I honestly don't remember seeing the two men compete for a woman trope. I'm pretty sure I have but I can't think of examples. The closest I have is "Bridget Jones' diary" (the movie) where it looks like the two male leads are in competition and actually start a fist fight. But that movie is from Briget's perspective and she had already left jerk#1 before liking guy#2. And it's all her decision and in the book we only get to see both guys through her eyes.
Oh, yeah and maybe Gangs of New York. Leonardo diCaprio and Damian Lewis have that mentorship thing going and Leo falls in love with Cameron Diaz but she was with Damian before. At first Leo rejects her for that and all the other men (she was a prostitute). That was an interesting triangle because there were more layers than love.
I'm not a fan of love triangle in general. I wouldn't purposefully seek out fiction. If I stumble across it (like in Gangs of New York) and it isn't the main focus, then that's fine.
I also don't like threesome or polamory fic so I can't even bend my head-canon if I encounter love triangles I don't like.
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Date: 2014-02-27 11:29 pm (UTC)Oh, yeah and maybe Gangs of New York. Leonardo diCaprio and Damian Lewis have that mentorship thing going and Leo falls in love with Cameron Diaz but she was with Damian before. At first Leo rejects her for that and all the other men (she was a prostitute). That was an interesting triangle because there were more layers than love.
I'm not a fan of love triangle in general. I wouldn't purposefully seek out fiction. If I stumble across it (like in Gangs of New York) and it isn't the main focus, then that's fine.
I also don't like threesome or polamory fic so I can't even bend my head-canon if I encounter love triangles I don't like.
Guess I'd choose the plot-convenient death. :)