, it's usually Ship-to-Ship Combat to Sink a rival Ship, usually FalcoĆFox vs.However, when it comes to Falco and women, both versions of the manga as a whole paint Falco as someone who can be platonic friends with women, but is strongly (and even angrily) averse to anything further than that. Both the scanlation and the Japanese text have the effect of eliciting a reaction from readers with a strong personal Gaydar, but the subtle differences in tone seem Lost in Translation, such that Falco's actual celibacy is still in question. Falco responds that he doesn't have lovers, but using fence-sitting wording that makes his answer sound rather unreliable. Basically, Katt asks Falco if he has a lover, using a gender-neutral Japanese term.Translation notes: Falco uses the term "swollen up" as a euphemism to never fall in love, also, in the japanese text he never uses a gender kanji, rather leaving the interpretation about being okay with falling in love with a man or a woman.Celibate Hero: Falco, based on a Fan Scanlation of Farewell Beloved Falco.Then there's the die-hards who consider the original Star Fox/ Starwing to be the better game. Mainly between the ones that like the games that came after Star Fox 64 or not. ![]()
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