History PlayingWith / PairTheSuitors

* '''Straight''': Alice is in a LoveTriangle with Bob and Charles. Bob and Charles develop feelings for each other, stop perusing Alice, and get together with each other.

* '''Justified''': All three were mutually affectionate and were about to enter a [[{{Polyamory}} three-way marriage]]... until Alice jilted both suitors at the altar. But hey, WhyWasteAWedding.

'''Charles:''' ''(Pointing to himself, embarassed.)''

* '''Inverted''':
** The two men both end up in separate but open relationships with Alice, whilst remaining apart or JustFriends.
** Bob and Charles were the SuperCouple from the start, but their mutual suitor Alice [[PairTheSpares hooks up with their friend Dani]] at the end.

* '''Straight''': Alice is in a LoveTriangle with Bob and Charles. Bob and Charles develop feelings for each other and break up with Alice.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's entire UnwantedHarem finally get sick of her (or vice versa) and marry each other.

* '''Justified''':
** Bob and Charles are gay men, they both liked each other from the start. Alice was just TheBeard.
** All three were mutually affectionate and were about to enter a [[{{Polyamory}} three-way marriage]]... until Alice jilted both suitors at the altar. But hey, WhyWasteAWedding (This of course requiring ''both'' polygamous/polyamorous and same-sex marriages to be legal in the setting.)

* '''Zig Zagged''': Plenty of HoYay and WillTheyOrWontThey between Bob and Charles whilst they're both still vying for Alice's affections... or sometimes not. Ultimately TheyDo.

** All three were mutually affectionate (type 8 of TriangRelations) and were about to enter a three-way marriage... until Alice jilted both suitors at the altar. But hey, WhyWasteAWedding (This of course requiring ''both'' polygamous/polyamorous and same-sex marriages to be legal in the setting.)

-->''(During a particularly frustrating Monopoly game)''\\

* '''Defied''': Bob and Charles refuse to be each other's rebound.

* '''Conversed''': "Bob and Charles have technically known each other as long as they've known Alice. You dont't know, there's probably some romance in there somewhere."

* '''Defied''': Bob and Charles refuse to be each other's rebound.

'''Charles:''' (Pointing to himself, embarassed.)

* '''Defied''': Bob and Charlie refuse to be each other's rebound.

** Bob and Charles were the PowerCouple from the start, but their mutual suitor Alice [[PairTheSpares hooks up with their friend Dani]] at the end.

* '''Inverted''': The two men both end up in separate but open relationships with Alice, whilst remaining apart or JustFriends.

* '''Parodied''': ???

** It was originally a gay romance or YaoiGenre work to begin with: the LoveTriangle was just to add drama, almost certainly involving a ComingOutStory.

* '''Exploited''': Bob and Charles get together for no reason other than because they're simply into each other. However, they're both a little bitter about how Alice lead them both on, and so they flaunt their relationship in front of her to prove the point, "You were wishy-washy and hurt us both. Now we're happily in love and you're alone."
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Straight''': Alfred, Bethany and Catherine are in a LoveTriangle. Bethany and Catherine develop feelings for each other and break up with Alfred.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alfred's entire UnwantedHarem finally get sick of him (or vice versa) and marry each other.
* '''Downplayed''': Bethany and Catherine develop hints of feelings towards one another; [[MaybeEverAfter whether they ever consummate their affections remains uncertain.]]

** Bethany and Catherine are lesbians, they both liked each other from the start. Alfred was just TheBeard.
** All three were mutually affectionate (type 8 of TriangRelations) and were about to enter a three-way marriage... until Alfred jilted both ladies at the altar. But hey, WhyWasteAWedding (This of course requiring ''both'' polygamous/polyamorous and same-sex marriages to be legal in the setting.)
* '''Inverted''': The two women both end up in separate but open relationships with Alfred, whilst remaining apart or JustFriends.
* '''Subverted''': Alfred dumps both girls. Bethany and Catherine, despite the LesYay, remain nothing more than PlatonicLifePartners.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Plenty of LesYay and WillTheyOrWontThey between Bethany and Catherine whilst they're both still vying for Alfred's affections... or sometimes not. Ultimately TheyDo.
* '''Averted''': Either [[FirstGirlWins Bethany]] or [[LastGirlWins Catherine]] ends up with Alfred, or [[NoRomanticResolution not at all]].

** The series was originally a standard (well, probably straight) romantic comedy/drama aimed at a general audience, but attracted a ''huge'' lesbian PeripheryDemographic due to the LesYay between Bethany and Catherine, which came to dominate the fan base. The ending aimed to please those fans.
** It was originally a lesbian romance or YuriGenre work to begin with: the LoveTriangle was just to add drama, almost certainly involving a ComingOutStory.

* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Inverted''': ???

** It was originally a lesbian romance or YuriGenre work to begin with, the LoveTriangle was just to add drama, almost certainly involving a ComingOutStory.

** It was originally a lesbian romance or YuriGenre work to begin with, the LoveTriangle was just to add drama.

* '''Enforced''': The series was originally a standard (well, probably straight) romantic comedy/drama aimed at a general audience, but attracted a ''huge'' lesbian PeripheryDemographic due to the LesYay between Bethany and Catherine, which came to dominate the fan base. The ending aimed to please those fans.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Plenty of LesYay and WillTheyWontThey between Bethany and Catherine whilst they're both still vying for Alfred's affections... or sometimes not. Ultimately TheyDo.