Disproving Taric + Ezreal

Alright, so the + joke (wait, it's actually a fanship?) has been floating around forever, but is it canon?

Heh, no.

Well first of all, let me list the reasons why people actually think it's a good ship:

1. Both have longish hair.
2. Debonair Ezreal can be seen in Armor of the Fifth Age Taric's splash art... But so can Riot Girl Tristana, Arcade Miss Fortune, and DJ Sona.

Ok, now I'll list the reasons why it's actually not canon:

1. Ezreal is actually dating Lux.
2. Taric is likely straight as well.

I know what you're thinking "WAAAT! No, thats crazy ez x tarc 4 lyfe." or maybe you're typing a rage comment right now, anyway, let me prove why.

First of all, in the article An Ancient Mystery in Runeterra about the reveal of Aatrox, you can see a picture of Lux on Ezreal's desk, when asked about it, he said he "didn't mean to leave that out". Later, a full picture was recovered, it can be seen here.

Secondly, in Ezreal's page you can scroll to the bottom and view his list of friends next to his lore. While there are people who he'd naturally be friends with like other Piltover champions, Lux is also on that list... For some reason. Additionally, in Lux's page you can see Ezreal on her list of friends, of course.

Lastly, if Ezreal spawns on the upper side of the map, he can hear a few unique quotes by Lyte, the red team shopkeeper. One of which is: "Is it true what I've heard about, um, you and Miss Crownguard, hm?" The Crownguards are a Demacian noble family, of which, champions Garen and his sister Lux are from. And if Lyte was really talking about Taric, I doubt he'd refer to him as "miss".

And speaking of Taric...

He has two unique taunts for an allied Diana, one of which is "Who could have guessed, the aspect of the moon would be so beautiful?" Additionally, he agrees with Diana's view that the Solari are misguided.

Also, while if he really was gay, he'd probably flirt with muscled men, but instead he blatantly says that everyone hates Pantheon.

And despite the fact that skins aren't really canon, the personalities of the champions generally remain the same. For instance, in the teaser article for the new Pool Party skins, Taric winks at Miss Fortune. Not really subtle, but a hint, nonetheless.

So yeah, while sometimes the joke is kind of funny (albeit really old) it's not canon.