Originally Posted by
Zevox
Yeah, Gaius I paired because it allows Noire to become a Dark Flier, and she's the only child character who can pull that off and have an actually decent magic growth rate, which I wanted just because I like the class (my first Avatar was a Dark Flier). Sumia/Henry is pretty much a matter of running out of options I liked - I paired her with Chrom the first time, so he's out; my Avatar I want to pair with Tiki for Manakete Morgan; and Gaius is taken as above. That only leaves Frederick, who I don't think I'll use this time around and who I don't particularly feel would be an interesting one to put her with, and Henry, who at least should make for an entertaining pairing. Sumia is just weird in having so few options that way.
Vaike eh? I don't know, he was another one I was leaning towards not using. I'm not a big fan of his personality, and he turned out rather weak for me by the second half of the game last time.