OF COURSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE
I just read a fanfic story (which will remain anonymous) that had a love triangle slip into the main plot line. I got halfway through the story until I couldn’t stand it any longer and closed the safari window.
Love triangles appear in so many books, especially YA books these days that I just end up getting sick of. My reason here is because usually the love triangle consists of a girl and two boys lusting after her. And then the girl has the tendency to play both of their feelings, leading the poor boys on until the end and somehow everyone is happy and everything is okay??? Like aren’t you mad that she played you both? And if they are both mad at her, she wonders what she’s done and is distraught because she LOST both of them and can’t handle the fact that they’re mad at her.
Also, I hate it when a girl knows deep down who she eventually ends up with but plays the other guy’s heart anyway.
I don’t understand.
And yet in a way I do.
Everyone wants to be adored. Everyone wants to be chased because it’s exciting. Everyone wants to be loved so much that they have these fantasies where they think of so many people adoring them but never think of the consequences.
For example: In this fanfic I read, the girl ended up falling for two boys at the same time. Both lusted after her because of her innocent looks and beauty. She lead each of them on in secret, adoring their care and company, until it finally came down to the where her life was actually a jumbled mess and throughout this mess she must choose which boy to love…and she can’t.
1) she doesn’t know what she wants in life
2) she claims she loves each of their personalities
3) she wants both of them to herself (no I’m serious she states to them both while on a beach “I love both of you, want both of you,m. God is that too much to ask for?).
But then has the audacity to say, "But please, quarrel after everything has settled.”
Like girl, you realize you just set yourself up for disaster. You tell each of them “I love you so much” but then when you’re about to look death in the face you say, “Please don’t fight, it won’t help any of our causes.” Like you do realize this was going to happen from the start, right?
It’s like she doesn’t even comprehend the fact that yeah, duh, they’re gonna fight over you. You can’t just think “Oh they’re gonna chase me for the rest of their life and I’m going to love the attention.”
I cannot STRESS how POSSESSIVE and GREEDY that type of thinking is.
And yet we do it.
Second reason why I hate love triangles: the competitors are so DETERMINED to win, despite the consequences.
Such as:
1) You both will die for him/her
2) One ends up becoming the villain to get what he/she wants
3) Two best friends become enemies
The one type of love triangle I absolutely CANNOT stand is when the middle person ends up throwing two BEST FRIENDS against each. Do not mess with friendship!! Personally, friendship is more important than love and if you’re going to destroy someone’s friendship (whether you’re oblivious or not) and think that’s perfectly okay…I can’t…I don’t understand how some people can think like that.
Or sometimes, the love triangle consists of two girls and one boy in the middle.
Yeah, I get it, he wants to be adored. Yet in the end he ends up hurting both of them and kisses both of them, plays both of them, has with both of them like he can do whatever he likes. No. Just no. Stop playing with ANYONES’ heart for that matter.
Also, what are the percentages for a love triangle to happen in real life? Now I’m sure there are way more than I’ve seen or witnessed, but I knew one love triangle that happened to a personal friend, and one happened to me…didn't last long.
For her, she played both of them. In the end ranting to me how she liked being adored, even though she knew it was a stupid idea. I asked her how she solved it, and she told me “I didn’t. They still hate each other and hate me too…Why are they mad at me?”
For my problem I stepped back because he just wanted to boast that he won.
I was having none of it.
I’m sure everyone else has their own opinions. If you do, feel free to tell me. I love hearing what other people think. Even if you completely disagree with my opinion on love triangles, so what? Tell me, I won’t argue back though, but I will definitely read what you say.
PS. When will there be a book with LGBT love triangles?
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