Wait a minute. No it isn't.
The laconic states: "The final answer to a harem is polygamy" and even if we ignore that, the very first sentence of the trope itself states that an Unwanted Harem is a setup for the trope.
With that in mind, removing the examples of Cat Planet Cuties, Date A Live, Sorcerer Hunters, To Love Ru, and Trinity Seven (possibly amongst others) is definitely wrong. Not only do most of these fit the concept of a "harem" that is resolved with polygamy (or someone expresses an interest in that solution), but even going by your own standard, Sorcerer Hunters is DEFINITELY an example as it is literally a Love Triangle that is resolved by polyamory.
I think you've made a massive misunderstanding here, and even not, you've definitey jumped the gun.
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Is anyone else getting a trap link on the adult fanfiction link?
Too many tropes
So the difference between this and Polyamory is that this is usually an ending trope, and polyamory is when it factors into the on going plot? Neither page description is very clear on how these tropes should be differentiated.
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This trope is the resolution of a Love Dodecahedron or similar.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
That doesn't answer my question to how those two tropes are differentiated.
Well, yes, polyamory is the act of loving many people, Marry Them All is about resolving a harem conflict by courting them all.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
If I understand it right, Polyamory is a more general trope, of which Marry Them All is a subtrope that concerns itself with situations in which there is actual conflict between multiple people vying for the affections of at least one common Love Interest. In other words, Polyamory includes but does not require romantic conflict between two or more people over the same person, while Marry Them All requires it as a precondition that it serves as a solution for. Is that right?
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In the literature section they should add a book called Kharmic Rebound by Aaron Lee Yeager because it fits this theme. If that's what the literature section is for, I'm kinda new so I'm not sure.
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Sure, but you'll have to explain how the work is an example.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
This trope is supposed to be "resolving a love triangle or other romantic conflict with polyamory". But the examples are often "any mention of polyamory, at all, in anything".
Does anyone have any objections to me cleaning out examples that don't involve an actual example of the trope?
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