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The type of significance one character will have to another will depend on the nature of their rivalry. At best, the object of affection will be left with the impression that they're [[BirdsOfAFeather into the same things]] and see the suitor as [[SpiritedCompetitor someone (s)he can banter and have fun with]]. Or, acknowledge the other party as a WorthyOpponent who will provide a challenge, as "iron sharpens iron". At worst, the LoveInterest will hate the other person's guts (maybe because of [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating bad]] [[IWasBeatenByAGirl sportsmanship]] [[SoreLoser from one side or the other]]), but that suitor will still prefer the negative attention to that love interest not even knowing they exist.
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The type of significance one character will have to another will depend on the nature of their rivalry. At best, the object of affection will be left with the impression that they're [[BirdsOfAFeather into the same things]] and see the suitor as [[SpiritedCompetitor someone (s)he they can banter and have fun with]]. Or, acknowledge the other party as a WorthyOpponent who will provide a challenge, as "iron sharpens iron". At worst, the LoveInterest will hate the other person's guts (maybe because of [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating bad]] [[IWasBeatenByAGirl sportsmanship]] [[SoreLoser from one side or the other]]), but that suitor will still prefer the negative attention to that love interest not even knowing they exist.
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* In Literature/AnneOfGreenGables, Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe are academic rivals. Though the animosity is mostly on Anne's side; Gilbert has been in love with her since the day she [[LoveAtFirstPunch cracked a slate on his head]].
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* Pat and Pran in ''Series/BadBuddy'' start out as rivals, evolve to friends, and eventually become lovers. Throughout their relationship, the two are very competitive, sometimes being challenged by their FeudingFamilies and other times directly challenging each other to compete.
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* Beth and Benny in ''Series/TheQueensGambit'' are professional rivals at chess and become involved over the course of the series.
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* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has many fics that take this approach between canon rivals, helped by the fact that many of them have plenty of ShipTease among them. Some of the most popular ones are May/Drew, and Dawn/Kenny (or for some [[LesYay Dawn/Zoey]]) who compete directly in Pokémon Contests. Even some stories focused on Ash and Misty take the competitive approach to develop their relationship.
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* ''Literature/TheBlackStallion'' series has an example of this between ''racehorses'', of all things. After Wintertime almost beats Black Minx in the Kentucky Derby, she becomes obsessed with him; every time they're in a race together, she ignores it (and her jockey's orders) to go over to the colt and run alongside him. When their owners discuss the situation, it turns out that Wintertime is little better, as he's reluctant to eat whenever Black Minx is stabled too far away. Eventually Alec decides to just go with it and buys Wintertime, letting the horses have a foal together.
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Compare FriendlyRivalry or DefeatMeansFriendship for non-romantic examples, although they could evolve into this trope. Contrast FoeRomanticSubtext and DatingCatwoman for when the two are outright enemies.
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BelligerentSexualTension is inevitable. Compare FriendlyRivalry or DefeatMeansFriendship for non-romantic examples, although they could evolve into this trope. Contrast FoeRomanticSubtext and DatingCatwoman for when the two are outright enemies.
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* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has many fics that take this approach between canon rivals, helped by the fact that many of them have plenty of ShipTease among them. Some of the most popular ones are May/Drew, and Dawn/Kenny (or for some [[LesYay Dawn/Zoey]]). Even some stories focused on Ash and Misty take the competitive approach to develop their relationship.
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* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has many fics that take this approach between canon rivals, helped by the fact that many of them have plenty of ShipTease among them. Some of the most popular ones are May/Drew, and Dawn/Kenny (or for some [[LesYay Dawn/Zoey]]).Dawn/Zoey]]) who compete directly in Pokémon Contests. Even some stories focused on Ash and Misty take the competitive approach to develop their relationship.
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* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has many fics that take this approach between canon rivals, helped by the fact that many of them have plenty of ShipTease among them. Some of the most popular ones are May/Drew, and Dawn/Kenny (or for some [[LesYay Dawn/Zoey]]). Even some stories focused on Ash and Misty take the competitive approach to develop their relationship.
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* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga is almost obsessed with being Matsuri's rival, but after the latter is turned female, Soga [[InconvenientAttraction can't help]] but [[JumpingTheGenderBarrier fall for him]]. Both feelings are one-sided; Matsuri admires Soga as [[SempaiKohai a senior colleague]] rather than a rival, even if he'll ''call'' him his rival, and [[ObliviousToLove doesn't notice Soga's infatuation]].
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* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga is almost obsessed with being Matsuri's rival, but after the latter is turned female, Soga [[InconvenientAttraction can't help]] but [[JumpingTheGenderBarrier fall for him]]. Both feelings are one-sided; For his part, Matsuri admires Soga as [[SempaiKohai a senior colleague]] rather than a rival, even if he'll ''call'' him his rival, and [[ObliviousToLove hasn't noticed Soga's infatuation]] and only considers him a rival, but takes FriendlyRivalry to the point [[PseudoRomanticFriendship you could easily mistake him for being in love]].
* Deconstructed in ''Webcomic/CupidsChocolateing''. Xueli's mother convinces her that a good way to get the attention of her childhood friend Haoyi is to compete and be better than him at their studies. Xueli becomes so obsessed with their rivalry that Haoyi [[FailureGambit ends up purposely dropping his grades]] and distances from her, [[spoiler: which seems to have been [[RelationshipSabotage the real intention]] of Xueli's mother all along]].
* In ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', the protagonists want to date each other but don't have the courage to confess, so they devise an elaborate social game based on goading/seducing the other into making the first move. After a good deal of CharacterDevelopment, Kaguya is able to admit that the game doesn'tnotice Soga's infatuation]]. matter anymore, because she knows that Shirogane would absolutely reciprocate any confession she made (though ''not'' in a pathetic, desperate way, like [[DefrostingIceQueen she]] fantasized about at the start) and that neither of them need to prove anything to each other. In the end it's AllForNothing anyway; [[spoiler:Shirogane confesses first, but Kaguya responds with a intensely physical French kiss, which embarrasses her even more than confessing would have.]] Luckily, by this point, she's able to have a sense of humor about the whole thing.
* Deconstructed in ''Webcomic/CupidsChocolateing''. Xueli's mother convinces her that a good way to get the attention of her childhood friend Haoyi is to compete and be better than him at their studies. Xueli becomes so obsessed with their rivalry that Haoyi [[FailureGambit ends up purposely dropping his grades]] and distances from her, [[spoiler: which seems to have been [[RelationshipSabotage the real intention]] of Xueli's mother all along]].
* In ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', the protagonists want to date each other but don't have the courage to confess, so they devise an elaborate social game based on goading/seducing the other into making the first move. After a good deal of CharacterDevelopment, Kaguya is able to admit that the game doesn't
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* Deconstructed in ''Webcomic/CupidsChocolateing''. Xueli's mother convinces her that a good way to get the attention of her childhood friend Haoyi is to compete and be better than him at their studies. Xueli becomes so obsessed with their rivalry that Haoyi [[FailureGambit ends up purposely dropping his grades]] and distances from her, [[spoiler: which seems to have been the real intention of Xueli's mother all along]].
* In ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', the protagonists want to date each other but don't have the courage to confess, so they devise an elaborate social game based on goading/seducing the other into making the first move. After a good deal of CharacterDevelopment, Kaguya is able to admit that the game doesn't matter anymore, because she knows that Shirogane would absolutely reciprocate any confession she made (though ''not'' in a pathetic, desperate way, like [[DefrostingIceQueen she]] fantasized about at the start) and that neither of them need to prove anything to each other. In the end it's AllForNothing anyway; [[spoiler:Shirogane confesses first, but Kaguya responds with a intensely physical French kiss, which embarrasses her even more than confessing would have.]] Luckily, by this point, she's able to have a sense of humor about the whole thing.
* In ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', the protagonists want to date each other but don't have the courage to confess, so they devise an elaborate social game based on goading/seducing the other into making the first move. After a good deal of CharacterDevelopment, Kaguya is able to admit that the game doesn't matter anymore, because she knows that Shirogane would absolutely reciprocate any confession she made (though ''not'' in a pathetic, desperate way, like [[DefrostingIceQueen she]] fantasized about at the start) and that neither of them need to prove anything to each other. In the end it's AllForNothing anyway; [[spoiler:Shirogane confesses first, but Kaguya responds with a intensely physical French kiss, which embarrasses her even more than confessing would have.]] Luckily, by this point, she's able to have a sense of humor about the whole thing.
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