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{{trope}}
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'''Intertwined Fingers''' is a particular way of [[Holding Hands]] that indicates a more than close relationship between two people. This is commonly done by lovers, or whenever a creator wants to [[Ship Tease|indicate a pair are more than friends]] without going out and saying it.
This is in particular, a staple of [[Girls Love|lesbian related works]] and scenes. Intertwined fingers can often [[Les Yay|indicate lesbian relationships]] [[Hide Your Lesbians|without getting explicit]] (e.g. by kissing). In fact, see the [[Girls Love]] and [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] articles for two other good illustrations of this trope.
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[[Boys Love]] comics and other forms of [[Yaoi]] will also occasionally use this trope, often as a subtle [[Ho Yay]] or [[Discretion Shot]] to turn their relationship up a notch.
Has absolutely nothing to do with [[Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive]] or [[Fingore]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Rose and Ryuuji in [[Dragon Crisis]] do this fairly often, since it's used to kick off their [[Battle Couple|Engage]] abilities.
* Used as [[Ship Tease]] in ''[[
* Aimi and Kaoruko of ''[[Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge]]'' do this as part of their [[In the Name of the Moon]]-speech.
* Najimi and Yell do this in episode 7 of ''[[Akikan]]''. This may be part of the summoning process which also includes kissing.
* [[Creepy Twins|Hansel and Gretel]] do a [[Twincest|very delicate]] [[Toy Ship|and sensual version]] of this in ''[[Black Lagoon]]''. It's a bit unnerving. Then [[It Gets Worse]].
* When Mari and Hagino from ''[[Blue Drop]]'' start holding hands in this fashion it's quite obvious what happened between them.
* Kanade and Yukino from ''[[Candy Boy]]'' do this a lot. Yes, they are
* In the last episode of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', Chrono and Rosette intertwine their fingers right before they {{spoiler|[[Together in Death|breathe their last]]}}. [[Tear Jerker|*sob*]]
* Ryou and Nagisa in ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' do this when the latter "confesses" to the former, much to [[Yuri Fanboy|Sunohara]]'s excitement.
* Occurs between {{spoiler|C.C. and Lelouch}} near the end of ''[[Code Geass|Code Geass R2]]'' while they sit back-to-back. Notable due to the two characters' {{spoiler|mutual asexual behavior and/or untrusting natures}} toward each other and everyone throughout the series, but completely understandable when you consider all the crap they've been through together at this point.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!|Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid]]''. Xia Yu Fang and Xia Yu Lan do this after one of them gets a [[Pistol-Whipping]] from [[Bad Boss]] Gates. It hints at their [[Twincest]] relationship, as if the earlier [[Les Yay]] [[Shower Scene]] wasn't evidence enough.
* This happens once in ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' with two Gundams. Considering the context, it likely wasn't meant to show anything more than friendship.
* ''[[Haru wo Daiteita]]'': When Iwaki declares his love, he entwined his fingers with Katou and held them to his heart - awwwwwww.
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* The first three seasons of ''[[Pretty Cure]]''. That is all.
* {{spoiler|Ayato and Haruka}} of ''[[RahXephon]]'' are a heterosexual example, which occurs once during the series and twice in the movie.
* In the manga version of ''[[
* In ''[[Saki (manga)|Saki]]'', Saki and Nodoka hold hands like this quite a bit.
* [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus]] do this quite a few times throughout the series.
** Most notably during the "I like your hands" scene, on the morning that they {{spoiler|go to the Marine Cathedral expecting to have to [[Blood on These Hands|kill an innocent person]]}} and again {{spoiler|while they're dying/fading out of existence at the end of Stars}}.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Sumika]] and [[Genki Girl|Ushio]] do this in the first chapter of ''[[Sasameki Koto]]''. They are [[Just Friends]], even though both are identified as [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] early
* Done rather overtly in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0AcKA2-dwE ending credits] of ''[[Strawberry Panic!|Strawberry Panic]]''.
** Also done by Shizuma and Nagisa before and during their [[Underwater Kiss]].
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== Film ==
* Corky and Violet's final scene together in ''[[Bound]]''
* Mathesar sees Laliari and Fred doing this towards the end of ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'', and realizes she intends to return to Earth with the humans.
* In [[High School Musical]], this can be interpreted as the moment of the [[Relationship Upgrade]] between Troy and Gabriella.
* Used in the scene where Eli crawls into Oskar's bed in ''[[Let the Right One In]]''. It's probably for the best that that's where the focus is, as Eli's naked and bloody, Oskar sleeps in his underwear, and both are 12 years old. Nevertheless, the scene is [[Toy Ship|painfully sweet]].
* The first part of Hou Hsiao-hsien's art-house movie ''[[Three Times]]'' ends on a close-up of the boy and the girl holding hands that way. It's a very heartwarming moment.
* In the trailer for [[Tropic Thunder|Satan's Alley]], it showed Kirk and [[Tobey Maguire]]'s characters standing there with their fingers intertwine showing their commitment towards each others.
* In En kärlekshistoria (A Swedish Love Story), young teenage lovers Per and Annika walk through the woods holding hands with their fingers interlinked, swinging their hands between them. It's very natural and touching, like the rest of their love scenes.
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* ''[[The L Word]]'' uses this all the time, even focusing directly on it ''during'' lovemaking scenes. Of course, one would speculate that hands are of larger significance in lesbian sex, given that women tend to be much more tactile than men and have slightly fewer useful appendages. Plus, it gives the camera something to look at that might [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|get past the radar]].
* ''[[Torchwood]]'' has Captain Jack Harkness and the real Captain Jack Harkness intertwine fingers in "Captain Jack Harkness".
* A very sweet one in ''[[Voyager]]'', when Janeway and Chakotay realise that they have no choice but to spend the rest of their lives together. Chakotay gets there quicker than Janeway, and tells her an "ancient legend" about [[Anguished Declaration of Love|an angry warrior who only ever finds peace after being forced to work with a wise and beautiful female warrior]]. Janeway finally gets it, and the resulting [[Holding Hands|hand grasp]] is just about the most [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming thing ever]].
{{quote|'''Janeway:''' Is that really an ancient legend?
'''Chakotay:''' No...but that made it easier to say. }}
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== Music ==
* [[Lady Gaga]] and [[
* The [http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss123/cosplaymoe/Magnet/d0061859_14375298.jpg?t=1265246066 picture] made for the [[Vocaloid]] song "magnet" speaks for itself
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== Visual Novels ==
* The [[Girls Love]] series of [[Visual Novel
** Referenced in the seventh game between Runa and Takako:
{{quote|'''Takako:''' Wawawah, o-our fingers...our fingers are intertwined!
'''Runa:''' This is how lovers are supposed to hold hands. }}
* Used in Shizune's route in [[Katawa Shoujo]] to help show the relationship between three characters. In one picture Hisao holds hands with both Shizune and Misha. He's very close to both, but the difference between the relationships is made apparent by how his fingers are intertwined with the former, but not with the latter.
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== Web Comics ==
* Happens between Jordi and Jeremy in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110703044839/http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=186 this page] of ''[[Cuanta Vida]]'', right before Jeremy {{spoiler|confesses to Jordi that he's in love with him}}.
== Web Original ==
* Seems to be a regular occurrence in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120509233558/http://underthevangogh.blissful-madness.com/ Under the Van Gogh], at least in the early acts.
* Mille and Iriana in ''[[Ilivais X]]'' do this all the time. They have a joined scar/ [[Red String of Fate]] on their pinkies, so they keep those joined while all the rest intertwine. It's notable that this particular hold is a symbol for their relationship as a whole- it wants to fit, and it should fit, but it's definitely strained and it takes a bit of awkward fidgeting to get it right. Go on. Try it.
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