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Threesome Subtext
aka: Three Yay
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Subtextual implications in the story, about the possibility of a shared sexual relationship between three characters.
Like most other Ship Tease tropes, it might be caused by the author fooling around, with the expectation that no one will consider this a serious romantic resolution, or by teasing the fans of that particular kink to stay tuned.
Three-Way Sex is the textual version of this, where threesomes actually happen.
Twin Threesome Fantasy is a subtrope.
Compare One True Threesome, the Shipping Goggles-induced counterpart. See also Homoerotic Subtext and Incest Subtext.
Examples:
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Anime & Manga
- In Tenchi Muyo!, Ryoko x Tenchi x Ayeka, and Ayeka and Ryoko hate each other, but plenty Foe Yay occurs in universe.
- Aoba/Mairu/Kururi gets a bunch of this in Durarara!!. Mairu and Kururi thank Aoba with a kiss for turning in a group of bullies; Aoba has a They Are Not My Girlfriends moment when his Blue Square members refer to them as such, but turns right around and explicitly orders them not to involve the twins in the gang wars because he's taken a particular liking to them. And then there's all the Mairu/Kururi Twincest. Worth noting that they've all kissed at some point.
- Star Driver is made of this trope: implying it so freaking hard between the three protagonists while never actually resolving it.
- Mahou Sensei Negima!: "Sai-shou-dou-kin!?" To clarify: when one character is trying to figure out a solution to the Love Triangle she's in, her subconscious suggests a threeway.
- Going by Cosmo Entelechia, we have Nodoka/Negi/Yue, Chachamaru/Negi/Evangeline, and Fate/Shiori/Negi
- In School Rumble Eri and Yakumo are both in love with Harima. There has also been quite a bit of Les Yay / Foe Yay between the two of them, culminating in a episode where they both end up dancing with each other. Before the original manga suddenly stopped, Harima was also apparently engaged to Eri while living with Yakumo, with all three apparently content with the arrangement.
- In Rosario + Vampire, similar to the Negima example, Yukari Sendou is a Shipper on Deck for two people she's attracted to, because if they get together, it'll be easier for her to score a threesome.
- In Death Note during the first arc: Misa-Light-L and Second arc: Misa-Light-Takada / Light-Takada-Mikami and in the prequel novel Another Note Raye Penber-Naomi Misora-Ryuuzaki
- Ranka/Alto/Sheryl in Macross Frontier. At the end of the series, Alto says "You are both my wings."
Comics
- In Empowered, this is implied between the three main characters, Emp, Thug Boy and Ninjette. Emp and Thug Boy are in a very happy relationship with Ninjette as Emp's best friend. But not only are Thug Boy and Ninjette attracted to each other (he even accidently felt her up when the three of them were sharing a bed after Ninjette underwent a traumatic experience), but it's implied that Ninjette is attracted to Emp, and Emp has described herself as a "three drink bisexual." The possibility is even acknowledged during a conversation between Ninjette and The Caged Demonwolf, though Ninjette refuses to divulge her fantasies.
Film
Literature
- Since Troy Denning started writing the Star Wars Expanded Universe, he's put a lot of this between Jaina, Zekk, and Jag. When Zekk and Jaina are part of a hive mind, Zekk finds Jag attractive. Then in Invincible, after one fight, Jaina invites both of them to bed with her at the same time.
Live Action TV
Video Games
- Skies Of Arcadia has so much of this between Vyse, Aika and Fina in-universe that Ship-to-Ship Combat among the three of them in fandom is nearly nonexistent.
- Even their opponent in at least one boss fight remarks on it!
- Laharl, Etna and Flonne in Disgaea. Each one has incredible chemistry with the other two. It's so obvious, it's painful.
- Ar tonelico series lets you double date (and later triple date) the Reyvateil heroines in your party. While you still can settle with only one girl in the end, almost no one in the game's going to call the protagonists out for diving into multiple girls' minds at once. The subject is even more ankward when the girls like to act as if a process of "diving" is equally having sex.
- In Katawa Shoujo, all of the heroines come in pairs of friends, so there's plenty of potential for this. The high point is probably Hanako and Lilly's routes, as the two are extremely close Heterosexual Life Partners and both of their routes feature the other to a great extent. Befriending the other is actually required to get either of them, and their routes in Act 1 don't diverge until the very end. It's repeatedly made obvious how much closer than normal friends they are, with Hanako even saying that she loves Lilly in her route. To cap it all off, at one point in Lilly's route during one of their pyjama party/tea party get-togethers, Akira mentions that plenty of guys would be very pleased to see Lilly in such skimpy clothing. As they're already together, Hisao privately agrees. Akira goes on to add that he even gets to see cute Hanako in her nightie as well. Hisao deflects, but Hanako haltingly says that if it's Hisao, she doesn't mind. She doesn't seem to realise what she's implying, but everyone else sure does, and quickly change the subject.
- Early in Emi's route, Misha teases Hisao about having lunch with both Emi and Rin, and mentions that the three of them are cute together.
- Shizune's route also features Misha very heavily, and Misha canonically is in love with Shizune, though it isn't requited. In fact, the route arguably focuses more on the friendship between the three of them than on Hisao and Shizune's relationship specifically.
Webcomics
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