Line #97 Main/RomanticFusion


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13	->'''Sothis:''' It's only right, for you and I are joined within our souls. And that is much the same as marriage, don't you think? The stone within your chest is little more than decoration now. That means...it is within your very soul that I exist. [...] And so? Whatever are you waiting for?\
14	'''Byleth:''' How do I...\
15	'''Sothis:''' Hm? Ah. Well, just wear it on your own finger! Our love is all that matters, not a ring. The two of us are one, for now and ever.
16	-->-- ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''[[note]]On the Crimson Flower route, Sothis instead says "The stone within your chest... It is no more."[[/note]]
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18	Two (or more) characters that are {{Love Interest}}s (or at least {{Implied Love Interest}}s) merge together into a single being. The merger can be a case of FusionDance, MergerOfSouls or MindHive; it's also commonly accompanied by a number of [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything intentional implications]], such as being akin to courtship, bonding and cuddling, sex, marriage, or even reproduction.
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20	Compare MentalAffair, in which two or more people engage in psychic sex (and thus literally plays up the sexual aspect of Romantic Fusion); and MindlinkMates, where {{Love Interest}}s are connected by a PsychicLink. See also SiblingFusion for the familial equivalent of this trope.
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26	* ''Manga/BlackClover'' has Yuno and his spirit companion Sylph who fuse together to enter the ‘Spirit Dive’ state. While Yuno sees his relationship with Sylph as purely platonic. Sylph is clearly infatuated with him, asking him to take her out on dates and becoming jealously protective whenever another woman is nearby.
27	* In ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'', the goal of the BigBad, Puppet Master, is to merge with Major Kusanagi. This is referred to at various points as "mating" between the two machines. When it happens at the end, the new entity has a child-like body (the only thing Batou was able to find) and is comparable to the "offspring" of the two original beings. [[Manga/GhostInTheShell The original manga]] takes this a step further, by explaining that the Puppet Master needs Motoko in order to actually procreate. He could easily copy himself as many times as he wanted, but with no actual variation between the copies, a single computer virus could wipe them all out. The 2nd manga goes on to show that Motoko Aramaki [[spoiler:is one of 27 different offspring that came about from Motoko Kusanagi's fusion with the Puppet Master]].
28	* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', the vampire Seras and Pip Bernadotte have significant romantic tension. When the latter is mortally wounded, he ends up having his soul merged with the fully awakened Seras when he allows her to drink his blood, resulting in him becoming her familiar. While he usually exists inside her and can talk mentally with her he can also be manifested at any time she wills it.
29	* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] near the end of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: JoJolion]]''. [[spoiler: Joshu Higashikata attempts to use the Rokakaka fruit to fuse his body with an injured and dying Yasuho Hirose, describing it as a bond closer than sex. Two problems: Joshu is a StalkerWithACrush for the very unwilling Yasuho, and he doesn't realize that the kind of fusion he's talking about was a very specific confluence of circumstances (the ''old'' Rokakaka together with the Wall Eyes). Ironically, Yasuho knows that the ''new'' Rokakaka he has actually just exchanges body ''parts'', so she ends up being the one who actually initiates it just to get back on her feet.]]
30	* ''Literature/{{Kanokon}}'' has Koutai, a human and Chizuru, a kitsune youkai in a romantic relationship fuse via kissing and later strong bonds of love into a male kitsune with Koutai's body and Chizuru's mind controlling it.
31	* ''Manga/{{Phoenix}}: Resurrection'' involves a human named Leon and an industrial robot named Chihiro whom he falls in love with due to a malfunctioning cybernetic brain implant that causes him to see her as a beautiful woman being combined together into a larger robot called Robita, of whom Dr. Saruta's RobotBuddy from the second ([[AnachronicOrder chronologically later]] volume), ''Future'' is a mass-produced copy.
32	* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
33	** ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Jaden and Yubel. Jaden swore in his [[ReincarnationRomance first life]] to [[OneTrueLove love them forever]], and not only did they hold him to it, but he held himself to it... once he got around to remembering he'd made the promise in the first place. They end up permanently fusing into one being, which basically amounts to Yubel living in Jaden's mind and giving him access to their powers.
34	** Yuma and Astral in ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' regularly do a FusionDance, where each upgrade represents a new stage in their relationship and a deeper understanding of each other. Astral's LoveConfession to Yuma in the manga clinches the subtext as romantic.
35	** At the climax of ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'', [[spoiler:Ai, now appearing as a human]], offers to make one of these with [[spoiler:Yusaku/Playmaker]] as an alternative to fighting with one of them sure to die at the end of their duel. [[spoiler:Yusaku]] rejects it, which [[spoiler:the disappointed Ai]] likens to being dumped, and after the duel as [[spoiler:Ai dies]] he tells [[spoiler:Yusaku]] that he loved him.
36	* In ''Anime/{{Digimon Adventure 02}}'', the second generation of Chosen Children unlock the power of Jogress Evolution, where their Digimon partners become able to fuse when said Digimons' human partners become emotionally in sync with each other. Such fusion affects the kids, too, ranging from simply making them feel closer to each other to feeling each other's heartbeats. There are rumors that all Jogress Evolutions were made from Digimon with humans of the same sex to stop it from looking romantic, but it the music, lighting, and kids' reactions during their first fusions make it look ''very'' intimate and romantic.
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40	* ''ComicBook/ChaosWar'': In ''Chaos War'': Thor'' #2, after apparently losing his powers, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]’s human alter ego, Donald Blake, merges with his love interest Becca Steinhardt to become Thor once again.
41	* ''ComicBook/{{Firestorm\|DCComics}}'': Jason Rusch and his girlfriend Gehenna gained the ability to merge into the eponymous hero. This was treated with very romantic (and sometimes sexual) undertones between the two.
42	* ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}:'' Shannon's ex undergoes BrainUploading into a cloud of nanomachines, merging with another cloud just after. When she asks what's going on, she's told he's basically having sex with another uploaded person.
43	* ''ComicBook/UltimateXmen'': A dying ComicBook/{{Gambit\|MarvelComics}} asks ComicBook/{{Rogue}} to permanently absorb his mind so that they'll be together. Though Rogue later [[HerHeartWillGoOn moves on with her life and starts new relationships]], she acknowledges that Gambit is still part of her, although in her case she's not quite sure if it's a pleasant experience or not.
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47	* In ''Fanfic/DekiruTheFusionHero'', Izuku's absorption quirk allows him to "absorb" people, temporarily fusing with them. The second person he fuses with is his ImpliedLoveInterest Ochako. The resulting fusion not only has the One for All, but Ochako's Zero Gravity Quirk is enhanced so it can also control the movement of anything under its effects.
48	* In ''Fanfic/EquestriaAcrossTheMultiverse'', the Mane Six visit a universe where the native ponies can perform a FusionDance ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' style. Their first indication things are like this is seeing Mr. and Mrs. Cake walk by in their fused state, though it's unclear if they're permanently fused or not. Supplemental materials reveal this is rather common in this universe.
49	* A few ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/960637/1/Only-In-Your-Eyes-Am-I-Worthy fan]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4510497/1/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Redux fictions]] depicting a romance between Shinji and Rei would feature a scene where the two merge into one being, likely inspired by the scenes in ''The End Of Evangelion'' such as [[spoiler:Rei merging with Lilith and Shinji being fused with Rei in a sexual position during the Instrumentality]]. Due to Rei's nature [[spoiler:as part-Angel via Lilith]], the merging of the two often creates a god-like being powerful enough to start [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Third Impact]] under their terms.
50	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2490648/1 Neon Genesis Evangelion Season 2]]'': When Asuka and Shinji, the OfficialCouple, were losing against the Black Angels Oholah and Ohlibah (sorta like a demonic version of Israfel), they achieved a 500% synch ratio and unwillingly did a Composite variant of the FusionDance, creating Unit F-01 (arms and eyes of Unit 02, head and torso of Unit 01 plus ten wings). When they did it again later, the pilots also merged with a rather unique result: if Shinji is ButtMonkey and Asuka is {{Tsundere}}, Ashika is '''Badass with a capital B'''.
51	-->'''Ashika:''' Guess what? I made the impossible possible! Now if you thought the incident with the 14th Angel was disgusting, then I suggest you avert your eyes! ''(kills two MP Evas)'' Still think you can beat me? I'll destroy you all and I won't even break a sweat. Take this! ''(stomps an MP Eva to death)'' Three down, five to go. Any more volunteers who want to die?
52	* In ''Fanfic/TheSagaOfTheLastTwoSaiyans'', Shin suggests permanent fusion to Goku as a possible way of releasing Vegeta from his and Goku's soul-bond without the gods finding out their relationship was fake. Goku could be absorbed by Vegeta and they would tell the gods they were so in love that they didn't want to be separate beings anymore.
53	* In ''Fanfic/TheSoulmateTimeline'', [[spoiler:a [[LegacyCharacter Walpurgisnacht]] is what happens when the Witches in a [[SoulmateAUFic Soulbond]] of Magical Girls are born and then [[FusionDance fuse together]] into a single entity of cataclysmic destruction. Given the members of a Soulbond are romantically linked, this makes a Walpurgisnacht essentially their EvilCounterpart, and some of Mami's Witchself Candeloro's musings have her make mention of how badly she wants to "become one" with Homulilly (Homura), Kriemheld Gretchen (Madoka), Oktavia (Sayaka), and Ophelia (Kyoko) until they can't tell where they begin and end anymore.]]
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57	* In ''Film/TheFly1986'', the concept is brought up in the climax: [[spoiler:Seth, deranged and desperate to retain ''some'' of his humanity as his transformation into Brundlefly nears its endpoint, formulates a plan to genetically merge himself with a "pure" human. When he learns his lover Veronica is pregnant but doesn't want to bear a possibly-mutant child, he kidnaps her and decides she'll be that human. His last lines -- just before he's rendered TheSpeechless by his OneWingedAngel transformation -- have him declaring "We'll be the ultimate family!...More human than I am alone!" Veronica's ex-lover manages to rescue her from this fate]].
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61	* In ''Literature/TheGodsThemselves'' the three-gendered semi-tangible aliens from a parallel universe, known as the Soft Ones, reproduce by temporarily merging their bodies [[spoiler:into a single solid mature entity, the Hard One. The final "melding" is permanent]].
62	* In Creator/DaveDuncan's ''A Man of His Word'' fantasy novel series, "magic words" are not spells but sources of magical power. Memorising one gives you a single genius-level mundane talent, two, three, or four give increasing levels of actual magic, but hearing a fifth will make you suffer death by SpontaneousHumanCombustion. Unless your OneTrueLove is present, in which case you can share the five words with them and fuse with them to become a PhysicalGod [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Of Human Origin]].
63	* In one story of ''Literature/TheMetamorphoses'', a nymph named Salmacis lusts after a young boy named Hermaphroditus, but he fights back when she [[AttemptedRape tries to force herself on him]], prompting her to wish that they could never part. The gods, [[ValuesDissonance who side with Salmacis]], respond by merging their bodies into one. This is obviously the origin of the term {{Hermaphrodite}}.
64	* In ''Literature/TheStarsAreColdToys'', one of the heroes, who spent some time in The Shadow, an interplanetary society where everything is possible, mentions he saw this twice. The first time it was a loving couple who fused into a single two-headed body, the second time - an entire large family. It is implied that this state is completely voluntary and reversible.
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68	* In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' the episode "My Princess" is a FairyTaleEpisode where Dr. Cox tells his son a bedtime story using his coworkers as fairy tale characters. One of which is Turla, a two-head witch who is based on hospital couple Turk and Carla.
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71	[[folder:Music]]
72	* ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'': The song "Let's Go to Heaven" describes two lovers committing suicide and their spirits merging to become a single being.
73	-->''Me and you don't need to be two people anymore\
74	So happy birthday to us\
75	Me and you light just one candle\
76	Let's dance around the cake!''
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79	[[folder:Mythology & Religion]]
80	* One of the myths explaining the origins of the god [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hermaphroditus]] was that the nymph Salmacis feel deeply in love with him but he protested against her advances, so she prayed to the gods to merge their bodies together, which they gladly obliged. ValuesDissonance is obviously at play with how "romantic" this is, but the account by Ovid claims Hermaphroditus wished for all beings bathing in the pool where this happened to be similarly transformed, implying it's okay.
81	* In Myth/HinduMythology, there is the half-male, half-female deity [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardhanarishvara Ardhanarishvara]], who is the combined form of the god Shiva and his wife Parvati.
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85	* ''VideoGame/{{Aquaria}}'': [[PlayerCharacter Naija's]] Dual Form merges her with [[LoveInterest Li]] into a single entity. Said form can switch between the Li side, which can blast enemies to absorb power, and the Naija side, which can unleash the absorbed power in a SonicScream.
86	* ''VideoGame/DarkMessiahOfMightAndMagic'': Xana and the protagonist are linked together magically early in the story, and the bond between them manifests as her voice broadcasting in his thoughts, and many of her demonic powers being usable by him. Given that Xana is [[SuccubiAndIncubi a Succubus]], their connection is given very sexual connotations, with Xana [[AggressiveSubmissive submissively promising to fulfill his every desire]].
87	* ''VideoGame/DragonBallFusions'': Great Saiyaman and Great Saiyawoman (aka Gohan and Videl respectively, a couple) can fuse into Great Saiyaman 12.
88	* In ''VideoGame/FearAndHunger'' it's possible to appease Sylvian, the goddess of love and fertility, by sexual intercourse with a willing partner, fusing the player and the other party into a being known as the Marriage which has higher base stats.
89	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': Long ago, an Elezan woman known as Shiva and the dragon Hraesvelgr fell in love. Faced with the societal barriers between humans and dragons, and the fact that Hraesvelgr would [[MayflyDecemberRomance outlive Shiva]] many times over, Shiva bade Hraesvelgr to eat her, causing her soul to be joined to his. Centuries later, they remain connected, and Shiva's influence has kept Hraesvelgr from joining Nidhogg's war of revenge against humankind. [[spoiler:In ''Shadowbringers'', Ryne becomes the First Shard's version of the primal Shiva. In the Savage version of her battle, she summons a copy of Shiva's love Hraesvelgr to her side. Hraesvelgr physically bonds with Shiva, granting her draconic power.]]
90	* ''Videogame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': The PlayerCharacter, Byleth, finds themselves SharingABody with a MysteriousWaif that only they can see or hear. It is later revealed that this is [[spoiler:Sothis, an ancient and powerful entity worshipped as a goddess all over Fodlan. When Byleth stumbles into a trap that leaves them trapped in an alternate dimension, Sothis has no choice but to fully [[MergerOfSouls merge their souls together]] so that Byleth can use her power to escape. Later in the game, if Byleth chooses Sothis as the partner they wish to marry, Sothis will reveal that she is in love with Byleth no matter the gender and they will be married in mind, body and soul, to the degree that Sothis says that Byleth wearing one ring for the both of them is sufficient.]]
91	* A rather [[BodyHorror horrifying example]] happens in ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'' with Tomerry, a young couple who combined into a hulking amalgamation of flesh. They're barely recognizable as human by the time you fight them.
92	* ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'': Like most asari, Peebee uses her MindMeld on Ryder during sex. But the game shows it much more clearly this time and demonstrates that the meld sends them into a peaceful MentalWorld, where two of them are alone and their thoughts are merged. Based on their reaction, it's one of the most intense and pleasurable acts either have experienced.
93	* In ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', you can have Hindu god Shiva and his wife Parvati as {{Mon}}s in your party. In many games, fusing both of them will result in the demon Ardha, who is basically Shiva and Parvati combined together (as mentioned above in Mythology & Religion). This is also usually the only way to get Ardha in your party.
94	** Near the end of ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'', [[spoiler:Serph and Sera]] died but their souls fused, forming the intersex [[spoiler:Seraph]]. Futhermore, their Atma Avatar is Ardha.
95	* ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'': Revya's [[DemonicPossession possession by Gig]] doesn't have a lot of romantic overtones to it normally, despite Gig's ironic use of 'soulmate' to describe Revya. Getting Gig's ending, however, which can only be achieved by having the highest [[RelationshipValues affection level]] with Gig, [[spoiler:leads to the pair sharing a body again after being split apart by Gig's HeroicSacrifice during the last level. If Revya is female this ending takes on a particularly romantic tone.]]
96	* ''VideoGame/VoltageFighterGowcaizer'': Ryo and Suzu Asahina fuse together in their Kaizer Form to create the sub-boss Platonic Twins where Ryo becomes the arms, shoulders, legs, and head or Suzu is suspended in the centre as a torso and arms. Despite the boss name having "Platonic" in this is still an [[BrotherSisterIncest example of a couple fusion]] (at least according to the OriginalVideoAnimation adaptation) and therefore is also a SiblingFusion.
97	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': Each of the main characters can "interlink" with one other, creating an Ouroboros form. This form allows them to see each other's memories and desires, bringing them closer together as people. Noah and Mio are explicitly romantic, and [[spoiler:their {{Evil Twin}}s N and M never interlink despite still having the ability, representing their suffering relationship]]. The other two pairs--Eunie and Taion, Lanz and Sena--can also interlink and merge into an Ouroboros form, but [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation whether their relationships are romantic or platonic are a constant source of debate]].
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101	* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Allison and Cio do this in ''King of Swords'', becoming what is known in-universe as a Devil-Skin Warrior called Allicio. Normally, Devil-Skin Warriors lead to conflicts between the two parts and either the devil or the human dominating (which breaks the fusion or kills the human), but Allison and Cio being romantically involved and fully trusting each other means they are able to synchronize their soul-flames perfectly and work together. [[spoiler:They later add White Chain to it during ''Breaker of Infinities'' in some not-so-subtle ThreesomeSubtext.]]
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105	* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2989 SCP-2989]] is a pair of caterpillars that are constantly traveling through time and space, trying to find each other and leaving poetry behind in their wake. At the end of the entry, the two finally arrive at the same point in time and space, rush to each other, and fuse into a single chrysalis. After eight days, the chrysalis hatches, revealing a butterfly that matches the description of no known butterfly species. It produces the word "WHOLE" in fifty-three languages before moving to an unknown point in space-time.
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109	* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': [[spoiler:Tigerhawk]] is the fusion of the Maximals [[spoiler:Tigatron and Airazor]]. Notably, this wasn't a willing transformation, but done to them by [[spoiler:the Vok, who possessed Tigerhawk in his first appearance until Tigatron and Airazor's Sparks kicked them out of Tigerhawk's body.]]
110	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', the Planet Express gets a computer AI (voiced by Creator/SigourneyWeaver) that falls in love with Bender. After she turns into a crazed, murderous {{Yandere}} and finds out that Bender is a philanderer, she decides to merge with him so the two will be together forever. Bender is ''not'' enthused about that. This is apparently a common enough place for robot relationships to go in-universe as it's discussed by Bender and the ship in terms [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything reminiscent of marriage]].
111	-->'''Planet Express Ship:''' If you really wanted to be with me, you'd merge your programming with mine.\
112	'''Bender:''' ''Whoa!'' Whoa, whoa, slow down. All my friends who've done that say that afterwards, all the passion went out of their relationship.
113	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' gives several villains who are made from couples who are akumatized together.
114	** The first is Oblivio who is made from [[BetaCouple Alya and Nino]]. They share a glowing purple body, SpeakInUnison and can make people forget things.
115	** The second is Heart Hunter who is made from [[AwfulWeddedLife Andre and Audrey Bourgeois]]. They turn into a giant pink balloon monster and consume every form of love they can find.
116	* Kelly and Tad from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' are a fairly silly example: Kelly most looks human except she has very long, voluminous hair that resembles a bush. Her boyfriend Tad essentially ''is'' a bush, and spends most of their appearance together sitting on her head, appearing to merge with her hair.
117	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is likely the TropeCodifier, featuring multiple Fusions made of love. While a fusion can be formed from any type of relationship, there are several romantic ones:
118	** Stevonnie, the Fusion of Steven and Connie, is first formed by accident when they share a romantic dance. The two rather enjoy being Fused, except for the fact that it means they've literally become one and the same person without another person to depend on, and thus are "Alone Together" (the title of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E37AloneTogether Stevonnie's debut episode]]).
119	** Ruby and Sapphire, upon accidentally Fusing for the first time, get stranded on Earth and grow closer together before Fusing again. Said Fusion runs into Rose Quartz, who convinces her to stay Fused and continue the relationship. The two are in a very loving relationship together and spend almost all of their time Fused.
120	--->'''Steven:''' Garnet ''is'' a relationship.
121	** Rainbow Quartz is a Fusion between Rose and Pearl, who was/is deeply in love with Rose. Rose definitely reciprocated her feelings, though whether she acted on them is unknown.
122	** Malachite is an inversion, being a Fusion comprised of two Gems who hated each other and had a toxic, harmful relationship.
123	** The episode "Off Colors" introduces Rhodonite, a [[StarCrossedLovers star-crossed]] Fusion of a Ruby and a Pearl who fell in love with each other, as well as Fluorite, a Fusion of [[{{Polyamory}} six Gems who fell in love with each other]] at different points, and wouldn't mind adding another if they were the right one.
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126	[[folder:Real Life]]
127	* Certain species of anglerfish [[BizarreAlienReproduction have bodily merger as part of their reproduction]]: the males permanently attach themselves to the much larger females, essentially becoming a reserve of sperm to fertilize her eggs.
128	* A flatworm from the class Monogenea, Diplozoon paradoxum, can fuse completely, with no trace of separating partitions. Adults can apparently live in this state for several years.
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