As the great philosopher, J. Geils was heard to ruminate, “You love her but she loves him, and he loves somebody else. You just can’t win.” It’s a truism that is even truer if you’re a fictional character, as “Love Triangle” ranks right up there with “Hollywood Amnesia” and “Evil Twin” on the list of things that inexplicably just keep happening. Whether it’s Bella/Jacob/Edward or Maryann/Skipper/Professor or, lord help us, Orem/Torq/Ket, there’s always gonna be conflict when three people share attractions, leading to today’s triangular query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) still thinks so many of these situations would be perfectly resolved by non-monogamy, but whaddayagonnado, asking: Is there a love triangle in fiction that actually works for you?
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Scooby, Shaggy and Food. That’s it. All other love triangles are annoying and totally uninteresting.
Jules et Jim.
Kinda the only one where I rooted for everyone.