Fire Emblem: Three Houses has a lot of characters that can romance each other depending on if the player makes them hang out with each other a lot. While they are divided into three houses, players can recruit them and mix and match various pairings based on what support scenes they like the best.

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As for the most popular pairings in the Fire Emblem fandom, that can easily be determined by the amount of fanfiction, fanart, and content the fans have made for the various couples. Many of the most popular ships are not even canon in the games, as many of them are between two women or two men (and those relationship options are severely limited in the game).

For what makes a couple more popular, a lot of it has to do with favorite relationship tropes. Fans of Fire Emblem: Three Houses have an eye for couples with the most interesting dynamics.

Updated on August 19th, 2021, by Allison Stalberg: There is no such thing as canon pairings in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and that is part of what fascinates players about the game. There is just something so fun about pairing different characters together and watching what occurs. Some of the most popular couples are totally made up by fans while others are relationships that can actually blossom in the game. There are so many great couples that it is no wonder Fire Emblem fans usually play the game more than just once.

15 Sylvain And Felix

Sylvain and Felix epilogue.

Sylvain and Felix have one of the best romantic epilogues out there, and they are not canonically a romantic couple. While the epilogue says they are just friends, its last sentence says ". . . In later years, they became so close that they passed away on the same day as if conceding that one could not live without the other."

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Fans latched onto Felix and Sylvain's relationship for more than just the epilogue though. Sylvain is one of the few characters who manages to get Felix to blush and smile. Felix is one of the more grumpy and hostile personalities in the game, and Sylvain seems to bring a warmer side out in the man.

14 Shamir And Catherine

Catherine talking to Shamir.

Shamir and Catherine are characters that feel like they were made for each other. They are both more mature than other characters, and already see each other as partners from the beginning. They are a little different in personality, with Shamir being quiet and Catherine being loud. The difference only makes their relationship more fun and interesting.

Their ending is especially telling, mentioning that they are inseparable, face hardships together, and could defeat any foe with their combined strengths.

13 Claude And Hilda

Claude speaking to Hilda.

Claude and Hilda are a possible canon relationship in the game and one that is the best due to their dynamic. Unlike Eldegard with Hubert and Dimitri with Dedue, Hilda is not loyal to Claude due to servitude or debt. She simply believes in him and his cause. They look at each other as equals but still have a bond comparable to the leaders and their sidekicks of the other houses.

The two personalities also complement each other quite well. Both of them try not to take life too seriously and are not afraid to play dirty.

12 Ferdinand And Hubert

Hubert talking to Ferndinand.

Hubert and Ferdinand are another non-canonical pairing that is widely popular among fans. However, this fanon ship didn't spawn out of a void. The A+ support scene between Hubert and Ferdinand is the only one in which Hubert blushes (discounting the S support with Byleth).

Their relationship is certainly an "opposite's attract" sort of deal. In their epilogue, it is said their opposing personalities end up bringing out the best in each other.

11 Hilda And Marianne

Golden Deer students together with Hilda speaking to Marianne.

Marianne and Hilda are a lot like Hubert and Ferdinand in that they have opposing personalities, are in the same house, and are not a canon couple. Hilda comes across as a confident extrovert while Marianne keeps to herself and is afraid of being ridiculed. In their support scenes, Hilda sort of adopts Marianne as her friend, and the two balance each other out with their opposing personalities. They are even opposing in combat, with Hilda typically used as a physical tank and Marianne used for magic.

Since they are both pretty characters, they are very popularized as a couple in fanart.

10 Linhardt And Caspar

Caspar speaking to Lindhart.

Once again, opposites attract. Caspar is incredibly headstrong, energetic, and passionate while Linhardt is all about relaxing and not worrying too much. They are also not a canon couple in the game.

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Despite not being a couple, fans can't help but notice that their dynamic can be quite romantic. Caspar can inspire Linhardt into action while Linhardt can pull Caspar back when he gets too energetic for his own good. They are also both in the same house, so their supports are often watched by fans.

9 Felix And Annette

Felix and Annette's ending.

Among the female characters, fans actually adore the pairing of Annette with Felix. This is part of the whole opposites attract trope. Felix is a fierce combatant and grump while Annette is full of sunshine and cheer. Even in their ending, it is mentioned that others in the Kingdom love their pairing. Annette even gets into songwriting with Felix.

In terms of fan art and fanfiction of this pairing, there is plenty out there.

8 Ingrid And Dorothea

Ingred speaking to Dorothea.

While they are both in different houses, Ingrid and Dorothea have a special connection through Ingrid's Paralogue content. In her Paralogue, she is getting married off to a noble and is not very happy about the set-up. Dorothea of the Black Eagle house comes in and vows to help Ingrid break off the marriage. While a lot of fans hoped this would lead to Ingrid and Dorothea having romantic interactions, it didn't (though Dorothea definitely flirts with Ingrid). The couple is not canon.

Even this pairing fits into the mold of opposite attract, as Dorothea is into make-up, socializing, and parties while Ingrid is a tomboy who prefers physical activity and riding Pegasus to anything artsy and romantic.

7 Dimitri And Marianne

Dimitri talking to Marianne.

Despite being from different houses, Dimitri and Marianne make an adorable couple. In their ending, Marianne becomes a wise queen that helps Dimitri rule Fodlan.

The conclusion of their lives has even brought a tear to some players' eyes. It describes Dimitri passing away from illness while holding Marianne's hand until the end. Then when Marianne's journal is uncovered, it is seen that she wrote "I would not trade our time together or the happiness we knew for anything."

6 Claude And Byleth

Claude hugging female Byleth in S suppot scene.

The most popular characters in the game are Claude, Dimitri, and Eldegard. They are the heads of their houses and the characters that Byleth interacts with the most.

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Claude is the head of the Golden Deer house and shows throughout the game that he cares deeply for Byleth. Fans couldn't help but fall in love with him for his laid-back but dutiful and compassionate personality in the midst of war. While Byleth is portrayed as a usually serious character, Claude adds wit and some trickster charm to the teacher's otherwise stressful life.

5 Dimitri And Byleth

Dimitri and female Byleth standing next to each other.

Dimitri is the head of the Blue Lions and is particularly popular among Fire Emblem's Japanese audiences. He goes through a ton of change from being Byleth's idealistic student to a hardened and traumatized fighter. Through Byleth though, he undergoes some inner healing and becomes more like his idealistic self again.

With Byleth having such a profound impact on Dimitri's soul, it is hard to not love the two of them as a couple.

4 Eldegard And Byleth

Female Byleth looking at Eldegard.

Eldegard is the head of the Black Eagles and is known to be the most controversial character in the game since she is the one who begins the entire war in the first place. Despite lying to Byleth for the first half of the game, Eldegard loves them. She looks up to them and wants them to fight by her side. In a way, both of them have been manipulated and hurt by the church so both of them fighting against it makes some poetic sense.

Female Byleth with Eldegard is particularly popular and is one of the few lesbian couples that can be canon.

3 Mercedes And Sylvain

Mercedes talking to Sylvain.

Sylvain comes across as a womanizer and possible sleezebag in the beginning but it turns out there is way more to him than meets the eye. He is in fact traumatized by the fact that women want him merely because of his title and not because of who he is.

Mercedes sees right through him and can get him to put down all his barriers. She is honest and does not care about his title. After seeing a couple of their cutscenes together, it is obvious why they are one of the most popular couples in the game.

2 Felix And Dimitri

Felix talking to Dimitri.

Dimitri and Felix aren't exactly opposites, but they have an incredibly spicy relationship. Felix hates Dimitri with a passion, even though they used to be childhood friends. He hates Dimitri's lack of control over his emotions and even goes as far as to call him a monster for it.

Fans saw the potential for a very angsty romance in this dramatic relationship. While it is not canon, there is plenty of fan art and fanfiction out there that brings a deeper relationship between these two to life.

1 Bernadetta And Yuri

Yuri talking to Bernadetta.

Bernadetta and the DLC character, Yuri, actually have a past together which makes their relationship all the more interesting. Yuri was a friend she had in childhood, but he betrayed her and was kicked out of the home. Now they are older, Bernadetta still trusts him to a certain degree due to their childhoods (and Bernadetta does not trust easy).

Their personalities are wildly different, making their relationship fun to watch. Yuri is a street-smart pretty boy while Bernadetta is a girl of pure anxiety.

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