Lukas in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Image Credit: Retrieved from https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Lukas

Lukas is a playable character in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. A DLC pack added a support chain to the game between Lukas and Python, another playable character. In it, Python expresses jealousy that all the ladies in town keep asking him who the knight in red (Lukas) is. Lukas then tells Python about how he courted a woman “for many a year” back home. In their A support, Lukas expresses that since he parted ways with her, he doesn’t feel any longing to see her again. It’s then that he says, “I sometimes wonder if a vital part of me is broken”. Python supports him by saying that the “one true love” thing isn’t for everyone, and that Lukas can take it at his own pace.

This has been read by others to hint at Lukas being asexual or aromantic, as the “being broken” part appears often in asexual/aromantic representation. Because of this, we have classified him as Asexual Implicit and Aromantic Implicit.

LGBTQ references in this game series:

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (1999): Marty and Dagdar

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (2003): Bramimond; Florina and Lyndis; Legault; Lucius and Raven

Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (2004): Ephraim and Lyon; Joshua and Gerik

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005): Ike and Soren; Jill and Mist; Reyson and Tibarn; Sigrun and Tanith

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (2007): Elincia and Lucia; Heather; Jill and Mist; Joke about Ike and Sothe; Kyza; Ranulf

Fire Emblem Awakening (2012): Gay Jokes and Queerness; Same-Sex Relationship Hack; The Hubba Tester

Fire Emblem Fates (2015): Forrest; Nina; Romance options; Same-Sex Relationship Hack; Skinshipping; Soleil; The Hubba Tester

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (2017): Leon; Lukas; Queer Readings

Fire Emblem Heroes (2017): Ally Support; Loki; Sharena

Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019-2020): Byleth Pairings and Controversy; Non-Byleth Pairings

See also QRM’s entry for this game series

Citations:

  1. Justonegamr. (2017, June 1). Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia – Lukas & Python Support Conversations. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1GpxZQ5tXs
  2. P., K. (2019, November 1). Friday Favorites: Asexual Characters. Retrieved July 26, 2020, from https://doublexjump.com/2019/11/01/friday-favorites-asexual-characters/
  3. Various. (n.d.) Lukas. Retrieved July 27, 2020, from https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Lukas